![]() In the meantime, here’s a trailer:Īdditional info via Gamepress and Gamepolitics It’s too early to call the ratings and bannings an over-reaction until Manhunt 2’s (now tentative) release on July 9th in America and July 6th in Europe. On the other hand, they had to play through the game and it might be more justified than we think. Still banning it is overdoing it, it should be every adult’s choice to make whether they want to buy it or not. Even if movies are seen as passive entertainment and games as active entertainment, in both cases the person watching can’t un-see anything. ![]() While to a certain extent I can agree with the decisions of the US and UK ratings boards, you have to wonder why it’s ok for the film industry to release sadistic murder movies on DVD to stores everywhere, yet it’s not ok when a game does the same. “Against this background, the Board’s 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.” That work was classified “18” in 2003, before the BBFC’s 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.” “Although the difference should not be exaggerated the fact of the game’s 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.
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