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Rockstar criticises “singling out” of games

June 29, 2007 in News comments 12

The Manhunt 2 controvery saga rolls on with Rockstar Games crying foul concerning, what it sees as, the unfair treatment of its latest hard-hitting horror title. GamerSquad listens intently but cannot see such moaning about media preference altering the decisions made by the BBFC and ESRB. Sorry.

In an official statement, the company took the opportunity to thank the fans who had shown their support, before suggesting that games were being singled out from other types of media when it came to censorship. Manhunt 2, argued Rockstar, had been the victim of "special treatment", meted out by authorities who had "effectively banned" the game through their decisions.
mistermostyn via gamersquad.com »
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    Deis Jun 30, 07
    It's been admitted already that Manhunt 2 was judged more harshly in the light of previous games; I'm not sure if that's perfeclty fair or not, but if they keep on pulling this stuff, what do they expect?
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      Final Blade Jun 30, 07
      Its not fair, you cant ban this game. They didnt with grand theft auto San Andreas and that showed sex scenes. That ratings is gay(intended as a joke).
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        Cruxis Mana Jun 30, 07
        The Hot Coffee mini-game did get banned though. Rockstar had to take back the games and remove it. As for people that already have it though ...
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          Final Blade Jun 30, 07
          The thing is i got it 2 years after they issued it and i still got the Hot coffee version. LOL
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    Deis Jun 30, 07
    Usually the ratings system is criticised for ranking sex or language over violence. In this case, I don't think that Hot Coffee mod is quite on the same level of a game that consists entirely of hunting down and killing people horribly.

    ...come to think of it, isn't that how most games go?
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    Miss Razz Jun 30, 07
    At least give the game an AO rating everywhere. Flat-out banning games (or movies, for that matter) is just poor.
    All that effort of making the game for nothing X_X
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    Cruxis Mana Jun 30, 07
    Banning games is rather pointless, but after all this time Rockstar should know that there new game is going to get a lot of media coverage. They've sort of brung it upon themselves if you ask me ...

    Still, I think an AO would do, instead of banning the game completely. Adults know that games are entirely fictional, its just the strange teens that end up killing people because " The game told them too ", which in turn, ruins it for everyone !
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      Final Blade Jun 30, 07
      The ironic thing is most games has so sort of killing. SO that would apply Most games should get banned. I say the idiots responsible for banning this game should get banned from playing and marking it as banned. Teach that fool.
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        Cruxis Mana Jun 30, 07
        It shouldn't have been banned, but don't you think this game would have been very gruesome on the Wii ?
        I mean, you would actually have to go through the motions of killing somebody !
        I think that's whats taken this game a step too far ...
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          Final Blade Jun 30, 07
          I say leave that to the players to decide. Im surprised they baned this game. companies love to make stuff and advertise it so you buy it. Isnt that what a business does
          In a game yes in real life no.
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    Rinkydink Jun 30, 07
    I fail to see how banning the game entirely is a good move. Why not just use the AO rating? Do they really think that people are so *bleep*ed that they cannot make any decisions for themselves? Sure you would get the odd parent who is going to buy the game for their child, but at the end of the day, it is the parents fault for doing it if the kid gets affected by the game in any form.

    Freedom of choice is slowly dying.
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      Final Blade Jun 30, 07
      Well you can thank the democrats for that. Since im pretty sure Hillary is a democrat, she had some involving in it. JT sounds like one too. From what i know They think were stupid and they have to make the decisions for us. Again this is what i read online. I dont follow politics as much cause it annoys me.

      I agree with you there.

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