Manhunt 2 has been rejected by the BBFC and IFCO, and only passing with a severely sales-limiting "Adults Only" rating in the US. Multiple responses from the ESRB and Rockstar inside.
The British Board of Film Classification have elected to rate the upcoming Wii and PS2 game Manhunt 2 with the "Rejected" rating. This means that the game cannot be supplied to the UK.
The BBFC's full statement on this matter states that banning the game was their only option due to the title's "unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone" and "sustained and cumulative casual sadism".
“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. Manhunt 2 is distinguishable from recent high-end video games by its unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone in an overall game context which constantly encourages visceral killing with exceptionally little alleviation or distancing. There is sustained and cumulative casual sadism in the way in which these killings are committed, and encouraged, in the game.
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