by Ice Cream Jonsey » Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:59 pm
This was on sale on Steam, but still $10. It's 21 years old and looks it.
Thanks to Manhunt, I can say now that Rockstar does not make good games. Or, they don't make games that do anything for me. Bully was so bad I couldn't start it. Their horseshit middleware locked me out of 3 of my games. (This one is not integrated with it.) I got into the room above and could not get out, and then CattleHumper on Caltrops started it, and got to an area where a gate should have raised but did not. The parts of Rockstar games that I like are the whole "wander around a city and cause chaos" thing but that's it.
Manhunt is a stealth game which, except for Thief, I don't care for. So it's me or them. I guess in Manhunt you are running around 20 levels trying to kill people with STEALTH. There is one thing I like that I only learned about via Wikipedia:
Manhunt makes use of the PlayStation 2's optional USB Microphone and the Xbox Live microphone feature on the Xbox in their respective versions of the game. When such a device is connected, players can use the sound of their own voice to distract in-game enemies. This adds an extra element to the stealth aspect of the game, as players must refrain from making noises such as coughing as these sounds too can attract the attention of any nearby hunters.
That's cool. I don't think it works for the PC version. I am totally ok with playing a game on the platform it was meant to be played on, but there is nothing here I particularly like.
This was on sale on Steam, but still $10. It's 21 years old and looks it.
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/1zp5dCws/20240316161010-1.jpg[/img]
Thanks to Manhunt, I can say now that Rockstar does not make good games. Or, they don't make games that do anything for me. Bully was so bad I couldn't start it. Their horseshit middleware locked me out of 3 of my games. (This one is not integrated with it.) I got into the room above and could not get out, and then CattleHumper on Caltrops started it, and got to an area where a gate should have raised but did not. The parts of Rockstar games that I like are the whole "wander around a city and cause chaos" thing but that's it.
Manhunt is a stealth game which, except for Thief, I don't care for. So it's me or them. I guess in Manhunt you are running around 20 levels trying to kill people with STEALTH. There is one thing I like that I only learned about via Wikipedia:
[quote]Manhunt makes use of the PlayStation 2's optional USB Microphone and the Xbox Live microphone feature on the Xbox in their respective versions of the game. When such a device is connected, players can use the sound of their own voice to distract in-game enemies. This adds an extra element to the stealth aspect of the game, as players must refrain from making noises such as coughing as these sounds too can attract the attention of any nearby hunters.[/quote]
That's cool. I don't think it works for the PC version. I am totally ok with playing a game on the platform it was meant to be played on, but there is nothing here I particularly like.