UK: Manhunt 2 BANNED!

(from kotaku)

I agree with the decision if it takes things too far, people are going to slam me for saying that I know, but listen.

The problem doesn't come from the usual gamer who says "I played games when I ripped peoples heads off when I was younger, and it hasn't affected me".

The problem comes from the people who aren't stable and in full contact with the world and cannot differentiate between fact and fiction fully.

 

But this could be spurred on by any game, not just the really violent ones; if games ever get so realistic that normal people can't differentiate them from reality, we might have an issue.

 

I knew this was going to happen...

In some ways I can see what they mean, and like doug said, there are people in this world who could potentially get a bit too wound up playing it.

However, the simple fact that it is a game and that there are films out there far worse (I'm looking at you SAW).

At least they have a decent reason, not just "God told me to ban all games!"

 

But the ultra violent ones can cause the most problems, yes studies show that they don't, but how well do we really know what affects us? TV has been used to teach us, so why not games? They may not be designed to do it, but they do.

And remember, this was slated for the Wii, so the hand controls to throttle, punch, slash and so on, which are designed to "enhance" the game experience, in fact enhance it too far.

There are 6 weeks to appeal so it may do a Carmegeddon and get the decision overturned.

 

I bet it's no worse than Hostel 2.

 

Manhunt 2 banned!?

Aw. I loved manhunt.

That said, I might agree with the choice too - if this was released on the Wii (as was planned, I think), it would cause a lot of confusion. Parents tend to assume that everything released on a children's games console is for children.
Wrong.
It's not like them movies. Kids can handle most 18 films, but games are interactive, personal and engaging. Besides, there are some 18 films that kids should NOT be shown; same for games. Manhunt is the equivalent of Cannibal Holocaust. It's just something else...putting this alongside Picmin and Mario Galaxy just seems very, very wrong.
Also, there's the question of how much gaming enjoyment a game like this can deliver...and if it can, whether that's a good thing.
I enjoyed manhunt, but it was a very guilty pleasure. I felt slightly unclean afterwards.

 

Well gents, nothing stops you from cracking the torrents open and giving this a play. Hop to it, then.

 

torrents

Good idea...will ebay ban it from being sold by USA sellers to UK buyers? I can't remember how they stand on things like this.

 

How would they do that? Crack open every parcel from an out of nation games shop?

 

It's just banned from being sold in this country, you can import but you'll be assuming that no other PAL country will have it banned

 

mexico!

I'll get it from somewhere. Just you watch

 

I cant argue with this to be honest, they seem to have given it a fair appraisal. Honestly some stuff probably is a bit too brutal to be on the shelf next to super mario. GTA etc have a comedy slant or action film environment that takes the edge off it, a game that just makes an excusable environment for you to be a serial killer in is probably a bit over the top. I would hope a game about suicide bombing or mass genocide got treated like this so I suppose I cant argue with this game getting the same treatment. That said people desperate to play it will probably have no problems getting it and Ill probably be among them.

 

Damn. I thought i was in real life, why can't i fly no more.

 

easy to make fun, but there WAS that kid who killed his friend with a cleaver after playing manhunt.
Granted, he was obviously screwed up anyway, but if media input hadn't given him ideas, he'd probably still be torturing insects, and someone would have noticed the signs and gotten him help. As is, he's in some young offender's institute for the rest of his life...

 

Ignorance is bliss eh?

The killer never owned nor played the game, as confirmed by the police. But, ironically, the victim did. Despite only being 14. The motive behind the killing was drug-related robbery. The videogame had absolutely nothing to do with the case.

http://www.beemoh.co.uk/article.php?31

 

And you know, because videogames totally motivate violence. It has nothing to do with violent programming shown on TV. In fact, statistics show that gamers who smoke are 3500% more likely to go on a killing spree of unborn children in conservative voters, as to where individuals which only watch 30 hours of violent programming per week are 6% more likely to go to Yale.

 

Well now, this is pathetic isn't it? Our government dictating what we can and cannot play, in the privacy of our own homes? This is a very sorry state of affairs, and one that I hope is corrected. The government have no business telling adults what media they can and cannot enjoy, so long as it has been created without directly harming others(like child porn for instance, or snuff vids).

A sad day for Britain.

 

the BBFC is not government controlled - it's an independent body.

 

And who's going to enforce their rulings when everyone ignores them?

 

huh? well, AFAIK they're perfectly within their rights to distribute it via their own channel. Just not in retail stores. i remember reading an EDGE article on the BBFC, it was very enlightening. shame i forgot everything in it!