It’s tempting to go in all guns blazing, but quick and careful planning is mandatory, as only one weapon can be held alongside your default pistol.įrom short-range shotguns to explosive launchers and sniper rifles, the success of your hunt leans on how useful the weapon is to your situation. Speaking of weapons, Huntdown has an impressive arsenal of firearms and throwables that can be scavenged and unleashed upon your prey. Paying attention to what your foes can do is the key to success - from how each weapon functions, to learning the physics of whacking a grenade into someone’s face. Seasoned players who played the likes of Contra and Rolling Thunder will feel right at home with Huntdown, with running, shooting and never asking questions being at the core of the gameplay.įor those who are new to the genre, Huntdown intuitively teaches its mechanics without a tutorial system playing the role of nanny. Set in the grimy streets of a dystopian grindhouse flick, Huntdown tells the tale of 3 bounty hunters tasked with power-washing the stubborn stains of crime that the authorities have failed to clean.įrom crazed hockey players who want to drop the gloves, to techno-samurai with a fondness for Shaw Brothers movies, there’s lots of fine citizens who want to paint the town red with your blood. Huntdown serves as the perfect medicine for nostalgic disappointment, successfully composing a melody of pixels and modern game design into the perfect blueprint for what your memory desires. We’ve all experienced that heart-crushing moment when we realise a game isn’t as good as we remember, with warm and fuzzy memories often covering up ageing, mechanical flaws. Generally favorable reviews based on 58 Ratings Your Score 0 Summary: Challenge yourselves in this hard-boiled co-op arcade shooter Run, jump, and take cover in the mayhem-filled streets of the future. Upon jumping into the shoes of its sprites, however, it becomes apparent that this is far from being a faux rendition of your fond gaming memories. Between hunting down deadly monsters, creeping through dense forests, and trying not. Huntdown, by Easy Trigger Games, is an arcade run and gun shooter that follows the sort of nostalgic methodology we’ve come to expect.Īt face value, Huntdown flaunts its 16-bit aesthetic, attempting to make potential players feel nostalgic for a game that didn’t exist during the era it mimics. Hunt: Showdown’s clever competitive-cooperative twist makes it a distinctive and promising Early Access game. Many games have came-and-went that use 8 or 16-bit graphics as a selling point, with some suffering from a bad case of style over substance. The term ‘retro’ is thrown around a lot within the modern gaming scene, specifically when it comes to pixelated stylisation.