History YMMV / Manhunt

*** [[BigBad Lionel Starkweather]] is a rich man who creates {{snuff film}}s for his own [[{{Sadist}} pleasure]] and profit. Using his fortune to acquire convicted death row inmate [[PlayerCharacter James Earl Cash]], Starkweather sets him loose in Carcer City while hunted by gang members and corrupt law enforcement. Starkweather constantly ups the stakes by putting others in danger and has Cash's innocent family kidnapped to face almost-certain death. Starkweather's prize fighter is an insane, [[FullFrontalAssault naked man]] wearing a pig's head named Piggsy, who has clearly lost his mind through what Starkweather has put him through. Starkweather's voice dogs the player throughout, as the depraved millionaire positively revels in the horror and brutality he creates.
*** [[GreaterScopeVillain Mr. Nasty]], the mysterious head of Valiant Video Enterprises, is [[TheManBehindTheMan the de facto]] ruler of Carcer City. Having turned the entire city into a [[CrapsackWorld crime-ridden hellhole]] with an empire of murderers and rapists under his control, Mr. Nasty finances and distributes Lionel Starkweather's snuff films for profit and to "honor pain". Always guaranteeing "absolute satisfaction" to buyers, Mr. Nasty resells the various murder tools used in the snuff films to interested clients, and gives his depraved minions the chance of finding work as mercenaries through his company.

*** [[TheManBehindTheMan Mr. Nasty]], the mysterious head of Valiant Video Enterprises, is [[TheManBehindTheMan the de facto]] ruler of Carcer City. Having turned the entire city into a [[CrapsackWorld crime-ridden hellhole]] with an empire of murderers and rapists under his control, Mr. Nasty finances and distributes Lionel Starkweather's snuff films for profit and to "honor pain". Always guaranteeing "absolute satisfaction" to buyers, Mr. Nasty resells the various murder tools used in the snuff films to interested clients, and gives his depraved minions the chance of finding work as mercenaries through his company.

*** [[GreaterScopeVillain Mr. Nasty]], the mysterious head of Valiant Video Enterprises, is [[TheManBehindTheMan the de facto]] ruler of Carcer City. Having turned the entire city into a [[CrapsackWorld crime-ridden hellhole]] with an empire of murderers and rapists under his control, Mr. Nasty finances and distributes Lionel Starkweather's snuff films for profit and to "honor pain". Always guaranteeing "absolute satisfaction" to buyers, Mr. Nasty resells the various murder tools used in the snuff films to interested clients, and gives his depraved minions the chance of finding work as mercenaries through his company.

** '''Monkey See, Monkey Die''' is the hardest of the bonus scenes (as the two survival have no target score outside of a 30 kill score target for an trophy in the PlayStation store re-release) as you're forced to get in shootouts exclusively with the inaccurate shotguns and sometimes without cover, it's pretty much a LuckBasedMission as you don't even have the option of eventually using a more accurate handgun like in Graveyard Shift.

** '''Monkey See, Monkey Die''' is the hardest of the bonus scenes (as the two survival have no target score outside of a 30 kill score target for an trophy in the PlayStation store re-release) as you're forced to get in shootouts exclusively with the inaccurate shotguns and sometimes without cover, it's pretty much a LuckBasedMission as you don't even have the option of eventually using a more accurate handgun like in Graveyard Shift.

** ''Graveyard Shift'' is a level that's one of the worst combat stages due to Cash initially starting with only a sawed-off shotgun and the game forcing you to trade bullets with entrenched enemies with revolvers that can hit you easily at a distance where it's random if the shotgun will hit them at all and in general the level forces you to fight enemies without actually giving you a decent chance to ambush them or get close meaning you are constantly getting shot with little to no means of mitigating damage.

* ThatOneLevel: Three words: '''Divided. They. Fall.''' First you have to kill a few Wardogs, then you're free to head into the apartment complex and save your game. But do you think it's all uphill from there? It's not. You have to hack and shoot your way through numerous Wardogs on the apartment's many floors, then when you reach the top, [[CowardlyBoss Ramirez will flee and call for backup]], at which point you have about two minutes to kill him before he does[[labelnote:note]]You won't fail the scene if you do, but you will likely need to kill his backup[[/labelnote]]. And killing him -- assuming you can't find him from the upper level and snipe him -- entails going all the way back down, killing ''another'' batch of Wardogs, then killing his bodyguards and sneaking up behind him and shooting him in the back of the head (you can't execute him, because he'll just shove you off of him if you try). Oh, yeah, and that save point you get once you're in the apartment? That's the only other one you get. So if you die -- and there's a good chance you will -- you have to redo that whole process ''all over again.'' Have fun.