History VideoGame / CabelasDangerousHunts

* GiantSpaceFleafromNowhere: ''2'' builds up the confrontation with Big Grimm, a larger than average polar bear, with enough suspense and tension to obviously seem like the game will conclude with him as the final boss. [[spoiler: Who in their right mind would have expected a ''yeti'' to suddenly appear on the scene after said battle?]]

* AbusiveParents: Cole's father, Samson, isn't ''physically'' abusive (at least, not from what is seen in the game), but his extremely strict and demanding personality always made it difficult for Cole to get along with him. He is shown as being very harsh, and never hesitates to make it clear to Cole that, if he doesn't live up to the family name, he will disown him. Near the end of the game, he even confesses to Cole that, when his brother Adrian died, he always felt like he lost the ''wrong'' son. Also, depending on your interpretation of the game's events, he may actually have been the one truly responsible for Adrian's death when he commanded the wolf pack that lived on his land to ''attack'' both his sons so they could ''prove themselves''. Subverted in that, by the end of the game, he realizes [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone how much of a terrible father he was]] and tried to save Cole from the Kaftar before dying.

* AxCrazy: A lot of the animals in the game series look extremely unhinged, and have an unusually high level of agression as well. But the Kaftar, the bear in ''Dangerous Hunts 2011'' and the scarred bear in ''Dangerous Hunts 2013'' take the cake.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Samson yelling at Cole after he just saved his life from a mountain lion attack makes him look like a true UngratefulBastard, but his point about how much of a terrible idea it is to leave a wounded predator to run loose instead of taking it out immediatly is entirely correct.

* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: On top of the more understandable predators, you'll occasionally have animals like vultures attacking for no good reason.

* AnimalsHateHim
** BearsAreBadNews
** FullBoarAction
** NeverSmileAtACrocodile
** PantheraAwesome
** SavageWolves

* HeroicMime: Zigzagged in ''Dangerous Hunts 2011'', where Cole gives entire speeches in-between levels, but during regular cutscenes and gameplay is in full-on mime mode.

* MorePredatorsThanPrey: You'll be mobbed by an insane number of predators in each level. Apparently a single half-mile track of Alaska is home to several dozen wolves and an equal number of mountain lions.
* SuperPersistentPredator

* ItCanThink: In ''Dangerous Hunts 2011'', it's implied this is what makes the Kaftar so dangerous. It may or may not be the product of selective breeding and chemical conditioning by a military project attempting to produce trained animal super-soldiers.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The plot of ''Dangerous Hunts 2011'' revolves around a seemingly supernatural force that is able to control predators into attacking humans. It's unclear whether this force is the Kaftar, an even more sinister supernatural force, or some kind of secret scientific weapon developed by the [[{{Lost}} Dharma Initiative]]-like "Project Nightfall".

* EverythingsTryingToKillYou: On top of the more understandable predators, you'll occasionally have animals like vultures attacking for no good reason.

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts are a series of hunting-themed first person shooter games, developed predominately for consoles, although ''Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013'' was also ported to PC. The game series consists of:

* {{Sequelitis}} ''Dangerous Hunts'' is, if remembered at all, considered better than the later games. ''Dangerous Hunts 2013'', on the other hand, is considered the least faithful to the original out of all the series. Of course, there are some people who like the later games ''more'' for that exact reason.

* ''Cabela's Dangerous Hunts: Ultimate Challenge''

* ''Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2015''

Despite the Cabela brand name, the games are not actually hunting simulators, but rather arcade-style shooters. Essentially, they're ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Call of Duty]]'', only the enemies are animals instead of humans. Most games in the series were developed to be playable with a light gun, and feature a combination of first-person shooter and on-rail light gun mechanics.

* TheThemeParkVersion: The games are not hunting simulators, but rather arcade-style shooters. Think ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' or ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' with real-life animals instead of the military.

Despite the Cabela brand name, the games are not actually hunting simulators, but rather arcade-style shooters. Essentially, they're ''[[ResidentEvilGunSurvivor Gun Survivor]]'', only the enemies are animals instead of zombies or dinosaurs. Most games in the series were developed to be playable with a light gun, and feature a combination of first-person shooter and on-rail light gun mechanics.

* TheThemeParkVersion: The games are not hunting simulators, but rather arcade-style shooters. Think ''HouseOfTheDead'' or ''ResidentEvilGunSurvivor'' with real-life animals instead of zombies or dinosaurs.

* ItCanThink: In ''Dangerous Hunts 2011'', it's implied this is what makes the Kaftar so dangerous. It turns out to be the product of selective breeding and chemical conditioning by a military project attempting to produce trained animal super-soldiers.

* ItCanThink: In ''Dangerous Hunts 2011'', it's implied this is what makes the Kaftar so dangerous.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The plot of ''Dangerous Hunts 2011'' revolves around a seemingly supernatural force that is able to drive predators into attacking humans. It's unclear whether this force is the Kaftar, an even more sinister supernatural force, or some kind of secret scientific weapon developed by the [[{{Lost}} Dharma Initiative]]-like "Project Nightfall".

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The plot of ''Dangerous Hunts 2011'' revolves around a seemingly supernatural force that is able to drive predators into attacking humans. It's unclear whether this force is the Kaftar, an even more sinister force, or some kind of scientific result of the [[{{Lost}} Dharma Initiative]]-like "Project Nightfall".

Despite the Cabela brand name, the games are not actually hunting simulators, but rather arcade-style shooters. Essentially, they're ''GunSurvivor'', only the enemies are animals instead of zombies or dinosaurs. Most games in the series were developed to be playable with a light gun, and feature a combination of first-person shooter and on-rail light gun mechanics.

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts are a series of first person shooter games.

* BearsAreBadNews
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile
* PantheraAwesome
* SavageWolves

* EverythingsWorseWithWolves