Overview
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 4/10 (*Depends on your device.*)
- Offline: 20/20 (200/200)
- Online: 0/20 (0/200)
- Approximate amount of time to 200: 3-5 hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: Many (Short adventures.)
- Number of missable achievements: None
- Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No Cheats
- Does difficulty affect achievements?: No
- Glitchy achievements: None
- Unobtainable achievements: None
- Extra equipment needed?: Windows Phone 7 ONLY
Introduction:
Big Buck Hunter Pro is a port of a coin-operated arcade game of similar name. The gameplay is simple, yet fun. You are tasked with killing the three bucks on each level as they run quickly across the screen and through cover, all the while not shooting does. The game launched with 2 animal types (whitetail deer and elk) and has 6 locations to explore, totaling 30 different levels. There are also some bonus challenge levels where you get to shoot other critters/objects, as well as 4-player pass-and-play multiplayer. The controls for the most part are acceptable, but at times, can blatantly and unexpectedly fail you. For a more in-depth review of the game from WPCentral, click HERE. Currently the game is listed at $2.99 in the Windows Phone Store.
GENERAL TIPS:
- First of all, find a shooting/reloading technique that works for you and your phone. For me, it was holding the phone with two hands, using my dominant index finger to shoot and my non-dominant thumb to reload (kind of like a space bar motion).
- Reload immediately AFTER shooting, not before shooting.
- Always try and one-shot kill the first buck/bull as it is usually close and stationary.
- You CAN shoot through cover to kill animals. Basically the cover is only there to obscure your vision; they do not block bullets.
- In most cases you can get between 3 and 5 shots off at each buck/bull as it runs across the screen. You only need to hit each animal two of those times to kill it.
- Always avoid shooting does, as it will end the level immediately.
Step 1: Miscellaneous achievements (8 for 85 ):
The first step should be completing all of the miscellaneous achievements related to finishing levels and doing them with certain requirements.
Step 2: Bonus levels (6 for 30 ):
There are a total of 6 bonus levels which you need to get 100% accuracy and kill all the animals on. It is best to save these for later after you have become a master of shooting. These will offer you little challenge after killing hundreds of speedy bucks and bulls.
Step 3: Kill grinding (6 for 85 ):
Once all of the other achievements are out of the way, you will need to grind to 500 buck/bull kills and also 50 critter kills. This should take around two hours or less.
Conclusion:
Big Buck Hunter Pro is for the most part an easy completion, as long as touch controls respond good with your phone. It will definitely be easier on a phone with a larger screen. That said, even if the controls are troublesome, it should not take you longer than 6 hours to complete, likely much less.
WARNING: Many users report control issues that make the game significantly more difficult to complete. These issues include, among others, general game lag and sluggishness, faulty hit detection, and failed reloads. It appears to be related to the device you are playing the game on. Newer gen devices seem to work better (i.e. Lumia 900) than older gen devices like the Focus or Trophy.
[x360a would like to thank Arsenic 17 for this Roadmap]