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rich8606
10/31/09

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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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-MasterDex-
10/31/09

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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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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
10/31/09

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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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ostartero
10/31/09

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

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

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what the hell could they possibly be adding to be making it AO? porn? #manhunt
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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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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-
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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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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thecrisisfromthesky
10/31/09

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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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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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SycoJack
10/31/09

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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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Selma Blair
10/31/09

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Manhunt 3 please. Make it more like Manhunt 1. #manhunt
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SycoJack
10/31/09

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

@PhoenixDog: But it was censored originally, and still is censored on the consoles. :'( #manhunt
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-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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SycoJack
11/02/09

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

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Makes me want to get a PC now #manhunt
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SycoJack
10/31/09

@Thoas: Errr... lol

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

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

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

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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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-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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OctaneHugo: Airliner Pilot of DOOM
10/31/09

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Same game, more blood. #manhunt
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crunks
10/31/09

@OctaneHugo: Coming soon to theaters, Saw XXVII. #manhunt
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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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Invisible-Echidna
08/25/09

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Well, color me intrigued.
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ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
08/25/09

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Will be playing. I know Manhunt 2 wasn't well received, even by fans of the first one, but I'm still hopeful.
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lostinseganet
08/25/09

@ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: DO NOT buy manhunt for valves steam program if you have vista. It will not work. The warning they have is too small and lots of people miss it!
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ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
08/25/09

@lostinseganet: I already have Manhunt. I'm talking about Manhunt 2.
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Kypriss
08/25/09

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It's understandable why the uncut version is only gonna be on PC. Because it's AO. I doubt Nintendo, Sony or MS Would want an AO rated game on their consoles while PC is an open platform...
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MrKlorox
08/25/09

@Kypriss: There should be no doubt about it. The consoles won't even play a game rated AO, without a firmware change. But that isn't coming until AO becomes socially acceptable.
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716
08/25/09

@MrKlorox: I really REALLY disliked Manhunt 1 and 2... but a part of me wants to contribute as many sales as possible to the unedited release, to send a message to the Big Three that there is an audience for AO-rated software, and they are losing money by prohibiting these games from their consoles.

I actually wrote an op-ed piece for a magazine a couple years ago that never saw print before we closed up shop, in which my point was basically, "If Rockstar ever releases an uncut version for PC, everyone needs to buy that one." So now I need to put up or shut up, it seems.
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vorpal_raddish
08/25/09

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Too bad. I was really hoping for a console release, and one other than the Wii.
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Barts
08/25/09

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Manuhunt 1 was great, but Manhunt 2 was meh and I played the unoficial uncensored version on my PSP. Freaked the hell out of my neighbours on the plane, too.

So... not really excited about this. Wonder why they didn't release it for PC in the first place?
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