manhunt 2

[skins]

manhuny 2 has been banned in UK.

[Neil]

Good it'll be boring anyway

Edit - Just to confirm this

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=6054&Itemid=2

[Agent 47]

From Joystiq

It is the duty of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) to classify or rate any films or video games before they are released in the UK -- if they are indeed deemed fit for release. After spending some time strangling strangers and stabbing psychopaths in Rockstar's Manhunt 2, it seems the BBFC are none too pleased by the game's content, rejecting it for certification entirely. This means that Manhunt 2 may not be legally supplied anywhere in the UK.

MCV quotes the BBFC's director David Cooke as saying, "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 Board's published Guidelines." With the game already filled with all manner of cuts, slashes and eviscerations, the BBFC could simply not see a way around the game's "unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone" and its "sustained and cumulative casual sadism."

With Rockstar being no stranger to controversy, we half expect those quotes to show up on the back of the box. Then again, publisher Take-Two is unlikely to let an entire country of wallets just slip from its grasp, so there may yet be an appeal or a round of strict censorship. The Wii, PS2 and PSP game is still en route to America though and it shouldn't be long before we all learn whether UK gamers have been robbed... or rescued.

[Fez]

..............

Where's the BBFC HQ located?

I got a little suprise for them >=]

*5 WEEKS LATER*

Boss : LOL WE GOT A PREZENT OF A GUY LOL

*OPENS*

*KABOOM*

[Minstrels]

Not bothered if it's not coming to the UK as Manhunt was dull. The fun of running around and brutally murdering people, YAYS WHAT A GAME!
Crap game, think it's good it isn't coming out.

[Agent 47]

..............

Where's the BBFC HQ located?

I got a little suprise for them >=]

*5 WEEKS LATER*

Boss : LOL WE GOT A PREZENT OF A GUY LOL

*OPENS*

*KABOOM*

Umm, yes.... indeed.

[Bear-Max]

..............

Where's the BBFC HQ located?

I got a little suprise for them >=]

*5 WEEKS LATER*

Boss : LOL WE GOT A PREZENT OF A GUY LOL

*OPENS*

*KABOOM*

You'll get the police at your door if you're not careful

Wow this is lame. I have no plans to get the game (or a Wii) but I hate the fact that the doctrine of "free speech" is being denied. We really don't need these draconian controls on what we watch or listen to... Violent movies aren't bad so why do games get treated different? Studies have shown that violent games have less of an effect on us than violent movies anyway.

[Agent 47]

You'll get the police at your door if you're not careful

Wow this is lame. I have no plans to get the game (or a Wii) but I hate the fact that the doctrine of "free speech" is being denied. We really don't need these draconian controls on what we watch or listen to... Violent movies aren't bad so why do games get treated different? Studies have shown that violent games have less of an effect on us than violent movies anyway.

lol, yeah, i think that the majority of britain has seen the Saw Trilogy, but arent allowed to play a game thats just as violent?

crazy.

[Neil]

Manhunt is a stupid game, Rockstars table tennis game was more interesting than the first Manhunt game, I don't think a game should be banned before it's even released but oh well, I'm not bothered

[Azul]

Unecessary sequel, but does anyone else not find this absolutely pathetic? When you consider that films like Saw and Hostel come closer to the real thing than Manhunt ever will?

I also thought the first Manhunt was excellent one of my favourtie ever games.