Headhunter

Headhunter was released for the Sega Dreamcast November 16th 2001, and the Sony PlayStation 2 May 9th 2002. Headhunter takes place in a near future Los Angeles and tells the story of Jack Wade, a professional bounty hunter.

Overview

Jack Wade is a headhunter in a near future Los-Angeles. After Jack awakes from a coma he realizes that he cannot remember his own identity.  The only way to regain what he has mysteriously lost is by embarking on a quest for his past in hopes of saving his future. When the Anti-Crime Network's (A.C.N) chief officer is murdered, it's up to Jack to bring his killers to justice by any means necessary. Headhunter is a tactical espionage game that combines a limited open world setting with stealth action and gunplay .

Characters

  • Jack Wade - The main character and protagonist in the main story line.
  • Queen of Hearts - Import/Export ship for X-Must Energy Drink.
  • Adam - Adam is genetically altered and represents a superior human race in the game. 
  • Hank Redwood - a bounty hunter for ACN.
  • Doctor Ernst Zweiberg - Adams creator
  • Angela Stern - Jack's assistant that also works for the A.C.N ( Anti-Crime Network)
  • Eve - A virus planned to be released by the ACN, used  to destroy the human race and form a perfect race.
  • Wolfpack - Wolfpack is an outlaw gang that is tasked to retrieve human organs in trade for money and weapons.
  • ACN (Anti-Crime Network) - the future law system which plans to distribute the virus in shipments of X-Must Energy Drink.
  • Biotech - Company responsible for inventing the weapons featured in Headhunter.
  • Grey Wolf - An initial enemy of Jack that eventually becomes a friend and aid.
  • Alan Sharp - President of ACN.
  • L.E.I.L.A. (Law Enforcement Intelligence and License Approval) - a virtual reality simulator which give ACN bounty hunters a license.
  • Ramirez - a member of Wolfpack who divulges critical information of the connection between ACN and Wolfpack.
  • Gladiator - A challenging boss character.
  • Underwater Arena - an underwater gladiatorial prison owned by ACN.
 

Weapons

Stimulator Automatic - Basic handgun with a 10 round magazine, but can be upgraded to 16 rounds later in the game.
Resonator Grenade -  Standard grenade.
Scorpion Neurostunner  - A tranquilizer, must be charged up.
Regulator Shotgun - Standard shotgun, does lots of damage close up, but much less farther away.
Sub Machine Gun - Machine gun with a 30 round magazine.  
Missile Launcher - A missile launcher that tracks your enemies. 
Proximity Mine - Explosive which detonates when other come near it.