Hunter: The Reckoning - Redeemer

I'm bored, and in my boredom I decided to create a Hunter thread, because I like White Wolf's "World of Darkness."

I'm no LARPer (Live Action Role-Player), so don't think I'm that special kind of weird-O, and I'm also not "so Goth I should be dead," I simply like the well crafted world they've created, and just how diverse it truely is.

Hunter, being the only WW franchise to date to get it's own video game series, and a great one at that, is blessing us with yet another adventure: Redeemer.

I think it looks great. I've seen stills, and I've played Wayward, and there is no comparison. Redeemer's stills look 10x better than Wayward does in motion, though I can't say that's a supprise (*rimshot*).

ANyone else play the first one and looking forward to this one?

EDIT: I am aware that Vampire has seen it's share of games, so I probably should amend my post to read as follows:

Hunter, being the only WW franchise to date to get it's own CONSOLE video game series, and a great one at that, is blessing us with yet another adventure: Redeemer.

I played Reckoning when that came out, I thought it had a pretty cool story but the gameplay got old real quick. Redeemer, as you said, looks pretty damn slick in screenshots. If they make it more than a standard kill everything that moves beat-em up (with a large emphasis on guns), then it could be interesting.

Haven't read anything good about Wayward, so I steered clear of that one.

I hear a lot about White Wolf but I had no clue what it was. The first Hunter was good with friends but nothing memorable.

Well, First game was decent multiplayer fun. It did had quite a few flaws(like annoying autoaiming), and I hope those will be taken care of in the sequel.

The theme and presentation was pretty cool though, and I liked leveling up aspects of the characters.

We still need to finish it up though. Since Dj is home today, maybe we will play it :)

I've heard there is a playable werewolf character in this one, I've yet to get confirmation though... if this is true I will definately be picking this up ;) :D

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Originally Posted by NoFace

(with a large emphasis on guns)

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Are you kidding? I thought the guns sucked! Why waste time shooting up zombies when two swings of my very large axe will bring them down?

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Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable

Are you kidding? I thought the guns sucked! Why waste time shooting up zombies when two swings of my very large axe will bring them down?

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Well, I was calling it a beat-em up, and since there was a lot of shooting (in addition to slashing), I felt it was worth clarifying. If I remember correctly every character had their melee attacks and their ranged attacks as well.

Yeah, if you COUL ONLY AIM the weapon right.

Just played some more with Dj, and damn, few things in this game suck. Like the ever appearing zombies that like to materialize right where you stand, and do cheap hits on you, before you can move away. :curse:

heh. that happened in the first Hunter too. I played with Burg and Tron; game pissed us off to no end also because of the crappy camera angle.

There's nothing wrong with the camera. Were you guys standing on your heads or something?

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Originally Posted by NoFace

Well, I was calling it a beat-em up, and since there was a lot of shooting (in addition to slashing), I felt it was worth clarifying. If I remember correctly every character had their melee attacks and their ranged attacks as well.

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Yes, that is correct, but everyone's melee weapon put the ranged weapons to shame, especially if you used your Edge a lot. The only guns worth using were the special pick-ups, but even then I prefered the melee.

Camera is screwy, especially in 2 player. You get constantly attacked by off screen enemies who you cant see thanks to the partner standing too far from you. It sucks especially with weapon firing enemies, and the fact that autoaiming for your characters works like shit :(

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Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable

Hunter, being the only WW franchise to date to get it's own CONSOLE video game series...

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It's like salt in a open wound... :cry:

If only that Capcom Werewolf: the Apocalypse game ever saw the light of day...

i loved the first Hunter. Best ten dollar purchase ever.

I see this being more of the same.

4 player co-op always get a buy from me. I recently got the original though, so it'll be a while before I get the sequel, and I'm staying away from the PS2 version.

I just ate a pound of bacon, and now my farts smell like pork . . . what? OH! Wrong thread.

I just got this game, and I'm loving it. The story is much more important this time around, even if it is a bit predictable. It's a lot more than just "Town X is overrun with undead! Kill them all!"

The amount of detail in the graphics is rediculous.

The new Hunter character is amazing.

Werewolf, the entire story revolves around werewolves. You might want to pick this up. ;)

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Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable

Werewolf, the entire story revolves around werewolves. You might want to pick this up. ;)

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REALLY?! :D

Are there lots of werewolves and do you know if you can play one as well, I heard that you might be able to (maybe special character)... please let me know if you find out :D

Vincent, who is the leader of his particular tribe, is unlockable.

And he's a werewolf. :)

The story is really slick. It hasn't come out and said "WYRM!" yet, but I believe that's who I'm up against. The werewolves keep making reference to their "most ancient enemy," and if you're down with the Apocolypse, which I imagine you are, then you realize that it can be only one thing.

They look amazing, and how! You do have to kill a few werewolves, but they all have the Taint anyway, so I can't imagine you feeling too bad about that.

I'd recomend you get the game anyway, just because it's so nice with it's World of Darkness roots, but since the entire story is about werewolves, I'm sure you'd get it even without my recomendation. ;)

Cool, I have to get this then :D

If you find any pictures of the werewolves or Vincent please post them :)

Damn all the reviews, not one ever mentioned anything about werewolves :p

Certainly.

I was waiting for someone to post about this game, i got it and am playing the heck out of it. I think they rectified a number of my complaints about the first one.

The new leveling up system for various weapons is good if you are playing multiplayer, as the healers can work on their edges and get multi character healing faster, similarly the gunners will find that by being able to level up their guns you not only get a cooler looking gun, but it will have a better rate of fire, more bullets in a clip, and will do substantially more damage.

The character redisignes are a mixed bag, i think the priest and raver benefitted, but the cop and the biker got uglier,and the orphin/fanservice..lets just say that i didnt know silicon repelled zombies:D

the storyline is not particularly deep, you see most twists miles ahead of them happening, but it still gets the job done of putting you in plausable situations to massacre hordes of rots.

the bosses, which i disliked in the first game because of their emphasis on just backpedeling while unloading bullets are imporved, i thought the first one was cheap, but the last 3 i fought all had doable patterns.

One change i dont like is the new secondary guns system, it used to be that once you had the m-16 all machine gun ammo stayed with that one,regardless of if it was a weaker gun, you upgraded when you touched it, here you have 3 slots, and if you have a left over bullets from a weaker gun or shotgun, you have to use them up(often on the walls) to get a better shotgun or machine gun, i dont like that.

the final thing i liked about the game was the new "ammos" The gunners are no longer relegated to jsut firing round after round of lead at the enemy, you can now find various limited time use ammos(but they are plentiful) such as holy, poision, fire, and stun ammo. for the designated gunner, this is a big thing, as he/she can now spray a horde with paralytic ammo and then let the tankers go in and whup on the stunned baddies.

Overall i was impressed witht his game, it engaged me a lot more than the first hunter, looks a lot sweeter, has werewolves, and just over all is a better game, definitly a good buy, but must buy if it hits 29.99 or lower,im happy with my purchase here,and will be going through a gain a few times(i think iamnear the end)

Did they fixed the Autoaiming, since it was awfull in the original game?

Ok, just beat it, fortunatly i can say that it stays consistent throuought the game, the story leaves a lot unsaid,and the ending bugged me since they got rid of my favorite character, but im going through with a different character right away, so that says something.

And despair, no the auto aiming and camera are still the same, but the cheap hit materailizations are gone, now the bads either jump or rappell in, or somehow telegraph their enterance, but no cheap hits, but same aiming and camera.

I liked the aiming. On the crossbow it worked well.

I never used the up close weapons.

88, Except for the fact that you constantly shot arrorws on the monster closest to you, and not the one you WANTED to shoot.

Why is the closest monster to you NOT the one you want to shoot?

Well, Because sometimes you got Monsters with long range weapons to take care first. When choosing between slow lumbering zombie next to you from which you can run away, and 2 zombies with shotguns firing at you from short distance, I choose to take care of shotgun zombies first. But the game will continuesly aim on the closest zombie instead, so you will get shot by shotgun blasts before you could kill them. It was quite annoying, and cheap.

Is this any better than the original Hunter? I felt the characters moved way too slowly. Hopefully, it's sped up a bit in Wayward/Redeemer.

And these are probably some of the last batch of WOD games since White Wolf is going to end the line of games (it's the Time Of Judgment) come next year with a grand finale.

Geez, time to bust out my Wraith books...

(On that note, I see White Wolf giving us plenty Exalted in the coming years.)

I like Exalted, but It'll be disheartening to see all of this Year of Reckoning just take off. :(

The World of Darkness is one of the best fantasy worlds ever crafted, and it'll be a shame to see it go like that.

Despair: That makes sence, but like I said before, ranged weapons are a joke in this game. Stick to your axe/kamas/katana/buster sword/straight sword. They're much better weapons.

One on the very few game I actually enjoyed playing with up to 4 players (I hate split screen modes). Gameplay and control were top notch. I really can't wait (so do my others fellow player friends) to get my hands on Redeemer.

I know nothing of White Wolf, nor do I care if it follows the card game, role playing stuff. I simply enjoy dismembering zombie fest.

Long live Martyr!