History VideoGame / HunterTheReckoning

%% * ActionGirl: Sam, Kass, and eventually Kaylie.

* BadassPreacher: Father Esteban Cortez has an [[BadassLongcoat awesome leather trenchcoat]], and by the time of ''Redeemer'', is [[BadassGrandpa in his fifties.]]

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: There's almost zero foreshadowing that Kaylie's teddy bear is going to turn into a giant monster. [[TropesAreNotBad But it's one of the most memorable moments of the first game, and gives Kaylie a pretty epic backstory by the third.]]

%% * CrowbarCombatant: Joshua, the surviving Wayward.

-->'''Carpenter:''' Typical. I try to help and this is the thanks I get. Do you think I can't see you shaking at the other end of that barrel? Do you think I don't know your brain is trying to process the ''horrible'' fact that "Oh my god it talks!" and if it talks, it thinks, and you can't stand that, can you? When are you going to learn that you're not Hunters; you're sheep...''with shotguns''.

%% * [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Those Who Fight Monsters]]:

* BladeReflection: The [[http://www.giantbomb.com/hunter-the-reckoning-redeemer/61-8652/all-images/52-179158/box_huntertrr/51-1795895/ cover]] for ''Redeemer'' uses this.

* BadassBiker: Deuce is a former [[Hell's Angel]] and sports a [[BadassMustache mustache of epic proportions]].

* ActionGirl: Sam, Kass, and eventually Kaylie.

* AnAxeToGrind: Deuce's weapon of choice.

* BadassesWearBandanas: Deuce often sports one.

* BaldOfAwesome: Joshua
* BandagedFace: Carpenter
* BareYourMidriff: Kass's outfits in the original and in ''Wayward''.
* {{BFS}}: Esteban's Cruciform Sword and Kaylie's Buster Sword both qualify.

* BowAndSwordInAccord: Esteban

* CrowbarCombatant: Joshua, the surviving Wayward.

** Genefex, the evil corporation in ''Redeemer'', will be instantly familiar to any fan of ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse''. It is never explicitly said to be a Pentex subsidiary, but it almost doesn't have to.
*** One of the Genefx advert boards in the background of the earlier levels does mention it being connected to some of the subsidiaries mentioned in the Pentex source book. A bit of an obscure ShoutOut but it is there.
* FedoraOfAsskicking: Esteban wears one sometimes.
* [[FiveTokenBand Four Token Band]]

* GirlishPigtails: Kass in the second game.
* GogglesDoNothing: Kassandra usually wears a pair of purely decorative goggles on her forehead.
* GunsAkimbo: Kassandra's primary means of attack. Carpenter also displays a penchant for dual-wielding Uzis.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Sam Alexander has a katana ''and'' a [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]].
* KillerTeddyBear: Kaylie's possessed teddy bear.
* KryptoniteFactor: Vampire {{Mooks}} are instantly killed by a hit from Esteban's crossbow.

* NobleDemon: Carpenter.

* ScaryBlackMan: Joshua the Wayward.
* SealedEvilInATeddyBear: The giant possessed teddy bear boss.

* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Those Who Fight Monsters]]: The Waywards in the game of the same name. One can be saved. The other... can't.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Kass and Kaylie often sport this look.

Interesting trivia for webcomic fans: the lead designer on the original ''Hunter'', David Rodriguez, is the writer of ''{{Shadowgirls}}'', as well as the independent comic ''Starkweather''.

* {{Badass}}: Pretty much everyone.
** [[BadassPreacher Father]] Esteban Cortez has an [[BadassLongcoat awesome leather trenchcoat]], and by the time of ''Redeemer'', is [[BadassGrandpa in his fifties.]]
** Esteban sports a BadassBeard in the first game.
** Deuce is a former [[BadassBiker Hell's Angel]] and sports a [[BadassMustache mustache of epic proportions]].

* ChainsawGood

--->'''Carpenter:''' So I guess you've noticed that your little dance with the witch and her [[WraithTheOblivion Shadowlands pet]] five years ago had some repercussions. Don't worry though, Lucien and Genefex were quick to move in and rebuild. That's what we do in Ashcroft, you know, cover up our sins and hide them with pretty lights, [[ExtraStrengthMasquerade make like they never happened]]. But you and I know the truth. So here's the story little Hunters; in order for me to fully come back from the Shadowlands, [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse I had to make a deal.]] You don't have to worry about the details, but it basically comes down to me having to kill you. Now you know I don't like you, but I like to think we've got this [[TeethClenchedTeamwork mutual grudging respect]] thing going on. So please, [[PreAssKickingOneLiner don't take this ass beating I am about to lay down on you personally.]]

** He gives another to the FinalBoss of ''Wayward'' in regards to how it handled the current situation in Ashcroft. Suffice it to say, he was not impressed. He also informs the creature that once the Hunters are done with it, when it's sent back to the [[WraithTheOblivion Underworld]] Carpenter is going to ''kick its ass'' for messing with his town.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Lucien in ''Redeemer'' is doing all this because he wants the werewolves around Ashcroft destroyed, and in his corrupted state can't see his own misdeeds. Esteban personally cuts him down just after Lucien's Motive Rant.]]

** And then there's [[spoiler: Lucien, who is a Fallen Hunter, who sold his soul to... something... in exchange for power. It ends up turning him into a demon, and you have to cut him down as he's the FinalBoss.]]

--->'''Carpenter:''' So I guess you've noticed that your little dance with the witch and her [[WraithTheOblivion Shadowlands pet]] five years ago had some repercussions. Don't worry though, Lucien and Genefex were quick to move in and rebuild. That's what we do in Ashcroft, you know, cover up our sins and hide them with pretty lights, [[ExtraStrengthMasquerade make like they never happened]]. But you and I know the truth. So here's the story little Hunters; in order for me to fully come back from the Shadowlands, [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse I had to make a deal.]] You don't have to worry about the details, but it basically comes down to me having to kill you. Now you know I don't like you, but I like to think we've got this [[TeethClenchedTeamwork mutual grudging respect]] thing going on. So please, [[PreAssKickingOneLiner don't take this assbeating I'm about to lay down on you personally.]]

* NothingPersonal: Carpenter, in ''Redeemer'' says this to the Hunters before he fights them. Essentially he was given an OfferYouCantRefuse, the terms of which currently involve him having to kill them.

** He gives another to the FinalBoss of ''Wayward'' in regards to how it handled the current situation in Ashcroft. Suffice it to say, he was not impressed. He also informs the creature that once the Hunters are done with it, when it's sent back to the [[WraithTheOblivion Underworld]] Carpenter is going to ''kick it's ass'' for messing with his town.

* MightyGlacier: Deuce is seven feet tall and wields an enormous two-handed axe.

''TabletopGame/HunterTheReckoning'' spawned three beat-'em-up video games for the XBox, {{PlayStation 2}}, and GameCube, which were published by Interplay and Vivendi and developed by High Voltage Software. All three are multi-player hack-and-slashers in the spirit of the original ''Gauntlet'', and developed a modest fan following as excellent four-player party games.

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* {{Expy}}: Each of the four original Hunters has roughly equivalent areas of specialization to the original four characters from ''Gauntlet''. Deuce is the Warrior (high health, moves slowly, entirely focused on melee), Sam is the Valkyrie (well-balanced character with defensive abilities, making her the hardest to kill), Kass is the Elf (the fastest character, specializing in ranged combat), and Estaban is the Wizard (he's built around using his Edges, to the point where a high-level Judge player won't really use his weapons that much).

* FanNickname: Often called ''Gauntlet: the Reckoning'' by fans of the original tabletop game, especially when it first came out, due to the play style. People were expecting something more akin to the style of ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeRedemption''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: GreyDelisle voices Kassandra in ''Wayward''.
** Creator/TonyJay is the first game's narrator.