Rockstar's making Manhunt 2 for the Wii, PS2 and PSP
 

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/06/ro...2-psp-and-wii/

Slide the wiimote horizontally to slit a neck, and pull it and the nunchuck back rapidly to strangle a guy with a wire?

Fuck yeah, I could get behind that.

Now here's a game to carefully tread water on. On one hand, it's pretty much THE game to help eliminate Nintendo's 'kiddy' image ONCE AND FOR ALL. It'll also bring publicity and publicity=sales.

But what should happen if ignorant parents and office wanking politicians completely miss the point, burn the Wii, giving it a bad image resulting in suing and a drop in sales? When this game comes out Jack Thompson will have FIELD day with this game.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when's the last time whining politicians negatively effected a console's sales? Unless they outright ban the game from stores or something, I'd think it would do quite the opposite. When Mortal Kombat came out for the Genesis, what did every kid on the planet say? I need to get me sum dat! More recently, look at the Hot Coffee fiasco in GTA: San Andreas. Alot of people bought the game just to see the removed scene, making an already successful game sell even more. And Jack Thompson, does anyone even take that jackass seriously anymore?

Yeah, I'm not too interested in the game since the first one was pretty much "Oh, look how violent it is, he certainly shoved a crowbar into that man's rectum now didn't he" for the first 5 minutes and like most Rockstar games, once the novelty wore off it got kind of lame.

Thompson is going to explode when he sees this game, and the flash will be visible from mars.

Rockstar is predicting that the content in Manhunt 2 will get an AO rating, so it should be even more hardcore than Manhunt 1. It's unbelievable that Manhunt 1 even got a M rating considering the ultra violent nature of that game. I can't wait to play this.

You're right, the first one wasn't that great.

However, actually performing the motions with your hands might prove entertaining enough to make playing it worth while. I guess it's all dependant on how they pull off the Wii controls.

Moving this to General and edited the topic title appropriately.

I'm still cautiously expectant of this. On one hand, Manhunt was a unique, brilliantly built game with exceptionally strong setting and audio design, superb structure and genuinely chilling concept, not to mention Brian Cox's voice was such a big part of the whole experience, it simply can't be done again. On the other hand, the first game was far from a large commercial hit, so there's got to be more to this sequel than a committee meeting, and it might just turn out to be something really special.

Either way, I highly suspect Daniel is some kind of mental patient, or at least held at some very corrupt/messed up ward. The story won't necessarily revolve around snuff films this time around, a manhunt can be done in other circumstances as well.

Just as long as they don't try for some bullshit freeroaming crap, I'm sure I'll like it. Probably not as much as the first, but hopefully it'll be able to stand on its own rather than simply look less.



EDIT:
Just realized no one's linking the official teasers or site.

When I spoke of Daniel, I of course mean Daniel Lamb from the teasers, who's apparently the protagonist of the game. Wimpier looking than Cash, Juan hilariously pointed out last night he looks like me.

Official site

Manhunt Uncut - fansite with news and quotes from developers on the game

Teaser 1

Teaser 2

OMFG I AM SO EXCITED!! I loved Manhunt.

UK sez NAAAWWW to Manhunt 2. And I even had a magical plan of importing this from the UK (if the game is actually good) when the upcoming 'banned in Australia for being a video game that isn't based off a Disney movie' announcement hits. I wonder if they'll bother with a PAL version at all? Did the first one get banned over there? They released it here for a few months before deciding to ban it.

"Here you go QUICK QUICK"
"Oooh, OOOH"
"Haha no, so sorry little Timmy, too slow. I'll be taking this"
"But but but, I just paid for it!"
"Hahaha"

If this manages to get an AO rating, I'm definitely picking it up to support Rockstar.

The UK ban goes back to that age old belief that games effect your thinking, that and idiots making everyone else have to suffer because they need protecting from themselves. Come on guys the British Classification Body are the same people who banned Streets of Rage being an easter egg in the Sonic Gems collection, and this sort of imagery doesn't exactly do it any favors even if it is setting the tone of the game

http://www.mcvuk.com/static/images/n...1_Manhunt2.jpg

I'm certain nearly everyone here is smart enough not to be warped by this game, but there are plenty of stupid people who are, and the less we say about the massive amount of dumb kids also playing Rockstar games who shouldn't the better :annoyed:

Didn't they ban 18-rated games entirely now? ;_;

Either way, first game was released here and we've had no issues about selling 18-rated games here, so hopefully anything in the UK or US won't affect the rest of Europe (except Germany lol no Smash Bros or FF7 4 u), but we'll see.

I'll probably order the US version from dvdvboxoffice anyway. Unless of course that gets a brunt snip as well.

Already has, confirmed today.

Guess they'll have to tone it down a bit. Nintendo doesn't allow AO rated games on the Wii. :kitsune:

If they release a AO version on the PS2 on their website I would totally buy it.

I doubt even Sony would allow an AO rated game. :( They got Acclaim to censor the ALMIGHTY BLOCKBUSTER BMX XXX while the GC version was left untouched. That's why Acclaim and GameCube were both so popular!

They'll tweak the sections that made the game rating AO before it's released.

Nintendo has no problem releasing AO titles for their system, but publishers don't want their games to carry that rating because lots of major retailers won't carry adult-only titles, including Wal-Mart (the world's largest retailer).

It isn't advantageous to have an AO rating.

Here's a quote:

Wrong.

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/buyers_guide.jsp

Miles, Reggie personally lobbied for this gam on Wii. They'll change their policy.

But the game should be banned anyway, not on grounds of violence but rather jsut because it's shit

Man, I want this game now. I loved the original, to no end, I just hope the AO rating doesn't mean I'll have to go out of my way to get it. I'm really interested on how it plays on the Wii, perhaps I can talk my friend into getting it as well.

Think again, dude.
Turns out Sony has the same policy...

Ok so now the game is pretty not getting published. Good.

DON'T WORRY GUYS, THE N-GAGE IS STILL AN OPTION

You know what will happen? Rockstar will cut out a whole bunch of stuff from the game, make it into a watered down piece of shit, THEN have it approved by Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo. I'm guessing Nintendo wouldn't bother period, but Sony and Microsoft might look at it if it were more appropriate.

Then, in a few years, they'll edge Manhunt 2: Directors Edition into a console. Smells like delicious profit.

What stops publishers from releasing unlicensed games these days? Is there some sort of proprietary software code that has to be included to make the game work on the console? Or is it because Take Two don't want to hurt future relationships with the company?