GameCube

Open Season

The only issue with Open Season is the linear and repetitive nature of the levels. Although the Alaskan tundra is a distinctive setting, the game mechanics oscillate between collecting missions and roller-coaster simulations. Running Boog through too-similar environments, no matter how good they may look, is unfulfilling. Luckily, the movie-familiar characters that Boog meets along the way prevent tedium and bring the forest animals' concerns, demands, and personalities to each unique situation; the game's 125 film-based missions play through very quickly.

Ich mag Filmversoftungen und hatte schon mit Ab durch die Hecke und Ice Age 2 jede Menge Freude. Bei Jagdfieber schraubt Ubisoft den spielerischen Anspruch allerdings auf ein Minimum herab und nimmt dem Titel die Existenzgrundlage für ältere Zockersemester. Für Kinder und jugendliche Fans des Films ist Jagdfieber aber nicht zuletzt aufgrund der witzigen Story und der liebevollen Charaktere genau der richtige Abenteuerspaß zum Weihnachtsfest.

As a children’s title that’s meant to compliment the theatrical release of Open Season, the game fulfills its mission of snagging shelf space, while still managing to throw in some entertaining moments into the mix. The comedy, while basic, actually had us laughing a few times through the game, and even though the story and character designs from the film are amazingly cookie-cutter, the game offers a few high points for anyone with little tikes in desperate need of some gaming goodness to go with the afternoon flick. Still, the game doesn’t have the polish necessary to really recommend it to anyone aside from Open Season fanatics, and we’d still stand by a rental as opposed to dropping full price for the game. With a few multiplayer events and some decent gameplay mechanics, the game should last a younger player anywhere from 10-15 hours. Just don’t expect too much more than the single player adventure.

Ultimately, it's hard to imagine anyone having a good time with this version of Open Season. The action is repetitive and dull, almost to the point of coming across as patronizing, and it takes forever for levels to come along that let you make use of all of Boog's abilities. Added to that, the overall presentation falls so flat that the game never comes close to capturing one iota of the whimsy that even the commercials promoting the film had.

Les Rebelles de la Forêt est une adaptation de film d'animation de plus. La réalisation est très moyenne, la durée de vie aussi, le titre est répétitif et le rythme est haché par des cinématiques dont la plupart n'ont pas un grand intérêt. Certes, quelques passages sont marrants, mais ça ne va pas plus loin. Si vous connaissez quelqu'un qui a moins de 9-10 ans et que vous parvenez à trouver le jeu à 20 euros pourquoi pas, mais payer plus, ça ne vaut pas le coup.