While Patrick Warburton, Maddie Taylor, Nika Futterman, and Danny Mann reprise their roles from the film, most of the original voice actors were replaced (for example, Chris Williams and Maddie Taylor are the voices of Boog and Elliot in this game).

He manages to lure him to the convenience store, where they finish all the chocolate bars there, but they're discovered by the police and incapacitated with a tranquilizer gun by Beth and brought to the Timberline National Forest until the start of open season.

After riding through the mine in a minecart, Boog and Elliot continue their journey across a valley, and climb up a mountain, only to encounter Shaw, they escape the hunter by rolling down the hill in a big snowball.

Boog and Elliot jump onto it, and it quickly breaks and they ride it down the river rapids until they reach the dam.

Agreeing to this, Serge (Danny Mann), Deni, and the rest of the ducks fly around the Timberline National Forest, dropping propane tanks everywhere, while the other animals collect items helpful for the fight.

The game then closes as Elliot awakens having survived the gunshot and the wilds celebrate their victory by mauling Shaw.

[a] Reviewing the PS2, GameCube, PC, and Xbox versions for IGN Mark Bozon said that when compared to other tie in games for children animated movies, such as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, it was "more concerned with variety than it was overall polish".

He did however think that it "did manage to deliver an escapade that's sure to keep young gamers busy, while still throwing in a few hints of more mature gameplay mechanics to usher the little tikes into more complex play styles in the future.

[28][31] He commented that "Open Season was a mediocre adventure game on the GameCube, and it's even worse on the Wii thanks to the cruddy controls and higher price tag.

[27] Jack DeVries reviewing the Game Boy Advance version for IGN, concluded that while wasn't "a perfect game by any means", with "some lazy animations" and the "music [was] far from great", it had "an undeniable charm" and was "filled with a lot of cute, and fun characters".