Stuntman (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Reflections Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Atari |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Mobile Phone |
| Release date | NA June 25, 2002 EU September 6, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | Racing/Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: T |
Stuntman is a video game for the PlayStation 2 that was produced by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari.
The game focuses around the career of a motion-picture stuntman. It takes the player through various movies in which they perform dangerous stunts as called by the game.
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[edit] Films
There are six films in the game: "Toothless in Wapping" (a parody of the London gangster genre made famous by films such as Snatch), "A Whoopin' and a Hollerin'" (a parody of The Dukes of Hazzard), "Blood Oath" (a parody of John Woo's heroic bloodshed films), "Conspiracy" (a parody of a Tom Clancy film), "The Scarab of Lost Souls" (an Indiana Jones parody), and "Live Twice for Tomorrow" (a James Bond style adventure, combining You Only Live Twice and Tomorrow Never Dies). They are set in London, Louisiana, Bangkok, Switzerland, Egypt, and Monaco, respectively.
[edit] Ports
Before its release there were rumors of a PC version in development. However, no such version existed. At the time, Reflections was working on Driv3r.
[edit] Sequel
During the E³ 2006 Expo, it was announced that THQ had acquired the rights to the Stuntman franchise. Also announced was that the a sequel for next-generation systems is in development at Paradigm Entertainment. On the 28th of February 2007 THQ announced [1] the game was released on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Playstation 2 on August 28, 2007.It is the Official Sponsor of WWE SummerSlam 2007. One thing people are already praising prior to its release is the better accessibility when compared to its predecessor and its high difficulty.
[edit] Soundtrack
The game's soundtrack contains two songs by Overseer, "Basstrap" and "Velocity Shift."
[edit] Reception
Reviews were mostly positive. Reactions mainly revolved around its unique style of gameplay that had not yet been brought to a bigger audience. Also, once the player had completed shooting his scenes for a movie, he unlocked a CG trailer for the movie that included some of his driving stunts (The stunts could not be redone for the trailer once completed). One major flaw that people criticised is the difficulty. There was little to no margin for error throughout, and right from the start the game was tough and only got tougher. Time limits were also very tight to the point of which the player might have to purposefully miss some stunts just to make it in time.
