1/29/2024 0 Comments Rockstar manhunt storyline![]() ![]() If you are looking for action for action's sake, this game's for you. But now in its subsequent release on other platforms, the concept wears a little thin. When it was first released on the PlayStation 2, Manhunt was a great shock. The 'you versus the world' motif can only carry it so far before it becomes an exercise. It possesses excellent technical qualities with a run-down view of the world that Nostradamus would be proud of. It's because of this limitation that prevents Manhunt from moving from a decent game to a stellar title. ![]() Who are the consumers of this drivel? Why do they do it? But there's little commentary on how or why it has to be like this for Cash. The backdrop sounds a lot like a reality television show on steroids. Nor is there any insight into why the world is dark, vengeful, and sadistic. There's no redemption for this man or any revelation/flashback of what he did to end up like this. There's no character development for Cash. or what's left of art on television in this apocalyptic future. What you move on to is another series of challenges for the sake of art Essentially, you're forced down like a fish in the barrel until you move on to the next sequence. You can't run around and do side-missions or explore the virtual wasteland until you gather the courage to tackle the main storyline again. At least with that other game, you had some crass humor to fall back on.Īll the missions are linear, which is strange from the makers of Grand It's like the Postal game on the PC, it's there to make a statement but because the difficulty level in Manhunt is raised so high, you will no doubt become very frustrated with the trial and error gameplay. Hiding behind barrels and other objects in firefights is about as complex a dodge as you will be able to pull off.Īll of this wanton violence and harsh language can be fun for awhile. Instead, running around the corner to evade is probably your best bet. The environment isn't conducive to this manner of play. He can't, for example, shimmy across poles or traverse crawlspaces. These rather sophisticated moves are countered by Cash's inability to execute any of the complex moves you'd find in a game like SplinterĬell. This, and being encouraged to commit these grisly acts, is what's probably getting most politicians out of their chairs. This is shown via an alternate camera as if it were happening on television. ![]() The more you wait (and the more you expose your element of surprise), the more sadistic an animation you get. Cash can quickly dispatch an enemy without a problem. Sam Fisher coaxes them to talk but Cash is capable of a variety of intimate death blows when equipped with melee weapons. In the game, you're allowed to sneak up against enemies. But low tech definitely has its own thrills and advantages. Instead of high tech gadgets,Ĭash is relegated to the poverty end of the weapons scale. Unique to the Xbox is the use of the Xbox Live microphone headset to taunt enemies and listen to instructions from your handler (essentially a television producer).īy using guerilla hit and run tactics, you'll find Cash has to act like a poorly trained version of Solid Snake. Where the game bears some resemblance to Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid, it's in the use of shadows as a form of cover. The most important skill, however, will be your stealthy abilities to run away and hide. These include everything from a blunt hammer to shotguns and rifles. Many times you will be outnumbered, especially against foes like the SWAT team so you'll have to rely on your use of weapons that come into your arsenal. And finesse sometimes demands you to act more like Sam Fisher than the guy from the Postal game. Rather than letting you lose on a degenerate world of criminals and corrupt law enforcement, you're ordered to kill with finesse. But this review is about the game, not about the political fallout that comes of it.Īs entertainment, Manhunt is really a linear third person action game. In a way, it reminds me of those survivalist death games like Governor Schwarzenegger's vintage Running Man. If the Haitian references in Grand Theft Auto have caused Rockstar any annoyances, Manhunt is likely to be infamous for many years to come in the public's eye. The game itself has spawned quite a bit of political controversy. ![]() One has to take a moment and think whether Cash might have been better dead under the needle. Remember when you thought you could do something as stupid as feign an injury in order to get your mother or father to run over in distress just to see the look on their face? James Earl Cash, a con man on death row, is given the ultimate prank of his life (no pun intended) when he's condemned to death only to wake up alive afterwards in some freak reality television like show where he must kill or be killed in order to continue to survive for sport. There are no shortages of cruel jokes in this world. ![]()
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