Rockstar: “Industry should rally behind us”

mistermostyn | August 16, 2007 | News | Playstation 2 Wii

The Manhunt 2 controversy rumbles on today, with Gordon Hall of Rockstar Leeds standing firm behind the company's latest violent adventure, which has been banned in the UK and slapped with an AO rating in the US.

Rockstar Leeds boss Gordon Hall has called on the rest of the games industry to support the company in the Manhunt 2 controversy. Speaking to Develop Magazine, Hall defended the Rockstar London-developed game, which has been banned in a number of countries, and had commercially damaging age certifications slapped on it in others.

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volacide | August 16, 2007

Nope, try making good games rather than just controversial games Rockstar. Then I'll rally behind you.

And people, stop buying their games just because they're controversial.

Grand Theft Auto is the only game that is any good, and even that isn't as good as everyone says it is.
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  Gogetenks | August 16, 2007
  
  According to Games Radar, Manhunt 2 was not only good, but excellent. The violence is a part of the game, it's part of what makes the game so intense and so nerve-racking. The first Manhunt was a so-so game, but it doesn't mean Manhunt 2 is.
  
  Really, I don't think the game should be banned. It is extremely violent, but there are movies that are much worse and are still with an NC-17 rating. It's illegal to sell the game to anyone under 17 and Rockstar said that it is intended specifically for the 17+ audience.
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  FidoDido | August 16, 2007
  
  Must disagree with you there, volacide - Canis Canem Edit and Table Tennis were two pretty excellent games IMO.
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  Final Blade | August 17, 2007
  
  I also disagree, Manhunt is awesome. I can't see how you just dislike it, baning a game is not the way to deal with things. And from what i heard about the game its pretty excellent. The vids or pics i seen was outstanding. If people weren't just out to control people maybe the game would be out already.
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Inuyasha19 | August 16, 2007

Controversy attracts the eyes of the simple. Normal games go unseen, and its a shame because there are jewels amongst the unseen.
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Gary15 | August 16, 2007

Sort of agree on the controversy front really. Rockstar seem to always go for controversial games(with a few esxceptions), but a game doesn't need to be like that to be good.
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  Final Blade | August 17, 2007
  
  But again thats there choice, they like pushing the envelope and if no one takes a risk good game won't come about, and you will never know what game are allowed.
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Seeker X | August 17, 2007

Totally behind Rockstar here. If movies like Hostel, which are not only sick and not scary OR thrilling but low quality too, are released without a hitch, then WHY THE *bleep* are you going to ban a game with less than half the gore???
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JJBDude | August 18, 2007

I'm behind Rockstar, Manhunt seems to be taking it's own type of genre and I like that, just a shame there are people in the world that don't take so kindly to extreme violence in a VIDEO GAME!