Cabela is back and this time it’s in Africa, does this game continue Cabela’s past success? Read on in our review to find out.
Cabela’s African Adventures is a 2013 hunting/game simulator, it is avaible on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 PC, and Wii.
One of the more formidable animals you come across.
THE GOOD: Cabela’s African Adventures is fun when you can make it to a mission, or just decide on going sight seeing/exploring. The open world map really helps bring the feeling that you are indeed in the wilds of Africa, or some nearly deserted terrain full of nothing but dangerous animals as companions. The story involves the player character trying to clear out the wilds of said dangerous animals so a greedy man can locate three pieces of a lost treasure belonging to the locales. Along the way you find animals such as a wildebeast, elephant, lions, hyenas, and more. There’s also a shooting gallery mode for players feeling a bit ‘arcadey’. The addition of a skill tree also provided different styles of gameplay to use for players.
African Adventures shooting gallery.
THE BAD: The skill tree wasn’t the clearest and easy thing to use in the game, nor was the map. I actually found both to be quite confusing my first couple goes at them, especially the map after the first 2 missions.
Careful, Lioness are very dangerous!
THE UGLY: The driving wasn’t the best in the world, and it was quite annoying that the jeep couldn’t squeeze through some spots that looked accessible, nor could the player character.
Uh-Oh!
OVERALL THOUGHTS: While fun, Cabela’s African Adventures does have issues that keep it from being what it has potential to be. Some technical issues such as limited character and vehicle movement get in the way when you’re trying to move forward to the next mission, however the gallery shooter and story keeps you invested enough to push through it. Though the confusing skill tree and map may annoy some players even more than most.
Just another wasted attempt at a game that could be something. I just don’t get why these games are made without any sort of real.. Playability. Sure it’s fun to kill animals especially that crazy variety offered in this game. But I just don’t get the point in wasting time on this junk just for a few quick bucks from idiot gamers.
While normally I would agree but this is sadly the best hunting game we have had in AGES. Not that its saying much.
That is true, I think the last installment I actually played was on the old xbox. I thought it was fun just killing the animals, I suppose though, That hunting doesnt get much more entertaining than this. I’m sure diehard hunting fans will like it, but I would only play it if nothing else was there.