Headhunter (Dreamcast) Review - An Almost Classic

[@Django286]

I remember the first game wasn't bad, I still have it for Dreamcast and PS2

[@THHDReviews]

@@Django286 it definitely firmly sits in the 'not bad' category! Haha We'd never get another sequel, 'cause who would even care?

[@d1pstick32]

Man, the amount of times I overlooked this in Civic Video when I was a kid. I mised out.

[@THHDReviews]

@@d1pstick32 Now there's an oldie! Haha Makes you regret the duds you rented instead even more!

[@ughaghost]

This was the first game i ever owned for my ps2 because it was a budget title by the time i got one. for $20 it was totally worth the money. the bikes handling like ass, the news reports...oh man so camp and fun despite being very clearly limited by time and budget. i need to go back and finish this one.

[@THHDReviews]

@@ughaghost You can definitely see what a bigger budget could have made this game, it had so much potential! At least the news reports are A Grade brilliance.. haha

[@litjellyfish]

@@THHDReviews It had at the time rather big budget. I think I meant that when he got the game he bought it for a budget price. Not the full release price. And yes the new report are meant to be campy. Remember that at the time of having actors and footage was considered rather high budget. And using a orchestra to record music was not common at all. About time it was not so limited either, of course like all games at the time it often got rushed in the end. But compared to other titles I would say time and budget wise it was above average :)

[@THHDReviews]

@@litjellyfish yeah, you're definitely right there, I'd say it's more just allocation of the budget, and time spent on certain things could have probably been handled a little wiser! At the end of the day the deadlines aren't gonna be too flexible on a dead console.. haha

[@Gruntvc]

Shame we didn't get this on Dreamcast in the US. But we did get the PS2 port and the sequel. Be nice if the original Headhunter got remastered for both current consoles and pc.

[@THHDReviews]

@@Gruntvc I'd say if the Dreamcast didn't get discontinued it probably would have made its way over! There's a couple of PAL games like that, I just wish we got D2 over here as American copies are bloody expensive! Haha I assume Sega has the rights, but can't be bothered doing anything with a bunch of these games..

[@Gruntvc]

@THHDReviews, D2 is expensive. Another game I'd like to see rereleased.

[@litjellyfish]

@@THHDReviews Actually dont be so sure about it. Remember that at this point in time SEGA US and SEGA EU was pretty petty bickering about everything. Proof is that the PS2 version of headhunter was not released by SEGA in the US but Acclaim. So SEGA US did not even want to put the effort to get the title out on PS2 that now was their new platform strategy. And yes SEGA has the rights to the Headhunter IP

[@THHDReviews]

@@litjellyfish you'd think they'd try to claw back some lost money in the US, but it makes sense given they didn't even give Shenmue 2 a Dreamcast release after the money pit those games were! Haha

[@blaquenoise]

You can get the game to play on a US Dreamcast with a GameShark VMU. Load any cheat unto the VMU from the GameShark disc, remove the disc, then insert whatever PAL Dreamcast game you want to play. It's how I played this game, REZ, Shenmue II, and few other region locked games.

[@blaquenoise]

Funny I still have this game and don't remember any of the story, also I forgot that there was a PS2 version and that Redemption, on the PS2 and Xbox ever existed.

[@THHDReviews]

@@blaquenoise I imagine they spent so much money that it would have been silly not to port the game over given when it was released. That being said, I'm surprised it was successful enough to get a sequel!

[@CakesTv1337]

I wish I had played this back in the day, looks like it would have been right up my alley.

[@THHDReviews]

@@CakesTv1337 it's still very playable, just get ready for the bike to be a bit of a slog! Haha

[@CakesTv1337]

@@THHDReviews I'm just worried that since I never played it, the nostalgia won't hit the same, but definitely will look into it. Thanks for the heads up

[@drunkensailor112]

​@@CakesTv1337you can create new nostalgia by playing it now and then going back on it in 10-15 years.

[@CakesTv1337]

@@drunkensailor112 I appreciate what you're saying but I'm in my 30s now, it's not the same.

[@drunkensailor112]

@@CakesTv1337 I'm 39 and still build new nostalgia memories

[@versebuchanan512]

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