...UK release unlikely...

funny how people are so uptight about games sometimes, why didnt they ban the book American psyko?

because people don' t read

Disaster! I thought we were allowed to do anything with our free time in this day and age. Can' t have been that much more violent than Manhunt could it? Maybe the BBFC rater broke a pencil out of anger after playing it and got scared...

Just typical. One of the first real (third-party) games the Wii gets in ages and it isn' t even being released over here.

This is only the second game ever to have been banned in the UK. The first was Carmageddon - which was eventually allowed after it swapped pedestrians for Zombies.

I think this sucks hairy bollocks. I am a 32 year old grown man and I don' t need some interfering twat face to tell me which games I am allowed to play or to ' protect' me.

FUCK OFF BBFC! Companies like Rockstar actually contribute something to the economy of the UK!

The fact that people in other parts of the world will be able to enjoy(?) a game that was created in the UK while we miss out really gets on my tit end.

Fuck! I wasn' t even that bothered about this game but now I' ll have to import it - and it will probably be adolescent shite not worth writing home about.

Isn' t this exactly the kind of thread our Euro friends would just love to have titled " Only in America" ...?

The game itself looks like crap, like most everything Rockstar does.

It' s got some decent reviews apparently but I have to admit that it I wasn' t bothered about it before it got banned - I' m 32 years old so I value my immaturity more than my maturity.

I think the UK has taken the first moronic step in going down the road of the USA in targeting VideoGames for the ills of society. I always thought that in the UK we where above this sort of bullshit but it appears otherwise.

Games getting banned in the UK is a major issue though because it' s never happened before and I really hope this doesn' t set a precedent.

Nah, it' s Germany' s fault.

Well how about you all jump on a boat to Belgium I' ll be waiting for ya with a huge load of Manhunt 2 games for all of ya.

Ay Nitro you' re right. The germans are very strict with what games they allow to be sold...banning in my eyes is just bullshit.

There' s a rating for a reason, the ones selling games should take their responsibility and only sell it to adults then.

I think the U.K. has lost its mojo...

No great loss to me. I wasn' t what you' d call a fan of the first game, the violence was excessive and far too realistic. I quite honestly don' t know how anyone could enjoy such a realistic depiction of violence. But that' s just me...

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Ruh roh! Problems in the US too!

ESRB has rated it Adults Only and so stores like Walmart won' t be carrying it.

UK gaming magazine NGamer managed to review the highly controversial game Manhunt 2, and determined why it got hammered with a ban. But contrary to what you may think, they gave Manhunt 2 a very positive review: a crisp rating of 92%. They even referred to Manhunt 2 as " one of the best games on Wii" .

And yes, it turned out to be the best in what it was meant to do: submerge players in what could be the most realistic splatterfest out to shock most weak-stomached people. The game is out to offend many people with its gratuitous violence and some sex scenes, and children finding themselves within a 500 mile radius of a copy of Manhunt 2 will be better off running away for dear life.

It' s that awesome.

What made the Wii version so deliciously gruesome was its motion-controlled interface, which probably what made it stand out compared to other Manhunt 2 platforms. Reports NGamer: " An icon appears in the corner of the screen, showing a simple Nunchuk or remote motion, which you must copy to initiate the killing."

The immersive motion controls will also make players feel as if they' re committing the murder with their own hands. Initiating a killing starts simple enough, by pressing the A button. Then it gets graphic.

Each execution has several stages, activated by a chopping motion, or a prod, or a slam to the floor, or a sawing movement...executions are much more physical with the Wii controls, and we found we felt more immersed in the game world in general thanks to them.

Manhunt 2 certainly delivers in the macabre atmosphere department. NGamer noted that players will eventually find themselves engaged in a bloodfest while a pornographic movie plays in the background, or wandering inside a torture chamber located just under a fetish-themed nightclub. The nicest place to do an execution while doing a sawing motion on your Wiimote, yes?

NGamer mentioned that what they have reported was just the tip of the iceberg. It' s better to experience Manhunt 2 than to read about it, they said. Well UK gamers, there are lots of ways to know what they' re talking about.

source: http://pspupdates.qj.net

If that ever happened in Canada someone would be assasinated.

The discussion of manhunt 2, is making the danish minister of art and cultur, so consider changing the art and media law, to ban selling movies and video games of an adult nature to kids. As it is right now, there is no regulation in that regard!

I just found out that the Wii version (and only the Wii version) might get an Adult rating! Although it' s more likely that the game will be changed to get the M rating.

http://www.dailytech.com/Manhunt+2+Rated+as+Adults+Only+for+North+America/article7762.htm

" Wii' s controller will let gamers make killing motions"

Using the Wiimote as a knife to stab the enemies. Now that' s fucking cool.

This is what the Wiimote is for. I want this game.

bet you guys that this game will end up on shelves, anyway if you want it bad, import it!