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With the recent AO rating given to Rockstar's Manhunt 2, provided that it's impending appeal fails, will be only the 24th game given the elusive AO rating. Indeed, many of these games aren't really games but interactive porn magazines but there are some 'real' games, such as Thrill Kill, which made the list.
Only 23 games have ever been rated Adults Only in the 13-year history of the Entertainment Software Rating Board, according to the board's site.
If Manhunt 2's AO rating sticks it will be the twenty-fourth title to receive such a rating and the first console title, not including the Hot Coffee edition of GTA San Andreas, to get such a distinction.
Other AO titles include Playboy the Mansion: Private Party, which received its rating due to nudity and strong sexual content; the director's cut of Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy, which received the rating for Blood, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol and Violence; and Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude Uncut and Uncensored, which received the rating for, well, everything.
Hit the jump for the full list of AO-rated "games."
Comments
Naturally, I played it first. XD
That's the difference.
The ESRB has been defending the game industry for many years against several attacks on violent material before. It may just be that Manhunt 2 truly is the most violent game to date, and may actually deserve a stronger rating than M. At least, that's what the folks down at IGN say, and most of their advice is pretty sound.
That said, I'm not in support of any bans. Censorship always leads down a dark road, and I think people deserve to buy what they want. I think the best solution would be to create another category, a way to separate AO games between violence and porn, and better inform people what they are getting. Perhaps a VM, very mature, for overly violent games, and AO for pornographic games. Both would be 18+, but publishers could mark the difference, as well as consumers.
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