Manhunt 2 Upsets Children’s Advocates
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There’s no question that children are exposed to tons of violence in video games, and children’s advocates are worried that “Manhunt 2″ goes way too far with some of what it offers. The title goes on sale on Halloween and is rated “Mature”.
“The impact of the revisions on the bleakness and callousness of tone, or the essential nature of the gameplay, is clearly insufficient,” the BBFC wrote. “There has been a reduction in the visual detail in some of the ‘execution kills,’ but in others they retain their original visceral and casually sadistic nature.”
“In my opinion, it’s the most senselessly violent and offensive thing I’ve ever watched,” said James Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that advises parents about television, movies, Internet sites and video games that may be inappropriate for children.
Steyer, who has not seen the version of the game being released this week, was talking about an unrated version that has been circulating free on the Internet since August. That version contains more violence and sexually explicit content than the one being released commercially, including a scene where a man’s testicles are mutilated with a pliers.
“It’s disgusting,” Steyer said. “It’s so violent, it struck me personally as pornographic violence.”
In the game, you get to pretend to be a lunatic who has just escaped from an asylum and is hell-bent on destruction.
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