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User: I'm looking for a game where you're a prisoner who escapes and finds yourself in a city under a state of emergency, wit…

I'm looking for a game where you're a prisoner who escapes and finds yourself in a city under a state of emergency, with prisoners fighting police and civilians. The city is in a state of emergency, and you could dismember people to use as weapons. There were two protagonists, a tall black one and a shorter white one. I played it in 2010. It involves fighting police, killing civilians, and looting stores.

Assistant: That’s Manhunt 2.

That’s Manhunt 2.

Everything lines up almost perfectly:

• Two protagonists: - Daniel Lamb – shorter, white - Leo Kasper – taller, Black
• Starts with a prison/asylum escape
• City under emergency / martial-law vibes
• Extreme violence (this was the controversial game of the time)
• Fighting police and hostile civilians
• Environmental brutality — grabbing whatever’s around to kill people (the series’ whole identity)
• You likely played it around 2010, even though it released in 2007

The “state of emergency” feel and riots can blur in memory with Rockstar’s earlier game State of Emergency, which did involve looting stores and mass chaos vs police — but that one didn’t have dismemberment or dual protagonists. A lot of people mentally mash the two together over time.

One small nuance: Manhunt 2 doesn’t literally turn severed limbs into inventory weapons the way some people remember, but the execution system and environmental kills are so visceral that many players recall it that way — especially after 15 years.

If you want to sanity-check yourself:

• Do you remember stealth-based kills with a meter that changed how brutal the execution was?
• Or Leo constantly talking in your head like a second personality?

If yes — 100% Manhunt 2.