Warning, both these games have realistic violence. Even to the degree some of what you could be experiencing might be too much to handle. Trust me, these games can truly get ugly fast without warning.
Manhunt
The story centers on a man named James Earl Cash, who got sentenced to death. However a movie director pulled strings to save his life. In order to directly cast him in something rather unpleasant. Cash has to slaughter a few gangs while the footage for all of it is recording. Which means every murder Cash does up to a point, the director plans making a film out of it.
Unfortunately for Cash, the director did plan for him to die. No it isn't he dies in a movie deal either. He actually made arrangements to get Cash killed. Which doesn't work causing Cash to go after the director himself. You get to face armed men with night vision googles. You get a good variety of weapons to kill enemies with.
You also can execute them up to three colored levels with red being the most extreme, violent deaths imaginable. This game really doesn't hold back from all the blood & gore. Even I say sometimes it's a little too much at times, my favorite gang you face is the Smileys. They wear smiley face masks which already makes them creepy.
They also are escaped inmates of Darkwoods Penitentiary. I should point out there's also a half man, half pig creature with an chainsaw. Yes there's a huge body count through out the game. Cash does have an ally but they can't do much to help. Imagine making a horror movie with actual murders. Which so happens to be the concept of Scream 4.
You might be surprised to learn Rockstar Games made this. The same game company responsible for Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series. Even the cover for the game is truly terrifying. You shouldn't rush procession in this game. Of course, speed runners doesn't care. Manhunt is a decent horror game that's a touch too realistic in killing people.
Manhunt 2
Despite the title, it's more of it's own story than an actual sequel. Everything is notably different from the previous game. You play as either Daniel Lamb or Leo Kasper through out the game. I'll start with the most surprising thing I can say about the game. Rockstar was dangerously close to getting an AO rating. Which greatly limits who can play the game, obviously directly affecting sales.
They chose to sorta ruin execution sequences but making it difficult to see. Some people hacked the game to play what almost gotten an AO rating, it's way more violent than the original game. I still haven't seen the most surprising thing about the actual game yet. For a brief period of time, this game was given out from a fast food place.
Very quickly people told em how truly violent the game was, they removed it from that line up. Can you imagine go to get food then all of a sudden you leave with Manhunt 2? This game plays more into psychical horror too. I should also point out among all the platforms it's on. Surprisingly, there was a version on Nintendo Wii.
I actually had that version of the game which had the most interesting mechanics out all versions. You had to stay close while your character was hiding to prevent getting notice by enemies. There's two final levels for each character as well. Story wise, it isn't as good as the previous game. Even the enemies were more interesting there too.
It turns out Daniel got altered to have the conscious of Leo. All of a sudden, this plays out like the movie Fight Club in a nut shell. Daniel might sorta remind you of Cash but he still isn't as rememberable. In all honestly, in a few ways it's technically better than the original. At the same time, including getting tone down it does fall flat too.
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