Customer Reviews

HUNTER HUNTED

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This game is one of the best I ever played--for sheer simplicity and fun. The single-player missions include some tutorials that introduce the game's content, notably how to defeat the various enemies, use your weapons, and satisfy your objectives so you can exit.

You play as Jake, a human, or Garathe Den, an 8-foot horned beast with serious muscle. Besides your fists, there are grenades and ninja stars; both are devastating weapons because you can throw 2-3 per second, enough to win most battles.
Jake gets a weak pistol. It's not powerful, but certain enemies like mine generators and chamelons (moneky-ish things that can turn near-invisible) are pistol fodder. He has a shotgun that proves itself useful in most battles, and his most powerful weapon, the rocket launcher. Believe me, once you have that tube and 99 rockets, nothing's going to stand in your way for long.

Garathe has knives; they fly in a straight line and do some damage, and if they get stuck in a wall you can run and pull 'em out. He gets a mash-them-up! club that sends enemies flying and some serious damage. He even gets a whip that throws plasma bolts; they knock most anything to the ground.

There's multi-player levels, and you can choose to play as Garathe or Jake, along with (shirt for Jake, fur color for Garathe) red, brown, black, and white colors--heck, you can be the same character for grins. In these MP levels, you and a friend get to fight it out in one of 20 levels and compete for the most kills; most of these levels are designed just for two humans to fight it out, but there are a few with significant enemies or hazards if you want a challenge.

The co-op levels (15 altogether) are a lot of fun except for the one called "The Blue One." You don't choose your character, but it's a SP mission on steroids and like in the SP missions, you have to complete an objective or two, then find the exit to complete the level.

The gameplay is very straightforward, like any arcade game, and even slow learners should have a good grasp of it after only a few hours of playing. The game doesn't hog system resources either, so its graphics (1990s era) look great, and the sound effects like Garathe's grunting as he climbs ladders are realistic-sounding.

I don't recommend listening to the heavy metal and techno soundtracks on the CD, because they might be disturbing to some young listeners, but the game doesn't require its CD to run, so you can insert your own music and run it from the in-game drop-down menu.

This came out before internet gameplay, so there's no way to play this online, but with the sheer number of levels for SP, MP, and co-op, you won't be begging for it anytime soon.

Overall, this game is one of the most original, fun, and dark I ever played. I highly recommend it.

I used to play this game when i was younger but then i lost it. This game was worth the $2.00!

This was the best on line purchase I have ever made, price and shipping time considered.