CAbelas 4x4 offroad adventure

Hi RASers, Just grabbed this title and wondered if anyone else had come across it. It's kind of primitive in a way (graphics look blocky on my setup, v4/4500 c2-566@876 512Meg ) but there is something sort of realistic about the physics, though I'd much rather play Insane. Any opinions? Impressions, etc? ~daxe

I almost snagged it since I'm into 4wd trucks, but figured I'd wait to see some opinions. The Cabela's logo kind of made me associate it with one of those "quick buck" hunting games. Tim On 13 Feb 2001 17:30:48 -0600, daxe <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi RASers, > > Just grabbed this title and wondered if anyone else had come >across it. It's kind of primitive in a way (graphics look blocky on >my setup, v4/4500 c2-566@876 512Meg ) but there is something sort of >realistic about the physics, though I'd much rather play Insane. > >Any opinions? Impressions, etc? > >~daxe

On 13 Feb 2001 17:30:48 -0600, daxe <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi RASers, > > Just grabbed this title and wondered if anyone else had come >across it. It's kind of primitive in a way (graphics look blocky on >my setup, v4/4500 c2-566@876 512Meg ) but there is something sort of >realistic about the physics, though I'd much rather play Insane. > >Any opinions? Impressions, etc?

I saw it was released but I couldn't find any (p)review about it.. Could you tell me a little bit more about it? How is gameplay, AI, FF, etc? Andre > >~daxe

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:33:59 GMT, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote:

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>On 13 Feb 2001 17:30:48 -0600, daxe <[email hidden]> wrote: > >>Hi RASers, >> >> Just grabbed this title and wondered if anyone else had come >>across it. It's kind of primitive in a way (graphics look blocky on >>my setup, v4/4500 c2-566@876 512Meg ) but there is something sort of >>realistic about the physics, though I'd much rather play Insane. >> >>Any opinions? Impressions, etc? > >I saw it was released but I couldn't find any (p)review about it.. >Could you tell me a little bit more about it? How is gameplay, AI, FF, >etc?

I havent had much chance to play it yet, but will try to come up with a report this weekend, after a little seat time. Off the top of my head, the biggest thing is the disappointing graphics, but that could just be my system. It wouldn't run at all on the GeForce2 Ultra I had for 6 days (until I returned it for not running games). You can tell it's trying to do an accurate job of modelling offroad challenges as far as traction and approach angle and stuff, but the graphics are so clunky it's hard to pick your way through the environment the way you need to when you are off-road. On my puter, at least, the cockpit view also has holes in it, through the firewall. These are just very quick impressions, I'm not ready to tank the whole thing yet. ~daxe

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 20:48:23 -0800, Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote: Then again, it's only 20$, so how bad could it be? It does come under the "Activision Value" label, though. Kind of indicates they didn't think it was the greatest product when they marketed it. there's a website for it here: http://www.activisionvalue.com/salespages/4x4/4x4.htm its currently pretty useless, half a dozen low-res screenshots (which look horrible), a list of features and a downloads page that will presumably feature a demo at some point, but now just features "coming soon". ~daxe >I almost snagged it since I'm into 4wd trucks, but figured I'd wait to >see some opinions. The Cabela's logo kind of made me associate it with >one of those "quick buck" hunting games.

On 16 Feb 2001 14:16:52 -0600, daxe <[email hidden]> wrote: >Then again, it's only 20$, so how bad could it be? It does come under >the "Activision Value" label, though. Kind of indicates they didn't >think it was the greatest product when they marketed it. Well, it could be worse than a case of beer, which is my other $20 option. ;-) Tim

On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 06:50:24 -0800, Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >On 16 Feb 2001 14:16:52 -0600, daxe <[email hidden]> wrote: > >>Then again, it's only 20$, so how bad could it be? It does come under >>the "Activision Value" label, though. Kind of indicates they didn't >>think it was the greatest product when they marketed it. > >Well, it could be worse than a case of beer, which is my other $20 >option. ;-)

The best option is probably to wait until it is 9.99 in the discount bins and then pick up a 12 pack to go with it. ~daxe