Despite having an entire different title, and being part of different hunting game series, Ultimate Deer Hunt serves as a sequel to Coresoft's previous Cabela's game: Big Game Hunter: Ultimate Challenge. It is almost the exact same experience as the first game, the same type of equipment, guns, character selection, and practically the same locations, though they are technically different locations. The only big difference that sets it apart from its predecessor is that here, instead of hunting a variety of big game animals, you are hunting different breeds of deer, bucks, and elk. Personally I found this way less interesting and kind of frustrating to me. Each location in the first game was occupied by several species that are from that region; here, however, it's just deer; and if you are someone who really loves hunting and can differentiate breeds of deer good for you, but personally I can't, and so it feels very repetitive to me after the first two areas. This complaint also affects the gameplay itself; you are punished for killing game that you don't have tags for, which is completely fine and is expected from a realistic simulator; but when all the animals in the area are just deer and I can't tell them apart, getting fined $400 and getting kicked back to the main menu gets really annoying. other than that, some quality of life improvements have been made; the player moves slightly faster and the cross hair on scopes can be adjusted. Outside of that it is really just the same game as the first, just with more deer.

Reviewed on Jan 17, 2024


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