Hunter: The Reckoning makes its PlayStation 2 debut as a platform exclusive sequel that introduces a number of features absent from the Xbox original and later GameCube port. While the follow-up still involves fighting zombies, vampires, and demons from a third-person perspective, players now have a choice of five characters instead of four. The storyline picks up two years after the events chronicled in the first game: although the team cleansed the tainted streets of Ashcroft, new reports from a mysterious hunter named Joshua suggest the city is once again in danger from being overrun by dark forces.
Using shotguns, crossbows, flamethrowers, grenade launchers, and other weapons, players must battle over 20 different monster types lurking throughout the game's 28 levels. Perhaps the most notable addition to the gothic series, which is based on White Wolf's pen-and-paper RPG, is the "Hunter Headquarters." This new base of operations lets players switch characters and weapons between levels to better prepare for the horrific missions awaiting them. Furthermore, players can decide which group of levels to tackle next, or even revisit completed stages to build their character's statistics.
As players progress, their character will gradually increase in skill and develop new edge powers from a pool of 15. These powers function in a manner similar to magic spells, and are specific to each hunter based on his or her creed: avenger, defender, martyr, judge, and wayward. Also new to the series is the ability for characters to begin a new game on a different difficulty level without losing accumulated stats. Up to two players can fight the good fight simultaneously in this version, down from four in the original Hunter: The Reckoning on both Xbox and GameCube.
Features:
Activate and power-up edges such as cleave, smite, rejuvenate, blast, and retribution
Hunter Headquarters lets characters collect trophies, pick and choose missions, or view movies and artwork
Pick up and use weapons such as the pump shotgun, assault rifle, bazooka, grenade launcher, flamethrower, and more
Receive experience points for defeating enemies and completing objectives
Two players can battle evil cooperatively with a choice of five characters
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
LET THE HUNT BEGIN
EVIL EXISTS EVERYWHERE, BUT IT IS UNSEEN BY MOST.
As a Hunter, you have the special gift (or curse) to recognize and destroy the evil that has come back from the dead to plague the earth. A cult has formed in Ashcroft and it's up to the team of Hunters to destroy it.
OFFICIAL WORLD OF DARKNESS ADVENTURE
Storyline, characters and environments based on White Wolf's gothic pen and paper role playing game
CHOOSE YOUR HUNTER
Five unique hunters with individual powers, weaposn and fighting styles
ZOMBIE HUNTING
Unleash an arsenal of melee and ranged weapons like Flame Throwers and Grenade Launchers
HUNTER HEAD QUARTERS
Choose your path, character and weapons between levels
MULTI-PLAYER MAYHEM
Go it alone or combine forces in two-player cooperative play
Father Esteban Cortez - Creed: Judge
Kassandra Cheyung - Creed: Martyr
Spenser "Deuce" Wyatt - Creed: Avenger
Samantha Alexander - Creed: Defender
Joshua - Creed: Wayward
FEATURES:
- Third person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Supernatural & Fantasy themes.
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