

He wishes to be a doctor so he can give his patients free treatment. Leorio aims to be a hunter for money, for purely altruistic reasons, as his childhood friend died of an illness without the funds to save him. Kurapika and Leorio talk about the reason for being a hunter, with Kurapika wanting to take down the Phantom Troupe as his clan was massacred by them for their precious scarlet eyes, which manifest when the Kurta uses their heightened sense. Killua, a participant, is introduced and he is curious of Gon's personality when he discovers that the boy is the same age as him. Leorio almost gives up until he is encouraged by Gon, who waits for him. However, he warned that the controls are "a bit sticky" and do not offer the level of control typical of console games in the same genre.During the first test, a number of participants fall out from fatigue after running for at least forty kilometers. He found that the game did not quite revolutionize the sidescrolling shooter genre but was "a level-hopping step in the right direction." A Next Generation critic called it "a strong showing in the world of side-scrolling platform shooters", citing the level designs, the native support for cutting-edge gamepads, and the replayability offered by the multiplayer mode. Chris Hudak of GameSpot praised the ability to move between multiple planes, the sound effects, and the soundtrack. The game was met with moderately positive reviews. AI-controlled human and minotaur opponents can do the same. Player characters can press against walls to avoid incoming projectiles, just like in Blackthorne. The player character can move between rooms through doors or windows. Like many side-scrolling games of the time, most levels consist of several parallel planes that the player character can move between. "Hunter" missions feature slaying numerous monsters with good amount of ammunition, while "Hunted" ones emphasize staying alive with limited resources while facing dangers like numerous obstacles or AI hunters. Missions fall into two major groups: "Hunter" and "Hunted". Also, the first few missions are tutorials that provide some tips. The missions can be completed in any order, the traditional ascending one just takes fewer clicks to go. In total, there are 120 missions in the game. An optional add-on provides 15 new single-player missions, two new head-to-head missions, and three more cooperative missions. The game can be played by either one or two players: it has 65 single-player missions and 35 multiplayer missions (20 head-to-head missions and 15 cooperative missions). While most of the reference to story based on Hunter-Hunted is just found in the printed companion materials, several game characters reference the religious figure "Jake Hunter", who (according to followers) saved humanity from a race of aliens. While Hunter-Hunted and the first two Earthsiege games make little or no reference to each other, the storyline for Starsiege retroactively makes Hunter-Hunted a major part of the backstorycitation needed. The story of Hunter-Hunted was tied into the Metaltech: Earthsiege universe as a prequel of sortscitation needed. The nature of Garathe and Jake's relationship is unclear in the game, as in some of the game's videos it appears that Garathe is hunting Jake down, and yet they appear to escape together in the hover car when all the car parts are found. Scattered deep in the battle arenas are car parts which the game's two protagonists, Jake and Garathe Den, try to salvage, in order to construct a working vehicle and escape the Masters. A fictional planet Kullrathe is also invaded by the Masters, and its Minotaur-like inhabitants there are herded into concentration camps, then also forced to play the "Hunter Hunted" game for the entertainment of the aliens. Following the rapid invasion of Earth by the alien race, the vast majority of humanity is exterminated, and the few survivors are enslaved and forced to fight in the ruins of Earth's cities for the entertainment of the Masters. The game is set in 2015, years after Earth is invaded by a race of technologically superior alien warriors known as the Masters.

Of the two, Garathe possesses superior strength and stamina, while Jake can take advantage of more sophisticated weaponry. The player controls a humanoid creature (either a muscular human called Jake or a minotaur-like creature named Garathe Den) who fights enemies, completes objectives, and tries to find the hidden exit in each level. Hunter Hunted is a side-scrolling action computer game developed by Sierra On-Line and published on October 31, 1996.
