''Cabela's Alaskan Adventures'' (also known as ''Cabela's Big Game Hunter: 10th Anniversary Edition – Alaskan Adventure'' for

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) is a 2006 hunting video game developed by Sand Grain Studios,

Fun Labs Fun Labs Romania SRL is a Romanian video game developer based in Bucharest. Founded in 1999, it long worked with Activision on a multitude of projects, including several ''Cabela's'' games. Games developed * 2001: '' Cabela's 4x4 Off-Road A ...

and Magic Wand Productions and published by Activision for the

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and

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video game consoles and Microsoft Windows. In April 2017, the Xbox 360 version was made

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with the

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Gameplay

The game features twelve different maps, including different regions in

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and the Arctic, where players may track or lure animals to complete goals. Numerous animals are available to hunt – bears such as the

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, black bear, glacier bear and

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appear from the tutorial onwards. Other hostile animals include

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s, Canada lynx,

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, grey wolves, musk oxen, and

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. Roosevelt elk, Yukon

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and mountain goats are available to hunt, as well as Dall sheep,

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, barren-ground caribou, and

Sitka deer The Sitka deer or Sitka black-tailed deer (''Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis'') is a subspecies of mule deer (''Odocoileus hemionus''), similar to the Columbian black-tailed subspecies (''O. h. colombianus''). Their name originates from Sitka, A ...

. Birds include Canada geese, harlequin ducks,

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, and ptarmigans. Small mammals include

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es, Arctic foxes, and snowshoe hares. Players may also practice fishing, either with fishing rods or in the form of

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with tip-ups. Money from successful hunts can be used to purchase better equipment including firearms and camping equipment. The game includes fines, which subtract money from the player if certain hunting laws are breached, such as firing a weapon too close to an occupied building.

Reception

''Cabela's Alaskan Adventures'' received mixed to negative reviews from critics. On

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, the Xbox 360 version of the game holds a score of 48/100 based on 11 reviews. Erik Brudvig of ''

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'' rated the game a 4.8/10, criticizing the game for being a "sloppy port" and for its gameplay being "outside the realms of pure simulation and arcade fun". Dale Nardozzi of '' TeamXbox'' was more lenient on the game, rating it a 6.4/10, praising the gameplay and graphics as being "pretty decent" for a budget game.

References

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