City Hunter
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Critic Reviews for City Hunter
City Hunter remains a mediocre in 2026. Extra features make this the best way for hardcore fans to play, but this is an underwhelming experience. It's short in runtime and overpriced for the amount of content. This one is strictly for the fans.
To truly enjoy this game, you need to be a fan of City Hunter. While it’s not a bad game, it does have its flaws and offers simplistic gameplay that feels outdated for its time. However, with some patience, you can still have fun with it and appreciate its visual flair that pays tribute to the material.
Classic 2D action game based on the City Hunter anime, now ready for a new generation
City Hunter is hardly a must‑play videogame today, especially if you’re not already a fan of Tsukasa Hojo’s iconic character. Sunsoft’s 1990 release shows its age in this first Western edition, and modern players won’t find much in terms of technical or gameplay complexity. Still, despite its clear limitations, Ryo Saeba’s digital adventure has its own charm—maybe not enough to make it a timeless classic, but certainly appealing if you’re in the mood for something unapologetically old‑school. If you love the misadventures of our incorrigible sweeper, it’s worth a look, as long as you keep its vintage nature in mind. And who knows—maybe you’ll end up humming Get Wild, imagining yourself writing those XYZ letters on the long‑gone Shinjuku Station chalkboard.
Review in Italian | Read full review
City Hunter is an average, shallow and hardly interesting game but it had the chance to be rescued from the past and is now available in an acceptable way on modern systems. With its limitations in mind, the game can be interesting for retrogamers, but its appeal ends there.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
My verdict for this re-release of City Hunter is similar to pretty much any other subpar licensed game I have ever tested. If you’re a fan of the source material, as niche as it might be nowadays, you might enjoy it for a few minutes, as this is the only City Hunter game that has ever been developed and released. If you’re not part of this very specific demographic, then there’s nothing about this game that will either make you enjoy it, or turn you into a fan of the manga.
