MOW MAN HUNTDOWN TV

Visually the game is a stunning recreation of the 16-bit side scrollers of yesteryear, with an impressive attention to detail that means there's always something catching your eye. That's a hint, Easy Trigger Games.Īnd it's not just your ears that are in for a treat, either. It's one part Blade Runner, one part The Running Man, garnished with a bit of John Carpenter for good measure and if it was on Spotify we'd be listening to it right now. But beyond the amusing quips your character utters when dispatching foes, there's the absolutely killer soundtrack to consider. Huntdown liberally borrows one-liners from classic 80s action movies like Predator and Rocky IV, and these will likely raise a smile if you're familiar with the source material.

MOW MAN HUNTDOWN TV

You won't want to mute the TV the rest of the time, though. In the end we actually had to mute the television because our fiancée was getting so annoyed she almost called off the wedding. If you get killed fighting him about twelve times like we did, this is really going to start grating on you.

He says it every three or four seconds throughout the entire boss fight. He's a veteran of a presumably awful future war who's suffering from shellshock and can only say the phrase, 'Oh, the horrors!' But he doesn't just say it once, or twice, or even thrice. There's one boss in particular that really ground our gears. There's one liners ripped directly from classic movies of the era, characters that reference cultural icons, and even one baddie that talks exactly like legendary WWF wrestler 'Macho Man' Randy Savage. The characters are ridiculous stereotypes and walking tropes and the dialogue is clunky, but that's all part of the charm, and it feels like an authentic recreation of violent action cinema from decade that did it best. The game is proud of the 80s movies, music, and pop culture that inspired it, and this love for the decade shines throughout. Anyone born after Spandau Ballet broke up will be missing out, not just in regards to recognising the references in Huntdown, but also in life. The game is a love letter to 80s action movies, and since we're old and we love thinking about how much better everything was back in our day, we got a real kick out of it. Of course, if you don't know who Robocop is, or even worse, you do but you're thinking about the godawful remake with Michael Keaton in it, then you might be befuddled at many of the references in Huntdown.

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