Ultimately in this situation I have trust that the BBFC know what they're doing and if they say it should be banned, and Rockstar loose an appeal, then I don't see an issue with this whatsoever. If the violence portrayed is as bad, but no worse, than films that have been released under the 18 classification, then I don't see a reason to ban, however if there is something in there that is so distrubing that the BBFC felt that it was not acceptable for this to be exposed to the public, then I'm inclined to say that they know best - remember that the BBFC has actually been amazingly fair to videogames in the past. I haven't played Manhunt 2 so I can't really comment on it. On one level I agree with you guys that creative but violent games should not be stopped from sale to mentally-stable adults HOWEVER I think that we do need a vetting process and that banning games that are beyond what "the public" would consider acceptable and in good taste (and so that it doesn't disturb people) is equally as important. We should focus on making sure 18 rated games are only available to those over 18, and NOT punish everyone including the mature, responsible adults who want to play them. Get a grip BBFC, and stop pandering to the ill-informed knee-jerk reactionary Daily Mail readers in our society. I can assure you I have not stabbed anyone in the eye with a glass shard since playing it, and I don't intend to. And it is a game I'd want to play, because the last one was tense and exciting. OK, so it's gruesome but the graphics are hardly realistic, it's OBVIOUS you're just playing a game. As a 33 year old man with his head firmly screwed on, I find it DEEPLY insulting that some toff in a box can tell me what games I can and can't play.Īnd I very much doubt that the disturbing nature of Manhunt is nowhere near as bad as films such as Hostel and Wolf Creek, which are just violent for the sake of violence, while Manhunt is (as far as I know) a comment on violence in games. Stay tuned for updates throughout the day.īoooo! Ban the BBFC. SPOnG has contacted Rockstar, the BBFC and ELSPA for further comment on the news. See SPOnG?s recent preview of the game right here. ?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. ?There is sustained and cumulative casual sadism in the way in which these killings are committed, and encouraged, in the game. Manhunt 2 is distinguishable from recent high-end video games by its unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone in an overall game context which constantly encourages visceral killing with exceptionally little alleviation or distancing. In the case of Manhunt 2 this has not been possible. ?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. ?Rejecting a work is a very serious action and one which we do not take lightly,? BBFC director David Cooke stated. Are we to see a repeat of that in this case?
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That decision also garnered a lot of high value free publicity for what was a very average videogame. The BBFC?s decision to ban sales of the game in the UK is only the second time that the organisation has rejected a game ? the first being Carmageddon way back in 1997, a decision that was overturned by the Video Appeals Committee.
News just breaking is that Rockstar?s upcoming splatter-fest, Manhunt 2, has been rejected by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), which means it cannot legally be supplied anywhere in the UK.
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