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Added by Ebow, 19-06-2007, links to http://www.rockstargames.com/manhunt2/
The BBFC have refused to certify Manhunt 2, so it won't be joining the other uber-violent games about killin' on the video store shelves. I wonder if it had a cathedral in it?
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Well I must say I'm disappointed.
Oh no, actually I couldn't give a toss about Manhunt.
Oh no, actually I couldn't give a toss about Manhunt.
I bet secretely Rockstar are well pleased abou this. It's almost like they've been trying to get their games banned for years!
Damn, this is a real shame for all of us craving a decent video game. Boo hoo.
...but surely you're intrigued as to why it GOT banned...
Its a "murder simulator". Is it any more complciated than that?
BBFC thought this went a step too far I think. Wow.
BBFC thought this went a step too far I think. Wow.
I thought google already did that... Or was it Yahoo...?
Slow b*****ds.
Slow b*****ds.
I imagine it got banned due to the high plop quotient.
I wasn't interested in playing it. I was just wondering how much more violent it was than those Soldier of Fortune games where you get to dismember people apart with bullets...
I thought Soldier of Fortune was a bit of game about Murder wasn't it? And Hitman FFS!!!!
I thought Soldier of Fortune was a bit of game about Murder wasn't it? And Hitman FFS!!!!
apparantly bannned due to excessive/unnecessary stealth and murder. the same as the first one?
rockstar are apprantly appealing this. will take some weeks for it to be resolved again.
note: pegi (the unofficial ratings people) passed it as ok. game also passed censors in the states. lol
rockstar are apprantly appealing this. will take some weeks for it to be resolved again.
note: pegi (the unofficial ratings people) passed it as ok. game also passed censors in the states. lol
Pah... pathetic. Properly violent games let you chose what percentage of a cities population you put to the sword, that’s after you've been firing decomposing cows at them for a couple of years.
The idea of genocide seems entirely acceptable, it's just the brutal (honest) depiction of it that get's people's knickers in a twist... ???
The establishments argument is thats its unlikely an unhinged person has an army of medieval knights to butcher a village "like they do in that game", but they are more than capable of stalking and strangling someone to death, "like they do in that game".
Its bulls**t of course but other than my unflinching stance against ignorant knee-jerk censorship, I can't say I'm upset Manhunt isn't being released here. I see little actual value in it as a game other than its 'shock factor'.
Seems more a hype vehicle for Rockstar than anything else.
Its bulls**t of course but other than my unflinching stance against ignorant knee-jerk censorship, I can't say I'm upset Manhunt isn't being released here. I see little actual value in it as a game other than its 'shock factor'.
Seems more a hype vehicle for Rockstar than anything else.
Indeed. The level of discussion this seemingly innocuous game has created on this thread alone shows that Rockstar's job - at least in some capacity - has been done... 
