Manhunt 2 denied uk entry

[BarnDoor]

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/PSP/Manhunt+2/news.asp?c=3374

Banning a game is always a wank idea. Most will just import the cunt. The first game was a laugh in places but pretty boring once you got into it. I only pray that The Warriors gets a sequel.

 

[Gun_Runner]

What a lot of shit banning a fucking video game... this pisses me off, its because too many wankers kill their grandma or something and have the cheeck to blame a fucking game that they shouldn't have anyway because they're 14 and the game is rated a fucking 18!!!

 

[Dundon's]

If I had a 12-16 year old kid I wouldn't really want him choking people out from behind with plastic bags either, that's if I'm to be totally honest.

@Gunrunner: Did you ever question why a kids toy store can sell adult products in the first place?

 

[Trev]

The game looked gash anyway.

Deffo a gore over content game, it's one thing putting gore in a game for detail, another to put it in for the "thrill" factor.

Expect to see more games like this banned with the PC brigade and nanny state we live in.

 

[Rossy Boy]

How gay, dont see the point in banning games tbh

 

[Dan]

This is quite clearly the worst decision in the history of the universe.


If they ban GTA, I can't be responsible for my actions.

 

[BarnDoor]

They would never ban a game like GTA. Public outcry would lead to riots and possibly to parliament being stormed, government collapsing and Marshal Law declared with Britain being thrown back into the stoneage or even worse, living like the Welsh

 

[Dan]

They would never ban a game like GTA. Public outcry would lead to riots and possibly to parliament being stormed, government collapsing and Marshal Law declared with Britain being thrown back into the stoneage or even worse, living like the Welsh

Too fucking right.


Apparently Manhunt is illegal to sell, but not illegal to own. I'm mates with the bloke who owns Chips down here, so maybe if I slip him a fiver...

 

[Jonny2J]

Play-Asia it is then.

 

[Gun_Runner]

If I had a 12-16 year old kid I wouldn't really want him choking people out from behind with plastic bags either, that's if I'm to be totally honest.

@Gunrunner: Did you ever question why a kids toy store can sell adult products in the first place?

What kids stores are you referring to? Because I was speaking of a shop like Game or Gamestation where the parents would go in and buy their kid a Rated 18 game even though the little cunt is 14 or whatever.

 

[BarnDoor]

No need for Play-Asia surely, I'm sure it will come out in Continental Europe and I'll just get it from there.

 

[Hunter]

No need for Play-Asia surely, I'm sure it will come out in Continental Europe and I'll just get it from there.

Play-Asia is generally a lot cheaper though I think, most games I see on there are about £29.99-£35 which is pretty good.

 

[Sweey]

In the wake of international bans and an Adults Only rating in the US, Manhunt 2 won't make its July 10 release date, Take-Two Interactive has confirmed. The game had been expected to ship that day for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo Wii.

"Take-Two Interactive Software has temporarily suspended plans to distribute Manhunt 2 for the Wii or PlayStation platforms while it reviews its options with regard to the recent decisions made by the British Board of Film Classification and Entertainment Software Rating Board," a representative told GameSpot. "We continue to stand behind this extraordinary game. We believe in freedom of creative expression, as well as responsible marketing, both of which are essential to our business of making great entertainment."

While the ESRB's initial rating of an AO for Adults Only doesn't explicitly prohibit the game from being sold, most major US retailers refuse to carry AO games, and console manufacturers prohibit their third-party publishers from releasing AO titles on their systems.

Source

 

[Viperized]

I think they'll probably reduce the gore level and resubmit for entry. I think thats the only thing they can do to sell the game in the UK.

 

[BonBon]

has anyone played postal 2 its way worse then this

 

[Original?]

What kids stores are you referring to? Because I was speaking of a shop like Game or Gamestation where the parents would go in and buy their kid a Rated 18 game even though the little cunt is 14 or whatever.

I used to work in Game and the number of parents that would buy games like GTA for their children despite staff actually warning them is ludicrous, this was for children as young as seven.

 

[Alvin]

@Gunrunner: Did you ever question why a kids toy store can sell adult products in the first place?

I hear it has something to do with a plot (conspiracy, you might say) conceived at the Bohemian Grove by a band of rabid proctologists.

 

[McGregor]

It is pathetic banning a game in this day and age. I cannot quite comprehend why they would ban this but allow films such as Hostel 2 which contains a number of graphic scenes. Surely a film is more realistic and is deemed more life like than a computer game hence I am dumbfounded about the decision. If it is purely to do with the possibility of young children playing it then that is pathetic as the parents should have enough sense and understand they should not buy it for them.

 

[Eric Clyde]

It is pathetic banning a game in this day and age. I cannot quite comprehend why they would ban this but allow films such as Hostel 2 which contains a number of graphic scenes. Surely a film is more realistic and is deemed more life like than a computer game hence I am dumbfounded about the decision. If it is purely to do with the possibility of young children playing it then that is pathetic as the parents should have enough sense and understand they should not buy it for them.

It is definitely the parents. I know some owners probably do sell games to under aged kids but where I live I have never been able to buy a game that is higher than my age limit. I couldn't even by a 15 rated game on my 16th birthday but the parents buy them then blame the developers/publishers for what the game has done to the kid, if anything.

Sometimes games are probably not even the source of the problem but when you hear that the kid involved in an accident happen to have a game like Manhunt or Grand Theft Auto, then the companies are immediately blamed. What a fucked up world we live in.

 

[BonBon]

anyone played it yet?