Cita de wii.qj.Net:
UK authorities ban Manhunt 2
Posted Jun 19, 2007 at 06:31AM by Sally B. Listed in: News, Games, Manhunt 2 Tags: PS2, British Board of Film Classification
Manhunt 2 Daniel Lamb - Image 1Rockstar Games just took a major hit: Manhunt 2 just got banned in UK by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). "We took a lot of time in examining Manhunt 2. Banning is not something we take lightly," said BBFC's Sue Clark, who assures that they take video game censorship more seriously than in any other country.
Clark also said that they had about six video game examiners play through the game for several hours, aided with cheat codes to access almost everything in the game, with some of them obviously not liking what they saw. They were also given a copy of the game's script, which just about hammered the final nail on the coffin of Manhunt 2's UK ban.
Said examiners submitted a unfavorable report of the game to a BBFC panel, comprised Sir Quentin Thomas, Lord Taylor Warwick, and Janet Lewis-Jones.
Manhunt, it's prequel, was blamed for the murder of a 14-year old boy and was already banned in several countries. The recent move to ban Manhunt 2 in the UK may also mean that the same may happen in both Germany and Australia.
The distributors of the game can still appeal the decision according to law, but UK gamers won't have any reason to hope for a reversal. BBFC Director David Cooke said the following in his statement regarding the issue:
Rejecting a work is a very serious action and one which we do not take lightly. Where possible we try to consider cuts or, in the case of games, modifications which remove the material which contravenes the Board's published Guidelines. In the case of Manhunt 2 this has not been possible.
Seems like what they saw in Manhunt 2 did not prompt only mere censorship, but an outright ban. UK gamers may still opt to import the game, however.
Read David Cooke's entire statement after the jump!
Viene a decir que un grupo de expertos han testado el juego, ayudados por cheats y han decicido que no se publique en Uk por su alto contenido violento. En el caso de otros juegos se optó por eliminar las partes violentas del mismo, pero con Manhunt 2 es imposible.
A los jugadores de Uk solo les quedara la opcion de importar el juego.
Cita:
http://wii.qj.net/UK-authorities-ban-Manhunt-2/pg/49/aid/95489