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I don't personally agree with this decision. The whole narrative and gameplay would need restructuring, and essentially a whole new game would need to be made. This is a problem if true for Manhunt since it couldn't just be cut as you would an excessively violent scene in a film. One of the few previous examples of this kind of ruling was The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which was famously rejected and was deemed "uncuttable" by Ferman becuse no single act of violence was the tipping point, the whole thing was too powerful. That is that the whole point of the game revolves around torture and murder without any mitigation on the part of the narrative, and that the atmosphere of the game is such that they deem it unsuitable. In this case it seems that the BBFC have deemed Manhunt 2 to be, if you like, unsalvageable. There is no getting around the BBFC in the end.

The decision of the BBFC and VAC are legally binding and any retailer selling a work that is not certified correctly faces a very large fine and possible imprisonment. If it failed, the distributor can appeal to the Video Appeals Commitee, or resubmit a new cut of the work for a second examination. The distributor will then either recieve their notification of certificate if it passes, a copy of the checklist and notations on what broke the guidelines and needs to be removed in the second event, or a notice of the refusal of certificate in the last case. If it features anything that the examining panel deems difficult in relation to the other areas of the checklist (excessive and gratuitous violence, sex etc.) it is usually re-examined and then deemed to either pass, fail with recommendation or, very rarely, fail outright. If it breaches any of the 'Hard Rules' (anything that breaks the law like instructional drug use, cruelty to animals, non-consensual sex etc.) it is rejected and processed outright. Most are social workers, psychologists or academics who look at the work and apply it to the checklist. The work is submitted and then examined by a panel of examiners drawn from relevant backgrounds. The policies of current Government or whatever zeigiest the media is currently riding about violence and sex doesn't come into it. As previously mentioned the BBFC is NOT a government body and recieves it's funding through the distributors of works that it classifies. This is very surprising news since, as mentioned by previous posters, the BBFC since James Ferman stepped down as Director taken a much more liberal attitude towards classification, to the point where even the producers and creators of previously outcast works have praised them.Ī lot of people in this thread seem unaware of exactly what the BBFC is and does which is causing some confusion. I think it's clear from the NGamer review that this game is more than just shock value to the max just to sell. Off course it could just be Rockstar made one effed up game, in which case I hope Holland doesn't ban it people from all age groups and not only mothers with 3 children at home who want to ''protect our children''. You need more people playing the whole game. Also the fact that only six people played parts of the game (UK) doesn't seem like a good idea to me. IMHO the only way to determine the context in which violence is used, especially with the Manhunt games where apparently the story is a very important part of the game, you HAVE to play the whole game. They ask for videos of parts of the game. I think the ESRB in the US also does this. If you only play parts of the game you just can't determine if the violence is an ''element within the overall context of the work''. ''According to BBFC's Sue Clark, five or six examiners played through "several hours of the game." Using cheat codes, they were able to play the "tops of each level."'' Then I would like to point out to this quote from the UK censor's: However, in the case of Manhunt 2, IFCO believes that there is no such context'' ''graphic violence may be a justifiable element within the overall context of the work. Violence pour le violence doesn't get you a 9,2. Now I don't know about you guys but I don't think a game where the violence has no context (like the censor's say) meaning no story etc. I would like to point out to the people that didn't see the link on the other page that NGamer (UK Nintendo magazine) has given Manhunt 2 a 9,2 (review).