Well, its official that Great Britain has banned the game manhunt 2. Also, the game got an AO rating here in the states, meaning that essentialy it wont get anywhere, especially since Sony and Nintendo dont allow AO games on their consoles. My original opinion on this matter was that this was another attempt to subdue Rockstar and their games. As for the banning in england, i thought it was downright outrageous, as people should have the freedom to buy whatever products they so desire.

Intruiged by the subject matter, and as to what the game contained that would warrant such rating,i ventured forth to the manhunt 2 website to find out more details about the game.

I found a special Lab Files link, which appeared to lead to some cool horror game like flash animations (im a big horror game fan btw) and then upon clicking a security camera recording, i was able to read some details, thus beggining the investigation.

After reading the 5-6 page "memo" that rockstar posted i was in shock. The memo was from the mental institution that the main character will be starting the game off in. It details the procedures and expirements performed on one of the patients of the hospital. As it turns out, all of the patients are actually the guinea pigs for the doctors, who are performing all sorts of crude and disgusting psychological and physical expirements on the patients.

I read each and every one of the 9 memo's, and i couldnt believe it. I was absolutley disgusted. The procedures the doctors perform on the patients are the sickest things a person could possibly think of, and they are detailed in such a way that you know the game will include it. Want more details? Here a synopsis of one of the lighter procedures.

(proceed carefully, not for the faint of heart)

[spoiler] They lock the patient in a room for a week with a dead corpse in the room. They dont feed him, and they record day by day the different actions that the patient does, and how he reacts. The memo details the patient from the perspective of the doctors and all manners in which he slowly loses his mind are followed.Eventually the inevitable happens, and the patient has to do what he must to survive(in other words eat). Soon, the doctors throw another corpse in the chamber, and the patient begins to talk to the corpses and hallucinate and such. After a few weeks of this, and surviving on therotting corpses,the patient finally takes his own life in a horrible fashion, which is detailed. This is actual the lighter expirement that they did, the ones on the site are much more gruesome. [/spoiler]

After reading all of the memo's i was appalled and disgusted. Now, after knowing what the game features, i agree with the AO rating on the game, for this is probobly the craziest game i have ever heard of. I still dont agree with the banning of the game in UK however, but now at least i know the justifications, and what they meant.

But overall, being a horror genre fan, i must say i am intrigued by this I cant wait to see what happens...