Condemned 2: Censored
America, the land of the free speech zones, secret White House documents, and now overbearing censorship of artistic outlets.
When discussing the banning of Manhunt 2, and the eventual censoring of it, Richard Mitchell of X3F has this to say about Condemned 2 being censored.
It looks like this occurrence is already affecting the rest of the industry, as Condemned 2 producer, Constantine Hantzopoulos, reveals to CVG. According to Hantzopoulos, the Condemned 2 team is cutting certain content from the game in order to avoid an AO rating. As examples, he states that the ability to put an enemies head in a vice has been cut, as have several decapitations. Judging from Hantzopoulos’ comments, other environmental attacks, like putting someone’s head through a TV, may be cut as well. Condemned 2: Bloodshot, whatever its final state may be, is expected to arrive early next year.
So next February, we will all get the chance to play a shell of the game the developers wanted to create. I actually agree with the censorship, I think it would be terrible to have to turn on my Xbox 360 and be able to kill fictional monsters in a gruesome way, I don’t know what I would do if I saw violence on my TV. Hopefully this game never even gets shipped and it’ll all give us more time to turn on the news and reflect on the perfect, non-violent world we must live in.