Seems our British brethren won’t be placing plastic bags over the heads of their adversaries in Manhunt 2 for the Wii this summer. The Register reports:
Rockstar Games’ Manhunt 2 has been to all intents and purposes banned in the UK after the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) refused to certify the PS2 and Wii title. Without a BBFC certificate, the game can’t legally be sold here.
The BBFC’s verdict of the game is damning: “Manhunt 2 is distinguishable from recent high-end video games by its unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone in an overall game context which constantly encourages visceral killing with exceptionally little alleviation or distancing,” the organisation said today.
“Unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone in an overall game context which constantly encourages visceral killing with exceptionally little alleviation or distancing” — and it was said about a game making its way to a Nintendo system? My my my. The times they are a changin’.
There’s something to be said about a game like Manhunt being sold illegally, don’t you think? Sweet irony.
[Thanks, Daniel]