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“Hunter: The Reckoning” FAQ for Xbox, Version 99%
Complete
Written and copyrighted by Erin Czerniak, 2002
Contact me at erincz@netzero.com
 
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Version History:
 
August 20, 2002
Sat down with a cherry Coke and some Cracker Jacks
and started this FAQ at around 1a.m. Insomnia? I have no idea what you're
talking about…
 
August 22, 2002
Started filling in more of the walkthrough;
everything else is pretty much complete, plan to add more on enemies, and
possibly a Boss section later.
 
August 24, 2002
Filled in some more of the walkthrough, and added a
few enemies and the boss section to the FAQ.
 
August 26, 2002
Finished the Walkthrough and Boss Sections. I
believe the FAQ is finally complete…for now.
 
August 27, 2002
Edited some slightly inaccurate info on Level 8,
Sewers 2. Also added some more on the Boss Section for the Warden.
 
August 31, 2002
Added a few things in the Hints Section.
 
September 17, 2002
Confirmed the Glyphs cheat, thanks to *all* the
readers who have sent in tips so far! 
 
October 5, 2002
Got absolutely sick and tired of having to scroll up
and down all the time, so I added the clickable Table of Contents for easier
viewing. Thank goodness for bookmarks! :)
 
**I plan to add the Invulnerable Code at some point,
whenever I or anyone else figures it out, and I am definitely still working on
it. Any information or tips you want to send me will be credited in this FAQ.
Thanks for reading this!
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
I. Story
II. Game Menu
III. Controls
IV. Hunters and their Attributes
V. Edges
VI. Glyphs
VII. Combat
VIII. Weaponry
IX. Enemies
X. Walkthrough
 1. Subway Station
 2. Streets
 3. Playground
 4. Graveyard
 5. Church
 6. Catacombs
 7. Sewers 1
 8. Sewers 2
 9. Front Yard
 10. Meal Hall 1
 11. Main Yard 1
 12. Mansion Exterior 1
 13. Mansion Interior 1
 14. Mansion Exterior 2
 15. Main Yard 2
 16. Cell Block 1
 17. Cell Block 2
 18. Hospital Roof
 19. Hospital Interior 1
 20. Hospital Interior 2
 21. Morgue
 22. Sewers 3
 23. Machine Shop
 24. Death Row
 25. Main Yard 3
 26. Meal Hall 2
 27. Main Yard 4
 28. Mansion Exterior 3
 29. Mansion Interior 2
 30. Attic
XI. Bosses
XII. Codes, Hints and
General Strategy
XIII. Credits
 
 
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I. Story
Ashcroft's Evil Institution (from the game manual)
 
There were only two places to work in Ashcroft: The
railroad and the penitentiary. Since the 1920s, the town centered on the large
prison. The people didn't know that for over 50 years, the prison was under the
control of vampires. The warden himself was turned into a creature of the night
and the center of power was secure. Since then, the prison has become a feeding
ground and the inmates no more than cattle. Those unfit to be fed on are
subject to horrific acts of torture and experimentation. Such actions cannot be
forgiven, and the vengeful spirits of the inmates soon rose from the dead and
lashed out at the living. The vengeful spirits were eventually subdued by
greater powers, and the vampires regained control of Ashcroft Penitentiary.
 
When convicted murderer Nathaniel Arkady was
subjected to capital punishment by electrocution, the renegade ghosts were
freed from their bonds and once more wreaked havoc on the prison. Four people,
brought to the Scene by circumstance, were witnesses and at that moment their
normal lives ended. They pushed back the onslaught of angry spirits and locked
the doors of the penitentiary. The prison was shut down, and the town of
Ashcroft became a shadow of its former self.
 
Ashcroft now stands at the brink between the world
of the living and the dead, and someone or something is toying with the
balance. An act of chance freed the spirits from the prison, and their hatred
has been unleashed on the entire town. Nothing is as it seems and it is up to
you to save them all.
 
YOU ARE THE RECKONING.
 
I'm sure you get the general idea; you're the good
guy, and everyone else (except for the cowering innocents) is the bad guy. The
innocents never seem to be very grateful when you save their lives either… but
it's all in a day's work when you're hunting down evil.
 
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II. Game Menu
 
1. New Game
-Starts a new game.
 
2. Continue
-Continues from a saved game.
 
3. Options
-Audio/Video (Change Music, Speech, SFX and
Brightness)
-Control Options (Choose from the Default setting to
5 Alternative methods)
-Gameplay (Toggle Controller Vibration, Show Blood,
and Friendly Fire settings)
 
4. Special Features
-Credits
-Coma Video
-Intro Video
-Alternate Hunter Mode (Will be locked until
completion of the game)
-Nightmare Mode (Also locked)
 
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III. Controls
 
1. Pressing the Start button during gameplay will
bring up the following menu:
 
Resume - Takes you back to gameplay.
Options - Audio/Video, Control Options, and
Gameplay.
Character Stats - Keeps track of your Experience
points, and shows your Edges, Weapons and (surprise!) your characters' stats.
Game Stats - Tracks your kills and rescues, for each
innocent you rescue you receive a Life, or Continue. Also lists current level
Objectives.
Restart - Restarts you at the beginning of current
level.
End Game - Ends game.
 
 
2. Movement: Default Controls (You can change these
configurations in the Game Options menu. I prefer "Alternate 1"
because you can click on the thumbsticks to jump and attack.)
 
Move Character - Left Thumbstick
 
Aim Character/Weapon - Right Thumbstick
 
Walk Backwards - Press the Left Thumbstick in any
direction and press the Right Thumbstick in the opposite direction.
 
Strafe - Press the Left Thumbstick in any direction
and press the Right Thumbstick at a 90-degree angle from the position of the
Left Thumbstick.
 
Left Trigger - Jump
 
Roll - While Strafing, pull the Left Trigger
 
 
3. Weapons Controls: Default
 
X Button - Scrolls through available Basic Weapons
 
B Button - Scrolls through available Special Weapons
 
Y Button - Scrolls through available Edges
 
A Button - Switch or Reload weapons, or activate
Edge
 
Right Trigger - Fire, Switch or Reload weapons, or
activate Edge. You can also perform Combo attacks with your melee weapon by
continually pressing the Right Trigger. Combo attacks will be discussed in the
Weapons Section VII.
 
White Button - Reloads weapon (You can also use the
A button or continue pressing the right trigger)
 
Black Button - Taunts monsters
 
 
*The A Button is also the Action button. You can use
it to open doors, and also to read glyphs and talk to townspeople, which will
be discussed in Section VI.
 
 
**The Directional Pad controls the camera angle,
more or less. There are five levels of zoom. Pressing up on the directional pad
zooms the camera in. Pressing down zooms the camera out. When playing single
player, you can press left to completely expand your view, and pressing right
will bring the camera in as close as you can go.
 
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IV. Hunters and their
Attributes
There are four characters from which you can choose:
Avenger, Defender, Martyr and Judge. Each character has different skills and
attributes, and each starts off with a melee weapon and a ranged weapon with
unlimited ammo and one Edge, which is listed first below.
 
 
1. Creed: Avenger
Name: Spenser "Deuce" Wyatt
Height: 7'0
Weight: 310
Age: 35
Weapons: Battle Axe and Lever Action Rifle
Edges: Cleave, Smite & Ward
 
2. Creed: Defender
Name:      Samantha
Alexander
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 120
Age: 29
Weapons: Katana and Magnum Revolver
Edges: Rejuvenate, Ward & Demand
 
3. Creed: Martyr
Name:      Kassandra
Cheyung
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 105
Age: 19
Weapons: Twin Daggers and Dual Auto-Loading Pistols
Edges: Demand, Retribution & Burden
 
4. Creed: Judge
Name: Father
Esteban Cortez
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 175
Age: 45
Weapons: Crusader Sword and Crossbow
Edges: Word of Power, Burden & Rejuvenate
 
 
Character Attributes:
 
Strength - Amount of additional damage the Hunter
does during melee combat.
Accuracy - Amount of additional damage the Hunter
does during ranged combat.
Speed - How
quickly the Hunter moves.
Conviction - A Hunter's dedication to the hunt.
Conviction is used to activate Edges.
Stamina - A Hunter's damage resilience
 
Strength and Accuracy can be improved throughout the
game by activating certain glyphs, which is discussed in Section VI. (There is
also a Glyph cheat for certain versions of the game, discussed in the Hints
section)
 
Here is a table with each of the characters'
attributes for comparison out of a five-point scale.
 
        
Avenger    Defender    Martyr    
Judge
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Strength  
2.5        2.0        1.0        1.5
Accuracy  
2.0        2.5        1.0        2.0
Speed     
1.0        2.0        3.5        1.5
Conviction 1.0        2.0        2.5        3.0
Stamina   
1.5        1.5        1.0        1.5
 
Obviously, some characters will be faster than others,
or will produce more damage in a melee attack than they might by using their
ranged weapon.
You will have to develop different strategies for
gameplay depending on whether you are fighting alone or with companions.
 
Remember that you only start out with one Edge, and
you won't gain the third and final Edge until you are well into the game.
 
There are several Strength and Accuracy Glyphs
throughout the game, so if you have teammates, you may want to bolster Martyr's
Accuracy stats rather than the Defender's, and Martyr isn't very strong either,
but she can run circles around a throng of zombies for excellent melee skills.
 
Your attributes will improve as you level up
throughout the game. The amount of Experience points and Rescues you get
depends on how many Hunters are in the game.
If a Hunter dies during the game and doesn't press
Start to continue within ten seconds, that Hunter will lose ALL its Exp and
will have to start all over again with only one Edge.
 
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V. Edges
Each Hunter starts off with one Edge at its lowest
level of power. As the Hunters advance, they gain up to three Edges, and the
powers of each Edge increases -- up to three levels. (I finished the game with
two Edges at level three, and one Edge at level one.)
As your character grows in experience, his/her
skills will increase, and new Edges will become available. You gain a new Edge
or level up on an existing Edge every time you defeat a Boss.
 
1. Cleave/Picture of Axe