CVG:Obsessed with Manhunt? What am I? Some kind of sicko? Some kind of psycho who murderises people with plastic bags? Who gets enjoyment from a game that the peace loving people of New Zealand are banned from playing to this very day? Who keeps asking himself questions? About his own state of mind? Well, yes... and if ever there was a game that encouraged internal dialogue, Rockstar's darkly fascinating Manhunt is it.
Did anyone order a gory salade with some violence? Bon appétit! Here are some gory and violent games on the PS2.
I've played nearly every game listed in this article. If I remember correctly, I think the Punisher was the bloodiest.
Some games of yesteryear were just ahead of their time. So Half-Glass Gaming takes a moment to wax poetically about some favorites from a bygone era and whip up a list of games we would love to see remakes of.
Had a lot of fun with Scarface. That was around the peak of GTA clones. The amount of them has decreased substantially.
Beyond Good and Evil would be fantastic
Simpsons Hit and Run, expanded with new areas from the newer seasons and with all the hubs joining on from one another to make one massive open world game
Bugs Bunny Lost in Time / Bugs Bunny and Taz: Time Busters
Sheep, Dog n Wolf (Sheep Raider)
Toy Story 2
Legend of Dragoon
Some of my "out there" picks anyway...
Ape Escape series
B.L.A.C.K.
Path of Neo
Max Payne trilogy (or at least 1&2) BY ANYONE OTHER THAN GROVESTREET GAME FFS!
Oasis
Rise of the Argonauts
Killzone 2
F.E.A.R.
Just off the top of my head
Yup max Payne 1 by Grove St games would be the mobile version they did which dropped the difficulty to none existant just in 4k unfortunately.
I would’ve added stalker but were thankfully getting a sequel soon. This would be my list
FEAR
Max Payne 1 & 2
Blood
Freedom Fighters
Syphon Filter
Dino Crisis
PC has Mods, Xbox Series X has (4K?)/60fps. For consoles this would probably come down to deeper visual quality and quality of life improvements in one package, like the treatment Mass Effect trilogy got.
I want it specifically on Switch though.. now later this year I plan on getting a Series X and I'll enjoy it there as well. My main problem is the fact that Bethesda has re-released Skyrim on nearly every console for 3 generations yet they haven't done anything with Fallout 3 or New Vegas. Those are just as popular as Skyrim so why haven't they been Remastered for all the current or even last gen consoles yet? I feel like us Fallout fans are getting the short end of the stick here.
Xfire writes "As you'll soon learn, while it is true that some popular banned video games do at least warrant the censorship or ban they received, some games were banned from sale for some pretty weird and radical reasons."
i dont get censorship in games.
they have warnings on the boxings, age ratings, drug use warnings, strong language and sexual themes and many more.
its not so much the government's job to censor, as it is for parents to make sure their kids dont play those games. and those who are easily disturbed or sensitive, should stay away from them.
i do understand that some things might be triggering for some but.... why do ppl suck so much lol.
but being in debt before 18 or 21 is highly acceptable somehow ha
seriously.
I’m glad there’s not much censorship in the UK towards video games. Reading bully was banned confused me as i don’t recall that at all.
Nintendo has always been bashed for its censorship (green blood in MK controversy) and then they gave us some dark moments like Crocomire’s death in Super Metroid and even let us strangle people to death with the Wii controller. It’s like they have tried at times but there image is very much Cemented as family friendly so I don’t think they will ever be able to stray far from that.
I remember my mom coming home from work with a copy of Thrill Kill and saying “I heard this games banned so I got you a copy” 🙌
Honestly the game wasn’t even that bad, there’s far worse content in books and movies.
Thrill kill at the time was edgy, but there has been much worse. Fun times with Imp the pimp!
honestly, its up to the parents and the players on what kind of experience they want to have, not the publisher.
R* should bring us another Manhunt game
I'm totally obsessed with Manhunt 1 and 2. Loved the little mini games in Manhunt 1 especially the little brawler mini game and I loved hearing all the obscenities they yelled throughout the game.
Manhunt 2 was totally different and although it came out late in the PS2 lifecycle I still bought it. I even went as far as to take the damn filters off which is possible using a code and a GameShark CD. I'm eagerly waiting for the next installment ;)
I guess the US isn't the only country obsessed with violence like the media and xenophobes would have people believe.
Ya see, you can look at games like this and Hotline Miami and say, yeah they're meant to make me feel uncomfortable- meant to elicit a dialogue with myself, but they still play like regular games. They reward you relentlessly for doing all this messed up shit.
Any game that claims it's making the gamer ask serious questions of themselves like the aforementioned games I distrust. It's a pretense these games put up to seem intellectual when really they're just reward-fetish crazy like every other game.
I don't know, on one level it IS clever, but I feel like most people who play games like these don't see beyond "kill people = Better guns + I win."
By using a videogame structure of reward and victory, these games are trying to get you to see how problematic such structures are, and how they cultivate fetishism (not of the sexual kind btw), but I think people just lap them up like they would in a non-violent game.
I was obsessed for the longest time with manhunt. Not BC I'm a sicko. To me its the epitome of a video game so violent it couldnt be done anywhere else. Its very simple to play yet will scare the shit out of you if played correctly. The 2nd was good but nothing like manhunt.