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Manhunt is a stealth-based psychological horror video game published by Rockstar North and released by Rockstar Games in November 2003 for the PS2, with the Xbox, and Microsoft Windows the following year. Although it was generally well-received by critics,[1][2] the game created considerable controversy before and after its release. It was banned outright in several countries and was implicated by the media in a UK murder, although the police denied it.[3]

In October 2007, its sequel, Manhunt 2 was also released amidst controversy. As of March 26, 2008, the Manhunt franchise has sold 1.7 million copies according to Take-Two Interactive.[4]

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 security cameras scattered throughout the city, repeatedly mentions the need to please the audiences, revealing his occupation as a snuff film director. However, despite the Director's promise of freedom, Cash is beaten and thrown into the back of a van by a group of mercenaries known as the Cerberus.

After his battle against the Hoods, he is also hunted by other increasingly violent gangs in various locations across the city. The gangs are organized by Ramirez, an ex-soldier and leader of the Wardogs, a gang of army veterans and experienced hunters. First, Cash is pitted against a gang of white supremacists known as "The Skinz" in a scrap yard. After that, he faces off against Ramirez's Wardogs in an abandoned zoo where Cash has to save kidnapped members of his own family. Following the zoo encounter, Cash is forced to battle with a gang of devil worshipers and perverts known as the Innocentz in an abandoned mall. After retrieving a videotape in the mall and finding a VCR player, Cash witnesses a family member being slaughtered by the Innocentz, in orders of the Director, who proclaims to be the only family Cash needs.

Betrayed, Cash is forced to endure the humiliating task of escorting a drunken hobo through the hostile streets of East Los Albos. After finishing off the Innocentz in a derelict chemical factory, Cash takes on a gang of psychotics, known as "The Smileys", who have taken over a mental asylum. Here, Cash survives the ending to the snuff film as planned by the Director. Consequently, the remaining Wardogs and Ramirez are hired to kill Cash. However, Ramirez and his gang are killed by Cash, as he quickly turns on the Director.

Hunters in Manhunt
In-Game
The Hoods • The Skinz • The Wardogs • The Innocentz • The Smileys • Carcer City Police Department • S.W.A.T. • Cerberus • The Monkeys
Cut
Camheds • Clowns • The Jury • The Lost
Weapons

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