BBFC seeks to keep Manhunt 2 banned

Give it an 18 rating, anyone over 18 should not have to be subject to some arbitrary unrepresentative board deciding what adults have a right to see! Books or films do not get this treatment! Just think of the SAW films for god's sake! I hope the BBFC gets a well-deserved slap in the face for this whole fiasco.

actually films are subject to similar treatment, the BBFC is pretty liberal, but will edit film content if it sees fit (they will cut any glorified sexual violence for example).

I still think it's in the industries best interest to not be releasing content that can be seen as sick or depraved, with no artistic merrit. The last thing we need is more attempts by the government to clamp down on violent videogames (see Germany and Japan) because the tabloids have been given a new posterchild for "evil video games".

I have a feeling the BBFC didn't like the blatantly obvious use of their rating system to hype up Rockstars's crap, and this is just a warning to other publishers that want to advertise by generating "OMG BAN!!!" hype in the tabloids.

+1 Im sick of hearing about this crappy game too!

No your not! You comment on every Manhunt post!

Well you own a PS3, so yeah.

Are you comparing the the liberation of Europe from the hands of the nazis to this sick waste of space game???
If you are then explain your reasoning

I wouldn't count on it. Its much easier to snipe with phrases like "real blood soaked histories on their hands" than to actually back up that position.

Correction: Only the government is on your side. Everyone else here fucking hates you.

Have a nice day!

@ anthony

Congrats on your (poor) reading skills and your (lack of) knowledge of history. I said all countries have real blood on their hands and listed 3 examples: Nazi Germany (Extermination of People), Vietnam (Torturing and Killing on Both Sides with the US being the needlessly lead aggressor), Rape of Nanking (Japan torture, raping and killing Chinese).

Were the hell you got "comparing the the liberation of Europe from the hands of the nazis to this sick waste of space game", I have no fucking idea.

But if you want to know the horrible things the UK have done and are still doing, all you need to do is Wikipedia British history. Lets put it this way, were do you think Americans learned how to be bloodthirsty and greedy for power from?

Also, you know were they get the ideas on how to kill people from? Watch the news for awhile. You will know. If any of you are wondering why our media is violent, then just look in the fucking mirror.

You know, sidepocket, if the thought of your ancestors, or anyone elses ancestors having blood on your hands disturbs you so much, why don't you go do something about it.

Oh wait. You can't. How about you learn to deal with it and bitch less. Human history is written in the blood of the losers. Deal with it.

@ Crono

Fuck yea I am doing something nice about it. It's very simple really. I am going to respect people for who they are. I am going to try to solve life's problems though the legal way. I disdain real life violence and killing unless it is survival in its up most and purest form. I am also going to teach my kids this way and other so hopefully in a few generations, at least 5 people will start being like humans instead of animals.

So what you are saying is because history is written with the blood of the users that makes it right? So systematically killing a bunch of Jews, hay they were Nazis. Its natural this kind of cruel shit should happen, so people should not be upset over it. Hay, we should be thanking Hitler! He let the natural cycle go on!

You see how fucked up and stupid that sounds?

Not to mention we are in a real problem right now. The UK has tons of Chavs and Street Gangs, people I know that live there get robbed and fucked up on a daily basis...and they are worried about a fucking video game?

Degrading the impact of Real Life Violence while making a big deal out of Fantasy Violence is not going to do a good service to our species. At all.

In short, a 8 year old child could have came up with a better thought out retort than you Crono. Nice try, you get a free sample of our home game.

@ Crono

Also more on how weak your retort is. You expect me, living in this day and age, to some how magically time travel to humanities past so that I can undo all the mistakes that have been done. Sorry but as of now time traveling is impossible. If you have the powers to do that, then fuck, you go ahead and do that all wize Crono.

Oh wait, you can't. Not to mention, FIXING WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPEND IS NOT THE FUCKING POINT DIPSHIT!!!

The point is that humanity has been violent before video games. Its built into our DNA. We do have an amazing gift to actually chose most times when we can be violent, but most of us like you Crono are so stupid and short sighted that you just let the instinct take over.

We cannot undo the past but we can shape our future. Banning violent video games will not help. Being actual humans instead of reverting to our animal nature will.

Oh, and the whole point of bad history is that I find it ironic that the most censored nations are the ones that are/were the most bloodthirsty.

"Oh Timmy, do not play the fantasy violent game that is not reality! It's not good for you. Here, instead read about how we set sail on boats and stole countries. Exploited people for slavery and made some of the best serial killers known! That is WAAAAAY more appropriate than all this fantasy stuff!"

Funny, it sounded more like you were pissed that every nation on earth has been responsible for killing somebody else. And then bitching because of it.

Sorry, but you just come across as a whiney emo kid who can't stand who he his, where his parents came from, or how they got there.

"Here, instead read about how we set sail on boats and stole countries. Exploited people for slavery and made some of the best serial killers known! That is WAAAAAY more appropriate than all this fantasy stuff!"

See its that kind of stupid crap that makes me unable to take you seriously.

And the whole point was YOU CAN"T CHANGE WHERE YOU CAME FROM. So nagging and bitching about HISTORY is pointless. Hence, you need to learn to DEAL WITH IT. Congradulations on finding the point, but not finding the point, in your second retort.

Feel free to try and create this great society of pansies unwilling and unable to fight for what they believe in. Then, when you clash with a society that is will and able, feel free to perish and go extinct.

We can all dream about the happy future where everyone is happy and nobody gets killed in war or domestic violence, but its never going to happen, ever.