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    Image of rich8606 rich8606
    10/31/09

    In reply to AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
    Is this game gonna earn the kind of profits worth all the trouble putting the game out? I mean... the game came out late and the uncut version even later. #manhunt
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    10/31/09

    In reply to AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
    I think I'll pick this up. I've heard the second game wasn't as good as the first but an uncensored version (which hopefully is what the AO rating is for) should at least provide some gruesome entertainment and a great way to relieve some stress! #manhunt
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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    10/31/09

    In reply to AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
    Good on D2D
    Just because something is rated AO doesn't mean it should get a release. Thats why the damn rating even exists. #manhunt
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    Image of ostartero ostartero
    10/31/09

    @Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: I think you worded that wrong? #manhunt
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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    10/31/09

    @ostartero: bah
    shouldn't* #manhunt
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    Image of mrjoeyyaya mrjoeyyaya
    10/31/09

    In reply to AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
    what the hell could they possibly be adding to be making it AO? porn? #manhunt
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    Image of Xenris Xenris
    10/31/09

    @mrjoeyyaya: Have you played Manhunt 1? Some of the kills can get very brutal and graphic, take the violence in Watchmen for example. and multiply that by 5.

    Youll be seeing torture, peole dying in the most brutal and painful fashion and very gory bloody guts and carnage showing all the veins/bone/organs/eye balls ,ect spalltered everywhere.

    jee I'm starting to feel sick lols #manhunt
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    Image of dracosummoner dracosummoner
    10/31/09

    @Xenris: Stupid question: So is the purpose of these games to legitimately challenge the player or just to show absurd amounts of blood and gore?

    As for the idea of taking Watchmen's violence and multiplying it, I'm honestly not sure I can handle that. And I usually don't get creeped out by massive amounts of violence.
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    -MasterDex- promoted this comment Edited by dracosummoner at 10/31/09 10:56 PM dracosummoner was starred dracosummoner was unstarred
    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    10/31/09

    @dracosummoner: I can't speak for the second game but the first game could be rock hard challenging and that for me was where the most enjoyment came from. #manhunt
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    Image of dracosummoner dracosummoner
    11/01/09

    @-MasterDex-:

    I'd always gotten the impression that the game was, in terms of gameplay, about sneaking around and waiting for an opportunity to strike, rather than "running and gunning" blindly. Not to say that most shooters nowadays, even, are about "running and gunning blindly" ...

    Really, though, I am a big fan of games like Splinter Cell. (I know, I'm stretching things here.) I love the rewards of patience, I love the almost intimate feeling of atmosphere where it's just your character sneaking along in the silence.

    I just don't like the story concepts of the Manhunt games (a battle-royale show and an asylum-based quest for revenge, am I right?), and I think I'd find that much gore to be distracting from what I really wanted in an action game. Thanks for your comments, though! #manhunt
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    Image of thecrisisfromthesky thecrisisfromthesky
    10/31/09

    In reply to AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
    Wasn't there an uncensored version leaked for the PSP? So is this just going to be that but on PC? Meh, my censored copy is just fine, it's not like it looks that good as a game anyway. #manhunt
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    Image of ChaoticInfinityX ChaoticInfinityX
    10/31/09

    @thecrisisfromthesky: If I remember correctly, the censoring done on the PSP version was just darkening the screen when you performed the kills. So you would get all the audio, but at the most make out a hazy silhouette.

    The uncensored version was just taking an extracted copy of the regular game with the censor-feature removed via some patching. It required a modded PSP with CFW, but it wasn't that hard to do. It never really made the game all that different, just more entertaining since you weren't restricted by dark screens.

    If they've added more to it than this, I'd be impressed as well as curious as to how they'd push the bar considering this game had a decent story compared to the all out snuff game that was the original Manhunt. #manhunt
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    Image of SycoJack SycoJack
    10/31/09

    In reply to AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
    Holy shit! :O Do want! I just wish it was on a console like the PS3 or 360. Hopefully my DS3 will work well with the PC version. =D #manhunt
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    Image of Selma Blair Selma Blair
    10/31/09

    In reply to AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
    Manhunt 3 please. Make it more like Manhunt 1. #manhunt
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    TexasJack promoted this comment Selma Blair was starred Selma Blair was unstarred
    Image of SycoJack SycoJack
    10/31/09

    @Selma Blair: And less censored(read: zero censors) and more console love. #manhunt
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    Image of PhoenixDog PhoenixDog
    10/31/09

    @TexasJack:
    Um...Excluding the console love, I believe that is what the AO version of Manhunt 2 is going for. Zero censor. #manhunt
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    TexasJack promoted this comment PhoenixDog was starred PhoenixDog was unstarred
    Image of SycoJack SycoJack
    10/31/09

    @PhoenixDog: But it was censored originally, and still is censored on the consoles. :'( #manhunt
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    10/31/09

    @TexasJack: And will probably always be. Consoles are closed systems and AO games are bad for business. #manhunt
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    Image of SycoJack SycoJack
    11/02/09

    @-MasterDex-: I vote we hijack Microsoft and Sony and lose that anti-AO rule. >:D #manhunt
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    Image of Thoas Thoas
    10/31/09

    In reply to AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
    Makes me want to get a PC now #manhunt
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    Image of SycoJack SycoJack
    10/31/09

    @Thoas: Errr... lol

    Makes me wish I had more than a cruddy ol' PC. =( #manhunt
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    10/31/09

    @TexasJack: Makes me glad I have a PC that could eat this for breakfast ;P #manhunt
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    Image of SycoJack SycoJack
    11/02/09

    @-MasterDex-: I hate you, in a very envious kind of way. :( #manhunt
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    10/31/09

    In reply to AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
    Oh boy! Who...gives a shit....Hrm. That statement came out differently than I had originally planned it in my head. #manhunt
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    10/31/09

    @Mister Jack commands 1000 prinnies!: I do, being a fan of the original and being a PC gamer. Thanks for thinking outside your box though, it's always nice to see your insightful comments. #manhunt
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    Image of OctaneHugo: Airliner Pilot of DOOM OctaneHugo: Airliner Pilot of DOOM
    10/31/09

    In reply to AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
    Same game, more blood. #manhunt
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    crunks promoted this comment OctaneHugo: Airliner Pilot of DOOM was starred OctaneHugo: Airliner Pilot of DOOM was unstarred
    Image of crunks crunks
    10/31/09

    @OctaneHugo: Coming soon to theaters, Saw XXVII. #manhunt
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    Image of OctaneHugo: Airliner Pilot of DOOM OctaneHugo: Airliner Pilot of DOOM
    10/31/09

    @crunks: Sadly that's pretty true! Funny story: in the late 80's a movie called "Alien Nation" came out (I think that was it), and it was about aliens arriving in Earth in the future. As I recall it took place sometime around the present day...and in the background in one scene a main character is standing in front of a "Rambo 5" poster. As we all know, Rambo 5 actually exists! #manhunt
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    Image of Talleh Talleh
    01/08/09

    In reply to Red Alert 3 Launches PC Uprising In March
    That is the scariest picture I've ever seen. Psychic Japanese school girls nuking tanks? Sounds fun, at least funny.
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    Image of Monkey Bars Monkey Bars
    01/08/09

    In reply to Red Alert 3 Launches PC Uprising In March
    Fuckin'... Spoiler alert yo.
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    Image of gunluva is prepared to drop. gunluva is prepared to drop.
    01/08/09

    @monkeybars:

    Seriously. I just got the game yesterday, and have barely gotten into the Soviet campaign. Now I know how it ends. Am very sadface right now.
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    Image of rayne117 - Doesn't know what Soldier_CLE is mad about, but is mindlessly mad with him! rayne117 - Doesn't know what Soldier_CLE is mad about, but is mindlessly mad with him!
    01/08/09

    In reply to Red Alert 3 Launches PC Uprising In March
    I've never liked C&C being a console gamer and all. Probably because of that pale Soviet lady that looks like a vampire...
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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    01/08/09

    @rayne117 - Can't Wait To See Magibon In A Very Tasteful Adu...: I thought that was the appeal ;D
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    Image of mgy mgy
    01/07/09

    In reply to Saint's Row 2 Hits Steam
    Didn't Kotaku give this five stars?


    /joking, obviously

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    Image of the-hypnotoad the-hypnotoad
    01/07/09

    In reply to Saint's Row 2 Hits Steam
    I agree with all positive comments; I'm a big fan of this game. I originally thought it was just a pale imitation of what GTA used to be but I took a flyer and rented it from Gamefly - it's actually a whole lot of fun. GTA was trying a little to hard to be gritty and complex, so SR2 was more what I was looking for for a little wacky, over the top, no-consequences fun.


    It's definitely rough around the edges, but that's probably because they decided to just go ahead and publish it as it was. They could have spent another year polishing all the various elements with all the different things there are to do in the game.


    SR2 is my pick for Sleeper Hit of '08.

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    Image of uppitycracker uppitycracker
    01/07/09

    @the-hypnotoad: i gotta ask tho, did you play the first SR? and if so, does it have the same irritating and tedious reputation thing you have to grind up before you do a real mission? that was the biggest turnoff to me, and i really want to like this game. i'm askin you, because it seems that you feel the same way i did about GTA4, I was kinda hoping for the same thing.
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    Image of the-hypnotoad the-hypnotoad
    01/07/09

    @uppitycracker: I'm not really sure about the grinding because I have kind of been bouncing around doing random activities so I'm always getting rep.


    When I first started playing I wasn't able to go directly to the second Ronin mission after the first because I didn't have enough rep, but since then I've done a bunch of different activities and races so I haven't hit any more roadblocks doing missions for any of the enemy gangs.


    Plus you are constantly getting rep for tricks on all your activities (head shots, nut shots, gang kills, near misses and oncoming lane driving, etc).


    I haven't felt like I had to do any grinding or repetition activities just because there's a ton of choices and always something nearby to check out.

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