Posted on Thursday, June 21 @ 19:44:50 Eastern by Duke_Ferris
All this hoopla about Manhunt 2's AO rating got me wondering what other games were violent enough to get an AO. Turns out, there's only one: Thrill Kill.
No, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas doesn't count, it was re-rated for its not-fully-deleted sexual content, not its violence which only scored it an M. Plenty of other games, like Singles: Flirt up your Life, also got their AO rating for sexual content. Only Thrill Kill was purely about the violence.
In a sad sign for Manhunt 2, Thrill Kill was never released. Virgin Interactive was going to publish it for the Playstation, but then they got bought by EA just a few weeks before the game's launch. EA, however, immediately pulled the plug and said they'd never publish such a violent game. The four-person fighting game engine developed for the game was used in Wu-Tang Shaolin Style, however.
I don't know if it counts as piracy or not since the game was never released, but you can download it here if you like.
As a sign of the times though, based on that footage, I'd say that Thrill Kill would never get an AO rating now, with those silly, over-the-top kills and now-primitive graphics.
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stevedave
Joined: Mar 21, 2007
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| Posted: Jun 21st, 2007 at 9:54 pm |
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| Those fatalities were WAAACK. Wow, decapitation, truly creative... |
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Kakulukia
Joined: Nov 10, 2005
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| Posted: Jun 21st, 2007 at 10:05 pm |
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| Dr. Faustus WINS!
No kidding, this isn't worse than Mortal Kombat... who the hell rated this thing AO?!
Anyway, hope the ESRB come back to its senses... Manhunt 2 can't be THAT more violent than Manhunt, can it?! |
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LinksOcarina
Joined: Nov 9, 2005
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| Posted: Jun 21st, 2007 at 10:08 pm |
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| Apparently it is... |
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stevedave
Joined: Mar 21, 2007
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| Posted: Jun 21st, 2007 at 10:10 pm |
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| Now if they had a fatality involving bizzar doll erotica, then I would fully support this games posthumous acceptance into the gaming world |
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Kakulukia
Joined: Nov 10, 2005
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| Posted: Jun 21st, 2007 at 10:15 pm |
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| Dr. Faustus WINS!
No kidding, this isn't worse than Mortal Kombat... who the hell rated this thing AO?!
Anyway, hope the ESRB come back to its senses... Manhunt 2 can't be THAT more violent than Manhunt, can it?! |
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Kakulukia
Joined: Nov 10, 2005
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| Posted: Jun 21st, 2007 at 10:16 pm |
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| Sorry for the double post... damn back button lol |
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joeblow
Joined: Feb 27, 2007
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| Posted: Jun 22nd, 2007 at 2:29 am |
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| I almost ordered Thrill Kill from Russia when there was all the controversy. |
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PsychoSavager
Joined: Mar 24, 2007
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| Posted: Jun 22nd, 2007 at 3:42 am |
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| There are a few other AO-rated games. There's a porn game called X-Change for instance. |
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PsychoSavager
Joined: Mar 24, 2007
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| Posted: Jun 22nd, 2007 at 3:43 am |
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| Ignore me, I didn't see it was purely for violence. |
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mooseodeath
Joined: Jul 26, 2006
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| Posted: Jun 22nd, 2007 at 4:35 am |
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| i can see how that got an AO, the second decapitation killed my PC, if it could do that then it must have been violent. |
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spearleaf
Joined: Jan 18, 2007
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| Posted: Jun 23rd, 2007 at 12:39 am |
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| this is a bit hypocritical since theyre handing out the AO rating at violent video games and i can guarantee you a movie like the new rambo (i mean, has anyone seen the trailer for that, geezs) would never get NC-17 for its violence. |
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blackdeath
Joined: Nov 9, 2005
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| Posted: Jun 24th, 2007 at 3:28 am |
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| wow, i was actually bored by a game given AO for violence, plz tell me that THEY are messed up...PLZ!!! |
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gonzar09
Joined: Jun 20, 2007
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| Posted: Jun 27th, 2007 at 12:36 am |
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| Keep in mind that we're basing this AO rating by today's standards. While this game can't compare to the modern-day Manhunt 2, you got to admit that the whole point behind the AO rating for both of these games is the same - Killing for the fun of it, while pitting the main characters in bleak, sadomasochistic environments.
With the advent of game successes like Mortal Kombat at the time, Thrill Kill must have been just another that was trying to make a quick buck off of this wave of interest, while trying to push the envelope even further. I'm not sure about the rest of you guys, but personally I could see why both of these games could possibly garner the AO, but I personally wouldn't recommending censoring games just based off of stuff like this - I mean, come on, don't you think that there would have been a whole lot more publicized cases of murder if violent games really did inspire violent action? |
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xavier_2000_ie
Joined: Jun 27, 2007
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| Posted: Jun 27th, 2007 at 11:38 am |
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| Played this game on a chipped system years ago. was bloody and violent and gorey, but still great fun |
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