Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 (2011) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012

With the world as their playground, players will explore a vast expanse of mountains and valleys with unprecedented choices in direction never before seen in a Cabela's hunting game. Players can climb an area…

70 27 September 2011 ESRB T

What Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 is

Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 is a shooter game developed by Cauldron HQ and released in 2011. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

With the world as their playground, players will explore a vast expanse of mountains and valleys with unprecedented choices in direction never before seen in a Cabela's hunting game. Players can climb an area to get a better angle for the shot but risk being spotted, or they can take a low elevation route with poor visibility but plenty of concealment. Nature doesn't always wait for you to make the first move as the dynamic weather and natural hazards make the hunt even more challenging. The challenge doesn't end there. Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 ups the ante with the most realistic animals ever seen in the Cabela's series. Every animal's unique movement gives clues on what the animal…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 37% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 launched on 27 September 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus (2011) and Gears of War 3. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus (2011), Gears of War 3.

Official trailer