Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011: A Cursed Hunting Game

[@MandaloreGaming]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN Yes I know about the Uncharted clone one with the genetically engineered bear but I haven't gotten into it yet.

[@Aetherial_Moth]

The WHAT with the WHAT?!

[@100acatfishandwillbreakyou2]

cre its

[@twilitblade]

How many genetically engineered bears do you know about in games? Is this like the folder of unsettling horses?

[@requiem4ameme2]

You think you can drop a comment like that and just walk away? Free the bear mutant!

[@cinkro9616]

What about the top down survival horror game one I played, it's also in Alaska iirc

[@Waffleplateninja]

"To hunt for yourself is poaching. To hunt for your family is tradition. To hunt for entertainment is sport." -Cabela's: The Line

[@smartfella7914]

To hunt for entertainment is conservationism

[@bigchungus6827]

@@smartfella7914 Given the seemingly infinite onslaught of monsters Cabela's throws at you, I almost feel like conservationists are analog to the Doom Slayer. It's them or humanity drowning under a tsunami of rampaging possessed wildlife.

[@TheNetherlandDwarf]

"Do you feel like a conservationist yet Walker?"

[@alltat]

It was actually humanity that they were trying to conserve.

[@lilwyvern4]

@@bigchungus6827 Which makes it even funnier that they insist on only using traditional civilian hunting weapons. I dunno, if they had hordes of maneating hyenas the size of biblical locust swarms, maybe taking a trip over to Arizona and borrowing some gun collector's LMG stash might be in the cards.

[@kabob0077]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="396">6:36</a> I believe that in the Cabela's setting that "Conservationist" is a name for a group of some elite, anti-animal shock troops that have dedicates their lives to the Animal Wars.

[@aa-tr9xt]

They conserve humanity

[@MrTetrisz]

When the animals are so dangerous that they're more concerned about poachers' lives than the animals they're hunting

[@badman5852]

If not for them the Emu War of 1908 would have been lost. God bless them and their families.

[@LogosChaser-r5d]

They're like the Patriots from MGS

[@InvestmentBankr]

Hunters are actually the strongest and most effective group in habitat and wildlife preservation. As with most things, the people who actually USE a thing (loggers, fishers, hunters, farmers, etc) are the most invested in its sustainable longevity.

[@brownruns]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="867">14:27</a> "Alaska's a Stand Your Ground state, so watch me stand while I put you in it" is a HARD ASS line

[@ColorfulHelices]

Fucking incredible writing What a GOD

[@WoodlandDrake]

I stand, you're ground.

[@testname4464]

My favorite is "it's Howl's Moving Castle Doctrine!"

[@SetariM]

He said it in the lamest way though lmao

[@selectionn]

@@SetariM the non-chalant way he said it made it even more hard pure cinema

[@weirdferretthing]

"But how many animals have you saved?" "Do you feel like a conservationist yet?" Sweet CHRIST, I'm not a fan of Spec Ops: The Line, but those quotes, especially in this context, still hit like a truck.

[@bigchungus6827]

It has interesting implications in the context of Cabela's because I'm pretty sure the term conservationist almost *has* to mean conserving human life against the endless demonic horde of animals.

[@AstridFrost_UwU]

​@@bigchungus6827They're edited it. It's a spec ops the line reference

[@bigchungus6827]

@@AstridFrost_UwU I knew that, thanks. I was talking about the use of the word conservationist in the context of Cabela's games.

[@klikssiikubra314]

There has to be an addendum with the lore from the DS version of this game, you straight up see the Kaftar transforming from man to beast in a cutscene in it, you see its silhouette stalking you in Alaska, and we get flashbacks to Samson whipping and training hyenas to hunger for human flesh. Also, a weird detail is that while in the PS3 and Xbox versions of 2011, the Kaftar has both eyes, the Wii one has it missing one eye. The same eye Samson is missing...

[@AlozarLorandul]

Yea the whole time I was watching this video I felt it was obvious that Samson is the Kaftar. Really surprised Mandalore didn't seem to allude to/pick up on that? They talk about it being a werewolf like creature, they talk about how it ate Samson's heart and cursed him, Samson clearly lured Cole to Uganda in order to pass on the curse, even talks about killing him... idk it seemed really obvious to me.

[@DarkHenrik1]

@@AlozarLorandul He did question that in an old vod were he played this game. I'd assume he either forgot that while working on this video, or he might have changed his mind on it while looking further into the game.

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

Fuck I need to look that up Now

[@tiolloyd9555]

​@DarkHenrik1 given how someone mentioned an actual Yeti fight on the game that predates this, maybe Mandy is planning on doing a trilogy and then a lore theory timeline, and then he will mention these details there

[@alster546]

Its hard to notice but in the xbox and PS3 version the kaftar also has his left eye damaged, but only on the final fight (you can get a good look at 43:09), the one from the intro has both eyes, same goes to the dad back then, so I gotta wonder if thats the same kaftar, or the dad killed the kaftar and then was cursed like Mbeki said and became the next Kaftar. Gotta commend the devs for going this fucking wild on a plot about a licensed hunting game, and Cabela for giving it the thumbs up.

[@lucjan1897]

When Rainsford dad talks about his family history he sounds like he's on the verge of grasping some truely Lovecraftian revelation but his mind can't quite comprehend it yet

[@theatagamer90]

The Elder God Cabela is attempting to escape via hunting games.

[@lonestarlibrarian1853]

@@theatagamer90Every hunt, a sacred prayer; every kill, a holy sacrifice; every taxidermy’d body a piece of something far beyond the minds of mortal men

[@notthed6534]

It felt like something out of Great Value Darkest Dungeon

[@MrThatguyuknow]

They way he talks at the end made me feel like they were setting him up to be the demon and this was all some elaborate sacrificial ritual.

[@alster546]

@@MrThatguyuknow He IS the demon! The kaftar, you can see in the final fight it has a damaged eye just like the dad.

[@josemaria8177]

Mandalore doesn't play horror games for Halloween, instead he plays games that makes you question your sanity

[@fluorideinthechat7606]

If it makes me go insane that makes it the horror game

[@EmaRussoUltra]

Psychological Horror

[@Intestine_Ballin-ism]

It's a different flavour of horror.

[@josh-oo]

So he plays cosmic horror games instead. Got it.

[@OrificeHorus]

Gartens...

[@bananapie6564]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="903">15:03</a> additional fun fact if you want to warm your heart a little, Ravens have been noted to play with wolf pups to help build trust with the pack

[@parkerdixon-word6295]

@@bananapie6564 Oh yes, Ravens and wild wolves have a genuinely bro-tier symbiotic relationship. It's extremely cute, two extremely intelligent wild animals building a genuine and mutually beneficial relationship.

[@louieburnham8090]

I think this counts as actual domestication

[@dalemountain5041]

​@louieburnham8090 the difference between taming and domestication is whether the relationship has existed long enough to induce physiological/ethological changes in the animal model. Taking a wild animal and forming a relationship is taming. Taming the children, the children's children, etc. so on until the animal is born different- that's domestication. It's the difference between dogs and wolves or aurochs (now extinct) and cows.

[@evinbraley]

KInda knew about this from AC6. You know, the whole friendship between the protag and Rusty (A Raven being partners with a wolf)

[@mioszskupinski343]

When I heard the younger brother say "Alone if i have to" it triggered something in me. I looked it up and...it's Jason Spisak, the voice of Vulpes Inculta from New Vegas. Once you realise it, it's impossible to unhear.

[@jmjedi923]

So that's where he got his wolf hat from...

[@XMJ3904]

Also chum bucket from the Mad Max game.

[@11kiwifruit]

took me off guard once I heard that lol

[@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger]

For some reason how you said it made me think you got aroused by his voice rather recognizing it

[@MarktheRude]

Maybe the nukes were launched as a last resort against the berserk wildlife?

[@thefischdeo]

Since Bass Pro Shops owns Cabela’s now, they should make a fishing equivalent of these. Like Moby Dick but with an evil trout.

[@USSMariner]

ELDRITCH BILLY BASS

[@torchcato4625]

@@thefischdeo the start of the game is you, your dad, and your younger brother catching hammerhead sharks, and ends with you fighting your father who’s become a shark-human hybrid inside of a giant underwater Bass Pro Pyramid

[@sneed915]

​@torchcato4625 you throw dynamite to fish out your father in the inverted pyramid. The plot twist is its a sequel to seaman on the dreamcast.

[@Azmodeus87]

You don't even need to invent new species for that one, just a reason for Deepseas fish to somehow coming to our pressures ( and surviving). Have you seen the only photo of teh angler? That is some "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!" creature design.

[@SecuR0M]

That's just any Asian carp in Missouri. You're riding around on a kayak or motor boat and a bony Hound of Tindalos pops up and breaks your collarbone. 🫡

[@tylerdelange5959]

Fun Fact: The family's last name "Rainsford" is a nod to The Most Dangerous Game. I guess it implies that this family has descended from the original man who was hunted for sport? Maybe General Zarof from that story was the original Kafta?

[@Jynx_Splatoon]

Cabela’s having lore more arbitrary & confusing then most H.P Lovecraft settings while also having one man with a fiery hate against nature itself and wiping out entire species with nothing more then a 308. is amazing and I wish we would have supported it so we could get a modern sequel.

[@timothymclean]

To be fair, HP Lovecraft kept his lore light on purpose. Lore is answers, and the root of his most effective horror is not having answers.

[@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger]

How God intended for us to squash evil

[@badman5852]

Man cannot control nature, but he can fill it with enough lead to take pause. 'And we shall water our crop with the blood of our trophies. The bounty of our love of nature is fruitful and nutritious.` Cabela 2:85

[@vahlok1426]

The sudden ad spam on KZbin had me convinced that the bit with the Cabela's advert was real.

[@benvos2458]

(get ublock origin and opera)

[@CameronKilgore]

Cabela's, they're the ones with the giant pyramid in Memphis, right?

[@tabulasmara]

@@CameronKilgoreI mean it’s their parent company bass pro shop so close enough

[@vahlok1426]

@@benvos2458 On mobile my friend, there's no hope for me.

[@internetgamer2]

​@@benvos2458got anything for mobile?

[@timothymclean]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="410">6:50</a>: Hold up. 200 years? Alaska was a Russian colony until 1867, only 134 years before this scene. So were the Reinsfords a bunch of Russians who stuck around after Russia left America to the USA? And they stole customs from the local tribes, and say the land is "in their blood"? And at least in recent generations, they spend a roughly equal amount of time in Uganda? Never mind the demon vampire wildlife, the Reinford family has tons of lore to unpack.

[@drugmate9710]

The Reinsfords are the founders of Wagner Group, confirmed.

[@JerryRey404]

The villain in the novel Most Dangerous Game was Russian. And the protagonist was named Reinsford (as noted by another commenter)

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

I could see American or Canadian settlers living on what would later end up being Alaska, it's not like the border between Canada and Alaska was clearly defined, let alone monitored. It took a gold rush in the territory for the USA and Canada to bother figuring out who actually owned what up there, so imagine how little the Russians cared. I could imagine that maybe the Reinsfords intermarried with some local natives. It's not an implausible thing to happen out on the frontier, and such a "well I'm 1/16th [tribe here], so of course I'm allowed to follow X/Y/Z wacky tradition of theirs" type of guy feels like exactly what a Cabela's protagonist would unirronically be written to be.

[@NazgNurglych]

So, while Alaska did belong to Russian Empire nominally, it wasn't much of a colony, meaning not a lot of russian settlers there. But there were americans and american companies, hired by russian government or on leased land. So I could see some family settling there 200 years ago, maybe working for American company that was contracted by Russia or something.

[@WadeGb]

"If you don't mind me asking.. what was it like? How did you survive the Kaftar's Cave?" Johnny Cabela: "Who said I did.."

[@Refloni]

Gentlemen, welcome to Uganda.

[@nemotoad9315]

Do you feel like a Hunter yet?

[@crazybrit1192]

There were over 5000 animals alive in Uganda, the day before you arrived. How many are alive today, I wonder? How many will be alive tomorrow?

[@notrafi_]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2547">42:27</a> you cant just pull an edit of the Spec Ops The Line loading screen like that on me Mandalore, fantastic work

[@Palgineer]

He’s even got the loading screen tips: “But how many animals have you saved?” “The Kraftar may not be what it seems.” “Do you feel like a conservationist yet?”

[@nerdyvids1]

They were in the last one too

[@torchcato4625]

“certainly this won’t be as insane as the 2013 version” i thought to myself, and within ten minutes your character rips out and eats the heart of an elk EDIT: oh my god. i think mandy’s jokes from the first video were REAL. they were not jokes, they were actual plot points. they were all vindicated. quite possibly the funniest fucking game franchise to have been created

[@JoaoVictor-rg5ix]

The True BERZERK simulator!

[@TyuErt]

I don't know why that's being considered weird. It's somewhat common

[@shadooper]

​Eating RAW heart isn't a normal ​activity.@@TyuErt

[@Highraven]

​@@shadooperfor "real" hunters it is. Had to do it as a kid

[@TyuErt]

@@shadooper regular first kill tradition

[@levalexenko4863]

It could be British military base in Uganda, it was their colony till the 60s after all. Kinda fits with the lore, too. Secret facility to study horrific things as weapons during Cold War.

[@anonemuss1418]

I was expecting the dad to actually be the final animal, like a literal werewolf. Seems like a missed opportunity.

[@sortedevaras]

It was though, he was a were hyena. His "death" was him permanently turning into the Kaftar.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

I know one of the other Dangerous Hunts games has a Yeti boss fight... I hope Mandy covers tgat sone day.

[@AlozarLorandul]

It seemed HEAVILY implied to me, and another commenter on this video said in the DS version they make it much more obvious. Also apparently the Kaftar model in the Wii version is missing the same eye that Samson is. Who knows why they didn't explicitly say it but I feel that it was all but outright said in this video that he is the Kaftar, and it also explains why the whistle could be heard in Alaska.

[@DarkHenrik1]

@@AlozarLorandul Legit, thinking on this, it wouldn't be too out there to assume that, it might have been a concept that they might have walked back on during development, as at times, handheld games will some times use the discarded or early concepts of the main console games during their development. So picture this, during development of the console game, they might have originally intended on having a more supernatural origin of the Kaftar. Only to either get cold feet or some higher up shooting down the idea because they wanted it to be more "realistic".

[@LopsidedMoz]

The Ugandan guy said that the father's heart was eaten and he was cursed, so he turned into the werehyena I'm guessing

[@clpthegamer3129]

i like how the game jumps from "Lets waste these Elk becuse our family is abit odd" to "Cabela vs The World of Darkness"

[@PikachuLittle]

Turns out they’re a different kind of Hunter

[@gringottssteakhouse5893]

Bloodborne

[@sharkman2857]

Eating the raw heart of your first kill is a real hunting tradition. You can find lots of bizarre facebook posts where people post photos of their preteen children chowing down on a deer's raw heart, crouched over the kill like Gollum. It's... something.

[@FubukiTheIcyKing]

I swear some of those people I see on Tumblr as well are just werewolves in disguise.

[@Jan_Iedema]

Humanity is just fucking weird

[@yolobathsalts]

b r u h. You run in some weird circles. Everyone I know and their children hunt and I've never seen this. I couldn't even in good conscience suggest it to my child when I take her on her first hunt, I feel like that could cause some kind of trauma.

[@Highraven]

God I had to do it at what 10. Disgusting 🤮

[@ladyofthesith1943]

Huh, I did the same thing with my neighbors when I was 10. I don't remember why. But yeah raw deer hearts were a thing out in the country.

[@Scawteee]

“In the first age, in the first battle, when the shadows first lengthened, one stood. Burned by the embers of Armageddon, his soul blistered by the fires of Hell and tainted beyond ascension, he chose the path of perpetual torment. In his ravenous hatred he found no peace; and with boiling blood he scoured the Umbral Plains seeking vengeance against the dark lords who had wronged him. He wore the crown of the Night Sentinels, and those that tasted the bite of his sword named him... the Conservationist."

[@Jimbo55151]

In college one of my fondest moments was when some friendly dude bros on my floor were playing this stoned AF and one of them kept screaming “holy shit bro!” in various tones and inflections till like half the floor was crowded into their room cheering and hooting along with the insanity myself included.

[@boinguss]

i love this

[@TheUnknownLegend1234]

Amazing!

[@Jimbo55151]

@@boinguss it’s one of my fondest college memories. People brought in snacks, met one of my closest friends during it who I still talk to. Sometimes the elk heart eating brings folks together

[@Ohnodatboi]

Of all the things that never happened, this didn't happen the most

[@Jimbo55151]

@ thanks for your input anime profile picture. Truly you are the height of culture and knowledge

[@The-Lonely-Lighthouse]

So it’s worth mentioning that the Super Soldier Baboons are based on Olive Baboons, while 2013 had baboons based on Hamadryas Baboons, which means there’s two different groups of giant baboons

[@electricbayonet2]

Wait, is this the one where you have a gunfight with a swarm of monkeys in a Resident Evil lab that was trying to reverse-engineer a cryptid’s ability to control animals? EDIT: OH YES IT IS

[@damoclesecoe7184]

Before watching the video this statement makes no sense. After watching the video it makes too much sense.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

My favourite episode of Friends.

[@captainnyet9855]

Also, the cryptid is your dad.

[@Blutwind]

​@@damoclesecoe7184 i am not sure if the statement is more wild before or after watching

[@Shaviine]

Whoever designed this level was traumatized by the white baboon attack in the movie Congo.

[@dirtysniper3434]

Cabela executive: "i wonder what kind of game lore we should draw from" Other executive: *points to poster of dark souls 1* "How about about that one!?"

[@aaa72317]

The fact that I'm not sure if the Cabella's add at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="190">3:10</a> is an edit or not is a testament to the game's quality.

[@parkerdixon-word6295]

Mandy, you have no idea how much my face lit up when I saw this in my subscription feed with the simple joy of saying "He Made Another One!" This series feels like one of your true perennial classics, and I've probably watched it a silly number of times over the last year.

[@JimRicken]

His dangerous hunts video is one of the best things I've seen on all of KZbin

[@mrduffbier000]

Never read anything more pathetic

[@GROMALOCARIS]

I like to think that the Black Lion King is more of a successor or fanatic to the Kaftar, a lion formerly under its control wanting to either finish what it started or try and become greater than it now that there is a power vacuum

[@lich109]

I was hoping you'd do this, since I think it's even wilder than that other Dangerous Hunts game. The demon shadow wolf that consumes your brother and the primordial hyena who half-possesses your father gives it that edge over the other one IMO.

[@jakesoros2376]

True lmao.

[@zoidgato7106]

i haven't watched the video yet but lol what the fuck is this game about

[@Sangerrosun]

@@zoidgato7106Absolute insanity. I love it.

[@superbowser5165]

It's honestly hard for me to say which of the two games is more insane. This one has an undeniably wilder story, but at least it knowingly leans into its supernatural parts. The 2013 one, on the other hand, seems pretty much straight faced while it shows you your character doing Dark Souls rolls and the costant deluge of rabid, tactically trained big cats and baboons, which might make it more unhinged on a conceptual level.

[@chettlar212]

@@superbowser5165 2013 seems like the higher ups at cabela's saw the first game and they were like, wtf you guys made a horror game?? No no no, do it again, and make it just as exciting, but this time, make sure to include that the main character is a *conservationist* okay? lmao. Like 2013 REEKS of corporate interference. Because so much of it makes zero sense, whereas 2011 on its own comes together very well. I know Mandy is just treating this like a prequel for fun, but it definitely isn't that.

[@RainusBrainus]

Notice the Kaftar's left eye at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2589">43:09</a>. You may have to move one frame at a time.

[@francesco3772]

Got it with 0.25x speed, hoooly

[@nadontcare9684]

Checkin the original Kaftar from the prologue, both eyes there...

[@paulenan9636]

holy shit, it's the dad

[@nadontcare9684]

@@paulenan9636 apparently the Non-Wii versions show a shadow turning.

[@MadnessAndMelancholia]

Doing cursed hunting games on Halloween is a great vibe. Love it.

[@sortedevaras]

I interpreted your dad to be a were hyena possessed by the Kaftar. He was trying to make his sons strong enough to kill him

[@WadeGb]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1800">30:00</a> who’s in the fucking car?!

[@MandaloreGaming]

You're getting close to the truth.

[@Intestine_Ballin-ism]

​@@MandaloreGaming mandy I'm scared

[@Terra_Incognita115]

He's talking to the player. Cole's still in the car

[@TheXell]

It's funny Mandy did that MGS5 reference when he did, I had a "huh this is giving me MGS vibes" right before that. Though then again, the pool of games where you bumble around in Africa heavily armed and dealing with seemingly supernatural bullshit exists but is fairly small. Though I gotta say, fighting your way through a burning, nocturnal savanna while being hunted by hoards of possessed animals is one of the most badass settings for a game I've ever heard of.

[@KawausoKuso]

Far Cry 2 is another game that also kind of fits that archetype. That game is so fun despite the malaria screen popping up every 30 seconds of running.

[@nerdyvids1]

In his original stream of this game, he was cracking up over how similar the baboon level's music was to MGS4's intro theme. Then he started growling "ID tagged baboons"

[@yeedog6145]

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts: The Line

[@yeedog6145]

HOLY SHIT I KNEW IT 42:32

[@МихаилПрошутинский-ю8п]

Metal Hunt Cabela

[@rickmalinger5361]

​@@yeedog6145 Bruh I was thinking the same thing.When I saw that I burst out laughing.

[@MrGalvatro]

There's always a Kaftar. There's always a hunter. There's always a safari.

[@NeoMatrix77777]

I'm gonna start associating Cabela with Halloween at this rate, glad to see the lore of the Mandalore Cinematic Universe expand like this

[@maciejgrenda216]

Honestly, I am from a country that's not that heavy on Halloween but this is my most positive Halloween association now

[@workaz_6042]

Gotten roughly halfway through (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1557">25:57</a>) and to stop to say this video and game feels like the ramblings of a madman who knows something we don’t. The implications of every encounter gets more insane than the last. This series and the two videos is like looking at something we as a species shouldn’t know nor do we understand. It’s glorious, but awful at the same time. Thank you Mandalore for taking a plunge into this insane series, now I’ll watch the rest.

[@void-creature]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="401">6:41</a> Use of the CULTIST SIMULATOR OST of all things here is brilliant.

[@ДмитрийФоменко-д2к]

True, i've spent a good minute trying to remember where it's from, then it dawned upon me

[@void-creature]

@@ДмитрийФоменко-д2к Ever since Mandalores review introduced it to me, it's become like my favourite game of all time, so for me was like a falsh of instant, deep rooted recognition

[@FaradayFanboy]

Profile checks out

[@jozefkeresturi2139]

@@void-creature there is another game by the dev in the same universe. Not as good as Cultist SImulator imo but still quite fun.

[@OrificeHorus]

And Ultrakill at the end

[@DeusExAngelo]

I'm gonna be honest, I think Cabela should've (and still should) go all in on making games where you hunt monstrous cryptids with their products. Imagine hunting the Flatwoods Monster with a lever-action rifle, or a Hodag with a Deagle.

[@retroicdescent]

Hunting Bigfoot or the Wendigo with an OICW.

[@LORDOFDORKNESS42]

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE?!?! Holy Howl's Moving Castle Doctrine, I need to go make pop-corn!

[@joshuadarrow]

A spiritual prequel, kinda. It's like evolution, but backwards. The series gets *_less_* crazy as things go on.

[@undercover7923]

@@joshuadarrowI wouldn’t say that considering the first cabela’s “dangerous game” IS just a normal hunting game where the animals can hurt/kill you and not some crazy on the rails cryptid hunt/wildlife genocide

[@AstridFrost_UwU]

​@@undercover7923isn't the last boss a yeti?

[@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski]

ah, cabelas always brings back fond memories of hunting with my dad; stacking up with 4 other hunters outside of a bull moose's apartment door. waiting for the lead to kick in the door and toss a flashbang before we all rush in and neutralize our assigned corners.

[@MarktheRude]

SPOILER ALERT: The story takes place in Catachan.

[@GearShotgun]

Or a very early version of Caliban

[@MattWindowz]

"He's putting his paw in the glove box" killed me. And him

[@benelmore745]

Mandalore is maybe the only person who has anxiously awaited the emulation bugs for this game to get ironed out

[@sevenpolar3483]

so in an at first seemingly sensible setting, the hunters are eating hearts and may be summoning demons, I feel like if Mandalore continues down Cabela's rabbit hole, we are going to find out they were droods all along

[@00Mike55]

Oh no...I still haven't recovered from Cabela's 2013 nightmare Mandy.... I still hear them...the baboons...in my head...they speak horrors...

[@OG_McLovin]

They can jam your comms quick. Stay frosty out there, hunters.

[@kyleglendinning9414]

I love the idea of some old man who's into hunting getting this game from the local Cabela's, expecting a fairly grounded simulation game and getting completely blindsided by the plot

[@nerdyvids1]

I watched the VoD of this game’s stream a while back, and I was just blown away. Like I said in the comments of that video, 2013 may be more absurd in its scale and presentation, but it doesn’t even come close to the actual insanity of 2011’s story. I strongly recommend watching that VoD to see some of Mandalore’s raw reactions to this nonsense. He thought the Baboon was about to slide him the tape recorder and it would have terms on it.

[@shaunpersaud5131]

where do you find it?

[@nerdyvids1]

@@shaunpersaud5131 I don't think youtube allows links so look up "Mandalore Cabella's" and you should find a video called "Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011 Vod - MandaloreGaming | Conservationist Edition | Pure Evil" and the thumbnail will be the dad from the opening wearing a headlight.

[@bungus2012]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="615">10:15</a> I can confirm biting the heart of the first deer/elk/big thing you ever kill is a longstanding hunting tradition. It comes from some native american tribes, it's supposed to bring you the power of the animal or get you closer to the wild or something. I remember this because my grandpa used to take me hunting, and the first time I went one of his buddies (who was a native guy) shot a deer and basically dropped the heart in my lap and said "eat this" and all the adults looked at me expectantly. I didn't kill it, I was like 10 and I had no idea how to talk my way out of it so I did it. Then I never wanted to go hunting again, lmao

[@z-mac664]

I’m sure the kind of people who force their kids to do that have conducted very deep and nuanced studies about Native American history and religion and are definitely respectfully emulating something that they know is real and can accurately trace to a genuine tribe.

[@bungus2012]

@@z-mac664 I mean the guy who suggested it was definitely from some tribe or other, I don't remember. Grandpa was just a wacky old man, bless him

[@kem0n0.kokomo]

@@z-mac664 You sound kinda whiny, funky story but if anything it's kinda cool TBH

[@bungus2012]

@@kem0n0.kokomo Oh it's super metal and pretty cool now in retrospect but at the time I was *not* into it

[@mastermarkus5307]

I don't even know where you'd start eating an elk heart with nothing but your hands, especially with how big they are.

[@Elyseon]

No wonder the mother left. The father is a psycho.

[@georgewhitworth9742]

I wouldn't doubt any woman wanting to divorce a werewolf. Likely the smarter choice.

[@chettlar212]

I actually love the way the game tells this too. It's told through the dad's framing. He doesn't seem himself as psycho. He sees this as sacred, and her not respecting it must mean she must be an immature city loser. But you listen to him and it's like, oh uhuh. Yeah man, I see why that's the perspective you would have on it lol. I like that.

[@vagrant2863]

Watching this just gave me the craziest idea for a hunting game like this in a fantasy/sci-fi setting. Just imagine how crazy that would be.

[@ClarkKentai]

A "realistic" hunting game where you have to take down dragons, manticores and giants would be baller.

[@jmjedi923]

That would be kinda cool actually, imagine like Mass Effect: Big game hunter and you go to different planets on realistic hunts

[@SovereignTurkey]

have you ever heard of the Turok games?

[@ClarkKentai]

@@SovereignTurkey Those aren't really hunting sims, though.

[@cloudycolacorp]

Alexander wept for there were no animals left to hunt

[@torylva]

God damn, that made me genuinely laugh!

[@sauceinmyface9302]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2565">42:45</a> This tip by the game is awesome, really stuck with me after all these years. Definitely one of the best shooters of that generation.

[@banjo304]

Oh my GOD, thank you for pointing that one out

[@cpom5075]

This game is just one white phosporous mortar section from being the best hunting game of all time

[@CirroTheGamingFae]

That Spec Ops: The Line reference at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2566">42:46</a> is amazing with that art and music.

[@-N0V4-]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="154">2:34</a> Mbeki? As in the president? Imagine playing a hunting game and hearing... "Take it easy Raegan."

[@sovietcanuckistanian]

It’s like that Simpsons episode where their tour guide somehow becomes president by the end of their vacation.

[@Wizwork96]

I knew I recognized Mbeki's VA, thats Hakeem Kae-Kazim who also played Jorge in Halo Reach WE GOT A SPARTAN IN THIS HUNT

[@francesco3772]

Uganda's been good to me

[@elilass8410]

Oh hey he was Mr Scott in Black Sails

[@lucyarisato6850]

More safari lore????? Oh, you've spoiled us today Mandy.

[@R0hrschach]

"He's putting his paw into the glovebox" sent me

[@nineel7395]

That AC-130 cut killed me

[@bloodrunsclear]

I LOVE the idea of a backdoor horror game that seems to have a completely different genre.

[@ice161h]

kaftar sounds like a marathon race, like just spell it kf'tar and it fits in perfectly

[@BobbinRobbin777]

Obligatory *THERE IS NO ESCAPE.*

[@izzys6472]

YOU. SHUT IT. YOU WILL NOT BRING ME BACK UNTO THE PATHWAYS INTO DARKNESS!!!

[@bobbemis8911]

I love how the cabelas big game hunts videos fit together in the same manner as the marathon videos

[@JacksGameShack]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1724">28:44</a> That Spec Ops: The Line refrence lol Edit: HOLY SHIT THAT ENDING

[@stephenlehman8938]

I love the Spec Ops: The Line references, but what's the ending a reference to?

[@crispedurchin6186]

My grandpa plays dangerous hunts 2011 on his Wii every Sunday, and has reached a terminator level of animal killing skill. He stands alone, unchallenged.

[@RK-cj4oc]

Get him the 2013 verzion

[@octogen1282]

This is like seeing a prequel to a fever dream you once had

[@TheFanofmanythings1]

Remembering that these are supposed to be games for your grandpa is doing psychic damage. Like im imagining pop pop getting this for christmas, sitting down for what he believes is a normal hunting game, then being blindsided by Cabelas own brand lovecraft tale.

[@TheAlmightyLoli]

Every kid at some point had a fantasy of being attacked by pumas for Halloween.

[@mistadangerzone8362]

Oh hey Loli

[@JimJamTheAdmin]

Had? Still have.

[@the-real-Lovefist]

I know i do

[@lightabyss9388]

Loli jumpscare

[@DiceOL]

Holi Loli

[@Tekisasubakani]

I had to look this up, but I thought the younger brother Adrian sounded like Vulpes Inculta, and yeah, it's Jason Spisak. Suppose it's fitting for the fox to get eaten by wolves.

[@franciscobrisolladeoliveir9596]

God, I hope he doesn't run out of absolute batshit insane games for Halloween. Legit became one of my most hyped parts of the year

[@dr.garretsshow]

I have several questions... Are the black lions succesors of the Kafta or did they conquer that part of Uganda after it Died? How advanced is the Baboon army? Who were the ancient builders of the Savanna? How many cryptids are there in this batshit insane world? Someone needs to make a spiritual successor to this games, they are just too goddamn surreal.

[@amenhotep2582]

Mandy makes me realize the world houses secret terrors, like the fact that these mad-masterpiece games exist... as does Halligan, Haze, Briggs, and Alberich

[@Eternal_Motion1]

Leaving this comment on this vid as well: I worked with Jamieson Price as a theatre tech, he is the NICEST person ever. Hearing the Mortal Kombat narrator lines in person was a great experience. He just naturally has a giant voice that suits pretty much any project. Always fun when he gets referenced!

[@HiddenEvilStudios]

He's got a very distinct voice. Was great fun hearing him in World of Warcraft or Monster Hunter among others, same for Patrick Seitz as the other brother in the 2013 version of this game here.

[@chaunceylinder1816]

I literally watched dangerous hunt 2013 video last night for like the 4th time cause it’s so damn funny and was wishing you done the 2011 dangerous hunt. Then I get back home and see this as a notification, I damn near cried. Thank you

[@anthroposmetron4475]

This is like Resident Evil 4, if it was fever-dreamed into existence by a semi-senile grandpa from Montana.

[@crow5946]

"Alaska's a stand your ground state, so watch me stand while I put you in it" goes unironically hard asf

[@Alterhumanity]

Brotherhood of the Wolf reference at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1157">19:17</a> ! I'm so happy to see that, I thought I might be the only one to think of Jean-Francois when the whistle was mentioned in the audio log earlier

[@Enemy_Radar]

A second Mandalore video within a month? We eatin' good tonight!

[@BlueBaron3339]

Regarding the offhanded comment that someone bought this game for his grandfather, as if it would somehow be just *too much* for the old guy, I'm reminded of Old Man Murray. "Let's face it, in at least one of our last three or four wars, your grandpa stood astride the body of a soldier he'd just killed, ripped the woman's heart out for a trophy, and then stared directly into the sun while screaming." If you had no idea what the dad meant by "do it while the blood's still warm." then perhaps you underestimate the old man 😉

[@redundantfridge9764]

Poachers in the Cabela Dangerous Hunt universe are either hired mercenaries to slow down the animal army, or they're drafted conscripts being sent to the meat grinder.

[@paulcruz168]

I think elite Conservationists oppose them because they operate in any combat zone, disregarding tradional fiefdoms and hunting grounds

[@95keat]

Fun fact, the final boss in this game was actually impossible to beat on the Wii because that version of the game had the camera turn slower than the hyena, so if it got behind you it would just attack you until you died.

[@Aklos420]

That was such a good intro. I too love bringing plastics explosives to expeditionary hunts.

[@gabbyprincip1575]

Seeing this gave me flashbacks of super best friends playing this a decade ago. Where does the time go?

[@glitchedoom]

Kurt Russel ordering me to eat a raw elk heart wasn't on my Halloween checklist this year.

[@vimbert]

"Do you feel like a conservationist yet?" I busted up laughing

[@fattiger6957]

I still find it crazy that a licensed game, branded with the name of a giant chain of retail sporting goods stores, has a story. That in and of itself is the devs going the extra mile.

[@lucaballarati9694]

Mister presidente, a second Cabela's Dangerous Hunts has hit Mandaloregaming

[@irishempire9811]

I love how this game slowly becomes the Spec Ops: The Line of hunting games, especially with the art of Cole looking like Captain Walker at the end

[@thefez-cat]

So 2013 Dad is just like... a hunter who is a mentor, and his sons are crazy because he got ate by a bear. Samson Rainsford, on the other hand, is a *crazy person* who thinks eating raw elk heart fresh from the chest cavity is a good idea. Also, this entire hunt, the player character is _covered_ in gore, absolutely reeking of it. Because there's no way to cleanly rip out a heart and fucking _eat it raw._ And that's the NORMAL end of this game. What in the hell is going on at Cabela's? Also, the only reason Samson objects to poachers is that they're hunting on his land without permission.

[@Ankhtowe]

"But I ask you, what animal kills for pleasure?" "Dolphins."

[@rafaelc.8306]

the cultist simulator music creeping in during the father's introduction ritual explanation is a really nice touch

[@Jirwemthegreat]

“Please be a normal field trip…” With Cabela’s? NO WAY!

[@torylva]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1670">27:50</a> Yeah... a lot of animals (including humans) kill for pleasure. Look up Surplus Killing. Most cats, bears, canines, some apes, dolphins, ravens...

[@FubukiTheIcyKing]

I....kinda miss these insane games. Who knew I'd want to play a hunting game because this looks so insane.

[@Irondrone4]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="645">10:45</a> So, the Reinsfords are worshippers of Khorne, got it. Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!

[@stupidsillylace]

Whatever insanity fueled the creation of this game, it's something deep. Something primordial

[@MrZippidydoodahh]

I leave the Cabela videos emotionally, mentally, and spiritually fatigued. I don't know how you do it Mando.