Hunter: The Reckoning – Redeemer

Hunter: The Reckoning – Redeemer is an action fighting game for the Xbox. Redeemer is based on a gothic fantasy world tabletop role-playing game system. It is the third game of the Hunter: The Reckoning series, sequel to Hunter: The Reckoning – Wayward which was released for the PlayStation 2.

Hunter: The Reckoning – Redeemer
Developer(s)High Voltage Software
Publisher(s)Vivendi Universal Games[lower-alpha 1]
Platform(s)Xbox
Release
  • NA: October 28, 2003
  • PAL: November 21, 2003
Genre(s)Action, hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Players act as human monster hunters combining melee, ranged and supernatural attacks called "edges". It has single-player and multiplayer modes allowing up to four players locally.

Plot

Hunter: the Reckoning – Redeemer begins five years after the events of Wayward. The original four characters now team up with a new addition, Redeemer Kaylie Winters (the little girl they saved from the first game). Kaylie snoops in on Lucien overseeing a shipment of products to stores before Christmas. A group of werewolves attack and corner Lucien. The other Hunters arrive and Kaylie drives the leader Wolf away. She explains that Lucien's company has been under constant attack from werewolves. After defending and fighting though the genefex warehouse and the streets of the city, the team investigate a vampire controlled club. They run into and skirmish with their old ghost nemesis Carpenter who reveals that Genefex sends him a shipment of some substance and is ordered to mix it into the patrons drinks. The hunters grow suspicious and after helping fend off another attack on Genefex sneak into their labs and investigates. It's discovered that the substance is a poison. designed to turn people into "foot soldiers", slaves to a powerful entity that Lucien has sold his soul to. After sparing the captured leader wolf they battled earlier, they band together and defend the werewolves home in the forests and protect their human relatives.

Development

The game was developed by High Voltage Software, and was published by Vivendi Games for the Xbox on October 28, 2003 in North America[1] and on November 21, 2003 in Europe.[2] Microsoft Japan published the game in Japan on January 22, 2004, as part of their "World Collection" line.[3]

Reception
Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings73.31%[4]
Metacritic72/100[5]
Review scores
PublicationScore
EGM6.5/10[6]
Famitsu25/40[7]
Game Informer8/10[8]
GamePro[9]
GameRevolutionC+[10]
GameSpot7/10[11]
GameSpy[12]
GameZone8.5/10[13]
IGN8.2/10[14]
OXM (US)7.4/10[15]

The game was met with average reception upon release, as GameRankings gave it a score of 73.31%,[4] while Metacritic gave it 72 out of 100.[5]

References
  1. Boulding, Aaron (2003-11-11). "Hunter The Reckoning: Redeemer". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  2. Grandío, Pablo (2003-07-04). "Interplay abre la página de los nuevos Hunter the Reckoning". Vandal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-11-13. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  3. "HUNTER：The Reckoning REDEEMER （Xbox ワールドコレクション）". Famitsu (in Japanese). Kadokawa Game Linkage. Archived from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  4. "Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer for Xbox". GameRankings. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  5. "Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  6. EGM staff (November 2003). "Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer". Electronic Gaming Monthly: 188.
  7. "Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer". Famitsu. 788. January 23, 2004.
  8. Zoss, Jeremy (November 2003). "Hunter: The Reckoning - Redeemer". Game Informer (127): 168. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  9. Pong Sifu (October 28, 2003). "Hunter: The Reckoning—Redeemer Review for Xbox on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on December 28, 2004. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  10. Ferris, Duke (November 2003). "Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer Review". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  11. Gerstmann, Jeff (November 4, 2003). "Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 7, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  12. Meston, Zach (November 16, 2003). "GameSpy: Hunter: The Reckoning - Redeemer". GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 27, 2005. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  13. Zacarias, Eduardo (November 12, 2003). "Hunter: The Reckoning - Redeemer - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 18, 2008. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  14. Boulding, Aaron (November 10, 2003). "Hunter The Reckoning: Redeemer". IGN. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  15. "Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer". Official Xbox Magazine: 120. November 2003.
  1. Released in PAL regions under the Sierra Entertainment brand name


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