What Would Make Manhunt 2 Acceptable To BBFC?

MTV's Multiplayer Blog wonders aloud what would make Manhunt 2 acceptable to the BBFC. The BBFC rejected the game for a second time a few days ago, and now MCV is reporting that the version they rejected was identical to the US version approved for an 'M' rating by the ESRB. From the BBFC's response: "Unfortunately I cannot list the changes we suggested as this is a matter between us and the distributor and if they are not happy to give you chapter and verse I'm afraid I can't either. I can say, however, that the changes were to the level of visual detail in the kills and to some of the dialogue. As our news release said, 'The impact of the revisions on the bleakness and callousness of tone, or the essential nature of the gameplay, is clearly insufficient. There has been a reduction in the visual detail in some of the 'execution kills', but in others they retain their original visceral and casually sadistic nature.'"

Re:What?

[stonecypher]

Because with only the violence it was rated for 17+, while with the sex scene it had to be rated 18+, and this was a major issue?

The major issue wasn't the year's difference in rating, it was that the developer lied to the ratings board. It didn't help that games with sexual content weren't announcing the sexual content - our rating system is more than just an age number, and requires expository labelling - but the real problem was that the developer lied to the ratings board.