All we wanted from the game was to creep around in the dark and kill burly masked individuals without the threat of actual physical harm or jail.įor those who unaware, the first game garnered a lot of controversy for its execution system. Sure, the shotgun was good for some nice closeup kills, but if we wanted a good shooting game we’d go somewhere else. No one liked the shooting aspects of Manhunt– no one. Someone didn’t pay attention to the response to the first game. Here, you’ll soon be bored of the story of the two guys trying to find out more about the experiment and soon find yourself playing just to finish the damn thing. At least in the first game the guy was thrown into a horrible, Running Man-situation, and you had a definite sense of a main goal. The main problem with the story is that you don’t care that the guy is going through this. They attempted to throw a few big reveals into the game, but they have absolutely no impact. If you can’t figure out one of the plot twists right from the beginning (as Leo talks to your character despite only showing up in cutscenes), you’re an idiot. Along with your psycho buddy Leo you escape the place, killing everyone as you go, and try to hunt down the people responsible for the experiment. One night six years after arriving ther, there’s a freak electrical story that sets you free. Things didn’t go well, naturally, and he was sent to an insane asylum. The story this time, such as it is: You’re a man named Daniel Lamb, a doctor who was looking to take care of his wife and kid by subjecting himself to a horrible experiment that turns people into psychopaths. But it’s a fun enough game for what it is, even if about 3/4 of the way through falls apart somewhat, when it becomes a shooter with lame-duck controls. It’s a dark, moody game that made me feel dirty- although I’m not sure if that was more because of the absolutely brutal execution kills, or Brian Cox whispering in my ear. I was more pissed than anyone upon hearing the news about Manhunt 2‘s gutting by the ESRB and by forces overseas (see here and here). (Note: This review is based on the PSP version)
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