Whatever happened to Manhunt?

escrow4

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Just picture Manhunt 3 with full DX 11 options and high res textures. It would be unspeakably epic. Even Manhunt 2 uncut on PC was pretty good sans the graphics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATw6FAmeMdo

Surely Rockstar has the balls to make it? With all they made from GTA V it surely can't be about budget. *Sigh* I want games that are different and not cookie cutter shooters or generic RPGs.
 

Dankk

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IIRC, Manhunt was a somewhat interesting, but mostly mediocre stealth game. Didn't play much of the sequel, but as far as I know, it was even more meh than the first.

The reason Rockstar hasn't bothered returning to the series is probably because they just don't see a lot of money in it. Although, I will admit, if they did announce Manhunt 3 then I would probably pay close attention to it, just to see what direction they're taking it in. I agree that with modern hardware they could do some pretty cool-looking, gruesome stuff (graphics have changed a lot since two console-generations ago) but it's gonna take more than just pretty graphics to get me to buy a new Manhunt game. So yeah, who knows. Maybe they'll surprise us. But I doubt it.
 

lamedude

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Looking at the sales on VG chartz. 1.28m (PS2)+.19m (Xbox) for Manhunt1; .56m (PS2)+.53m (Wii)+.3m (PSP) for Manhunt2. All that OMG AO rated game press didn't help.
I got bored of Manhunt 1 after I saw all the kill animations a few times; didn't bother with the 2nd.
 

gorcorps

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Game wasn't good. It was nothing more than a way for teens to get their extreme violence fix.
 

shortylickens

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I'd rather play something like Fallout with a murder mod. Or Elder Scrolls.

But a shallow game with good killing is ultimately un-fulfilling.
 

futurefields

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I feel like GTA5 has some Manhunt influence. There were certain camera angles on some of the missions that immediately made me think of Manhunt.
 

Dankk

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But a shallow game with good killing is ultimately un-fulfilling.

Speak for yourself. Some of the most critically-acclaimed PC games ever made were popular for their satisfying, unadulterated violence; not for their story (see: Doom, Quake).

Manhunt of course isn't a fast-paced FPS monster-shoot like those games, but you get the idea. It is certainly possible to make a fulfilling game focused on combat and combat alone.
 

shortylickens

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Doom had good shooting action and was more than just killing.
Quake I did not like. Not enough action.
 

escrow4

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It was more the atmosphere and gameplay not so much the mechanics. Games are cookie cutter these days. Same thing for say The Suffering.