A recent ESRB listing confirms that Manhunt 2 is coming to the PC, but it may not be a pretty port. According to the listing, Manhunt 2 PC is an AO-rated title, which means that it has content not fit for minors … or retail. In North American brick and mortar terms, this rating is the touch of death. It cannot be sold in stores.
Confronted with this problem before with the Wii release in 2007, Rockstar resubmitted a gimped version to escape the rating. They earned a solid “Mature” and an invisible ticket to sell the title in stores for their troubles. Not a bad deal.
But that brings us to this: Rockstar obviously has a retail-approved title, so what the hell is in Manhunt 2 making wretched enough to deserve an AO rating? We asked Rockstar and have yet to hear back.
[via Joystiq]
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9:40 AM on 08.25.2009
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This game isn't very good anyway - im not a fan of violence just for the sake of it.
The edited version had a coloured blur effect that happened as you performed the awesome, brutal murderkills. So you couldn't properly see the pen going into the dude's eye or the chunk flying off his head when you smashed it with a bat. It sucked balls.
However the un-edited version was awesome! With all the blood, gore and full grotesque action, it was how manhunt was supposed to be.
Really sucks that the creme de la creme of Violent adult games are bastardized in this way. i mean if you're over 18 why should you be "protected" from the gore when you still get the gist of wrapping someone's head in a plastic bag and punching them in the face till they die. I mean if it was because it would encourage us to those things, then the edited version encourages us more so - just to see what it looks like without that stupid blur!
That said I'm glad the unedited version is seeing release. Kind of wish it got a graphical upgrade and some new modes however.
Bully is completely broken and GTAIV runs horribly for what you get from it.
It was a quality stealth game where the stealth kills were extremely violent, which in my book is a fucking winner.
I would love a HD Manhunt on my PS3 - make it happen rockstar!
It's super effective.
GTA4 runs fine for all that it does. Every time a PC game releases that needs a lot of hardware power people act like it does nothing to deserve it. The physics calculations going on constantly in GTA4 alone are worth the processor requirement. The game runs great on a recent machine, i.e. quad core with a 200 series card. Looks and runs a hell of a lot better than my Xbox version, I can promise you that.
As for Manhunt 2 on PC, I will probably get it if it is a bargain title, lke $20 or so. I liked the original and would like to play the sequel, but it will probably look and play do dated now that I can't see spending more than $20.
Weird thing: I don't think Steam sells AO rated games either... Direct2Drive does though, so maybe this will be a Direct2Drive exclusive?
As for the "violence for the sake of violence" argument. Go play COD and enjoy your "sake-filled" killing spree. Violence in itself is unjustifiable so you're stupid and so is that argument. Also it's not real. And it's not even real looking. And you're a child. Also I don't like you.