August 1st, 2007

Possible Manhunt 2 execution sound effects?

Published at 6:00 AM PST

Earlier this week some execution sound effects from Manhunt 2 hit the internet, one of our staff members have uploaded them to YouTube and the sounds can be heard in the flash video below; a warning that they are quiet graphic and we only recommend it for people over the age of 15, the video contains no violence or gore, just the sounds and the Manhunt 2 logo in the background.

We cannot speculate on the sounds, as nobody really knows if they are real or not. Due to the game not being past Rockstar's, rating station's and reviewers eye's yet, it would be believed they are not real. However in a recent review by UK magazine GameMasters they had this too say:

GM Loves GM Hates
+ The clever pacing and ghost-train shocks
+ The sound design and bad guy dialogue
- The 'splash!' noises when you... actually, let's not go there
- Getting spotted. Terrifying
- The sometimes brutal checkpoint placing

What interests me the most is the bolded text..."The 'splash!' noises when you... actually, let's not go there". They are of course talking about killing the bad guys, and relate that to the video above, the sounds are rather "splashy!" aren't they? I'm still not 100 per cent sure, but it is an interesting discovering never the less. Most say it's just Manhunt 1, and since the music at the start of the video is from Manhunt 1 it could be the case. What do you think?