i saw this coming...whos with me?

"and you nitwits go bonkers because of that development. Grow up and smell the hot coffee"



Is that a bad attempt at inserting a San Andreas pun in there?



This guy is a moron anyway. Grow up?? Many of us ARE grown up, and therefor we should have the right to play these games. What the hell is the point of this crap anyway. M for mature is already 17+, i say make it 18+ and the hell with the retarded AO rating, its not like someone who is 17 is going to get a seizure from this game while someone who is 18 will be just fine.

this guy has issues

Normally my eyes glaze over when I hear that familiar "violence in video games" tirade. This time, however, I'm inclined to agree with Jack. This game goes beyond casual violence into sadistic, depraved mutilation.



The fact that the Wii remote adds another level of immersion only increases the twisted psychopathology that the game forces upon the player.



I read that the game designer/creator compared Manhunt 2 to violent horror films. While he may be correct from a content standpoint, his argument does not hold water when considering the potential impact upon customers. There is an immense difference between watching something be done and doing it yourself.



We don't need games like this that indulge fantasies that only sickos carry around in their heads. What's next? A terrorist game where you plant bombs in local supermarkets and crash planes into buildings full of civilians in order to promote your terrorist agenda? A game where you play a rapist that has to do as many deeds as he can while aluding the police? Where is the line drawn?



There are certain memes and immoral pursuits that should not be given mainstream attention. In regards to Manhunt 2, the only thing that needs to be brutally murdered is that franchise, which is at the same time both disgusting and unnecessary in the video game industry.

first off this dude needs to find his hair line. second of all when this game gets release because i know it will the game is going to sell out everywhere. and it probably wont even be that good of a game. i mean its going to be good but it aint gonna be the s*it. they need to flat out just ID the people that are buying the game and get over it. if someone blames shanking someone over the game then whatever. people dont learn how to shank people from video games. human beings sit there and go hey...how can i hurt this dude...yes...im gonna shank him real quick. people need to start a petition or something to get this game released because this censorship s*it is getting out of control....stupid ass little kids...that why i beat my kids so they know better...ok im done.

Jack, lol. No crap the rating system means something, buddy. But that's the whole point, isn't it? To let parents.. (Especially parents, because apparently they can't do their job and keep their kids away from these kind of video games and give Jack fuel) be aware that this game is intended for adults.



Wait a second, ManHunt 2 is going to be for Adults!? Wow! What a shocker! And here all this time I was thought it was rated "E." Nobody should really take to heart what Jack said, for example look at this line in his e-mail...



"Who was right about that kiddies?" Lol, he's just excited because for once someone is siding with him instead of him constantly being shut down. Every dog has his day, for Jack it took about 18 years.



...I still want this game though. PC?

I'm going to like to see how this turns out.

Couldn't help but notice the irony in this comment..."Grow up and smell the HOT COFFEE."

I dont care how bloody and nasty a game is, we should be allowed to play it if we are adults. I would still say this if I game had you mutilating new born babies. If I can die in a war I should get to play a stupid video game.

I AGREE.....

I for one see that there is still a bit of hope that Manhunt 2 will see the light of day. If we can all remember a few years back to the Punisher game that was getting heat. That game was going to be stopped by the ESRB rating system and all it took was going back and making all the really graphic stuff in the game black and white. This was just the first rating of the game and it gives take-two a chance to go back and change a few things to make it an M rating. Heck I don't care if it gets released with a couple of parts were the blood is gray instead of red to get that M rating at least it will get released. All Take-two has to do is learn from the past and give us a couple black and white or cleaner cut scenes and this game will be a go.



As for Jack Thompson goes who in the heck gave this guy the voice of gamers. I mean really were does he get off telling the world what gamers want. Is he even an owner of a video game? I bet this guy even attacks the cell phone companies for adding black jack to his phone saying cell phone owners don't need to induce their gambling habits. Oh sorry don't wanna give him any ideas.



Long story short Take-two has invested to much time and money into this game to just bend over and take it from uncle Jack.

hey HEY it is on ps2.... n wii grafix arnt great and as for motion on the wii its probably choppy anyways.....

while I think jack thompson is a whiny ***hole, I agree with the decision, as while I understand your argument about censorship, the game is very easily obtainable by kids (I should know) and adults only might make retailers more aware, also IMHO the game is stupid anyway, it is just about killing and has little plot, also I understand why sony and nintendo dropped the title, but dissagree with it.

I see a guy who would bend his own kids over when I look into his eyes.

you fully understand the meaning of irony...

Heres a short guide to help you on your way to not being offended:

1. Don't buy the game

2. Don't play the game

3. Enjoy other games that more suit you



To sum up.. were not forcing you to buy/play the game..

so why are you stopping us from buying/playing this game..



It just dosn't seem fair.. since WHEN (not if) i play this game i wont be directly OR indirectly affecting you in ANY way.



Take your concerns somewhere else..

Does Jack get paid for saying "I dont like that, that, annnnnd that game! Lets ban ´em!" ?

He is only doing it for the money, and to make himself "popular/important".



Seriously, if you dont like the game, dont buy/play it. No one is forcing you to do it. Let ME/US decide if i want to play it or not.

simply fucj that retard, if an american has to have/has a gun that is not bad



but video game, which is aimed at an adult audience and has a n according rating then it is bad?!





and on the "pun", when a society has porblems with sexual contact but no probs with violence then something is seriously *****ed up (in real life i mean, jannet jacksons pircing is veeerrry bad but a group of people advertising guns which enable you to kill each other, is okey? one of them even said that when the kids at columbine had guns so that hey could have defende themselfs)



till the situations is like that, i would shout my freaking mouth and think about advertising the rating system and ask parents when they buy underaged kids 18+ games how they feel about it, the best system doesn`t work if many don`t know how it works/ don`t use it



jackson you money *****, hate spreader, *****head and fear maker, something must have been seriously wrong in your youth! didn`t you get enouth acceptance back then so that you have to work against something many don´t even know

you can errase my posts all you want ,but JACK THOMPSON IS STILL A LOSER ASS PIECE OF $$HIT AND I HOPE HE BITES OFF HIS OWN TOUNG,CUZZ HE IS ALWAYS RUNNING HIS BBIITTCCHH A$$$ MOUTH

^

LOL im born on the 15th of July.



Cancer plz

F*ck.



Well, of course Take-Two is going to gimp Manhunt 2 and remove the bad content. There's no way they can just -not- release this game, too much money went into developing it.



By releasing it, even with all the content taken out, copies will still sell and they will still gain some kind of profit, no matter how small. They need it.



Something definitely needs done about this, more adults own consoles than kids I'm sure. This is the game that I was going to dust off my Wii for, too. It's just going to continue sitting until SSBB, then, I suppose.



F*ck.

I find it kind of weird how they have censorship of speech in so many countries like the uk and apperently the U.S by not allowing the game to be sold there (who makes these decisions) but these countries dont put the effort into putting roman polanski or michael jackson in prison, depsite of how easy they are to reach and allow polanski to keep making movies because its "freedom of speech".

Granted, the line should be drawn somewhere...and it was, a very long time ago: killing. Your analogy (was it an analogy?) was flawed...killing-based games have been around almost as long as the video game industry has. It's a main staple of most video games to kill the enemies, and usually in extremely large quantities. Rape is not a main staple of the industry, so obviously the line is drawn before that. Terrorism? Well, I have to admit, the concept of a game like that is intriguing, and could potentially be a lot of fun. Why can I say that? Because I'm not a psychopath, and I'm not going to become a terrorist just because it's cool in a game. Most of us out here in reality know the difference between reality and fantasy, and aren't going to become crazed criminals just because we play a bunch of criminalistic games. Trauma Center didn't make me want to become a surgeon. Phoenix Wright...well, I already toyed with the idea of being a lawyer, but I'm not going to run out and practice law just because I played the game. Psychopaths don't need video games to go on a murdering rampage, they're already psychopaths that will find an excuse anywhere to indulge in their sickness. To say that a game of depravity will drive him to the act is an ignorant and flawed statement.



And another thing, have you ever played the Wii? The wiimote doesn't produce nearly as realistic action as you think it does. Most of the controls are a basic swipe, a (rediculously carefully controlled) thrust, a vertical lift or drop, and a wiggling. Now, granted, all of these motions would be comical if employed in an actual murder, they're about as realistic as a kindergartner's drawing of their mother. I dare say, society is no safer without Manhunt 2 being released on the Wii, or any other system for that matter, than if it were released.

Why punish games and developers? It's not Budweiser's fault (supposedly) when a child buys beer. It's not Marlboro's fault (supposedly) when a child buys cigarettes, why should it be Take-Two's fault if a child buys a video game? Why isn't Jack Thompson targeting the retailers, the ones that actually make these games available to children, more vehemently? There will ALWAYS be adult-only content in the world, always. It is not the responsibility of the makers to keep it out of children's hands, it's the responsibility of the retailers. GameStop/EB Games, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us, it's all on them to card buyers, and it's all on the parents to screen what they buy for their children. Enough with bashing publishers...WHY AREN'T THESE RATINGS BEING ENFORCED AT THE STORES? That's the real question jackholes like JT should be asking.

What the hell was with that content? Nintendo is two-faced? Since when? They've had a very long standing policy about AO games, since the ESRB was put in place. Manhunt 2 wasn't supposed to be AO, so they were going to publish it. It went AO, so now they're not allowing it. How is that two-faced? Take-Two knows the guidelines, and they didn't get met. Get over it. Go blame Take-Two for pushing the envelope too far.

there is a limit for games,, but i do not support thompson as far as it goes for banning violent games,, there are a lot of people who say it is good for people who need help,, and stress resovling,,, he can't bulge up against that, too young is not too good, wait until 16,, you can drive a car when you are sixteen? now that i call a responsibility, but im sure mr thompson disagrees with me, it's always easy to judge than to think before saying,,



i'm just 20 years but does it really matter? things can be seen from a lot of different points, and at the end of the day none of these points are approved, but one point will be "better" then one of the others,,, just like (no offence meant) religions,,, one person choses for a religion, the other for a different one,, it's what you want.



am i making any sense?? i hope so,, i would like to have a conversation with this Mr Thompson,,, but i guess he won't accept it because i'm a "no one" in this world,



please,, keep the games in the game (no life is not a game i'm just trying to make it sound interesting for people who try to read comments,



Exodium

Jack Thompson loves playing games, especially GTAs!

Now that was a good comment. Now watch all the people for banning, "Oh yea!?!?" -SAD SMILEY

I agree, the AO rating IS pretty much pointless.

man what gamers should do is like pay a mass murderer who like is already going to jail anyway to blame everything on all jacko here "I killed this man because Jacko wouldnt let me pretend to kill someone in a digital make believe realm so i killed a real person." id want to see how theyd deal with someone saying that.

Where are you even getting that from this article? Are you just looking to start a fight or something? 'Cause if you are, you're doing a very poor job of it. Nintendo's not "player-hating" on Rockstar, they're holding to the same business philosophy they've always held to. They did, after all, come first. Sounds like you're hating the players more than they are.

Rockstar are going to edit the game to get a M rating, but of course their going to add a new content to the game.



Theres going to be an added story that you have to stalk a lawyer name "Tack Johnson" and brutally murder him. You get extra points if you begin your carnage right when hes saying "Murder simulator".

I would love someone to get into a logic debate with him on fair, neutral territory, just see how far he gets then. He makes me want to scream frequently.

and became a lawyer to make money so he could finally afford a higher class prostitute. his $2 whores just were not cutting it anymore. HEY JACK F#CK YOU YOU WORTHLESS FU@K!!!!!!!!!

You just proved his point.

This Jack Thompson is a *****face, Why can't he just ***** off and get laid... *****. We don't need some poof to protect us from violent video games.



get this balls licker out of here... piece of *****.

i totlay egree with you

ok so manhunt 2 has been given the rating of "AO" and honestly that pissed me off.

but even if take-two fixes the "problems" that there are in the game people are still going to milk it for its advantages.



FOR EXAMPLE: remember the D.C. snipers? they blamed it on HALO...



so honestly if this game is going to be released (i hope it does) people are just going to use it as a scape-goat and give Jack Thompson more fuel for this small fire that he is starting

If the ESRB issued an AO rating then it is probably more violent and sadistic than anything we ever seen. AO is usually reserved for pornographic games and the like. A game based on violence needs to be incredibly violent for it to recieve such a rating. I was told that there was one scene where you behead a prostitute and rape her esophagus, a scene where you witness necrophillia, and a scene where you microwave a live cat. That goes beyond just violent.



The game probably will come out, only after a lot of censoring.

Jt is a real f.u.c.k.i.n.g. ugly c.u.n.t. lol i pwned him in Barbie Horse adventures considering thats the only game that P.a.n.z.y. found suitable, pfft were is the petition to have him locked up for life at!

Is the game already made? if so maybe a leaked version will come out on the internet. who knows

dat dude looks scary in those pics....all this talk about wiimote wiggling..

somebody wanna wiggle my wiimote? :3

I would buy this game JUST FOR THAT. xD

this game will keep murders off the street and in there housesannd on top of that they will be able to get out there anger on a game and not in real life.