Windows

Deer Avenger

In its misguided effort to poke some lighthearted (and much-deserved) fun at PC hunting titles, Deer Avenger ends up being more tasteless than most of the games it's parodying. Theoretically, it might make a good gag gift -- except for the fact that the game is so bad, the person receiving it might get angry at you. Better to give it to someone you don't like.

Die einzige Daseinsberechtigung für dieses Spiel liegt darin, daß es eine Parodie ist. Verschenken Sie dieses Spiel auf einer Party an Jagdgegner oder frustrierte Förstergattinen, verbuchen Sie mit Sicherheit einen Heiterkeitserfolg. Mehr aber auch nicht.

Spoofing the lack of action, chronic visuals and fundamentally poor gameplay of Deer Hunter-style games gives an end result that is - not surprisingly - just as tedious as the game it apes. It might be forgivable if Deer Avenger contained an ounce of wit but the best you get is the odd amusing hunting call ('Help! I'm naked and I have pizza!') and a fart button for entertainment. That's subtlety for you. At least Natural Fawn Killers could raise a black-humoured laugh or two. Deer Avenger, on the other hand, is just inane.