Stuntman (video game)

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developer = Reflections Interactive
publisher = Atari
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released = vgrelease|NA=June 25, 2002vgrelease|EU=September 6, 2002
genre = Racing/Action
modes = Single-player
ratings = ESRB: T
platforms = PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Mobile Phone
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"Stuntman" is a video game for PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance 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.

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)
* "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.

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.

equel

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 [http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=73550] 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.

Soundtrack

The game's soundtrack contains two songs by Overseer, "Basstrap" and "Velocity Shift."

Reception

Reviews were extremely mixed for Stuntman, with many reviewers criticized the difficulty of the game, particularly with regards to the extreme linearity of the game and frustration of repeating missions.

The Metacritic aggregate score for Stuntman is 71%.

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*moby game|id=/stuntman|name="Stuntman" (PlayStation 2)
*moby game|id=/stuntman_|name="Stuntman" (Game Boy Advance)