Suspense and intense first-person action reign in Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011, the first game to utilize the all new Top Shot Elite hunting controller. The game unfolds as a story of drama and survival as players face kill-or-be-killed scenarios deep in the wild. With the Top Shot Elite, the first-of-its-kind wireless controller that allows players to take direct aim against the world’s deadliest predators, hunt and be hunted as Cole Rainsford, who has joined his estranged father on an African safari to hunt savage animals that have been terrorizing remote villages. Soon stranded, their survival depends on cunning instinct and expert skill to make it out alive.
- Top Shot Elite Wii controller integrates the Wii Remote and Nunchuk in a groundbreaking new design which includes pump-action reload and an adjustable stock to fit gamers of all sizes
- The controller scope features a red lens filter that gives players a different perspective on the environment, exposing hidden animal tracks and blood trails
- Epic story of drama and survival as players face kill-or-be-killed scenarios deep in the wild
- Includes next-generation shooting galleries featuring hot-seat, multi-stage and head-to-head multiplayer options
List Price: $ 59.99
Price: $ 40.00
Almost too hard.,
For those of you who had the old gun where the trigger was in the front, this gun is 100% better. The trigger is now in the back, and the front has a pump reload. Also, all of the controls are customizable (unlike last time). the gun is adjustable so even large people are able to keep the stock of the gun in their shoulder while looking through the scope, giving a very real feeling to the game.
The red scope is cool, and i was very excited before i tried it. It is actually sorta hard to see anything through it. To use it, you hit a button (A is the default) and it makes the screen only viewable through the red lens. However, it is very hard to see anything, making the game a little frustrating.
Also, the game in general is very hard. I kept dieing over and over and have put hours into the game and have still not beat level 1 of 12. The game-play is also just about surviving rather than hitting animals for the gold medal like the last time. You will constantly be jumped by mountain lions and wolves. The bear takes like 30 shots before it goes down. Very unrealistic in that regard.
The arcade mode is amazing though! It is very fun, and lasts only about 3 minutes. Great for when company is over and you can pass it back and forth trying to beat each others score. That part of it alone, makes the whole game worthwhile. However there is like 30 arcade modes, and you have to beat the 12 levels to unlock them all. This is proving to be very hard to do.
Still worth buying, and i do recommend the gun (the lens is not used in arcade mode). The quick pump reload is very fun and makes it much more like and actual arcade game then the older versions. I gave it 4 stars because the campaigns are a little frustrating, but if i could break it out: the arcade 5 stars, the gun 4, and the campaign 3. Buy it!
If you have an xbox or ps3, i would get that version. The gfx are much better, and the gun works the same as for wii.
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|Awesome game,
This is a cool game. Not really all that hard, seemed impossible at first but got easier with practice. The new gun is great, don’t really like the scope thing but it is needed for the story mode.
It’s easy enough for adults to play. Took it to hunting camp and we all had a blast playing the galleries. Stoy mode is single player so I waited on that, it’s challenging, at least for me.
I have the 09 version and like this much better.
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|Best Game on the Wii, Hands Down,
Firstly, I am not an avid hunting-game fan. This is the first hunting-ish game I’ve owned… i say hunting-ish because it is nothing like hunting at all (which is a good thing IMHO). Real hunting involves hours of waiting in the woods, staring at your feet, and attempting to fain the occasional animal noise to hopefully hear something that may be an animal off in the distance. Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011′s campaign mode is fast paced with a passable storyline and very engaging combat sequences… yes the animals fight back and you will be eaten, often. It is more of a FPS than hunting game.
Pros:
Challenging/engaging campaign (I played through it, up to the final boss over one weekend with a friend, and it didn’t get boring or monotonous)
Lots of unlockables (in the form of shooting galleries)
Shooting galleries galore, and they’re very fun. Often times there are more animals than you can squeeze a trigger at. I’d estimate it should take at minimum 50 hours to post decent scores in all the shooting galleries.
Replayability is very, very high… as the galleries are plentiful and engaging.
Gun / wii-mote & nun chuck holster is ingenious. Very well put together and thought out.
Galleries can be played in co-op OR 4 people taking turns.
Galleries are great if you just have a few minutes here and there… no long time investment is necessary to walk away with an entertaining experience.
Cons:
Scope on plastic gun is basically useless, as are the on-gun sights (on-screen sights track your wii-mote movement). “Hunter sense” can easily be viewed without the red lens scope.
Targeting is laggy with the wii-mote and often imprecise. I’d estimate if you quickly aimed from one side of the screen to the other, it’d take 1/2 second for the crosshairs to follow.
I think there is more animal variety in the galleries than exists in the campaign… not sure why the developers would do this.
Campaign is fairly short (~10 hrs at a very leisurely pace) and final boss is DIFFICULT.
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