Nasty, the supposed mastermind behind the whole game, is never seen or mentioned in the entire game, only in the manual and the marketing, which makes me think that his character was made late into development. The cop ambush in the trainyard is the dumbest scene in the game, in gameplay cops will not hesitate to shoot James on sight, yet when he walks into an ambush they take forever to shoot him just so that Cerberus can take him to Starkweather's mansion.Īnd not to forget, Mr.
Ramirez has a very good chance at killing James but instead lets him go to play hide and seek. The story is pretty barebones, the story doesn't really progress until the 14th level, which is more than halfway through the game.Īt the most, the story is an excuse plot, just there to set up the gameplay, the characters aren't all that interesting, J.E.C is a walking cardboard cutout with a frowny face drawn on it, the most development he gets is when he's angry when one of his family members dies, the reporter is… there, I guess the most memorable one would be Starkweather, constantly talking to you, occasionally orgasming, he's the only part of the game that'll stick with me.Īlso, there's a couple of parts where characters are stupid for the sake of the plot. I was recommended Manhunt 1 in a previous post I made on the Rockstar subreddit, they said there's no other game like it, so I gave it a shot, and here's what I think. Manhunt 1, released in 2003 to favourable reviews and remains a cult classic in the video game community.Īsk anyone else who's played Manhunt 1 and they'll tell you it's the best game ever, but if you ask me, I don't think it deserves its praise.