Neuro Hunter

by Deep Silver & Mediart

Product Features

• 3D first person RPG with fast, detailed and atmospheric graphics
• Skills and implants can be used to develop the player character
• 50 different objects can be constructed using separate parts
• Several quests and sub-quests, tactical realtime battles in the matrix

Product Details

• ASIN: B0012L2KVS
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,085 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description All major corporations companies have secrets they would rather were kept hidden. Johnston Biotek Inc. is no exeption, but not all companie's secrets are as dark and destructive as this one. When the situation threatens to get out of hand, the management hires a man they call Hunter to restore order. However, sometimes things have to get a lot worse before they get better. Hunter will soon discover that no pay cheque would be worth the dangers he will face after accepting this job

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A CYBERPUNK cRPG THAT FIREWALLED ITS OWN FUTURE, July 4, 2008

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NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)   

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Neuro Hunter (Video Game)

There are not enough futuristic cRPGs - and the good ones are quite rare. So I was more than willing to cut NEURO HUNTER some slack. Well, it needed it.

I picked this for a song, since this is the fate of games ruined by over the top DRM schemes: sadly, NEURO HUNTER harbors StarFORCE. I had vowed never to buy another DRM-damaged game. However, they keep stuffing the sales bins at really tempting prices so I knew I had to come up with a solution.
Luckily, I have cannibalized a couple of older PCs and rigged an unconnected system that I keep in the basement: this I can afford to put at risk. For some time now I run all the DRM bargains on it. After the $5million class-action suit against UBISOFT/StarFORCE and the BIOSHOCK/MASS EFFECT fiascoes, it is bound to see some action.

The game is an FPS cRPG with character development and item equipping. In a cyberpunk dystopia you fill the boots of, well, Neuro Hunter, a net runner that got screwed by his shady employer (Johnson Biotech) and now runs for his life - and all life for that matter.
The graphics are certainly dated but even in their day they were far from impressive - and, what is worse, character navigation made me a bit...nauseous.
Apart from the usual cRPG features (inventory, bartering, NPC dialogs and the like), the game contains a number of interesting original ideas (from hacking mini-games to virtual strategy battles) but they fail to save the day.

As someone who is a great fan of WILLIAM GIBSON's cyberpunk noir Sprawl Trilogy (not to mention using the NeuroSplicer handle!) it pains me not to be able to recommend NEURO HUNTER. Nevertheless, I cannot honestly rate it higher than 3 stars.

4.0 out of 5 stars Half Shooter, half Role-playing [RPG} with some frustations, December 15, 2008

By 

Robert L Griffith "samson" (Westchester, CA USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Neuro Hunter (Video Game)

This is an absorbing game and quite unique; am glad I happened on it.

An European import, it requires much patience and perserverence, and

gives hours and hours of entertainment.

Graphics are so-so but acceptable, game-play is sometimes intense,

sometimes frustrating; quick-save-load buttons are included and need to

be used often.

The game is difficult, especially the Cyber Wars which I found next

to impossible.

All in all though, highly recommended.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not too bad of a sci-fi, April 12, 2008

By 

KingDalt777 "Dalton C. Teczon" (Earth) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Neuro Hunter (Video Game)

You're a futuristic computer hacker for a company who behind the scenes tries to use you then tosses you away. Now your only real allies are people you have to betray, all the while staying alive as you fight creatures from experiments gone awry. You can assemble weapons and armor as you go from hacking info from the computers to help yourself, but be careful, you never know who to trust...