Now with Manhunt 2 finally out in North America, seems like everyone who could complain, is complaining.  I get on QJ.net and Maxconsole and see tons on controversy about manhunt 2 and how some dumb group about mental illness wants the game recalled and Rockstar already making a statement about the un-censor hack

Qj.net Wrote:With Manhunt 2 (PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii) already on shelves in North America, it looks like more and more organizations are condemning the game as well as Rockstar Games itself. The latest group to voice their opposition of Manhunt 2 is the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

NAMI is currently calling for Rockstar Games to either recall or further modify Manhunt 2. The group has also called on retailers to refrain from selling the game. NAMI claims that the game is an "irresponsible, stereotyped portrayal of mental illness."

Gamers will recall that the playable characters in the game, Daniel Lamb and Leo Kasper, are escapees from the Dixmor Institute for the Criminally Insane. The statement from NAMI further said that the game "unfortunately perpetuates and reinforces cruel, inaccurate perceptions that people who live with mental illnesses are violent."

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QJ.net Wrote:Wee earlier reported on a hack for Manhunt 2 on the PlayStation Portable, which enabled players to partially remove the censors that were in place to tone the game down from an AO to an M rating. This time around, it appears that even Take-Two Interactive's gotten wind of the hack, as they've reportedly been sending out a press statement. Here's how their message reads:

Multiple edits were made to revise Manhunt 2 for its M-rated version.


Hackers apparently have altered one of those edits to produce an illegally modified version of the game that can only be played on an unauthorized, modified PlayStation Portable handheld system.


All of the game material, and especially these specific edits, was submitted to and reviewed by the ESRB in accordance with requirements regarding disclosure that were enacted two years ago and any contrary suggestion is inaccurate and irresponsible.


Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick said, "I stand behind the game and the ESRB ratings process. It is unfortunately the case that no one in the entertainment software industry is immune from hacking. Wee hope that consumers will not engage in hacking or download illegally modified copies of our games. Wee encourage them to enjoy our games as they are meant to be played. Wee would also like to emphasize that Manhunt 2 is intended for an audience aged 17 and above."

Following its release to North America, Manhunt 2 for the PSP and Wii has already been the subject of much controversy from both watchdog groups and political leaders. And need wee remind the readers, this game's strictly for a Mature audience

- Source: [QJ.net]

I couldnt resist buying this game only because Jack Thompsons says not too....I'll be 30 in January and I was asked for ID to buy it.
When they release it for PC I'm buying it too.  Movies can show someone sawing off their own leg...Why can't games do whatever they want.

SchmilK Wrote:Movies can show someone sawing off their own leg...Why can't games do whatever they want.

I know, that makes me mad.

Jack Thompsons is the devil

Well now they will probably try to sue us now win
sum kid freaks out & kills there family lol

M= Mature....... What the hell is so damn confusing about that ..?

manhunt 3 For the win!!!!!!!!

Lol , they knew , when lefting the uncensored scene inside , they will be revealed.Off course maybe they just got lazy and don't want to remove already coded parts from the game.


And what's all about that game .... its just a game ... make it 18+ and its over,lol don't cause  i can't play it...

Quote:Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick said, "I stand behind the game and the ESRB ratings process. It is unfortunately the case that no one in the entertainment software industry is immune from hacking. Wee hope that consumers will not engage in hacking or download illegally modified copies of our games. Wee encourage them to enjoy our games as they are meant to be played. Wee would also like to emphasize that Manhunt 2 is intended for an audience aged 17 and above."

Lol , just lol. How the chairman will say : yeah wee did the game but then it got eXx1l3d,then wee hide somethings but remaking the game is too expensive and wee left them inside..... bah politics

(This post was last modified: 01/11/2007 03:12 PM by gsmoke.)

i have played the game in both uncut and not and when i was super high last playing it
i did see how it could graphic it could be (being stoned must have intensified the goriness).

but the game is still WAY better uncut
i wish they would have left levels 5 and 13 in though :(
must be some killer stuff in there :diablo: :whip:

(This post was last modified: 01/11/2007 03:20 PM by Shady.)

You know, the fact that it was hacked is something that can't be fixed. I mean, Star Wars Battlefront 2 was hacked to add levels,the Syphon Filter Logan's Shadow Demo was hacked to access a hidden multiplayer game, and the God of War demo was hacked to fight a cyclops.

It's ridiculous that they're up in arms about it. A hidden sex minigame is one thing, but all this does is change the color of the video back to normal. It's not hidden, it's altered.

And how is it an "inaccurate representation of mental illness"? It's not like the main character is schizophrenic or bipolar or something, he actually had his mind tampered with. If they'd get their politically-correct heads out of their politically-correct asses then they'd realize how stupid this whole thing is.