| gebx said: Correct if I'm wrong but Manhunt 2 wasn't banned from any country... It received a AO rating therefore it wouldn't be available in most stores... therefore killing whatever chance it had to be profitable. RockStar pulled the game, fixed it up so that it can be sold at EBgames, Circuit City, Walmart, etc. |
It was banned in the UK.
Manhunt 2 Banned in UK
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has announced that it won't issue an age rating for Rockstar's upcoming Manhunt 2, rendering it illegal for the game to be supplied anywhere in the UK.
Rockstar has submitted both Playstation 2 and Wii versions of the game for BBFC to review, and both got the same judgment. PSP version was not yet submitted, but it is expected to suffer the same fate if it is ever presented.
Here is BBFC official statement:
"Rejecting a work is a very serious action and one which we do not take lightly. 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. In the case of Manhunt 2 this has not been possible. 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. There is sustained and cumulative casual sadism in the way in which these killings are committed, and encouraged, in the game."
http://www.megagames.com/news/html/console/manhunt2bannedinuk.shtml
