Hunter: The Reckoning Wayward

 PlayStation 2
Metascore
68

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 27
  3. Negative: 2 out of 27
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  1. Game Over Online
    90
    A much deeper, more involving story, packed with lots of secrets and more combat, Wayward is a sequel than many games should look up to as the right way to follow up a successful title.
  2. GameSpy
    84
    A huge improvement over its predecessor. Being surrounded by a pack of creatures that want to tear the flesh from your bones doesn't get much better than this.
  3. GameZone
    83
    A truly entertaining and addictive gruesome action game and a perfect sequel to the original.
  5. IGN
    82
    Dig down even deeper that you'll truly begin to appreciate what benefits it has to offer -- an incredibly challenging Nightmare setting, solid character designs, intelligent controls, and old-fashioned arcade shooting and slashing to name but a few of them.
  6. Yahoo!
    80
    It's a pleasingly solid sequel, and doesn't leave the inexperienced out in the cold.
  7. Next Level Gaming
    80
    If you have one of the other games in the series, and you're not a die-hard Hunter: The Reckoning fan, you probably don't need this game. Unless you feel the need to play through a different story, you'll pretty much have the same experience as you did with the other games, but with worse graphics.
  8. G4 TV
    80
    It blends the genre lines seamlessly in a fast-paced game that is both fun and challenging. The new story line and gameplay improvements will appeal to fans of the original and it also does a good job of bringing newcomers up to speed.
  9. PSM Magazine
    80
    High Voltage retooled everything in response to fan requests, and it shows. This game rocks. [Sept 2003, p.40]
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  10. GamingTrend
    77
    It's disappointing to have a game that shows so much promise, and yet could have been so much more.
  11. Deeko
    75
    The fact is, since you never get to control the camera angles, every time you pass a certain spot in the game you are viewing it from a different angle. What I am getting at is, you never get any sense of where you are in any given area because you’re always given a different angle to view it from.
  12. Gamezilla!
    75
    My only real complaints are that the game is too easy, too short, doesn’t have enough players, and doesn’t let you fight nearly the same amount of walking dead as in the first one.

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#68 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2003

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User Score
8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. VLG
    Aug 22, 2023
    8
    Pure nostalgia. I played this with my old HS friends for hours and hours. We all hated it, but we all went back to it over and over. I dontPure nostalgia. I played this with my old HS friends for hours and hours. We all hated it, but we all went back to it over and over. I dont think we ever beat it lol. I liked the RPG mechanics. Good old times, man.… Full Review »
  2. Mark336
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Hunter the reckoning is an amazing experience with great coop and fun one of the best games ever made it may be nothing new but if there's a million call of Duty games that are the same get a 10 this should be a ten for the fun it is… Full Review »
  3. neojotic
    Aug 29, 2020
    6
    Didn't find this one to be as entertaining as the original for Xbox. Still a decent game but doesn't possess the wow factor in my opinion.Didn't find this one to be as entertaining as the original for Xbox. Still a decent game but doesn't possess the wow factor in my opinion.

    I recommend this for anyone into hack and slash.    … Full Review »
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