History VideoGame / HuntShowdown

* DivideAndConquer: A particularly powerful tactic for a team that has managed to kill the boss and is in the process of banishing. Instead of going outside to deal with the hostiles looking to steal their bounty, the banishers can simply fortify the boss area and make it impossible for any attacker to enter without putting themselves at risk. This will encourage the attackers to wait for the defenders to come out instead, during which time they will likely come across [[MeleeATrois other attacking teams and spark an all-out firefight]]. The defenders can simply watch the firework from the safe confines of their fort, and once the attacking teams have worn themselves out, sally forth to mop up whoever's left and head for the extraction.

* DivideAndConquer: A particularly powerful tactic for a team that has managed to kill the boss and is in the process of banishing. Instead of going outside to deal with hostiles looking to steal their bounty, the banishers can simply fortify the boss area and make it impossible for any attacker to enter without putting themselves at risk. This will encourage the attackers to wait for the defenders to come out instead, during which time they will likely come across [[MeleeATrois other attacking teams and spark an all-out firefight]]. The defenders can simply watch the firework from the safe confines of their fort, and once the attacking teams have worn themselves out, sally forth to mop up whoever's left and head for the extraction.

* HumanShield: Being surrounded by grunts is actually quite handy in a gunfight, as they can block many of the shots meant for you. Just be sure to shove them away once they get too close.

* HardModePerks: Solo players receive more dollars per bounty (1 bounty for them is worth ''4'' bounties for a trio) to make up for their severe numerical disadvantage. In addition, Solo players with the Necromancer perk can resurrect themselves, allowing them to get back up and ambush any team not careful enough to destroy their body.

** Frag arrows and arrows. Take an arrow, wrapped a grenade around it, and shoot it in the general direction of the enemy. Watch as the clueless enemy fails to react because they think you just fire a regular arrow, only to have it explode under their feet and deal a massive amount of bleeding damage.

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Unless a Hunter has the bulletgrubber perk, they have absolutely no idea how to reload weapons that requires an empty chamber like pump actions and bolt actions without wasting a round. This is especially egregious with the Specter, whose chamber can be emptied by hands by simply half-pumping the gun (which is precisely what the bulletgrubber animation for it does, unlike other animations where the Hunter has to go through the trouble of catching the ejecting bullet mid-air).

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Unless a Hunter has the bulletgrubber perk, they have absolutely no idea how to reload weapons that requires an empty chamber like pump actions and bolt actions without wasting a round. This is especially egregious with the Specter, whose chamber can be emptied by hands by simply half-pumping the gun (which is precisely what the bulletgrubber animation for it does).

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Unless a Hunter has the bulletgrubber perk, they have absolutely no idea how to reload weapons that requires an empty chamber like pump actions and bolt actions without wasting a round. This is especially egregious with the Specter, where the shell can be safely removed by hand without fully pumping.

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Unless a Hunter has the bulletgrubber perk, they have absolutely no idea how to reload weapons that requires an empty chamber like pump actions and bolt actions without wasting a round.

* HardModePerks: Solo players receive more dollars per bounty to make up for the fact that they have no teammates helping them. In addition, Solo players with the Necromancer perk can resurrect themselves, which can be a nasty surprise for any team not careful enough to destroy their body.

** The player can even do this to each other by intentionally making as much noise as possible to attract other teams to take out each other.

** Immolators have low vision range, yet will go berserk and look around for other players once damaged. With a silenced weapon, you can intentionally set them off so they will run around searching for enemy hunters for you.

** Immolators have low vision range, yet will go berserk and look around for other players once damaged. With a silenced weapon, you can intentionally set them off so they will run around searching for nearby hunters for you.

** The player can even do this to each other by intentionally making as much noise as possible to attract other teams to take out the team hunting you.

* HardModePerks: Solo players receive more dollars per bounty to make up for the fact that they have no teammates helping them. In addition, Solo players with the Necromancer perk can resurrect themselves, which can be a nasty surprise for any team not careful enough to destroy with their body.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''Monsters have overrun our world, and their flesh will be your bounty.'']]

''Hunt: Showdown'' is a [[HorrorVideoGames horror]] and [[TheWestern Western]]-themed [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]] set in a late 19th century Louisiana bayou, developed by Creator/{{Crytek}} and released on [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Early Access on 22nd February, 2018.

** [[ShovelStrike Shovels]], [[AnAxeToGrind woodcutting axes]], and [[DropTheHammer sledgehammers]] can be picked up and used as heavy melee weapons, and [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks the Tomahawk trait will let you throw them short distances]].

* AnAxeToGrind:
** The player can find huge wood-chopping axes littered across the map, which can be picked up and used as weapons or as tools to break down doors. While they're quite slow, they hit incredibly hard and deal [[DamageOverTime Rending]] damage, which makes enemies bleed.
** There's also the [[AceCustom “Romero 77 Hatchet”]] – [[SawedOffShotgun A sawn-off single-barreled shotgun]] with an [[GunAccessories axe blade bolted to it.]] Functions just like a regular axe, with the added ability to fire shotgun shells.
** And of course, there's the classic [[BoringButPractical Combat Axe.]] It's not quite as big as the wood-axes the player can find around the map, but they still hit hard.

** Instead of functioning like the real-life version, the [=LeMat=] pistol in ''Hunt'' is based off of the Man in Black's WeaponOfChoice in ''Series/{{Westworld}}''[[note]]The real-life [=LeMat=] on which the gun is modeled uses ball-and-powder rather than cartridges. A version of the [=LeMat=] that uses cartridges does exist, but looks nothing like the more iconic ball-and-powder version, as it would be physically impossible for the classic [=LeMat=] to use cartridges and maintain its shotgun function[[/note]].

* AceCustom: While many of the weapons in the game are based on real world examples, there are several that have been modified by the Hunters for various uses. These include more mundane examples like a lever-action seemingly outfitted entirely for bludgeoning enemies, or the “Nagant M1895 Brawler”, which consists of a [[BoringButPractical knuckle-duster welded to a revolver.]] To more out-there examples like the “Caldwell Conversion Chain Pistol”, which is [[MoreDakka a revolver that's had its cylinder replaced by a 17 round ammo belt]], and the “Mosin Nagant Avtomat”; [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon a prototype machine gun made from a converted bolt-action rifle.]] Both of which, we should point out, have [[TruthInTelevision actually happened]] in the [[https://fishgame.com/2014/11/belt-fed-revolver/ Josselyn Chain Pistol]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huot_Automatic_Rifle Huot Automatic Rifle]] conversion of the [[RareGuns Ross Rifle]]. The idea of a revolver with a knuckle-duster also actually happened, with one example being the even more ridiculous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_revolver Apache revolver]], which had a knuckle-duster for a grip, instead of simply having one attached to the grip[[note]]It also had no barrel, a fold-out bayonet, and the trigger and grip could fold in to make it easier to use as a knuckle-duster. It was made by a French gang known as Les Apaches, hence the name[[/note]].

* RareGuns:
** One variant of the Caldwell Conversion revolver is a chain revolver seemingly based on the 1866 Josselyn prototype revolver.
** A Summer 2022 update added the very rare Alof's reloading system as an optional accessory for the game's single-shot shotgun.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Given that the Hunters have randomly generated names, which can include titles and nicknames, you can sometimes find Hunters with names like “Captain Jack Justice”, “Sheriff Butch Howard” or “Vance “Babyface” Malone”. The name pool also includes names from various nationalities, so this extends out in multiple lingual directions.