Picking up immediately where Manhunter: New York left off, Manhunter 2: San Francisco has the player crash-landing their stolen ship in the City by the Bay after trying unsuccessfully to keep up with enigmatic serial killer Phil. Left with no alternatives, the player assumes the identity of a local Manhunter and solves more crimes for the alien Orbs while searching for Phil and working for the local human resistance.

Manhunter 2 presents the same urban decay and oppressive alien invader regime as visualized in the original, this time using streets and landmarks from the Bay Area. The Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, Alcatraz prison, and the TransAmerica Pyramid all receive alien makeovers. New puzzles, new characters, and new investigations await as the player tracks Phil by his string of strangled corpses.

All concepts and gameplay elements from Manhunter: New York return. The player again uses the MAD tracking device to follow suspects provided by the alien Orbs and uses clues found through first-person location investigation to discover the suspects' name. Occasional arcade sequences bring mixed challenges, and though they cannot be skipped, a new difficulty option has been implemented. The same point-and-click gameplay (no typing required) is used to navigate the game world.

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Alternate Titles

"Manhunter S.F." -- Official abbreviation

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Man Hunter 2 San Francisco (Ms Dos)	DOS	$24.87
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User Reviews

Arcade overkill	Amiga	Katakis (37459)
One of the best old school graphic adventures.	DOS	gametrader (229)
Darker and even more brooding....	DOS	Sam Hardy (76)

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The Press Says

CU Amiga	Amiga	Jul, 1990	87 out of 100	87
Power Play	DOS	Nov, 1989	82 out of 100	82
Power Play	Amiga	Jul, 1990	82 out of 100	82
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Sep, 1990	63 out of 100	63
Adventure Classic Gaming	DOS	Feb 01, 2006		60
Zzap!	Amiga	Aug, 1990	57 out of 100	57
Techtite	DOS	2000		40
Just Games Retro	DOS	Jun 25, 2007	33 out of 100	33

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Trivia

The game was actually Sierra's last to use the AGI game engine that they started way back with King's Quest. A lot of people don't even notice the fact that the game engine is the same, since the interface was so different. (contributed by Jason "Paco" Artman)

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This entry was contributed by POMAH (27692), Trixter