The Manhunt Iceberg Explained

The Manhunt Iceberg Explained

0:00 Intro
1:58 Tip of the Iceberg
18:39 Beneath the Surface
23:52 The Body of the Iceberg
37:25 The Depths of the Iceberg
45:03 The Bottom of the Iceberg
55:36 The Abyss

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Music -
Manhunt OST - Menu
Manhunt OST - Strapped for Cash
Manhunt OST - View of Innocence
Manhunt OST - Divided They Fall
Manhunt OST - Time 2 Die

Gaming Myths Playlist:

[pasha_]

Off-duty cops within Hoods is canon since the ones with pantyhoses and jackets can shout "Freeze! You dumbass!" as if they accidentally used police lingo and tried to cover it up by insulting Cash, not to mention they sound more gruff and are older than the other Hoods.

This is the type of worldbuilding that makes Rockstar great.

[CDLCinder]

I’m like 92% sure the abandoned house from bully is an Easter egg in one of the neighborhoods in bully where a chainsaw and oinking can be heard from the window

[elitills]

I think Carcer City is actually based on Camden New Jersey a city just outside Philadelphia that was once a vast growing community based around the industrialization of Philly, but has fallen into decay. The crime there has gotten so bad that local authorities have experimented with CCTV surveillance to monitor the streets and crack down on crime. The CCTV system similar to what Stark Weather uses in the game.

[brocktaylor]

so glad to see Manhunt get talked about and all the lore explained in 2023. this game has such an atmosphere that i genuinely have not seen or felt from any other. the real world tie-ins like the valiant video website, serial killer names, and news about this game's violence almost made it all feel like a fantastic fever dream. there may nvr be something as dark and gruesome as Manhunt ever again, but a thoughtful remaster, direct sequel, or 3rd unrelated story would be absolutely insane

[pokerfaccia]

Fun fact: Carcer means prison in latin. So while Liberty City basically means Freedom City, Carcer City would be the opposite

[anonymouspatapon]

as someone who's current obsession is manhunt the timing could not have been more perfect

[abe]

In 1994 a man named Tom Hallorn was arrested in London for selling snuff films, in the tabloid newspaper's it said "Mr Nasty sells death videos to our kids"

[grimreaper]

I believe Jimmy Hopkins is not James Cash.
Jimmy was some sort of "anti-hero", but Jimmy would never become a killer. That's more Gary's style...

[EruveyConB]

It sucks that it was revealed by the police that in the murder case about manhunt 1 it was the victim who use to play the game, not the perpetrator but the media still blamed Rockstar.

Starkweather encouraging quotes are like a teacher guiding a student, while Leo's are like a proud older brother lol

[MaximusG]

It's great to see Manhunt still getting some attention. The 1st game is one of Rockstars best games in their catalog.

[revengeforeveragain]

So something I haven’t been able to find any mention of from the 2nd game, is that on the first chapter Awakening after the fisticuffs tutorial, Leo tells you to ‘get patched up’, and if you stay there staring at Leo through the bars instead of going for the meds and the syringe in the adjacent room, Leo will start rambling on about how he wants to take over Danny’s body, and if you look closely you can see a certain texture on him, sorta like he’s glitching. It’s a huge spoiler for it being on the first 5 minutes of the game, but it’s a pretty cool detail that apparently remains kinda hidden even within the fan community.

[Richtofen]

55:40 Seeing this right now makes me so happy, thanks for the credit. I made this iceberg and version of Manhunt 2 because i love our community and i want to give that game the justice it deserves. Nice video, you only missed a few parts of the iceberg but still real good content!

[srbrant]

What disturbs me the most is that the Valiant Video Enterprises website was designed to look like it came from the deep web...in 2003. _Long_ before the dark web entered the public imagination. I don't want to know what kind of research they had to do to get the aesthetics right.

[bing]

So glad you're covering this game, I've grown up with this game ever since Manhunt 1 released and I've been hooked on these kinda games and even the Postal series since.

[lverdugo]

The photo of Cash in San Fierro police station can actually fit into canon since during the events of San Andreas, Cash was on the run from the law so the station would probably have "wanted"/"if you see this man call 911" type photos

[JohnCarcer]

I love everyone keeping the manhunt name alive makes me so happy we all care about a single player game from 20 years ago 😂

[crushbeast]

12:25 you're mistaken, Gary Schaffer got his corruption charges dropped BEFORE the events of Manhunt 1. Those were separate charges, he actually got arrested after the first manhunt

[LigmaNoots]

The happiness I'd achieve if they made manhunt 3 or just remastered the first would be monumental.

[stuntvist]

Mr. Nasty could be a reference to Mr. Cruel, a serial child diddler in Austrailia known mostly for the fact that he never got caught and no one has any clue who he is. While there are three confirmed cases of him kidnapping and diddling, there are suspected earlier cases as well and a later murder that may or may not be related to him. While Mr. Cruel didn't fund or make snuff films the resemblence in name and the fact that no one has a clue who Mr. Nasty is makes him a possible inspiration for R* creating the character.

[Housesider]

The crazy thing about Donald Love is that even if he ISN'T 'a Manhunt character' technically, he's STILL objectively one of the most fucked up Rockstar characters with possibly the highest canonical body count out of anyone else save for Toni Cipriani himself. His cannibalism was already revealed in 3, but displayed in full glory and amped up past 11 in LCS. But that's not the craziest thing he does: he very casually orchestrates what would've been at the time of the game's story (1998) the single deadliest instance of domestic terrorism the whole country had ever seen. After getting bankrupted by a failed mayoral election campaign -- which included Love conspiring with the Leones to pit the other gangs against each other to aid his propaganda pushes and property value manipulation schemes -- he enlists Toni to rig several high-power bombs beneath specific spots in underground tunnels beneath Fort Staunton, which blows the whole area to smithereens which kills hundreds or thousands of innocents instantly.

He devises this plan using re-development plans created by his mentor, Avery Carrington (introduced in vice city), which he acquires by murdering a fleeing Avery (although he comments that Avery would've done the same to him had the financial incentive presented itself and would've been proud of his successful assassination and usurping). This makes him even more wealthy than he was prior. Oh, and he is revealed in LCS to stage *morgue parties* where he's heavily implied to engage in necrophilia in addition to the indiscriminate cannibalism. Despite being one of the most abhorrent characters ever introduced, he ultimately ends up escaping all consequences (at least immediate) by disappearing/escaping capture/assassination during the events of GTA 3.

Such a fascinating, insane character.