By Avenger
on 12th Sep 2005
Avenger's Ratings| Addiction Level | 7/10  |
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| Graphics | 8/10 |
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| Multi-player | No |
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| Value for money | 8/10 |
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| Overall value | 9/10 |
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 Avenger's recommendation |
Good Points
Violence.
Good plot.
Good characterisation of bad guys.
Bad Points
Fights too difficult.
Available weapons limited per level.
General Comments
Manhunt is an excellent beat em up XBox game, with a strong element of stealth. You play James Earl Cash, set up by a rich voyeur famous for making snuff and real life violence movies, to make some additions to his recent production. You are pitted against a host of criminal gangs with different weapons and specialities. The graphics are excellent and the environment, bleak city ghettos, back alleys, concrete jungles, scrapyards and subways, eerie and realistic. As Cash, you are rewarded for killing your enemies who have been told of your presence in as violent a way as possible, and once the controls and sneaking up on foes are learned, you can control the extent of violence with each kill. A plethora of weapons can be found, but unfortunately are not all available on all levels. In fact you are restricted to only a few each level. Fighting rather than stealth killing is frustratingly, but realistically hard, and it would have been nice to fight with some of the weapons available without being killed so easily. The fear factor is high, and the soundtrack devoid of music but full of heartbeats and monotone sounds and bass lines, adding to the atmosphere. You will never feel so satisfied delivering death blows in a game, and it is the games dwelling on the kills which no doubt gave it the notoriety it deserves. The final levels take place in and around the director's mansion and make for an excellent finale, although a longer fight/death for the person responsible for your participation in the game of death would have been more satisfying.
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