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If you're interested in seeing some of the ways Rockstar bypassed that sales-killing (sorry, bad pun) AO-rating to get Manhunt 2 on US retail shelves this week, Game Videos has created a short montage of footage contrasting specific scenes of violence found in Manhunt, Manhunt 2 retail, and the uncensored Manhunt 2 beta. Two points are made from what we see in the video:

The original Manhunt can be just as gory at times as the uncut version Manhunt 2
The best way to lower your game's ESRB rating is to use crazy filter effects during acts of gratuitous violence

We'd really like to see this video expanded in the future to give a more complete visual comparison of the three versions. For a game poised to be the next hotbed of controversy, surely there's more than 90 seconds of violent similarities to be found amongst the titles.

Manhunt 2 retail vs. uncensored: a video comparison originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:29:00 EST.

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