Still No ManHunt 2 For the UK Says BBFC
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The British Board of Film Classification has announced that it has rejected Rockstar’s Manhunt 2 for a second time, following the recent submission of a revised version of the game.
An appeal against the organisation’s original decision in June was planned by Rockstar, but that was suspended while the revised game was considered for classification.
The director of the BBFC, David Cooke, explained, “We recognise that the distributor has made changes to the game, but we do not consider that these go far enough to address our concerns about the original version. The impact of the revisions on the bleakness and callousness of tone, or the essential nature of the gameplay, is clearly insufficient. There has been a reduction in the visual detail in some of the ‘execution kills’, but in others they retain their original visceral and casually sadistic nature.
“We did make suggestions for further changes to the game, but the distributor has chosen not to make them, and as a result we have rejected the game on both platforms. The decision on whether or not an appeal goes ahead lies with the distributor.”
Manhunt 2 has only been confirmed for release in North America, where it’ll debut on Wii, PlayStation 2 and PSP on October 31, with an M rating for Mature audiences aged 17 and over.
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