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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!
> Did the game make you care about the people you killed?
I cried a little river of tears, but then I restarted it and everyone was alive again so it turned out ok.
MWAH!
Until some serious independent research is done on the effects and the results are recognised, things won't really change either way. A small handful of games will be banned, others criticised in the press and nothing will change.
The marketing wheels will no doubt get set in motion & the game will come back to the headlines in a positive light - the more publicity, the more sales...
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.
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.
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Going back to Manhunt 2:
Apparently the game was already banned in Ireland, Australia are more strict than the UK so there's little hope of a PAL import there. If it's available anywhere in europe then you might be best off ordering it from that countries branch of Amazon.
It's bound to top the charts in Germany though!
Alfonse 1 System 0
I'll enjoy it over guiness... Irish people drink that right?