REDNECK DEER HUNTIN'
Manufacturer: Interplay (1998)
Price: $19.99
Genre: Deer, turkey duck and wild boar hunting simulation
System Requirements: Pentium 90 or better, 16MB RAM, about 80MB hard disk
space, SVGA 1MB PCI or LocalBus video
card, Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound card, CD-ROM drive and either Win 95, Win 98
or DOS 5.0(or later), 100% Microsoft compatible mouse.
Redneck Deer Huntin' is brought to you by
Interplay, producers of the Redneck Rampage series, and uses the same game engine.
You can hunt wild boar, turkey and ducks in the game as well as deer. Like other
hunting simulations on the market, you have a variety of weapons and hunting areas to
choose from, a shooting range with still and moving targets is also provided so you can
sharpen your skills. The hunting areas include: Lake Swampy (duck hunting),
Sagebrush Flats (deer and turkey), Ozark Forest (deer, turkey and wild boar) and Snowbush
Ridge (deer). One of the neatest features of the game is being able to stalk deer by
their tracks left in the snow in Snowbush Ridge. For those of you familiar with the
Redneck Rampage series, you can even use the level editor to create your own hunting
areas.
Once you have chosen the
area you pick your weapon: .44 magnum revolver, .30-06 rifle (with or without scope),
shotgun or crossbow. Each weapon has its choice of two types of ammunition and you
must load the appropriate type for the game you are hunting. After selecting your weapon,
you are taken to the hunting area. Instead of choosing points on an overhead map,
such as in Deer Hunter, you must navigate your way through a 3D rendered forest taking
care not to step on twigs which will snap and alert animals to your presence. You
must manually load and reload your weapon, using the appropriate ammunition. If you get too close to the
animal, it will hear you and be spooked. You take aim using a set of cross hairs
superimposed in the distance (kinda cheesy) you can take as many animals as you want in
each hunt, instead of the hunt ending after each kill. After you exit the area any
kills you have made are recorded in the Redneck Trophy Room.
THE SCOUTING REPORT:
THE PROS:
- You can actually move around!
Humorous- hey, it's Redneck Ramage so what do you expect?
Good variety of game animals: Turkey, Duck, Boar and Deer.
Hunting areas are pretty good.
THE CONS:
- Uses the same dated graphics engine as
Redneck Rampage.
Spotting and shooting at extreme ranges is next to impossible!
Review by Alan Farmer
