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Thu 20/11/03 at 12:28
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Ah what the heck, I can wait for Project Gotham 2 for a few more weeks! Just ordered Manhunt after reading through quite a few reviews. Gamespot gave it a highly respectable 8.4 whilst the completely over rated IGN gave it 8.5! Read a few more reviews from rather unkown sites but they were all around the 8-9/10 region saying it was very close to the Hitman games with splashes of Max Payne and Splinter Cell creeping in. I have backed this game since it was announced to be something decent and by all accounts its definitley one hell of a game.

A lot have mistaken this for just an out and out Rockstar game with no thought required to succeed. They couldn't be any further wrong however. The stealth system sounds brilliant and the game in fact discourages you from going head on into a fist fight due to the difficulty and the amount of personnel who will appear to back up their allies. There are a wide variety of weapons to choose from and each of the close combat weapons comes with 3 stealth kills depending on how long you choose to wait for the kill. By all accounts its much easier to grab a stealth kill in Manhunt than it was in Hitman 2 or other similar games. ou simply hold down the X button for however long and it will reward you with a cinematic and supposedly completely sick fatality.

A few complaints about some of the shooting sections were saying how difficult they are due to the enemies taking cover and flanking you where ever possible. This and the fact that in the later sections of the game you basically go up against a series of fire fights which some will supposedly grow tired of. From a visual and audio point of view its apparently one of the best games on the PS2 yet dispite the awful screenshots Gamespot have said the game holds its own when seen up and running.

Overall it sounds like a top notch game and when I receive it in the next few days I will comment on how well it plays and how similar it is to the Hitman games.

I just hope it doesn't disappoint!
Thu 20/11/03 at 13:18
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The trouble is, games released around Christmas always run the risk of being rushed out to coincide with the season of frenzied buying.
True Crime is one example, and the fact that not many reviews of Manhunt are about seems it *could* be like this too.
Thu 20/11/03 at 13:17
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*on
Thu 20/11/03 at 13:16
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Go no then explain a character system. It wasn't meant to be technically defined for the bearded amongst us but seeing as you want to waste your time go ahead...

As for the Enter the Matrix comment, no.
Thu 20/11/03 at 13:16
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Totoro wrote:
> Has there been many reviews of this game yet?
> It comes out tomorrow, and there doesn't seem to be many firm
> opinions on it to base a purchase on.
>
> Another Enter the Matrix possibly?

Better not be.

Oh, what a let-down that was!
Thu 20/11/03 at 13:14
"Darkness, always"
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that's not a character system. you said a character system.
Thu 20/11/03 at 13:14
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Has there been many reviews of this game yet?
It comes out tomorrow, and there doesn't seem to be many firm opinions on it to base a purchase on.

Another Enter the Matrix possibly?
Thu 20/11/03 at 13:12
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The weapon change system, the pain killers, how he holds the weapon etc.

D O

Y O U

U N D E R S T A N D

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Thu 20/11/03 at 13:10
"Darkness, always"
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character system?

what character system?
Thu 20/11/03 at 13:08
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It's like Hitman in the stealth sections and body physics but some of the shooting sections and the character system has similar characteristics to Max Payne. Is that too hard for you to comprehend with?
Thu 20/11/03 at 13:07
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LIVE is mint. Play most of my games online now but Manhunt is one I am willing to invest the time in offline. Rainbow Six 3 is up there with Knights of the Old Republic, Skies of Arcadia Legends and Zelda: Wind Waker for game of the year. Both on and offline it compeltely smashes it. CO-OP play online on both mission and terrorist mode is unbeatable and although at first I wasn't keen on the team survival modes they are up there with the CO-OP when it comes to out and out fun.

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