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From the table to a console near you...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 20
Date: December 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've always been a fan of table top rpg's, and I must say that this is one franchise that was able to make the transformation from the table to a console with ease. The game is fun, and beautiful to look at, with a variety of characters to play. Though somewhat repetitive, it has more action than you could ever get in any other zombie game (COUGHresidentevilCOUGH) and plays more like a movie than any game I have ever come across. The monsters seem to keep coming, and the levels don't drag, nor are they too short. Wayward is a pseudo-sequel, but if you didn't play the first one, you will still understand and enjoy this one.

Don't get me wrong, the original game was great, but there are a few things I like better about this one, some of them seem to be disliked by others who have reviewed this game, and I will discuss those first:

1.)Limited ammo: No, there is no longer unlimited ammo for your default weapon, but you start with max at every level, and enemies drop lots of it, so stop crying.

2.)I love the fact that you have a home base in this one, where you go back to after every level, so instead of having random glyps of info in rediculous places, you have a computer that you can check for info about your enemies, or for clues on things you've picked up along the way. In your base, you have a map of the city where you pick the level you wanna do, an entertainment area where you can see easter eggs you've unlocked during levels (music and movie clips mainly), and a trophy room that allows you to enter codes after you beat the game depending on the trophies you've earned.

3.)The combos that your charater can pull off are more effective, smoother, and much longer than in the first game, making melee attacks better to use, and just plain cooler to look at (making up for the limited ammo no doubt).

4.)A lot of the objectives in the game are optional, and unlock different things like alternate costumes. Also, you can go back to the map and re-enter parts of the city (levels) you have already cleared, and each time it becomes more difficult, and secret objectives become available.

The petpieves that I have with this game (and they are very small) are with the people who make it. It annoys me that Wayward's predecessor is on every other system except PS2. Other than that, Wayward is only 2 player. A 4 player squad of Hunters would be much more enjoyable than just 2 because it would allow you to see all the characters at once, just like you would in a movie, or in real life (towns are attacked by undead hordes all the time in real life... right?)

All-in-All, its a great game, and now that its only 20 bucks you can afford to give it a chance. So if you like good graphics, zombies, or even hot asian chicks with guns o' plenty, kicking ass, while doing cart-wheels, go get it. If you don't... then somethings wrong with you.

Good game, lots of action

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Good games, lots of fun, more action than you can shake a stick at, and if you like zombies, and dark fantaxsy stuff like that, then this game will never get old.

Better and Worse than the Xbox Original

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: September 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My husband and I rented this game over the weekend. Here's my thoughts, especially compared to the original.

To start off, the storyline. It's two years after you defeated the evil spirits at Ashcroft, and your foursome catches word that there's nastiness going on again at the old stomping grounds. Two hunters have been captured and Esteban, Samantha, Kassandra, and Deuce go to investigate. Of course, there's another conspiracy afoot that your rag-tag group needs to bust open, with lots of undead to kill in the process.

Some of the pros:

You get several other characters to play in this PS2 game. Halfway through you unlock one of the Hunters you go to save, Joshua. This guy is fun to play, he's almost as strong as Deuce but has more speed and a better default ranged weapon. His crowbar melee weapon is also fun for hack and slash. After you defeat the game once, you unlock Devan, the other captured hunter as a playable character. Beat the game in Nightmare Mode, and you get Carpenter (!) to play. Fans of the Xbox game should especially like this.

More edges. Some of them really improve the game (I loved running into the middle of an attacking group with Joshua and using Spiral), but some of them are pretty lame. Kassandra has an edge called Blast, which is supposed to shoot a concentrated ray of light at enemies, but it never seemed to hurt them.

In this game, you have a headquarters and a map of each game section. This allows you to go back to previous boards and gain more experience points or save more innocents (save 2 innocents and you get another continue in the game). Don't get all the secrets on the board, though, or it'll become unavailable to play again.

Voice acting is great. The voices fit the characters perfectly. Graphics are killer, especially in the cutscenes. Music is good and creepy without being obtrusive. All very similar to the Xbox version.

Lots of easter eggs and secrets for new music, alternate costumes, models, etc. Also, you unlock cheats (i.e. unlimited health/conviction, max edge power) as you go through the levels, and can use them once you beat the game.

Cons:

The big one, it's only two player max! I shouldn't complain, since it's hard enough to find two player cooperative mission games, but having 4 players tear it up at the same time in the original was too much fun. On the flip side of that, as the original was almost impossible to beat single-player, it would definitely be possible with this game.

The hunter's default ranged weapon no longer has unlimited ammo. As killing certain bad guys gives you health or conviction, you can also get ammo now. Still, this took some getting used to, as I liked to play Kassandra and, with her speed run around and shoot everyone while my husband used Deuce to slash away. However, Vivendi seemed to know this and there aren't the mass amounts of enemies to fight in this version. There's still plenty to keep your hands full, though.

You can only choose one special weapon at the start of the board. For instance, say in a board you picked up a shotgun, a machine gun, and a flamethrower. When you go to the next board, you can only pick one of those three to take with you! During each board, you can pick up other guns that are laying around and use them, but in the original, you kept all the weapons you picked up from board to board. The only time you couldn't use them was when you ran out of ammo! This is the only feature I found to be outright annoying.

There are fewer bosses than in the original. These bosses are cool, though, with a witch and another hunter gone bad really mixing it up. But nothing beats the possessed teddy bear from the first game.

The controls take a lot of getting used to for new players, but those who played the original will find everything to be the same. Also, you still can't control the camera position. It'd be nice if Vivendi would improve this feature.

In short, it's a fun game to rent and play, especially if there's a friend around to join in the pandemonium. It makes me anxious for the October release of Hunter: Redeemer.

Hunter Wayward is Awesome!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Hunter Wayward is way cool!!! Visited the gaming site and was blown away. I really like the character line-up, it is almost as the characters actually really do exist...heheh My favorite character so far is Kassandra Cheyoung. She looks like a tough chick who can kick some ***!!!!

Really great 3rd person shooter game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Seems like a really cool game. Can't wait for it to come out. Guess we don't have to wait long since I think it is being released tomorrow...woohooo. Can't wait to find out about the new character..so curious!!!! Check out the trailer on the site, it has pretty cool graphics and awesome action moves!! http://www.hunterthereckoning.com/wayward/min isite/index.html

Hunter: The Reckoning is back!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game looks so good! Anything you didn't like with the first Hunter: The Reckoning, they fixed based on comments by people like us. You can be one of five characters in the game, four are from the first one, and they are all so cool. You can play with a friend and this game is exclusivly on PS2. If you like action, cool characters and a variety of weapons, and supernatural monsters, you'll love this game.

Hunter Wayward Is Dope

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A hack and Slash game with so much action and adventure. I finally got my hands on this great game cause it came out today!!!!!! Fighting off all those ugly monster and zombees and the cool music in the background just thrills me...very cool.
http://www.hunterthereckoning.com/wayward

Cool Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: August 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

So far i am really loving this game. I visited the site and thought the trailer was awesome. A lot of people are complaining that the trailer has no sound, but the whole storyline, graphics, and images are the dope parts!!! I am even more excited cause it is a sequel game ot the almighty original Hunter The Reckoning...All i can say is that i am excited :)

This 3rd Person Shooter game Rocks!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has just came out today and i finally got my hands on it. I was so anxious to find out who the new character is and guess what ladies it is a girl..whoohooo. This game is filled with action and adventure..defintiely a Hack and slash!!! http://www.hunterthereckoning.com/wayward

Hunter Wayward is hot!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game looks hot. I have visited the site and have taken a peek at the screen shots and I was blown away. The screen shots were so vivid and bold...very cool. Another thing that i enjoyed on the site are the Game play movies; those were definitely awesome because you really get to see how the characters move and all the cool graphics involved.
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