I just picked up my august issue of EGM and when i got to the end of the reveiws( the section which tells which games they didnt get around to completly rating) they made a mistake. they reveiwed MANHUNT 2! this game got AO and rockstar suspended the release of the game due to the rating. so how do they say that the game was awesome for the wii?? it is not even out and hopefully will never see light of day.
The game is done, and companies traditionally send advance copies of games to videogame journalist publications. There's nothing out and out banning Manhunt 2, it's just financial suicide to release it, which is why the game has been delayed. EGM, because magazines require long lead-times to get reviews out in a timely manner, likely got their copy long before the AO rating was assigned. It's not a mistake, it's merely irrelevant, since the review is of a version of a game that will likely never be available.
Heh... I wonder what Rockstar has to say about that. Although if it reviewed it favorably, it'll just give more hype to the Manhunt machine when the censored version eventually comes out.
The attempt on Manhunt's integrity only makes it more powerful, in truth, I would have never considered purchasing the game, but now will BECAUSE of it's AO rating.
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