The Cabela range of hunting games is massive in the States but it means little to us Brits who don't spend countless hours walking through the woods hunting Mother Nature's finest. Dangerous Hunts marks the franchise's Xbox debut but if you're expecting a fast-paced wildlife slaughter-est, think again.

As strange as it sounds, this is a hunting simulation that drops you in the middle of the great outdoors and challenges you to 'down' some of the world's hardest animals including grizzly bears, leopards, rhinos and cape buffalos. There are also some of the most helpless animals to destroy too, and this is how things start in Career Hunt. If your trigger finger is itchy though, you can jump straight in with Quick Hunt and Action Zone options but the gameplay is pretty much the same whichever mode you go for: hike for miles, see an animal and shoot it before it takes you out. That's all, folks.

Career Hunt dishes up various challenges across 12 different locations around the world and at different times of the year. The weapons are also real world based, so don't expect any chain guns or lightsabers here. This is all about rifles, handguns, bows and knives - real hunting. Environments are picture perfect and the first-person handling is bang on the money too. The look sensitivity does default to the extreme, but it can be toned down.

There's not a lot of action and it's not half as tense as the packaging would have you believe. It's slow and uneventful. Chasing animals around the woods just doesn't make for an exciting experience, even if you are a natural born hunter. There are plenty of better first-person games to choose from and even the novelty of offing sheep and deer quickly wears off. Soon to be extinct in the UK.

Dull, monotonous and lacking any excitement. Avoid at all costs, even if you are game for a laugh.