Cabela's Alaskan Adventures Xbox 360
Metascore
48 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 6 out of 11
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  1. Planet Xbox 360
    65
    For fans of hunting games only. The graphics and sound are not even close to what 360 gamers deserve. The gameplay is less than inspiring, and there are some absolutely awful minigames you must complete to progress in your career.
  2. TeamXbox
    64
    The progression in the career mode is interesting, and trying to bag a moose from a down-town one-shot-kill is just plain intriguing.
  3. Game Chronicles
    56
    While it’s nice that the game tries to mix stuff up with the duck hunting and the fishing, none of these additional activities excel in any way. The A.I. is lacking, the excitement is lacking, and so are the graphics and sound to convince me I’m there.
  4. X360 Magazine UK
    50
    You'll find more action at a sports day for coma patients. Still, it has a bizarre appeal, just don't blame us for feeling guilty afterwards. [Issue 15, p.93]
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  5. Gamezilla!
    50
    All in all, while occasionally entertaining, the hunting sequences of this game just aren’t fun enough to appeal to most people and that’s all this game really has going for it given that the minigames aren’t even worth mentioning.
  6. IGN
    48
    Cabela's Alaskan Adventures needed a complete overhaul for Xbox 360 and, instead, we've been given a sloppy port of the old generation engine and gameplay. The way hunting and fishing are presented falls outside the realms of pure simulation and arcade fun, making for a confounding mishmash of ideas that don't work together.
  7. Game Almighty
    45
    It certainly has enjoyable moments, but overall just doesn’t deliver the visceral experience that hunting should be.
  8. Official Xbox Magazine
    40
    If you've ever wanted to be a wheezy, out-of-shape hunter tramping through the snowy Alaskan wilds of Ketchikan and Sitka, then this game's for you. [Holiday 2006, p.76]
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  9. Operation Sports
    40
    The AI, as mentioned earlier, is really poor. The animals do not behave anywhere the manner you would expect, and even the hunters themselves all seem to be asthmatic couch potatoes based on the breakneck speed in which they fatigue.
  10. Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
    39
    This would be a nice (if distasteful) stalk-'em-up, but it's so wretchedly broken in places.
  11. Thunderbolt
    30
    It’s floundering helplessly in transition from PC to Xbox 360.

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User Score
5.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. Berglynt
    0
    After finishing this game I can say it is one of the worst pieces of crap that I have ever played. There are so many things wrong with this game it is ridiculous. Animals can leap and attack you from over 10 feet away (even from the other side of a small hill) and they do not even need to touch you to actually hurt you. You can stand right in front of an animal and shoot at it point blank and still miss. Everything about this game is atrocious from the graphics to the game play. I cannot even give this horrible thing a 1. I consider it to be broken. It would take all day to list the problems this game has. Graphics would be a kin to last generation console graphics. Game play and controls are horrible. It has no replay value at all. Do not waste your time on this. If all Cabela games play like this, do not even bother picking any up. Money would be better spent picking up Duke Nukem Forever. (Yes, this game is that bad.)… Full Review »
  2. DavidC.
    8
    It's about the gameplay!!! People judge too often it's graphics. This the most played title in our home.
  3. RyanD.
    3
    Just plain brutal... Gets boring after ten mins.
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