Manhunt

An almost forgotten Rockstar masterpiece thanks to the broken anti-piracy measures.

Watch this before playing to fix those issues that break the game: https://youtu.be/3j2acZ0YuuQ?si=XTBMwoq8a8iJKfGD

Very good game if you like ps2 style horror games, gore, and stealth games.

Controls on this thing are simply a mess. Throughly unplayable. I'm sure there is a workaround this but I'm too tired of this shit right now. Guess I'll have to try an emulator. Fuck off rockstar.

honestly the game itself is a masterpiece it just sucks donkey balls u cant run it on a pc better than a 1963 type writer and the amount of fake fixes is lowkey crazy would cop again if it one day gets a fix or a remasterd version

don’t bother buying it

just play it on an emulator or find a cracked version, it runs way better than this port

Just completed. 100 stars. That game was worth every second of struggle to get those stars.

its very fun but crashes when i take a drug or pick up a corspe

Its a classic that you should have in your library.. its mandatory

precisa do manhuntfixer (github) pra poder jogar sem tar cagado

I really enjoyed this game and i do recommend it, i just completed it today and it was really good. However, this is a bad port of a game and has tons of glitches and bugs and made me crash at one checkpoint a couple of times. So i would recommend that you get a patcher/fixer which i did and it works perfectly fine now and is very easy to do. Just slightly disappointed i had to get a fixer just to play the game. I dont know where the link is to get it, but it is definitely in the steam community content where i got it from so check there. Overall, great game.

Incredible sound design and atmosphere

You need to get a patch in order to make this game playable. No wonder it costs only ten dollars. After that it should be playable and fun.

Fun game, you need to install random shit to make the game actually work tho

Plastic bags are cool

literally a great game I want steam to add manhunt 2 but no such luck.
however the games fucked you need an application from github which scans for steams game fixes the game breaking bugs such AI bugs gates not opening etc.
if you can be happy with using a fan patch its a good shout however like bully, the warriors and manhunt rockstar needs to actually fix them or stop selling them.

Also i heard this game makes anyone under the age of 18 into a trained serial killer than is basically a sleeper agent and then just go one a spree just from seeing the main menu.

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! This game is a hot steaming pile of dog shit. The game itself broken upon download and you have to use a third party program to barely make the playable. An don't even get me started on the final four chapters of the game it is absolutely horrible. The ending chapters of this game suck the npc's target you through walls, you can't turn off the aim assist which seriously cucks you at times if you play on a mouse, and for some reason at times when you left click to shoot the gun your using will just not shoot at all or it will shoot a second or two later. The ending of the game sucked so much dick that I was mad at myself for enduring the torture this game put me through just to get there. The two final bosses Piggsy and Starkwater are the lamest boss fights. Especially the Starkwater fight you literally just one shot him and the fight is over and so is the game. My final thoughts on this game are..............play this game if you hate yourself and your life.

I still have the original Manhunt for PS2, Re purchased for PS4, And PC,
as much as i love this game i do not recommend supporting R* on steam, I also have Bully in which both MH and Bully you need to patch, alter and mod yourself to be able to play the game, but if that didn't take the cake?
the whole Steam version is the Pirated version of razor1911, in which you get all the benefits of anti piracy measures such as-

5+ head-shots in a row will soft lock all your controls so you cant do diddly squat as your hardware has been unplugged
memory lock so after a while it'll crash
1st level/tutorial gate will be locked and wont open so essentially cant play the game
the list goes on so therefore it is a negative for the steam edition for any R* game as non of it has been fixed whatsoever but just the principle of the situation

IF this does not deter you and still want to play the game you will need to download this below
https://github.com/ermaccer/Manhunt.Fixer/releases

Download MH fixer, auto locate steam location
i only used Widescreen frontend textures and fixed global models
and patch with those two as i found using the others i couldn't even boot the game up - To fix this if this happens
go to your MH install location in steam, delete all the files, Reinstall and just patch it without the other stuff and you're good to go and will work fine without any issues

Good luck

The first level the gate wouldnt move open and sometimes the hunter wouldnt go through, until it is fixed then play on console

I recommend this game but before you play the game you should install fixer patch

I Get some people wont wanna buy a game and then download a mod to fix the game but to be honest. i dont really care about doing that so.... 8.5/10

Its easier to just install a cracked version then buy this with faulty anti-piracy measures (Use manhunt fixer to patch it)

this game suck,everytime i carry corpse the game will crash

Manhunt is an amazing game but rockstar ported it so badly it's barely unplayable without mods

better gunplay than call of duty black ops 6 and counter-strike 2

Its a good game but cuckstar ported it wrong so shits broken and unplayable without a community patch. Aslong as your fine with using the community patch id get it

Manhunt is honestly a pretty good game. It has an extremely well-made atmosphere, which is eerie, dark and scary. And also the completely insane and deranged enemies (which, I must say, have a pretty good AI for being a game launched in 2003) add another layer of horror to it.

The soundtrack is pretty much my favorite in any horror game I’ve ever played before, it’s just perfection. It adds suspense and it is just complete and absolute fire. It can become quite repetitive sometimes, but that only happens if you get stuck too much in some levels for too long (like me).

I must say, this game is definitely not for everyone. It requires some patience, because first, you can take some time to memorize enemy patterns to execute them, and second, you are going to die. A LOT. There are very little checkpoints, so every time you die, you’ll be sent back quite a bit, which can become frustrating if you aren’t patient enough. And third, the game can become repetitive, which isn’t exactly a bad thing, since you’ll mostly be sneaking around, stalking enemies, and executing them, and while the core mechanics don’t change much, the game still keeps you engaged. But I’m aware that some people might not like that repetitiveness, so I thought it was worth mentioning.

Of course, the game has its own flaws, like, for example, the AWFUL shooting system. At a certain point of the game, it just becomes a really frustrating third person shooter with enemies that are quite literally bullet sponges, unless you land a headshot, then it is an instant kill. The problem? If you are like 15 meters away from them, your bullets might as well be made of rubber. Speaking of bullet sponges, the bosses suck. Because you have to shoot them like 1000 times to kill them. So, it’s like Rockstar didn’t even try to make them challenging while also being fun, they just made it challenging and frustrating.

In summary: It is a good game. It has its own flaws, but it’s still good.






But…







There is a REALLY big problem with this game, and that is… It is a pirated copy.

Yes, you heard me correctly. Rockstar put on sale A FUCKING PIRATED COPY. You may ask “what’s the problem with that?”. Well, the game has anti-piracy measures, which makes it impossible to play without patching it. It’s completely unacceptable for a company like Rockstar to put on sale a game that you can’t even play properly. Aside from that, it also has MANY bugs, a lot of them. So, guess what? You’ll have to download even more patches…

So, do I recommend playing it? Yes.

But should you buy it? Hell no.

Just download it for free at archive.org. Since if you buy it, you’ll be getting a pirated copy anyway.

boring ass gameplay but the stetic and violence are great!
7/10

[Received at a discount]
No nostalgia in this review as i have no previous playing experience as this was before my time
Manhunt is very good i like it.
it's a nice stealth game way ahead of it's time
genuinely one of the most creepiest and fantastically made atmospheres of any games I've played
Now for the problem:
This is exclusive to the steam release but it is completely non functional without a mod!
I recommend searching for the automatic manhunt patcher to get the fully functional and fantastic game

One of the most underrated, if not the most underrated rockstar game

Manhunt is the first game I’ve heard of being banned due to extreme violence. I had never played it before but curiosity got the best of me. Despite all the negative reviews mentioning performance issues, I grabbed it during the Steam spring sale.

I ran the game in Windows XP compatibility mode and it performed well - no crash issue in my 15 mins of gameplay. For the first run I followed the main path, kicked open a gate door to enter a room and immediately found myself stuck. The two other doors wouldn’t open and the one I entered through was locked. I checked the key bindings, tried every possible input and eventually had no choice but to restart the game.

I made progress on the second attempt. I took down an enemy from behind using a plastic bag and followed the on-screen prompt, which suggested that holding the button longer would trigger a more brutal execution. I reached Level III and got a suffocation animation. Then I walked downstairs and entered a playground area, only to find I can't pass or hit the enemy on the other side of a gate. My patience ran out so I stopped playing.

Looking back, I can see why this game was banned. But by today’s standards, it feels pretty tame. Many modern games allow for more detailed body damage and brutal kills, making this title only belong to the past.

I don't recommend this game for the unclear guidance and gameplay.

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Great game.

Unfortunately, you need to install fixes to play it, otherwise it's impossible to beat it.

the game crashed after i killed the first enemy many times and when i fixed that issue with downloading some stuff all the enemies kept on getting stuck in the middle of nothing but i said whatever and tolerated the enemies getting stuck but then in the next scene i got stuck on jack shit nothing and i couldnt progress

if you like wasting money this game is for you! i wasted money and cant even get past level 1 because it keeps on crashing and the doors just refuse to be opened. classic rockstar games and not to mention that the head to head combat sucks ass

alr, this game is so fucking good, fuck all the shit bout patch, its easy to download, another Rockstar classic

After finishing the story i can tell you it was so AWESOME but you need the fixer so you don't get any problems

ONLY GET THIS GAME IF YOU ARE OK WITH DOWNLOADING A COMMUNITY MADE PATCH TO PLAY IT!!

It sucks that Rockstar ported it wrong to PC but the patch is easy to download and run. I didn't listen to the other reviews and I thought since my PC is brand new that it'd run fine. Well you can't even make it out of the first level without it crashing lol. Since this game is so old Rockstar has abandoned it, leaving it up to the community to fix. To find the patch just go on YouTube there's a couple videos on it and you'll find the GitHub link in their description to fix the game (its called Manhunt Fixer).

Once you fix the game it's pretty solid. The game is meant to be challenging and the games old mechanics only make it harder. But I kept coming back every day till I beat it. So I'd recommend picking it up if you haven't played it.

As others have said, rockstar literally put a broken pirated version of manhunt on the storepage and hasn't changed it.

This game is so bad i cant even play it its way to buggy.Dont recomand

I can't get pass the gate, it keeps glitching and doesn't open or it'll open and then close right after the enemy comes through in scene 1. Its really upsetting because I was really enthusiastic about this game

Fuck you Rockstar Games. You dont even bother to fix your old games. This game is filled with TONS OF BUGS. And what did you guys do to fix the bugs??? NOTHING!

Jogaço, ta explicado pq ele chegou a ser proibido!!

Theres a bug that keeps on going and eventually just had to refund the game because of how it was, not saying its bad but it needs to get fixed

It needs a handful of user-made fixes just to "restore" it back to it's original glory. You'd be downloading less things just to emulate it then you'd have access to a lot more classics without giving money to a company that clearly doesn't care about PC as a platform.

i love this game, but as you can probably read from the other reviews R* have forgotten about it and left the bugs that you need to fix with mods (which quite honestly wasn't that big of an issue for me). The atmosphere, the music and just the story is just great. Nothing to special, but it just hits the spot.
If you really enjoy a dark, gore filled, screwed up game that you can't tell you're family about, then this game is just the right thing for you.
(little tip from me: try to play it mostly in the dark or during night, it really amps up the feeling)

I don't know how to feel about this game.

Rockstar refuses to fix all the anti-piracy measures they originally put in the game, so even with a patch i have a suspicion my game is still broken.

The enemy a.i is extremely dated, the game is stealth focused yet there's so many ambushes and gun sections.

is it really worth playing this game in modern times? i would say no. its extremely violent and disturbing yes but if the gameplay can't keep up then, in my opinion, the artistic value of the game is lost.

its nice to watch speedruns, see how experienced players dominate the levels but when it's the turn of somebody whose never played a game like this, getting spotted, dying several times, playing tag with the hunters, and just not knowing whats going on will become a routine one will quickly get fed up with.

in conclusion: great music, great atmosphere, very poor gameplay, especially the gun fights. i don't recommend since theres nothing here for anybody. (unless you like violence).

Cara não compre esse jogo simplsimente gastei 5 reais e o jogo simplismente está lotado de bugs e mais tarde descobri que está versão da steam e simplismente PIRATEADA, e triste que esse jogo é uma obra prima mais e impossível de jogar a não ser que você baixe um bug fixer, cujo qual eu não confio em baixar no meu computador

An absolute masterpiece of survival and stealth horror. Perfects a gritty, brutal and disturbing atmosphere that no game has done since then. The gunplay is pretty annoying but it has a charm to it.

Game is amazing and the fix is actually really easy you dont need to be a computer scientist to know how to fix it, this game is better than manhunt 2 for sure but manhunt 2 is also great but its abandonware the link to get manhunt 2 is here https://1fichier.com/?ivumho401yo8gwwpvc5q no install required just run manhunt2.exe as adminstrator. BUT onto manhunt 1. Manhunt 1 is better because of the story and the atmosphere of camcorders and snuff films, manhunt 2 has 2 better things that pop up into my mind: better graphics and executions. The characters are cool and amazing in manhunt 1 like the cerberus, SWAT, james cash, and starkweather. Manhunt 1 is honestly one of my favorite fucking games of all time and from rockstar because this is during the time where rockstar had BALLS on them and didnt gaf about news and shit so their games were just uncut and graphical which i love.

I'm giving it a negative review, not because its a bad game, but more based on my experience. I know the steam version has a lot of anti piracy on it, and the tools to run and fix it did work for me so there's a positive if anyone wants to know.

Personally, I just couldn't get a hang of the games controls. The steam/pc version doesn't support controller input so you have to use a keyboard & mouse to play it. I've always used controllers to play pretty much anything, so trying to do it here, I just couldn't play it. Other people can get the hang of WASD gameplay, but I personally need a controller. You can re-map the controls in game, but I just found it so confusing, and wondered if it was working correctly when I tried re-mapping inputs. There are mods to allow controller input, but they didn't work for me.

If you're someone who can only play games using a controller, I wouldn't get this version. I'd say you're better either buying the game on Xbox Live/PSN, where its double the price, but will be much easier to get the hang of, or just buy a physical copy somewhere. You also won't have to worry about the piracy features too, if you buy the game that way.

THE BEST HORROR GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED!!
at first, I thought that I wouldn't like this game, mainly because I don't like or play Horror games, but I thought I'll give this game a shot, as it was made by rockstar. When I played at first, I was stuck right on the first level. Turns out, Rockstar has uploaded a "Pirated" version of the game which is why I was stuck. There is a mod called as "Manhunt Fixer" Which you have to use and then your game will run properly. After that, When I started playing the game, I really started liking it, and it made me to like horror games. I like the gore killing animations when you sneak and kill a hunter, and the game story is also really good. Overall it is a very dark and horrifying story. Which can get you startled a little bit. My heart was beating every time I started this game. The suprising nature of this game is what makes it great. However, If you get easily scared, then this game is not for you. But then again, if you're brave, try it, you might as well like it! 😉