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Made in Romania!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Do they even have hunting or know anything about it in Romania? They cleary don't know much about it which explains why your run out of breath after five seconds in the game and have to walk painfully slow 90% of the time. Also you can walk around while you shoot which my dad would kick my ass for doing. It turns out Cabela's Big Game Hunter, Cabela's Deer Hunt 2004, and Cabela's Dangerous Hunts for the Playstation 2, Xbox, and PC versions are all made in Romania. No wonder Sunstrom, the originator of the game went out of business here in Indiana. I was so pissed I returned this pile of garbage. Any self respecting American should do the same, or not buy any of these games in the first place. You think they could at least make a hunting game in the states. I'm going to wait for Deer Hunter on the Playstaion 2 which is made in the good ole U.S.A. plus the PC version is way better than Cabela's.

Activision is writing the good reviews!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Don't be fooled by the long detailed and positive reviews. Donna Johnston from NY is listed in the credits of all the Cabela titles as the QA Lead. Why is she giving her review on the games she worked on which you see on every Cabela game? It looks like Activision is paying their employees to write reviews for them. This game has poor graphics and is tedious and boring. There are much better hunting games out there Don't waste your money on their falsely advertized garbage.

LOADING....LOADING....LOADING....LOADING....LOADING....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: December 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The game is very frustrating. With the default equipment you get tired very quickly with every character. I know they are trying to be realistic but realistically you would need a truck to carry half the basic set of equipment. You get tired just walking up a little hill and you walk extremely slow most of the time. The hunting areas are really small, it is like hunting in somebody's backyard. You can easily trap the animals against the hills and they run in circles until you kill them, which is not much of a challenge. You also have to wait for the game to load all the time. You walk just a few hundred feet and then have to wait for the LOADING..... To further add to the frustration, you frequently slide down the smallest hill and it says you are too injured to go on, and yes, you guessed it, more of that LOADING.... Also, if you walk or slip into the water you can't get out and guess what, yes, you guessed it again, LOADING.... Like if that was not enough, you will get in trouble for shooting near a building. You do it twice and, oh, the suspense is killing you, I know it.... LOADING..... ARRRGAHHH!!!! I could go on, and, well, I think I will. When you use the vehicles they are really hard to drive. Most of the time I get stuck in trees or drive off a cliff or into the water and LOADING.... They should change the name of this game to Cabela's LOADING.... All I wanted to do was some hunting. My final thought is RETURNING.....

Sping the extra $10 and buy Deer Hunter

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: February 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Bad controls, bad driving, bad graphics, and bad loading. Don't waste your money. Deer Hunter goes right where this game failed.

An alright game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In this game you can hunt polar bears, deer, moose etc. there are many weapons to choose from and alot of gear. you can ride atvs sonwmobiles and drive a truck. it is kinda easy because you can see where all of the animals are located because they all have red dots youcan see from miles away.Get it if u like to hunt but other wise get Cabelas 2004 it is better

Good hunting game, but not a hard title to get

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Yes, this was the best hunting game made for PS2 until Dangerous Hunts came out. However, there wasn't really anything to compete with in hunting games business, so it wasn't hard to achieve that milestone. Given that you can hunt on this, and hunt not just for deer but for many things, it is fun to play for a while. But the graphics are just terrible, and the best part about them is probably the detail of the guns. The controls are lacking control, and you are limited as to what you can do. There's a lot of things I can do holding a gun that this hunter can't. Also, the realism as far as hunting tags/licenses and laws go are somwhere off in fantasy land. I live in Texas, and I damn well know that if I shot a deer I didn't have a tag for, I wouldn't get a little $200 fine. I'm gonna get my butt thrown in jail. I do like that you can switch between first and third person views, and you can use a lot of accessories like calls and tree stands. There's a lot of great locations on it to hunt, too, that really are known for their hunting. A decent game it is, but a great it is not. I prefer real hunting over it.

Awesome!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: March 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Big Game Hunter is a great game on the PS2. It's like real hunting with a lot more action. You won't just be sitting in one spot waiting for a animal to cross your path. Once you start your game you will see animals & you have to stalk them down and kill them. You can hunt 24 different animals. There are 2 game modes Career Hunt or Quick Hunt. There are 4 vehicals Truck,Boat,Atv and Snowmobile. You can hunt in Alaska and Texas and many more places. The Graphics are awesome. and You can play in 3rd person or 1st person. There are rifles,pistols,bows,and shotguns. The only problems I have with this game is when you walk it's so loud and there is no way to be quiet & that there is no trophy room for quick hunt just in career mode so you when you shoot a animal it doesn't go in a trophy room. Also there is a bullet cam so when you shoot you travel with the bullet until it hits the destanation.

AWESOME!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: December 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

U cant shoot people and dont review a hunting game if u r against hunting. This game is so awesome there are so many rifles and accessories to choose from, then u can go to the target range and test out ur weapon. Carreer mod is fun because u can pick from lots of ages of chars, each has its strs and weaknesses. I only wish stand hunting was a little easier because the animals never come. I wish that u could be more stealthy. And I wish that u could hunt in more places than just North America. If u like hunting this is an awesome game to rent or buy!

Great + realistic Hunters' game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Cabelas' "Big Game Hunter" is a great hunting game even for only moderately fans of tha genre (Hunting, of course). It is a great hunting game and if tha controls were better than it would've gotten 5 *'s.

Good GAME...People are just too uptight

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: December 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

thats right folks...anyone sitting here reviewing a GAME for killing deer, need to loosen up, come back to reality, and stop blaming hollywood and games and the like for an increase in violence. Man has been hunting since man has been on this earth. It is a way of life. So some people do it for a hobby or sport, and some of us enjoy playing a game for release. GET A LIFE. ITS ONLY A $%^&ING GAME.

That said, it is quite enjoyable. Honestly playing this as much or more than Castlevania, its not as good mind you but its somewhat addictive, you want to keep going to reach your goals etc. Not ever going to be a game of the year type. but its a guilty pleasure, and at 20 bucks, worth it.

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