Sick, Twisted and Evil...but The Worst Part of It - It's Fun!
Never in my entire gaming life have I encountered such a brutal and violent video game. Manhunt is definitely the most violent, gruesome and sadistic video game ever made, not just graphically but also mentally. It's sick, twisted and evil...but the worst part of it - it's fun!

Manhunt emphasizes a lot on stealth as it involves a lot of hiding in corners, sneaking to an enemy's back and execute them that way. The execution is probably the best and also the most controversial part of the game which it's a pain and pleasure to look at. You use all sorts of weapons such as plastic bags, knives, baseball bats, crowbars, and a few other stuff. Once you equipped a weapon, you aim at the enemy from the back and while holding the attack button, a target icon appears. From here, there are three levels of execution and it changes color the longer you hold it. The first level, which is the white target, executes an enemy in a quick and not so gruesome way. The second level (The yellow target) is much more bloodier than the last and quite gory. The third level, which is the red target, is the worst of the worst. I won't spoil you the details but let's just say it makes you wanna puke.

Aside from those weapons mention earlier, you get to use tin cans, bricks, and bottles not to inflict damage to the enemies, but to distract them. As you progress later on you get to use guns. It is then when suddenly the whole pace changes because everything move so quickly that you have to gun down everybody before they do the same to you. The gun sequences are pretty decent. It's fun to blast the baddies with shotguns and stuff but after a while, you realized you're blowing so many people's heads off that you'll just grow numb to all the violence.

Both the graphics and gameplay is very decent in PS2 standard but the most memorable thing in Manhunt is the audio department. The soundtrack is very creepy and the voice acting is really impressive, most notably Brian Cox as the voice of Lionel Starkweather.
Manhunt is without a doubt a must buy for the PS2 if you like stealth games and violent ones too. It's an interesting game, but for me I don't see any replay value in it. The levels are quite repetitive and the difficulty is kinda hard. It's not as torturous as you think it will be, but there are some frustrating parts. After completing the game, I don't have the urge to play it again unlike any other games. Although the ending is rewarding in a way, but I wish it could've been better. The ending's so stale, lame and empty if you ask me.

Score:
Gameplay: 1 Star
Graphics: 1.5 Star
Sounds: 1.5 Star
Replay Value: 1.5 Star
Overall: 1.5 Star
Total: 3 out of 5 Stars