Bitmob: By the time I crumpled my 100th foe into a wounded heap in Hunted: The Demon's Forge, I had a solid inkling that the game required a different kind of effort beyond a Gears of War clone with elf ears. True, the essence of Hunted lies within its mixture of hack-n-slash and cover-based elements, but the actual magic sits with the synergy between protagonists Caddoc and E'lara, the mercenary duo of cautious muscleman and bloodthirsty elf huntress, respectively.