Manhunt 2 Confirmed for Wii

Of all the licenses I expected to see on the Wii, the ultra-violent Manhunt title was not one of them. Coming to the 'next-gen alternative' trifecta of PSP, PS2, and Wii this summer is Manhunt 2 (not to be confused with the Sierra Manhunter adventure game series). The followup to the violent Rockstar title from 2003 will 'push game design and storytelling forward', sticking close to the original's dark suspense/stealth motifs.

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Screenshot looked creepy

[B3ryllium]

The thumbnail I saw of a screenshot of it looked rather creepy.

I'm holding out for Maneater 2

they mean...

[macadamia_harold]

The followup to the violent Rockstar title from 2003 will 'push game design and storytelling forward'

And by "push game design and storytelling forward", they mean "piss off Jack Thompson".

Re:they mean...

[DarkGreenNight]

And probably also pissing gamers if it's like the first part. The gore deaths where boring after the first few videos, after a while I did less gory deaths just to see something different. And the controls... oh... I remember one fight when the dammed character couldn't stop changing weapons and I got my ass served several times.

Traded it for FFX.

What Wii really needs to be "adult" is party games, and by party I mean dancing and singing. Non-gamers are buying ps2 to sing with singstar. Give them an affordable console with downloadable songs, so they can be local songs and not just international hits, and they'll buy it. I've got no intention to buy a ps3, but if they did a singstar for it with catalan music I would find it hard to resist.

wii-mote

[PopeOptimusPrime]

So now I can brutally murder innocent civilians with seemingly innocuous objects in six degrees of freedom.

Re:wii-mote

[mobby_6kl]

I'd imagine you could use the wiimote and the nunchuck thingie to strangle someone by holding them as a wire over s/o neck and pulling hard.

Good for the Wii

[frenchy64]

This is a good thing for the Wii, people will look upon it as being more mature now. This is really important (I mean look at the Gamecube 'nuff said) and great for popularity, but I don't care, I bought the Wii for Nintendo titles. I won't be buying this.

Re:Good for the Wii

[Osty]

This is a good thing for the Wii, people will look upon it as being more mature now. This is really important (I mean look at the Gamecube 'nuff said) and great for popularity, but I don't care, I bought the Wii for Nintendo titles. I won't be buying this.

Right, because mature titles like Eternal Darkness or the Resident Evil series really helped the Gamecube shed its "kiddie" image ...

That said, I'm right there with you. I bought my Wii in anticipation of games like WarioWare: Smooth Moves. I have my Xbox 360 for "mature" titles like Gears of War or Dead Rising.

Re:Good for the Wii

[frenchy64]

At least the Wii has mature games early, RE4 came out really late in the GCN's life. Not sure about Eternal Darkness, but doubt it came out as early as Manhunt for Wii is coming out in the Wii's life.

Re:Good for the Wii

[Osty]

At least the Wii has mature games early, RE4 came out really late in the GCN's life. Not sure about Eternal Darkness, but doubt it came out as early as Manhunt for Wii is coming out in the Wii's life.

Yes, RE4 came out late in the GC's life, but it was still earlier by a year than the PS2 version. However, that's not the only Resident Evil. Resident Evil 0 shipped 11/02 (a year after the US GC launch). Resident Evil 1 (the remake with updated graphics) shipped 4/02, which could arguably be called part of the "extended launch window". Resident Evil 2 and 3 shipped 1/03, and Resident Evil Code: Veronica X shipped 12/03. That's 5 Resident Evil games within the first two years of the GC's US life.

Eternal Darkness shipped 6/02, which was still quite early in the GC's life. The GC also had plenty of other non-kiddie titles such as the new Prince of Persia series (as opposed to the old ones on PC) and the Splinter Cell series. Unfortunately the fact that the console resembled a purple purse was a huge strike against it from the very start. The Wii's styling is much more "masculine", and it's 100% backwards compatible with GC games so you can catch up on all of those great games you may have missed without worrying about a reduction in testosterone levels :).

Re:Wii - The Third Party Dumping Ground

[GreenEnvy22]

I haven't seen any Wii's lasting on store shelves more then a couple of hours so far, though I am sure in some regions they have met demand.
I beat Zelda on our Wii 3 weeks ago, and still log several hours a week playing Wii sports and Wario Ware.

PS3 is the real bore right now games wise.

Mature?

[tkrotchko]

When people say "more mature" in the context of video games, is that a code word for "more violent"?

I'm not criticizing, but "more mature" always seems like a double-speak phrase. Like, if someone describes me as "more mature", that's a way of saying I'm old.

The irony is, that most people using the word "mature" when describing video games are generally under 21.

Re:Mature?

[hal2814]

And the double irony is that games labelled "mature" don't appeal all that much to the average mature gamer. Older gamers don't really care how much blood and boobs you pack into a game as a general rule. If the "mature" video game section really lived up to its name, it'd be stocked with copies of Bejeweled, the Sims (God help us), any number of Sim* or *Tycoon games, maybe a nice arcade compilation or two, a few proper adventure games, and for some reason Red Alert and Red Alert 2.

Re:Mature?

[NonSequor]

If you want to sell something to preteens, you market it to teens. If you want to sell something to teens you market it to young adults. Kids want to be like older kids and teens want to be like 20-30 year olds. That's why games marked mature aren't really targetted at people who are mature. Mature is just a marketing codeword to draw in teens who like to think of themselves as grown up.

As always the Nintendo zealotry comes forward.

[xtracto]

I am tired of the modding system on this forum...
I kinda agree with you, and the unfortunate reallity is that I count myself as a "non-gamer".
I'll go with each of your points:

Fast forward to today and what did the reality turn out to be?

Granted, I was one of the first persons to "sell" the Wii to my relatives and other friend who is also "non-gamer" (currently his PhD in Biology ) or my brother a musician (hardcore Sony PS? player). In "theory" Wii is very cool.


GameCube games that Nintendo sat on for the past year so they could tack on some Wiimote stuff and sell them as Wii games.
Half-assed third party crap dumped on the console.

I am sure you are referring to Legend of Zelda... I agree with you on that. I bought it but more because my girlfriend wanted it, I have played one or two times but I find it boring (maybe not my type of game).

A couple of third party games actually designed for the Wii where the controls are kinda interesting but actually pretty clunky in reality.
Some Nintendo first party stuff that might come out in late 2007 but more likely sometime in 2008.

As an example, lets put Red Steel, which was one of the most hyped games (just look at all the Wii trailers from the prelaunch at youtube). I bought it because it seemed to be cool. I found it OK, and it is what I have been playing so far...but from the reviews I have read, they all agree in that it is a POS (I give it a 6 of 10).

Like many other Wii owners, the Wii was a hit for a couple nights during the holidays when people were around the house. But now my Wii is sitting gathering dust these days. With nothing worth buying and who the hell knows when an actual Wii game is going to be released worth buying.

I cant agree more with this. The Wii was so fun on christmass eve, as my girlfriends relatives came to our flat to play. We had a lot of fun with Wii Sports (pretty much the only good game for non-gamers). After that, I have played and beaten the pro status (more than 1800 in fact) in tennis, golf and bowling (baseball is boring and boxing is not accurate).


Where the hell is the online stuff Nintendo?
This is one of the things that has pissed me off. The VC games are just *too expensive*. I am in the UK and the price of the Wii points is just outrageous. They expect me to pay more than £5 for a NES game? I *really* want to get Street Fighter 2, but I can have a better SF2 experience with any Kalliera enabled emulator.

I got very angry also when I read that one of the Worms games was going to be released for Xbox Live. My girlfriend and I LOVE that game, and is one of the few games I have made non-gamer play and have fun (the N64 version with 1964emu).

Where the hell are all these 'innovative' games Nintendo?
I bought Super MonkeyBall banana because all the games I had where boring me; the game is fine, but too short for one person. Again, only my girlfriend played with me but, because she sucked (dont tell her =oP) and you have to play *against* the other player, she got tired of losing. And my flatmate (the PhD Biol. student) did not like it (too difficult for him, non-gamer).

Now I am just waiting to see a game which *really* makes me want it. So far I have not seen any. I am pondering to buy one of the racing games, just because it is what is available (if you go to any game store here in UK youwill see the same 5 games for the Wii vs tons of games for other systems... that pisses me off) and just to see if I can get more from the Wii. I am just affraid to buy a game that is as X as the others I have. Oh, and WarioWare is out of my list... I played the GBA game and it was awful (of course this is just my POV).

I could of just waited a little while and saved 200 bucks and just bought Zelda for my old GameCube.
I could have waited too, but I am *really* looking forward to the Wii. I hope Nintendo just wakes up and give us some really *new* gameplay. For now, I am sick and tired of the "party games" and am looking for some good one player or two-player cooperative games.

Meanwhile, I'll continue playing my recently acquired Neverwinter Nights (first version, 100% legal £4.00) =o)

Re:As always the Nintendo zealotry comes forward.

[krazycraft]

Wow, The wii has been out since the middle of november and all you're doing is bitching about "ZOMG WHERE IS THE NINTENDO INNOVATION GAMES!!?!!!" Yet you were all the same people last year saying 'give microsoft time and some good xbox360 games will come out'. How about you wait a little longer than 3 months from the release date before you start crying about how there are no good games to play on Wii/ps3.