Manhunt is a shooter developed by Rockstar North, released 18 November 2003 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Manhunt is
Manhunt is a shooter game developed by Rockstar North and released in 2003. It was published by Rockstar Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RenderWare.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game takes place in the gritty crime-infested Carcer City. The story opens with a female journalist reporting on the convict James Earl Cash, a criminal on death row who has supposedly been executed by lethal injection. Cash is awoken to the voice of a person coming from an earpiece, revealing that Cash was only sedated. Cash puts on the earpiece and the person, who refers to himself as "The Director", promises Cash his freedom before the night is over, but only if Cash follows the Director's instructions. Released in a dingy neighborhood, Cash is directed to slaughter his way through the streets, populated by a gang calling themselves The Hoods while the Director, watching through…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, stealth and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Manhunt holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 247 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1GHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent, 192 MB RAM and 32 MB 3D card. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Manhunt launched on 18 November 2003, within three weeks of Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Manhunt yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Characters
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