Hunter: The Reckoning

Set in White Wolf's World of Darkness, Hunter: The Reckoning lets you take the role of one of four different hunters--Deuce, a biker ex-con; Father Cortez, a prison chaplain; Kassandra, a raver chick; and…

70 21 May 2002

Adventure Fighting Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Role-playing (RPG) Action Horror

Hunter: The Reckoning is an adventure developed by High Voltage Software, released 21 May 2002 on Nintendo GameCube and Xbox.

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What Hunter: The Reckoning is

Hunter: The Reckoning is an adventure game developed by High Voltage Software and released in 2002. It was published by Interplay Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo GameCube and Xbox.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in White Wolf's World of Darkness, Hunter: The Reckoning lets you take the role of one of four different hunters--Deuce, a biker ex-con; Father Cortez, a prison chaplain; Kassandra, a raver chick; and Samantha, a tough ex-cop. Armed with a variety of fearsome weaponry--ranging from axes to shotguns--you'll battle it out with hordes of supernatural enemies. Intense action combined with multiplayer support brings the true spirit of Hunter: The Reckoning to life.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the World of Darkness series

Hunter: The Reckoning is the second of 47 entries we hold in the World of Darkness series. It arrived 2 years after Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption. The next entry was Hunter: The Reckoning Wayward in 2003. Its critic score of 70 is almost exactly the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Hunter: The Reckoning Wayward at 80.

See all 47 World of Darkness games in release order →

How it was received

Hunter: The Reckoning holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Hunter: The Reckoning launched on 21 May 2002, within three weeks of Medal of Honor: Frontline, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Aggressive Inline and Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Medal of Honor: Frontline, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Aggressive Inline, Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix.

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