Here's every soccer-mom's worst nightmare fully realised. A no holes barred gore-fest of gratuitous non-stop decapitating, disemboweling, skull-crushing, eye-gouging, raw violence, with a Serial-killer as the protagonist, murdering his way to freedom from the clutches of a Snuff-film Director, (SUPERBLY voiced by Brian Cox) who snatched him off death-row in a faked execution, and is demanding him to perform the most vicious, river-of-blood, "money-shot" kills possible, (kill-shots presented in a real-time, cinematic-style, close-up), using cleavers, meat-hooks, machetes, axes, crowbars, sickles, (etc) against the absolute dregs of society as his intended meat (victims). Are you ready to play yet?! I don't know if there can be a middle-ground of opinion with this title. You'll likely either love it, or hate it. But for what it is, it's done quite well. With the exception of the last few levels, which are a series of brutal gunfights where you will still need to tactically fire from behind cover to cover, or die quickly, this is mostly a pure stealth game. And a good one, too. No dashing-and-slashing here. (not if you're trying to score that "money-shot" to appease The Director's demands). After a few levels, you'll probably grow tired of the (default) grind-house film, 10th-generation-video FX, and can easily remove the feature through the video options set-up menu. The game-play style is repetitive, but balanced by one of the game's nicest touches given to it by the developers: giving each group of "gangs" their own personalities, including unique individual personalities within, and making them quite verbose. You'll really want to wait in the darkness and hear them out as they converse, or tell a story, (just like in The Operative: No One Lives Forever) before luring each one to their gruesome slaughter. If nothing else, Manhunt is worth a rental. Bottom-line: If this sounds like fun, IT IS! You might find it to be one of your guiltiest of pleasures.
This game is another evidence of the brilliance of RockStar games. It has all the elements for a great, stealth, horror, modern action adventure game. ------------------------------------------------------------------... Read Full Review
Manhunt, a violent and controversial game by Rockstar (responsible for the Grand Theft Auto series), puts you in the shoes of James Earl Cash, a death-row inmate turned snuff movie star. Your goal is pretty much obvious ... Read Full Review
