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View of Innocence

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"So, how are we doing, Cash? Enjoying it so far? I thought you could do with a little R&R, so I've arranged a special screening... just for you..."
- The Director

View of Innocence is the eighth level in Manhunt. James Earl Cash is sent into an abandoned mall to search for a tape and video camera, where he has his first encounters the Innocentz, a dangerous gang of Devil-worshiping Latinos and psychopaths.

Mission[]

After freeing his family in Strapped for Cash and escaping the Wardogs, Starkweather feels Cash could do with a break and arranges for a VHS tape to be made for him, but first Cash must find it at Carcer City Mall alongside a video camera to watch it on.

The Mall is full of Innocentz wielding Revolvers, so Cash first must break the glass door to the laundromat with a Brick and finds a Revolver inside for himself.

Cash then shoots his way past many Innocentz, taking cover behind low walls and turned over vending machines, before reaching the top floor where he finds the tape inside a Rollio Records store. He then goes down one floor to the Toy Corner, where he finds the Camera, but discovers it's broken and must use the TV in Pirso's Bar instead.

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The last surviving member of Cash's family about to be executed by a Baby Face Innocentz gang member

The power in the bar is off. So, Cash goes through the bar to the stairs into the basement, turns it on, and goes back upstairs to watch the tape, which is footage of the Innocentz killing a final member of his family, causing him to lift and throw the CRT TV in a fit of rage, destroying it, as Starkweather coldly tells Cash that he "left his old life and self behind" and he's the only family he needs now. At this point, James Earl Cash realizes his is tricked once again and the snuff film he's participating for his freedom is nothing but a trap. Therefore, he vows revenge against the Director.

Characters[]

Weapons and Items[]

Green Class[]

Blue Class[]

Red Class[]

Yellow Class[]

Pickups[]

  • Tape (1x)
  • Camera (1x)
  • Handgun ammo (1x, unreachable)

Gallery[]

Rewards[]

Video Walkthrough[]

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"Manhunt 1", full walkthrough (Hardcore difficulty), Scene 8 - View of Innocence


Music theme[]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueAOyT8D43g

Trivia[]

  • On the top floor, there is a chemistry set and a locked door that can be shot open. Inside is a room with the Sawn-Off Shotgun.
  • If Cash is performing an execution using a melee weapon (for example, a Glass shard), Starkweather will scold him and sound unhappy about it by saying, 'Look, Cash, let's get some clarity before proceeding, okay? I need executions in quick succession.' encouraging the player to use guns for this level. This also applies to later missions.
  • The Laundromat store where Cash finds the Revolver also appears in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
  • With the use of a trainer, it is possible to access the hidden platform in grey hell where Baby Face Innocentz member and Cash's Family is standing. They can even be killed or executed. This place also includes revolver ammunition, a floating door, and a TV. This suggests that while the tape is supposed to have happened prior to Cash's arrival to the mall, the developers used this unseen area to render the ending cutscene in real time.
  • The Spotted/Combat theme of the background music is this level is similar to the main theme of Shadow Man, a 1999 action-adventure game by Acclaim which is also horror-themed like Manhunt. This applies to Graveyard Shift as well.
  • At the very end of the scene, you can go into the bathroom an Innocentz member suddenly jumps out of. The corpse of a Hood is in one of the stalls. It is likely the Innocentz had a rivalry with this gang of Hunters and executed him.
  • A Skully member of the Innocentz can be seen dual-wielding Sickles and 3 Shotguns in the intro cutscene, which does not occur in gameplay. An unusually tall Baby Face member can also be seen.
  • This scene has a total of 27 Hunters, 26 Innocentz members and 1 idle on the hidden platform. However, it is technically 28, as the corpse in the bathroom is in fact a Hoods member.
  • Interestingly, this scene reveals what equipment Starkweather uses to produce his snuff films - at the very beginning of the level, Cash is instructed to find a (small-ish) video camera and a tape, which is internally named CJ_DVTAPE_(CT). DV was a tape-based digital video recording and storage format, developed in 1995.
    • During the execution of Cash's family, if one was to look closely, he would see a video camera standing on a tripod that looks like a professional shoulder-mount JVC GY DV500 miniDV camcorder, which records onto digital DV tapes. The texture of the camera was edited to avoid showing any labels or trademarks, and it also lacks a microphone.
  • Some of the Innocentz enemies are mixed in this scene by wearing masks or paints not belonging to them.
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