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Manhunt 2; *Waves finger* Not in the UK
Topic Started: Jun 19 2007, 06:35 PM (483 Views)
Pedro
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http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/ps2/game/news...020617942953009

Surprising! considering how liberal the BBFC usually is when it comes to games in this country.

I hope Rockstar manage to get round it some how. I did enjoy the first game. :(
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I've never played the original so am probably no more qualified to comment on it than the average Daily Mail reporter, but this franchise seems (to me) to be sadistic and nasty and violent just for the sake of it. Now, whilst I abhor censorship in any form, just being grotesque for the sake of it is kinda pointless...much like the current obsession Hollywood has at the moment with torture-porn; if I see one more trailer about somebody getting held hostage and getting tortured I'll fuckin kidnap...err....somebody.
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I don't agree with censorship myself. But like Juz, I must say that this game seems to be violent just for the sake of it.

And of course will it open the floodgates for all those who are willing to point the blame at videogames when something terrible happens. I know they point the finger already - but with a game being banned, it gives them a lot more fuel I think.

Could be the start of bad things if we are unlucky.
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Jun 19 2007, 09:42 PM
like Juz, I must say that this game seems to be violent just for the sake of it.

No it wasn't, it had a plot better than most shlock horror movies, heck - better than most FPS that allow us to mow down everyone in our path, often for no apparent reason. You played James Earl Cash, a man who's been sentenced to the death penalty for committing an unspecified crime or crimes. But Starkweather, the mad owner of Valiant Video Enterprises (known only to you as ‘the Director’) has given him a reprieve. Ha! – Some reprieve – Cash is made to kill to order, and kill to survive whilst the maniac film maker’s CCTV cameras capture all the gruesome action on videotape. This weirdo millionaire is making ‘snuff’ movies not only for his own sick gratification, but to sell on the black market as well!
Sounds good doesn't it?, and it was, a truly scary and chilling game that I played through on PS2 and Xbox, and I haven't felt like killing anyone with a hammer... until I heard that Tony Bleh spouting complete retorical spinbollocks about Manhunt, Resistance and video games as a whole.


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Could be the start of bad things if we are unlucky.

Indeed, just another ridiculous overreaction so typical of this government since its excuse for everything we do(tm) - 9/11. I wonder if ultraviolent movies will face the same sort of bans when they come out on DVD - my ass they will, the Yanks would complain about it too much. 700+ new laws (and counting) since that lot came to power folks, and do you feel any safer?
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Jun 19 2007, 11:39 PM
700+ new laws (and counting) since that lot came to power folks, and do you feel any safer?

Not really, cos some maniac beat me to within an inch of my life with a parasol and then a park bench after playing Dead Rising - that game should have been banned.
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Thats nothing, with the new police powers they think they can do anything. I was driving home and some fucker jumped down, picked up my car and threw it at some "terrorists", and proceeded to fire rockets everywhere before jumping up and over another building cackling like a maniac and muttering "need more orbs".

Yeah i feel safer...
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Jun 19 2007, 11:39 PM
Retrovertigo
Jun 19 2007, 09:42 PM
like Juz, I must say that this game seems to be violent just for the sake of it.

No it wasn't, it had a plot better than most shlock horror movies, heck - better than most FPS that allow us to mow down everyone in our path, often for no apparent reason.


That was Manhunt, this is Manhunt 2. Obviously I'd ask the question as to how this could be different, but I guess it must be different enough to not get rated as Manhunt was.

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Could be the start of bad things if we are unlucky.

Indeed, just another ridiculous overreaction so typical of this government since its excuse for everything we do(tm) - 9/11.


It's not been banned by the government - it's been refused certification by the BBFC, who are intentionally independant and appointed within (predominately) the film industry in the UK.
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Don't worry, I am sure the developers will slip in a collect em up section or a couple of angst ridden cut scenes to alliviate the 'unremiting bleakness.' :lol:

Yes, I am sure all the would be murderers and pyschos really take notice of that as they play. Just like I really took notice of the plot of 9 and a half weeks between wanks as a teenager. :rolleyes:

If it sells dead well elsewhere they will be forced to give in to the pressure of demand and money anyway I bet......
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Jun 20 2007, 09:00 AM
Don't worry, I am sure the developers will slip in a collect em up section or a couple of angst ridden cut scenes to alliviate the 'unremiting bleakness.' :lol:

Yes, I am sure all the would be murderers and pyschos really take notice of that as they play. Just like I really took notice of the plot of 9 and a half weeks between wanks as a teenager. :rolleyes:

If it sells dead well elsewhere they will be forced to give in to the pressure of demand and money anyway I bet......

It's preliminary rating from the ESRB in the US is 'AO' (Adults Only), which makes it somewhat akin to porn and the big retailers in the US - Best Buy and Walmart, will not carry it if the rating sticks.

If that's the case I think they'll have to make some changes to get it 'M' rated in the US and an 18 here.
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Jun 20 2007, 08:31 AM
It's not been banned by the government - it's been refused certification by the BBFC, who are intentionally independant and appointed within (predominately) the film industry in the UK.

I was talking about our Governmant's typically clueless knee jerk reaction to the BBFC ban actually. And it is a ban, a prohibition, an embargo no matter how you might want to describe it. Oh, and Jamesy, if you think the BBFC are independent and un-influenceable then I have some magic viagra-slimming pills to sell you and a Nigerian bank account to clear.
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Jun 20 2007, 09:53 AM
Jocky
Jun 20 2007, 08:31 AM
It's not been banned by the government - it's been refused certification by the BBFC, who are intentionally independant and appointed within (predominately) the film industry in the UK.

I was talking about our Governmant's typically clueless knee jerk reaction to the BBFC ban actually. And it is a ban, a prohibition, an embargo no matter how you might want to describe it. Oh, and Jamesy, if you think the BBFC are independent and un-influenceable then I have some magic viagra-slimming pills to sell you and a Nigerian bank account to clear.

Dude - whilst the BBFC used to be heavily "influenced" and easily led, since Ferman shook things up I think you'll find that they genuinely are as independent as any self-appointed bunch of official busy-bodies can be.

They let stuff through nowadays completely uncut and un-molested that woulda been burnt on the doorstep of the BBFC a few years back.

EDIT: If I remember correctly, Megs is pretty much the World-authority on the BBFC.
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Jun 20 2007, 09:53 AM
I was talking about our Governmant's typically clueless knee jerk reaction to the BBFC ban actually. And it is a ban, a prohibition, an embargo no matter how you might want to describe it.

Yes, it's effective as a ban, I wasn't disputing that, my point was that it wasn't a government instigated ban.

I missed the government reaction to the ban - what was it?
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If the PAL version is available outside the UK, like Aus or "maybe" Jersey, it will sell like hotcakes because it is banned.

Next they will be banning Pac-man for encouraging the "e" generation to listen to wakka-wakka music whilst throwing pills down their necks.
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Jun 20 2007, 12:27 PM
If the PAL version is available outside the UK, like Aus or "maybe" Jersey, it will sell like hotcakes because it is banned.

Next they will be banning Pac-man for encouraging the "e" generation to listen to wakka-wakka music whilst throwing pills down their necks.

LMAO!!! Australia ban things left, right and centre, so the chances of that getting released over there are zero I'd say.
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Just dug about on this one. There is a Wii version in the pipeline too http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=7783

Using Wii controllers as weapons. That'll get the censors in a frenzy.

Is there a breadknife or axe shaped wii controller?
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