QuoteThe BBFC has rejected the video game Manhunt 2. This means that it cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK. The game was submitted in both a PS2 and a Nintendo Wii version. The decision was taken by the Director and the Presidential Team of Sir Quentin Thomas, Lord Taylor of Warwick and Janet Lewis-Jones.
David Cooke, Director of the BBFC said:
"Rejecting a work is a very serious action and one which we do not take lightly. Where possible we try to consider cuts or, in the case of games, modifications which remove the material which contravenes the Boards published Guidelines. In the case of Manhunt 2 this has not been possible. Manhunt 2 is distinguishable from recent high-end video games by its unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone in an overall game context which constantly encourages visceral killing with exceptionally little alleviation or distancing. There is sustained and cumulative casual sadism in the way in which these killings are committed, and encouraged, in the game.
"Although the difference should not be exaggerated the fact of the games unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying and the sheer lack of alternative pleasures on offer to the gamer, together with the different overall narrative context, contribute towards differentiating this submission from the original Manhunt game. That work was classified 18 in 2003, before the BBFCs recent games research had been undertaken, but was already at the very top end of what the Board judged to be acceptable at that category."
"Against this background, the Boards carefully considered view is that to issue a certificate to Manhunt 2, on either platform, would involve a range of unjustifiable harm risks, to both adults and minors, within the terms of the Video Recordings Act, and accordingly that its availability, even if statutorily confined to adults, would be unacceptable to the public."
Under the terms of the Video Recordings Act distributors have the right to appeal the Boards decision.
This is the first video game to be refused a classification since Carmageddon in 1997, when that decision was overturned on appeal by the Video Appeals Committee.
that sucks. But then so did Manhunt!
They tried to ban carmageddon? I vaguely remember it shipping with green blood and you had to install a second disk for the blood to go the right colour...
Wonder how many other countries will do the same...
If someone really wants it they can do a personal import. TBH a lot of games that are available can be done in a sadistic manner. In Stalker, Shadow of Chernobyl you often end up with wounded enemy and you cannot search unless you kill them first.
This is great. People will actually try to get copies now to see how violent it is, whereas before it would have gone largely ignored :D
Its true I hated the 1st game and wouldnt have looked twice at the 2nd - now Im kinda intrigued....
man carmageddon was f**king amazing - i f**king loved that gmae
Quote from: funkychicken9000This is great. People will actually try to get copies now to see how violent it is, whereas before it would have gone largely ignored :D
Yeah, An Im one of them.
The first game might of sucked but the sheer violence of it was comical.
Quote from: twistman carmageddon was f**king amazing - i f**king loved that gmae
Amen.
Aaaaaah carmageddon was teh shiznit, wish i could play it again, is it anywhere online?!
Jaimz :rock:
Quote from: JaimzAaaaaah carmageddon was teh shiznit, wish i could play it again, is it anywhere online?!
Jaimz :rock:
come on you should know by now, everything is online.
http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-414.htm
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Take 2 have pulled the game full stop for redevelopment of it
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40525
haha
what a waste of money
Quote from: Jaitsuhttp://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-414.htm
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207!!! That game is sick and amusing together.
This will make people more curious now, wonde rif it will ever get leaked to the net if they think it is such a work of art. After all, to be pulled by the publisher as well means it must have been pretty extreme.
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what a waste of money
Well first one got bad press around the world for being as violent as it was, it has claims it was the cause for a murder as well and they decide to make a 2nd that is even more violent and do not change the name of it, of cause all the parental and bizzybodies and guv type folk will condemn it.
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207!!! That game is sick and amusing together.
This will make people more curious now, wonde rif it will ever get leaked to the net if they think it is such a work of art. After all, to be pulled by the publisher as well means it must have been pretty extreme.
Nah, the reason the publisher pulled it is because Sony and Nintendo have refused to licence the game for use on their systems as they dont allow the US Adults Only (AO) rated games on their consoles. If they hadnt denied the game on their systems, then Im sure the publisher would have gone ahead and released it even if it did only get to a limited audience.
Ill bet they are looking at editing it now to try and get a release as they have been having some money trouble lately and having to scrap a game they have probably spent loads on will really hurt them.
Losing money, you mean with all those deals over GTA IV and content, yeah i am sure they are really hurting.
They knew it would be a risk, if they didnt, they are just plain stupid.
Hell, if nothing else this is some fantastic press coverage just before the release of their next big game.
Tbh, if it was anything like the first it should be banned anyway for being a crap game.
Rockstar are a dangerous company games wise, and take 2 knew full well before they signed them up.