
5 reviews
Hunted: The Demon's Forge
It will take the combined efforts of two great warriors to explore menacing dungeons, overgrown ruins, and downtrodden towns … and discover the secrets of the Demon’s Forge.
Details
- Released
- May 30, 2011
- Developer
- inXile Entertainment
- Genres
- Puzzle · Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Adventure
- Publisher
- Bethesda Softworks
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Hunted: The Demon's Forge Reviews
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Hunted: The Demon's Forge is a third-person co-op fantasy action game. Taking control of either E'lara, a ranged weapon expert, or Caddoc, a master swordsman, you must use a variety of weapons, powerful spells, and cover tactics to battle your way through menacing dungeons, overgrown ruins, and downtrodden towns. Discover secrets and complete co-op-based puzzles while discovering answers to the game's deep, dark mysteries.
Monotony, thy name is Hunted.Local cooperative is trying to go the way of the dinosaur. Every time I see a first-person shooter [...]
People have been asking me about Hunted: The Demon's Forge a lot. It's odd blend of cover-based shooting, a fantasy setting, and hot co-op action make it an eyebrow-raiser, but the execution is flawed. If you're desperate to play something with an equally desperate friend, Hunted: The Demon's Forge might surprise you. But there are better multiplayer games out there, and some of them have just as many elves and dragons as this one.
Sadly, this great mode feels somewhat wasted given the severity of the game’s problems and that’s really a running theme throughout. Hunted: The Demon’s Forge is a missed opportunity that often shows hints of being a high quality product but it doesn’t really deliver on its promises. With its derivative world and characters, it’s at best a guilty pleasure but probably isn’t worth your time unless you can find it at a bargain bin price.
With Skyrim looming large upon the horizon how does a company like Bethesda keep busy? By releasing a hack and slash dungeon crawler like Hunted of course. This is more of an RPG-lite than a full blown swords and sorcery style odyssey, so leave your stat book at the door and saddle up for some carnage. Oh, and you can bring a friend, because having to beat skeletons up on your own is just sad.