Cant wait to see what the anti game people will have to say about this game.
-
Take part in a short activity and share your valuable opinion on new design concepts for AVSForum! >>> Click Here
-
Our native mobile app has a new name: Fora Communities. Learn more.
Manhunt 2 for Wii-- a true murder simulator?
This is definately the DARKER side of gaming folks...no kiddies allowed.
For those who gaven't played the original, the game is basically a stealth action game, with an emphasis on brutal ways to kill the people who are stalking you. As you sneak through the shadows and come up behind someone, you are offered a choice of several different ways to kill them.. The longer you hold a certain button before the kill, the more brutal and drawn out your method will be.
And it looks like with the Wii version, you'll be going through the motions of the kills yourself.
![]()
![]()
![]()
Here are a couple short trailers from IGN:
and the complete IGN preview
Gameplay
From the Manhunt 2 website:
"With Manhunt 2 we have tried to create a game that stays close to the original concept of chilling suspense and stealth, whilst pushing the game design and story telling forward," said Sam Houser, Founder and Executive producer of Rockstar Games.
The UK's Official Playstation Magazine #84 (April 2007) revealed that:[1]
Bag, glass shard, 'heavy handgun', nightstick and double barrel shotgun return, and are joined by the syringe and a biro.
The Director, CCTV cameras and the protagonist James Earl Cash from the first Manhunt won't play a part.
Manhunt 2's main character, scientist Dr Daniel Lamb, is locked in a private asylum by The Project - shady backers of a top secret drugs-based weapons program that Lamb was working on.
After breaking out of the asylum, Daniel Lamb goes on the run with psychotic inmate Leo Kasper, who is happy to coach Lamb in the brutal art of violence.
Like the first Manhunt, kills are executed in three deadly shades - Hasty, Violent and Gruesome.
Environmental kills have been introduced (push an enemy face-first into a live fuse box, use telephone cords to strangle an enemy or you can drown an enemy in a toilet)
.
Loud ambient noises can be exploited by Lamb to drown out his own crashing about.
When hiding in shadows, if an enemy comes close the player will sometimes have to copy a button combo to regulate Lamb's breathing and ensure he remains undetected.
Lamb can climb and crawl, two things James Earl Cash could not do in the original.
Guns can be used for executions.
Lamb can smash lights to create pockets of shadow.
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
For those who gaven't played the original, the game is basically a stealth action game, with an emphasis on brutal ways to kill the people who are stalking you. As you sneak through the shadows and come up behind someone, you are offered a choice of several different ways to kill them.. The longer you hold a certain button before the kill, the more brutal and drawn out your method will be.
And it looks like with the Wii version, you'll be going through the motions of the kills yourself.
Here are a couple short trailers from IGN:
and the complete IGN preview
Gameplay
From the Manhunt 2 website:
"With Manhunt 2 we have tried to create a game that stays close to the original concept of chilling suspense and stealth, whilst pushing the game design and story telling forward," said Sam Houser, Founder and Executive producer of Rockstar Games.
The UK's Official Playstation Magazine #84 (April 2007) revealed that:[1]
Bag, glass shard, 'heavy handgun', nightstick and double barrel shotgun return, and are joined by the syringe and a biro.
The Director, CCTV cameras and the protagonist James Earl Cash from the first Manhunt won't play a part.
Manhunt 2's main character, scientist Dr Daniel Lamb, is locked in a private asylum by The Project - shady backers of a top secret drugs-based weapons program that Lamb was working on.
After breaking out of the asylum, Daniel Lamb goes on the run with psychotic inmate Leo Kasper, who is happy to coach Lamb in the brutal art of violence.
Like the first Manhunt, kills are executed in three deadly shades - Hasty, Violent and Gruesome.
Environmental kills have been introduced (push an enemy face-first into a live fuse box, use telephone cords to strangle an enemy or you can drown an enemy in a toilet)
.
Loud ambient noises can be exploited by Lamb to drown out his own crashing about.
When hiding in shadows, if an enemy comes close the player will sometimes have to copy a button combo to regulate Lamb's breathing and ensure he remains undetected.
Lamb can climb and crawl, two things James Earl Cash could not do in the original.
Guns can be used for executions.
Lamb can smash lights to create pockets of shadow.
9
1 - 20 of 21 Posts
Well to be fair...the guys you are killing in the game are BAD people...not innocent civilians. They are working for this asylum, and doing all sorts of terrible experiments to the inmates there.
In the first game, you were being stalked by a bunch of guys who were being PAID to try and kill you (they all wore masks, because the action was being broadcast over the internet for profit)
So as violent as the game may be, the bad guys actually deserve what they are getting.
![]()
In the first game, you were being stalked by a bunch of guys who were being PAID to try and kill you (they all wore masks, because the action was being broadcast over the internet for profit)
So as violent as the game may be, the bad guys actually deserve what they are getting.
DOH! I REALLY should learn to read carefully. Thanks for pointing it out. I'm still against this game, but not as much due to the context. It's more like a kill-to-survive game. Almost like shooting the bunnies in Rayman Raving Rabbids... with much more blood gore and realism
![]()
From someone who is perfectly well adjusted, (well as far as I know I guess
![]()
) the first game was actually pretty fun.
Sounds like a great game to play right after getting home from work and a hour's drive on the California freeways
![]()
UPDATE! IGN has more info on the game, along with a few new pics of the Wii version.
Looks like it will have some nice graphical enhancements
![]()
http://wii.ign.com/articles/792/792012p1.html
Looks like it will have some nice graphical enhancements
http://wii.ign.com/articles/792/792012p1.html
Yea, I read that a couple days ago. I'm really getting pumped for this game.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Libertarian /forum/post/0
UPDATE! IGN has more info on the game, along with a few new pics of the Wii version.
Looks like it will have some nice graphical enhancements![]()
http://wii.ign.com/articles/792/792012p1.html
Yea, I read that a couple days ago. I'm really getting pumped for this game.
This is what I don't understand. If they are so concerned about their kids, WTF they bought this game to begin with? Everytime my daughter wants to buy a game, I check the reviews, screenshot or whatnot.
![]()
This is what I don't understand. If they are so concerned about their kids, WTF they bought this game to begin with? Everytime my daughter wants to buy a game, I check the reviews, screenshot or whatnot.
1 - 20 of 21 Posts
