Osta Hunted: The Demon's Forge

Fully recommended, never had a game that was more fun to play with a freind. Stroyline and Identification with the maincharacters enhances the game experience greatly. Thumbs up!

Single-player gamer here. Good game. Fun. Played as the archer. AI did fine as the melee.

Enjoyable coop adventure game, can no longer be played online but LAN is available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T02Pvlpf2B8&hd=1

Great game, interesting ending. Huge shame that online play isn't possible.

I was in the business of finding a fantasy RPG coop game to play with my gf.
I was able to successfully get local coop (through LAN) to work.
Others who are trying this will need to be in the same network, of course, and you will also need to ensure you have disabled your Windows Firewall and/or Firewall (or instead of disabling, to allow the game access to go through it).

The game was fun for us for the most part, but we have not played it in awhile since the last time we played. We also have not completed and beat the game yet. The game becomes more difficult to survive the further you get (naturally), so you need you and your partner to be familiar with the controls (which have been ported over from console, unfortunatly).

So, the game <i> IS </i> fun (for us and perhaps you) <i> as </i> you are playing. Once you stop playing, go to bed, and wake up the next day, you may think of how fun the game is and want to play it soon again with your gf, but after a few days pass, you may forget this title a little bit. Later, though, it may pop back in your head and you might wish to pick it up again to finish it.

But keep in mind, if you decide to purchase this game, you will probabably have difficulty connecting to people outside of your house/LAN. I had nothing worse than simple troubles trying to connect via LAN to play with with my gf, though, and it was fun while it lasted.

Seems to be really good so far.

ONE OF THE BEST GAMES EVER!

It's not a bad game. There is some issues with lighting and linear pathing but overall I would play it but not for full price mind you. When on sale, it is worth a look.

Not many people have played this game...but it's actually quite good, and deserved more attention than it got. The interaction between the characters is strong, stronger than most, with each having more inward depth than your typical "action heroes" in fantasy, and E'lara especially is one ofthe few female elven characters who isn't simply a flighty songbird who needs help constantly, without going into the super-strong "I am a man with boobs" territory.
Gameplay is third person action/shooter, each character has a melee weapon with shield, and ranged weapon, with E'lara's ranged being stronger and Caddoc's melee being stronger. Melee is the weakest part of the gameplay, but the graphics, exploration and side quest aspects, character interaction, and general story is fairly strong. One or two quick sequences ruin parts of the game, like running from a giant spider where you only have a two second window to evade it or die instantly, and have to do multiple short sequences...
But it is otherwise a very good game, worth a playthrough, and Bethesda/Zenimax are one of the few publisher/developer combos worthy of your money anymore. From the people who brought you Elder Scrolls.

What an epic underrated masterpiece.

If you're familiar with InXile games like Bard's Tale, you will feel right at home. Although the game lacks a bit on the graphics side, it's still charming and have a very well built and beautiful scenery. The very atmospheric aesthetic of the game is very pleasing and will make up for the sharp polygons and not so great textures. The gameplay is simple, solid and straight to the point, you can change between the two main characters from time to time. You can customize for magic or melee, and which type of each along the way, constructing a more ideal personal play style that you enjoy more. The dialogue in this game is simply amazing, very well crafted, character building is also great, the relationship between the two are very fun and funny to watch, and it doesn't get in the way of the gameplay, you don't need to stop playing to watch a boring 5 minutes cutscene all the time, the dialogue is short and well spaced in-between throughout the game and also happens as you play, really smart game design. The story is great and captivating, and the dark fantasy theme really draws you in into the game's lore. And depending of your playstyle and choices you make throughout the game, the ending veries, this is really, really cool.

The game feels epic and plays epic. The dialogues and superb voice acting will make a very fond memory. If you love the dark fantasy genre and good and fun combat mechanics and a smart game design in general, Hunted: The Demon's Forge will give you an epic time.

I recomend this game to those couples who love dark fantasy worlds. Great gameplay and awesome storyline with sarcastic humor.

Contrary to popular belief, this game is actually quite fun. It is definitely an entertaining Co-op bromance waiting to happen.

7,5/10

+ liked the presentation, some good graphics
+ good leveling system, some nice abilities to use (other than your sword to hack and slash !)
+ some nice puzzles, sidequests given by the dead feel interesting
+ good story in a dark fantasy setting

- hack and slash has been done much better
- level design could be better

"Hunted is running through dungeon, killing monster with really cool swords, really cool weapons and amazing spells and magic special effects. It's a modern, co-op, cover-based, action game set in a rich dark fantasy world." - Matt Findley, President of InXile Entertainment.

Although Hunted: The Demon's Forge may seem to be flawed and lacked in polishes in many ways on the surface because its developer was focusing on the other bigger and more anticipated title of theirs, what the core of Hunted: Demon's Forge capable of delivering are still considered to be the best by many co-op game players and dungeon crawlers across the world.

There are many dungeon games out there, but none of them is quite like Hunted. Hunted has pretty much every good traditions and classic elements of the old school dungeon game such as riddles to solve, secret areas to explore and enemies that dungeon fans would expect to encouner. But with a big guy with sword, elven lady with bow and vicious creatures like minotaur and dragon. Hunted instead of being just a big cliché all over again, it is rather more like mixing these clichés together in a dark fantasy world - then throw it back onto your head through the qualities of modern platforms and human designs.

After all, Hunted may far from perfection in terms of presentation, bug-free, PC optimization, gameplay diversity and replayability. But this is also exactly why the sequel of it will be so promising and worthy after we saw how these things together turn out in the actual gameplay of Hunted. There will be just you and your partner and simple yet solid gameplay mechanisms and a ton of straight forward hack-and-slash actions. And I simply can't wait a better sequel that unfold the up coming journey of our lovely mercenary pair - or - perhaps more like couple in blood, sweat and sarcasms.

Recommended for dungeon srawlers or anyone who want some simple intuitive action gameplay. Better to play with a friend.

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- For in-game actions: Even through a yet perfect and limited combat system, you can still tell that's how fast-paced hack-and-slash melee actions should be like in a thirdperson action game. As for bow and arrow, casting devastating magics and the boob jiggles whenever she bend over to pick up the money, those are extras. *Sorry, there aren't a ton of button smashing during cutscene in slow motion.

- For overall presentation quality: Small detail in the environment may proves to be raw and very under polished (even at max settings.) But the voice lines as well as the interactions between our couple in the game tend to make you giggle and care less about these picky dissatisfactions.

This is a fantastic game ,so underrated,if you like gears of war or similar get this game.

Pretty nicely put together from story, gameplay and graphics. If you love a rock solid horror/adventure game that cuts through the rpg boring bs, than get this one! You explore places like dungeons and caves, and travel through some real intresting places. You will battle all kinds of monsters and bosses. If you like the intro of Tales from the crypt, than i dare you to play this and find out for yourself! Overall, this was the best horror/adventure/action game of summer 2011!

Great game. I discovered it a bit after it had already come out so some might think it would be dated, but the gameplay and graphics hold up. It quickly became addictive. Needless to say, the female character you play as part of a team is not hard to look at. The story line is engaging and the combat style is fun with variations to choose from like range, melee, and magic and a talent system to let you choose what you want to excel at based on preference.

i dont know where explosive arrows come from but they are probably the best thing ever

This game have one of the best coop AI that I have seen. It's not perfect, as will get silly in certain areas, but it helps you in combat without taking over or being a burden. Just the right proportion.
Keep in mind that you will be playing with mercenaries that have a funny relationship. So, they are anti-heroes and will be silly with each other. Some players might get disappointed because is not another "the chosen one save the world" type of story.
And the locations will be destroyed and villagers will be suffering. Because evil is doing its part. Yet, great scenery!
Plenty of secret areas to find, and the game takes long to finish. Plus, you can make your own maps.
One more thing, despide you carry only 2 types of weapons (a melee and one range), you have 3 different skills for each character, and 3 attack magics that can also be used to buff your coop partner.

It's saddess me the though that I won't see a sequel for this fun game.