this stuff happens in the real world every day, by trying to cover it up and hide it the big board of ratings people are trying to misinform the public, thats completely wrong. Once the kids who are playing this grow up it will be a hard step into reality for them because of this censorship.

arguable it messes with the player's psyche, but having played the 1st one i must same i'm the same after as before. Neither myself nor anyone whom i know to have played the game changed at all.

As an avid life-long (adult) gamer, I could understand if this were banned from release for the Wii console, because (IMHO) Nintendo Consoles (and their exclusive properties/titles) from the NES to Wii are primarily aimed at younger audiences than the other platforms available in any given era. I found the first Manhunt to be an enjoyable, guilty pleasure, which i still occasional play from time to time. Would I let my children play it? Most likely not; and that's what the RSRB Ratings are for in the first place. Or so I thought.

My God!! Why would you ban the game just for that? Who cares if it is gorey. If it is that violent just put a warning on the game and for anyone who finds it offensive don't buy it.
It is probaly someones ma taking a psycho..... Man this is bulls**t

So true Bloodhawk_DX. So true..

This is absolute rubbish, the UK always moan about stupid things if its such a big issue about age ratings then why do the shops never ask for ID many times iv seen kids get games they shouldnt but the shops dont care as they get there money!
so because of this people who really want this game like myself purley for entainment have to miss out,
AND HERE WE ARE THINKING WE LIVE IN A FREE WORLD WHAT A LOAD OF S**T!

...and here I was thinking my own country, the US, was a bunch of hypocrites. The rest of the world isn't far behind us.

wondo691 is a very clever man

I'm making the same point I made before (slightly rephrased) and which was pulled from the board. Which I think is perfectly valid and neither 'rascist' nor 'offensive', but obviously the auto censor kicked in.

If you wish to be subjected to gore and horror, and become a trained killer, who kills without question - join the army! I used the term 'potentially rascist' (stress the potentially) last time and this is simply due to the fact that there have been examples of abuse during war-time. And many offensive terms for nations e.g. G**k ', Japs' or 'Kraut' have been used in a rascist way. I in no way encourage or support rascist activity in any way, nor the killing of innocent people for that matter.

...all of this happening as Hostel II releases worldwide. Yay for unfair censorship and condemnation against video games.

http://www.gopetition.co.uk/petitions/stop-the-bbfc-ban-on-manhunt-2.html

Random petition that appears to be picking up pace for all you fellow brits!

My Daily Mail sense is tingling..

pc brigade win again easy to blame video games and movies for violence mankind has been a violent race since we first evolved any normal sane person will distinguish between real life and fantasy playing this game will not make you go out and kill people unless you are mentally unstable we had serial killers and murders well before video games and movies existed and its parents responabilty to stop their children from playing and seeing what they can and can not politicians use these games as scapegoats to pursue their own agendas

I don't get it. I thought that films are more realistic than games. You know - even GoW doesn't look THAT real. Even more, the graphics of the game are far from realistic due to the consoles' limited processing power (it's not on the X360 or PS3).
Why are such movies like 'Saw' and 'Hostel' available? They show REAL people KILLING or being KILLED in them. Sadism of the last 'Saw' made me feel sick. So, why didn't those guys denied classification of 'Saw'? Why don't they ban themselves instead of blocking titles that can be easily blocked by the parental control function? I just don't get it

So what are the ratings for? If they rate a game too violent that's OK, but to ban it from sale? That's ridiculous, then just ban all violent games and destroy all rating systems.

Seriously, this sucks. I really wanted to play Manhunt 2. It looked fun. Not that I'd get it for the Wii (particularly an easy choice, given my lack of Wii-ness), I could understand the banning of the Wii version. That I can understand, but on the PSP or PS2? If Manhunt was such a brutal game why didn't they slap that with an AO or a ban? Hell, the story of that one is more controversial than Manhunt 2. Let's compare them, shall we? Manhunt: guy who has to brutally murder people for the enjoyent of perverted and twisted individuals. Versus Manhunt 2, which just has a doctor turned mental patient whose trying to recover his identity. Jeez, people these days are too damn sensitive.

How about we ban WAR instead? And ban weapons while we are at it too?

A game is just a game.

That'll show those Brits

Ok, how to put this bluntly without pissing people off about what to stand for and what not to stand for?

Ok Manhunt in fact is a game, in that your role as the character is to stealth, and "murder" NPC's (non playable characters) for those of you who dont know. Now everyone is on the fritz about how this game can make kids kill and people kill and yada yada yada.

Let me ask you a question "you think they should have taken the rogue out of World of Warcraft? i mean his sole role in that game is to stealth and poision. hmmm kinda "lethal" way of disposing of an npc. Or how bout the animal right orginization comming to sue blizzard because they kill bears and tigers, that will teach our kids its ok to beat the family dog with a stick.

We as people need to start to realize (in America anyway, im not sure how things are run in the UK) that they are games. movies/stories u play. This game is in no way shape or form( at least the way i see it) different from FEAR, or HALO, or HALF LIFE 2. If u want to live in a life with no violence, rape, crime, etc....go to the moon. start a new planet, because in reality your not going to stop people from buying this game just like your not gonna stop someone from shooting up a bank.

I grew up with doom and RE games....these came out when i was a teen, i didnt go around killin people that had skin disorders! Or grab the shotgun, and destroy the universe, because i knew from my parents telling me when i was a kid THAT ITS A GAME....A BUNCH OF SPRITES ON A SCREEN THAT DO WHAT I TELL THEM TO.

now in all seriousness....would i let my 4 year old play it...no....because if he/she sees that. At that age they are impressionable, so i agree, but if little kids are gonna play this then the parents should be punished....not the gamers (who are of age that can legaly buy it) and the creators. Now if someone who is 18+ plays this and decides to go on a mass murder frenzy. Go ahead. Blame ROCKSTAR...that u in fact were a dumass and cant pick out reality from fantasy. Its people like that (who cant take the ass whipping when they need one and have to blame "media entertainment") who will in fact be the down fall of American society. not because that the mass population needs the censorship, but because ONE person screws up and blames someone or something else and doesnt have the BA#%& to accept the fact that he screwed up

now i understand alot of people probably didnt read all of this or there flippin their wigs because it pissed them of (HOW CAN HE STAND UP FOR THOSE **** AT ROCKSTAR) im not standing up for them per-say.....im just trying to elaborate on a very stingy subject....and all i hoped to accomplish from this comment / blog is to show u "both sides of the story.

Rockstar asked for this and I hope the scumbags get the message. Making a game (that they know will be played by kids) that is nothing but an excuse to act out violent fantasies will cost you. Seriously, are they trying to make Jack Thompson a national hero?

For anyone that is intrested. NO ONE will be playing Manhunt 2 , not just Brits. Sony, Nintendo and MS do not allow AO games on their consoles (AO is the rating this game gets). It is effectively banned on all consoles. The only platform that Manhunt 2 could come out on in its current state is PC.