The final countdown trailer for Rockstar's controversial Manhunt 2 is finally upon us. The trailer reveals more aspects to the story, the enemies you will be dealing with, some of the grousome ways you can take people out with and of course, half naked whores.
We've talked a lot about Manhunt 2 over the months so it's great that we're finally going to get our hands on this game when it comes out next week on Halloween for the PS2, Wii and PSP. Is it going to be as gory and violent as Jack Thompson keeps saying it will be? God damn, I hope so!
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Half-naked hookers? This is really shaping up to be a quality title, and one that will really help us in the video game violence controversy.
In all seriousness? Garbage. The whole thing. The whole game is one big scoop of shock value. If that's your thing, go for it. But if you're not a mindless hype-follower, repent and be saved. This crap is nigh.
Man, I loved the original Manhunt. For my money, it was one of the creepiest games that came out last-gen. It was sort of overhyped due to the gore factor, but the violence itself swung on a pendulum. Most of the enemies had similar levels of health to yourself, and could could kill you just as easily as you could kill them if numbers were on their side. There was a seriously visceral experiance of turning a corner, seeing three dudes with baseball bats, and busting ass into a condemend tenement building for cover. Still, I am not as excited about this game as I should be.
Why?
NO BRIAN COX = :(
Yes, I beat Manhunt. Yes I know what happens to the end. I don't care, I want me some Cox.
The quote "My name is legion, for we are many" is actually a biblical quote. Apparently Jesus got rid of a bunch of demons that had been infesting a pig or something. It was in Shadowman as well, which was a decent game on the N64 (Not so much the PSOne version), and it's also a boss in Castlevania, as a big katamari ball of gray corpses.
The demon had actually possessed a man. When Jesus confronted the demon and asked it's name, it responded with "I am Legion, for we are many". Jesus than used his superpowers to pull the demon out of the man and transfer it into a herd of pigs, which then proceeded to run off a cliff and drown themselves in the sea of Galilee.
If I remember correctly, Christ came upon a man who had been possessed by demons. When Christ went to excise them, they begged Him not to cast them out into the darkness (or wherever demons go when you cast them out) but rather into a herd of pigs. Before doing this, Christ asked the demon it's name, and it replied 'You may call us Legion, for we are many.' Christ then cast them into the pigs, who subsequently ran like lemmings into a nearby body of water and drowned.
This has been used not only in the places that RJG has stated, but also in TV and film, too. The antagonist in Storm of the Century's name was an anagram of Legion (the sheriff makes the reference to the quote from the Bible) and in The Exorcism of Emily Rose, one of the six that had possessed her was one of the demons of Legion.
It's a pretty bad-ass quote when used correctly, and not just for cheap thrills like this game seems to use it. Biblical symbolism is only good in entertainment mediums when it is so subtle you can barely pick it up.
Oni mentioned Storm of the Century, which reminded me of a similar Stephen King note. The same phrase was used in his book, IT. I believe it occurred during a flashback to when one of the characters was a kid, and they heard the demon/monster/clown/Tim Curry-portrayed thing saying it through a sink drain. It was one of the things that really creeped me out when I was younger. In fact, I still don't like staring straight down open drains.
Why does this not only look lesser in graphical quality to the first manhunt but also why does the protoganist remind me so much of Second Sights lead character.
i thought this game got cancelled. w/e........
i bet you some ass hole out there is just looking for a reason to sue rockstar, and this game is most likey gonna help them.
can i get a wutang
What did they do to this game???? graphics are terrible....i read some previews before the game got reworked and they said the graphics were nice and clean...what happened!!!!!!???
and to all those that are shutting this game down because of the graphics, well.... all i can say is you have been spoiled. I don't care about graphics because game play is king. also, the way i maintain this mentality is i compare every game i play to games i played on my first video game system: the commodore 64
this game looks soo much better than anything i played on the c64.
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8:57 PM on 10.24.2007
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damn you, now I am going to have that song in my head all day!
In all seriousness? Garbage. The whole thing. The whole game is one big scoop of shock value. If that's your thing, go for it. But if you're not a mindless hype-follower, repent and be saved. This crap is nigh.
Rockstar always does good to make it seem like a movie.
LOLS.
That looks like shit. Hopefully the gameplay will make it at least decent.
..
Rockstar has sum anons?
Why?
NO BRIAN COX = :(
Yes, I beat Manhunt. Yes I know what happens to the end. I don't care, I want me some Cox.
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(lulz)
LOL @ quoting the Bible, though. It's a pretty badass line in the right context, I have to admit.
The demon had actually possessed a man. When Jesus confronted the demon and asked it's name, it responded with "I am Legion, for we are many". Jesus than used his superpowers to pull the demon out of the man and transfer it into a herd of pigs, which then proceeded to run off a cliff and drown themselves in the sea of Galilee.
Hell of a punchline for a bible story, really.
This has been used not only in the places that RJG has stated, but also in TV and film, too. The antagonist in Storm of the Century's name was an anagram of Legion (the sheriff makes the reference to the quote from the Bible) and in The Exorcism of Emily Rose, one of the six that had possessed her was one of the demons of Legion.
It's a pretty bad-ass quote when used correctly, and not just for cheap thrills like this game seems to use it. Biblical symbolism is only good in entertainment mediums when it is so subtle you can barely pick it up.
Duel of biblical information!
That, and this
Now = lol wtf is this shit
i bet you some ass hole out there is just looking for a reason to sue rockstar, and this game is most likey gonna help them.
can i get a wutang
i didn't realize this was coming out for the psp. i hope the controls transfer over well.
this game looks soo much better than anything i played on the c64.
Thanks Rockstar.
..The second one must be amazing!