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Censors ban 'brutal' video game
British censors have banned a violent video game from the UK for the first time in a decade.
The video game Manhunt 2 was banned for its "unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying", the British Board of Film Classification said.
It means the Manhunt sequel cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK.
The parents of a Leicester schoolboy who blamed the original game for the murder of their 14-year-old son said they were "absolutely elated".
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I've not played the first, but I think my brother did. Anything that gets a ban by the BBFC (is this a film or a game? BBF&GC :S) is a game I have to play!
British censors have banned a violent video game from the UK for the first time in a decade.
The video game Manhunt 2 was banned for its "unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying", the British Board of Film Classification said.
It means the Manhunt sequel cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK.
The parents of a Leicester schoolboy who blamed the original game for the murder of their 14-year-old son said they were "absolutely elated".
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I've not played the first, but I think my brother did. Anything that gets a ban by the BBFC (is this a film or a game? BBF&GC :S) is a game I have to play!
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Yeah. It got changed so the people were zombies and the blood was green.
Ive just watched a few Manhunt 2 trailers and it looks a lot better than the first one, gameplay wise.
Ive just watched a few Manhunt 2 trailers and it looks a lot better than the first one, gameplay wise.
Didn't they also ban Carmageddon? lol
I think so, yes. When you start to find things like that funny, thats when the censors start to panic. The blood effects were pretty crap though.
Those blood effects were cheap, anyone else find parts of that more funny than disturbing? Homerunnn!
I'm one of the reasons this game is banned aren't I? :|
I'm one of the reasons this game is banned aren't I? :|
This perfectly illustrates my point
There's little comparison between this and Hitman in terms of violence.
And stating the obvious but the above link contains extreme violence.
There's little comparison between this and Hitman in terms of violence.
And stating the obvious but the above link contains extreme violence.
Hedfix wrote:
> Nin wrote:
> To be fair, the orginal Manhunt is the only game i've played
> and
> thought "This is a bit much, maybe the censors have a
> point". It was grim and to some extent it did train you to
> think like a killer as you couldnt just run around massacring
> people as in GTA, it required patience and stalking.
>
> Aka Splinter Cell.
Splinter Cell and Manhunt are two entirely different games in the way theyre presented. SC and Hitman while violent are cartonish and quite clean and clinical. Manhunt is just plain nasty.
> Which is daft as the game's based upon those weird 'hunt the
> homeless' action movies that were around in the late 80's and
> early nineties. Infact Running Man's probably an influence.
Comes down to presentation. 80's graphics couldnt show you anything disturbing.
> It's a pathetic ruling.
I agree with that. An 18 certificate should be enough
> And what about Hitman: Blood money? Don't care about civilian
> casualties? Mow 'em all down! Senselessly killing children with
> crowbars in Deus Ex: Invisible War? Oh that's fine too. Marrying
> several wives and lopping their heads off? Clearly Fable should
> be banned.
>
> etc etc.
Once again, presentation. The level of detail in the violence in Manhunt goes way beyond any other game.
> Nin wrote:
> To be fair, the orginal Manhunt is the only game i've played
> and
> thought "This is a bit much, maybe the censors have a
> point". It was grim and to some extent it did train you to
> think like a killer as you couldnt just run around massacring
> people as in GTA, it required patience and stalking.
>
> Aka Splinter Cell.
Splinter Cell and Manhunt are two entirely different games in the way theyre presented. SC and Hitman while violent are cartonish and quite clean and clinical. Manhunt is just plain nasty.
> Which is daft as the game's based upon those weird 'hunt the
> homeless' action movies that were around in the late 80's and
> early nineties. Infact Running Man's probably an influence.
Comes down to presentation. 80's graphics couldnt show you anything disturbing.
> It's a pathetic ruling.
I agree with that. An 18 certificate should be enough
> And what about Hitman: Blood money? Don't care about civilian
> casualties? Mow 'em all down! Senselessly killing children with
> crowbars in Deus Ex: Invisible War? Oh that's fine too. Marrying
> several wives and lopping their heads off? Clearly Fable should
> be banned.
>
> etc etc.
Once again, presentation. The level of detail in the violence in Manhunt goes way beyond any other game.
I was about to post about that. click here
That's definitely not right. The whole James Bulger story was horrific and using an image of it in a game is way out of line.
That's definitely not right. The whole James Bulger story was horrific and using an image of it in a game is way out of line.
Games have been in the news a lot lately, there was that one that used the church or whatever in Manchester and something about a game that had footage of that boy being led off. Which by the way I found really disturbing. Why would two young boys just take a kid and then kill him :S I never had a desire to kill people when I was 10.
Im not against violent games. After all, they are just games. As Alfonse pointed out, you dont feel sorry for the dead games characters. Manhunt, however, had a completely different vibe to other games that Ive played. It felt a lot more depraved and it actively rewarded you the more extreme you became.
Nin wrote:
> To be fair, the orginal Manhunt is the only game i've played and
> thought "This is a bit much, maybe the censors have a
> point". It was grim and to some extent it did train you to
> think like a killer as you couldnt just run around massacring
> people as in GTA, it required patience and stalking.
Aka Splinter Cell.
> After a while you realise that it is an 18 certificate and if
> the law could be upheld then it shouldnt be a problem. As always
> though, thats not the case as proven by that boy of 13 who was
> murdered and whose parents then had the nerve to blame the game
> they bought for him.
Which is daft as the game's based upon those weird 'hunt the homeless' action movies that were around in the late 80's and early nineties. Infact Running Man's probably an influence.
> I cant remember whether it came out on the PSOne or PS2 but i'd
> expect it to be even more vicious and viceral this time. Maybe
> thats censors issue with it. Either way i expect this decision
> to be overruled on appeal, unless there is something
> ridiculously bad in it.
It's a pathetic ruling. Something like Splinter Cell allows you to go around stabbing an awful lot of people in a frenzy on the easier settings and only the context is different although they have pushed Fisher further and further from playing by the rules.
And what about Hitman: Blood money? Don't care about civilian casualties? Mow 'em all down! Senselessly killing children with crowbars in Deus Ex: Invisible War? Oh that's fine too. Marrying several wives and lopping their heads off? Clearly Fable should be banned.
etc etc.
> To be fair, the orginal Manhunt is the only game i've played and
> thought "This is a bit much, maybe the censors have a
> point". It was grim and to some extent it did train you to
> think like a killer as you couldnt just run around massacring
> people as in GTA, it required patience and stalking.
Aka Splinter Cell.
> After a while you realise that it is an 18 certificate and if
> the law could be upheld then it shouldnt be a problem. As always
> though, thats not the case as proven by that boy of 13 who was
> murdered and whose parents then had the nerve to blame the game
> they bought for him.
Which is daft as the game's based upon those weird 'hunt the homeless' action movies that were around in the late 80's and early nineties. Infact Running Man's probably an influence.
> I cant remember whether it came out on the PSOne or PS2 but i'd
> expect it to be even more vicious and viceral this time. Maybe
> thats censors issue with it. Either way i expect this decision
> to be overruled on appeal, unless there is something
> ridiculously bad in it.
It's a pathetic ruling. Something like Splinter Cell allows you to go around stabbing an awful lot of people in a frenzy on the easier settings and only the context is different although they have pushed Fisher further and further from playing by the rules.
And what about Hitman: Blood money? Don't care about civilian casualties? Mow 'em all down! Senselessly killing children with crowbars in Deus Ex: Invisible War? Oh that's fine too. Marrying several wives and lopping their heads off? Clearly Fable should be banned.
etc etc.
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