@@leevanciel3397 THERE IS PELICAN ACTION REPLAY CODE FOR PS2 THAT MADE GAME ORIGINAL UNCENSORED. NOT MANY PPL KNOWS THAT THERE IS ORIGINAL DISC OF GAME THAT CAME WITH TRUE COLOR INSTEAD BLACK&WHITE SCENES
Thomas Jane's bizarre delivery of the line "You'd better get out of here" where he sounds like he's doing an impression of Butt-Head is forever etched in my brain.
I remember playing the terrorist scene in COD as a teen. I remember thinking it wasn't too bad, and thought that people were over reacting. Looking back, I have some mixed feelings. My school had a shooting, after i had graduated . Thought I knew teachers/coaches who passed. I don't blame video games, I still enjoy FPS but feel like more tact could of been used during the development. Not a fan of hatred/Postal , thats just violence without reason/substance. Thought COD did get more and more violent and upped its usage/display of torture.
I'm actually surprised the Hot Coffee mod /GTA SA wasn't on the list. That was massive. Not violent, but 100% controversial. Worked at EB Games at the time and remember having to place AO stickers on the game boxes.
@@Banquet42 I believe it was just the PC version, but even still we had to tag all of the copies as AO. I'm sure now with modded systems it can be accessed on consoles too. Pretty hilarious.
I'll never understand the people who clutched their pearls over Wolfenstein and DOOM. "ThEy HaVe DeMoNs AnD nAzIs In ThEm!!1!" ...yeah. They're the bad guys. I can't think of anything more wholesome than getting rid of Nazis and Hellspawn.
It was not so much that particular Germans personally objected to it, I was just illegal to show Nazi symbols in a non-educational or artistic context through a law predating video games by decades.
I would’ve put Manhunt 2 over the original Not only was it also banned in Australia, New Zealand and Germany, but its original version was also banned in Italy, the UK and became the first (and, to date, only) game banned in Ireland Also, it revived an AO in the U.S., initially While the censored version got an M and was later sold in the UK, Ireland and Italy, it was still the more controversial entry
@ They did that for all the version that ended up being released to circumvent the AO rating/bannings I’m sure there are mods for the PC version, but I don’t think enough people care about Manhunt 2 beyond the initial controversy to care lol
I remember a guy i knew had "Canis Canem Edit" and I had no idea what it was when i borrowed it but I enjoyed it. It wasn't till years later i learned it was the UK censored title of Bully. Apparently this was only a problem on the PS2 though because it was available on Steam and Xbox 360 as Bully:Scholarship Edition and I own it to this day. For those wondering it's latin for "Dog eat Dog"
I’m borne and raised in Germany. And I know for a fact that it was possible to get an uncut or “orignal” version of Wolfenstein 3d already in the early 90’s.
The funny thing about Manhunt being banned in Australia is that it was available for a couple of weeks/months before the governor-general decided to call it and got taken off the shelves. Why the sequel didn't get released in Australia was out of fear that it would get "refused" classification.
Punisher was highly underrated & id love a remake or even a remaster of it but doubt we’ll ever get it though just like we’ll never get one for Manhunt. 😔
Im suprised night trap wasnt on this list, if i remember correctly it was both mortal kombat and night trap combined outrage that caused the creation of the ESRB.
An honorable mention should go to Conker's Bad Fur Day. A cute squirrel on a Nintendo console (a company most known for their family friendly titles) in some very adult situations. That caused quite a stir among angry parents.
For real it isn't even that gory I have seen much gorier games I have a sneaking suspicion the politicians that were outraged about that game never even played it
& here are 10 more controversial video games: Carmageddon BMX XXX Dead or Alive series Duke Nukem 3D Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Hong Kong '97 (*WILD*CARD*ENTRY*) Mercenaries series Night Trap The Day Before Thrill Kill
Thrill Kill is a good inclusion to the list but it's a game that never popped on the store shelf since EA who bought the rights decided to can it and no one got to play it until a leaked rom of the complete build appeared online.
The Punisher game was a perfect love letter to the Marvel Anti Hero. the comic book writers came to write for this game while bringing loosely up the movie's main BAD, John Saint aka Jigsaw.
7:44 Is that a reference to the game's name being changed to "Dog Eat Dog" in Latin in the PAL region? Edit: also, I don't think Mr Thompson cared that he was wrong about the actual story of the game. This is the guy that tried to sue the Penny Arcade folk for making a charitable donation in his name when he issued a challenge to make a game about video game violence causing the death of a child causing the child's father to go on a rampage against video game developers.
Love this channel, but I think you missed a couple here. 2/3 of the unholy trinity of controversial video games, to be specific. Doom and Grand theft Auto absolutely deserve the remainder of the podium with MK still at the top, instead of them just getting passing mentions in the rankings of others
Hang on you showed in this video that you've already done a video on 10 most controversial video games, just added the word "video" to the title to make it different and changed them around. What is this WhatCulture?
I finally got Hatred last year. Wanted to see if it was really all that bad. It's definitely wasn't as bad as I thought. I mean you for sure a mass murderer killing civilians and cops. And the guy in the story is pretty much just a psycho out to cause chaos. Though I didn't realize the mod I downloaded "666" that made the game better, actually added a school shooting level where you kill VERY young kids. I stopped playing at that point. Until I realized it was a mod added level in the "666" pack. Without that level the game definitely isn't to bad. As for actually gameplay, the game is actually very fun. It's gets really challenging. Especially with the destructible buildings. And the ending is satisfying as (SPOILERS) you die. That said, the discussion area is toxic on Steam. Everyone is an edgelord. Thankfully I only paid 49 cents for it. So the dev isn't really making anything from me.
4:04 I still, if the old Xbox happens to be plugged, play the hell out of this. I agree that it is amazingly violent and that I probably shouldn't have played it at 9 years old, but damn I cherish those memoris so much. Also, they censored the times when a special interrogation went wrong and honestly, that made them all the more shocking. If anything, I hated botching those because it was too much.
at least the Punisher could be patched on PC & had a trainer for Xbox (assuming you had a modded one) to restore all the gore. Hatred a great bit of fun & the first person mod is great fun as is the super power mod. As for Postal thats just a great fun series of games (except for 3 of course, even RWS say to avoid that travesty developed by another company). Manhunt just put a big smile on my face, to be fair so did all the others as well, I never did understand all the fuss over what lets face it is just a bit of fun that harms no-one (unless you believe npcs have souls & lives in which case I'm going straight to a very not firey place someday)
I find it amusing that only the scene killing civilians outraged people in COD. A game series that normalizes war? No problem though. I guess the industrial military complex can't have thinking war itself is bad.
Gotta say, never played Death Race or Manhunt. Manhunt just seemed dumb. I did try all the Postal games but never got far into them. The "edgy" humor quickly wears thin and you see there really isn't much to them. While there is alot to hate in the game, seeing the cat silencer really was disgusting. Granted you don't have to use it. If you don't know what the cat silencer is, probably don't want to want to look it up. The game is very much for adults who having grown past being edgy.
Manhunt is far from dumb, both Manhunt games are absolutely great and play great. Though you want the to Play the PC version as the PC versions are uncut.
@@BarryWallace-se8lz Yeah I played 1 back in the day and recently and it holds up. It's essentially a grindhouse/exploitation movie in video game form. Old school Rockstar was something else ( The Warriors anyone? )
The Punisher game was so damn good, I remember playing the hell out of it as a kid.
As do I
@@leevanciel3397 THERE IS PELICAN ACTION REPLAY CODE FOR PS2 THAT MADE GAME ORIGINAL UNCENSORED. NOT MANY PPL KNOWS THAT THERE IS ORIGINAL DISC OF GAME THAT CAME WITH TRUE COLOR INSTEAD BLACK&WHITE SCENES
Thomas Jane's bizarre delivery of the line "You'd better get out of here" where he sounds like he's doing an impression of Butt-Head is forever etched in my brain.
I'm surprised nobody found a reason to ban Kirby. What with his literally eating sentient beings.
That’s the mainstream media’s agenda so I’m not surprised!!! They protect their own!
How dare you say such a cruel sentence about a children friendly game!! You're a loudmouth!😡
@KellyWing-yc8zj lol
It's amazing how many of these add up to: people aren't getting more stupid. But they ARE getting more loud.
I remember playing the terrorist scene in COD as a teen. I remember thinking it wasn't too bad, and thought that people were over reacting. Looking back, I have some mixed feelings. My school had a shooting, after i had graduated . Thought I knew teachers/coaches who passed. I don't blame video games, I still enjoy FPS but feel like more tact could of been used during the development. Not a fan of hatred/Postal , thats just violence without reason/substance.
Thought COD did get more and more violent and upped its usage/display of torture.
I'm actually surprised the Hot Coffee mod /GTA SA wasn't on the list. That was massive. Not violent, but 100% controversial. Worked at EB Games at the time and remember having to place AO stickers on the game boxes.
Was it only accessible on PC or could you get to it on the console versions?
Or GTA's "By The Book".
If I’m not mistaken here in Australia they had to rerelease the game on ps2 because of it.
@@Banquet42 I believe it was just the PC version, but even still we had to tag all of the copies as AO. I'm sure now with modded systems it can be accessed on consoles too. Pretty hilarious.
This was for non sexual controversy
I'll never understand the people who clutched their pearls over Wolfenstein and DOOM. "ThEy HaVe DeMoNs AnD nAzIs In ThEm!!1!" ...yeah. They're the bad guys. I can't think of anything more wholesome than getting rid of Nazis and Hellspawn.
It was not so much that particular Germans personally objected to it, I was just illegal to show Nazi symbols in a non-educational or artistic context through a law predating video games by decades.
I would’ve put Manhunt 2 over the original
Not only was it also banned in Australia, New Zealand and Germany, but its original version was also banned in Italy, the UK and became the first (and, to date, only) game banned in Ireland
Also, it revived an AO in the U.S., initially
While the censored version got an M and was later sold in the UK, Ireland and Italy, it was still the more controversial entry
@@ImNotGregGraffin I believe they put a grainy filter over the kills on the Wii version.
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They did that for all the version that ended up being released to circumvent the AO rating/bannings
I’m sure there are mods for the PC version, but I don’t think enough people care about Manhunt 2 beyond the initial controversy to care lol
I remember a guy i knew had "Canis Canem Edit" and I had no idea what it was when i borrowed it but I enjoyed it. It wasn't till years later i learned it was the UK censored title of Bully. Apparently this was only a problem on the PS2 though because it was available on Steam and Xbox 360 as Bully:Scholarship Edition and I own it to this day.
For those wondering it's latin for "Dog eat Dog"
What's weird is that it's not even rated M in the US.
I’m borne and raised in Germany. And I know for a fact that it was possible to get an uncut or “orignal” version of Wolfenstein 3d already in the early 90’s.
Outside of any obvious controversy, JFK Reloaded was kind of interesting, at least in terms of a physics study.
The funny thing about Manhunt being banned in Australia is that it was available for a couple of weeks/months before the governor-general decided to call it and got taken off the shelves.
Why the sequel didn't get released in Australia was out of fear that it would get "refused" classification.
Punisher was highly underrated & id love a remake or even a remaster of it but doubt we’ll ever get it though just like we’ll never get one for Manhunt. 😔
No Night Trap? It's literally the whole reason the ESRB exists!
And it was rated T when it released on the Switch a few years ago.
One very minor quibble: Koalas are not bears. They're Koalas, not Koala Bears.
Im suprised night trap wasnt on this list, if i remember correctly it was both mortal kombat and night trap combined outrage that caused the creation of the ESRB.
An honorable mention should go to Conker's Bad Fur Day. A cute squirrel on a Nintendo console (a company most known for their family friendly titles) in some very adult situations. That caused quite a stir among angry parents.
Not to mention that it didn't end up being published by Nintendo in the end, it was handled by THQ.
Your pronounced "Bruder und Schwestern" was actually very good 👍🏼👍🏼
It's funny that Night Trap was one of those pioneers
For real it isn't even that gory I have seen much gorier games I have a sneaking suspicion the politicians that were outraged about that game never even played it
@@childofthe80s1981Of course they didn't. They claimed that the object of the game was to harm the girls, not save them.
I truly enjoyed manhunt. It was also around SAW being at its height, and I liked the whole idea of these elaborate killers.
Harvester better be on this list such a great game but ob yeah it is seriously messed up lol
You always were a kidder Steve.
& here are 10 more controversial video games:
Carmageddon
BMX XXX
Dead or Alive series
Duke Nukem 3D
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Hong Kong '97 (*WILD*CARD*ENTRY*)
Mercenaries series
Night Trap
The Day Before
Thrill Kill
Add Solider Of Fortune Night Trap and Onslaught to that list as well.
I'll add some more
Splatterhouse
The NSFW Atari 2600 games
Plumbers Dont Wear Ties
Thrill Kill is a good inclusion to the list but it's a game that never popped on the store shelf since EA who bought the rights decided to can it and no one got to play it until a leaked rom of the complete build appeared online.
You forgot Custard's Revenge and The Guy Game.
@@PeterDahu And Beat Em and Eat Em
Don't appologize for your German, Peter. Nice job. However, now let's hear you say "ch" and some Umlaute ;)
Ich sekundiere dieses
Is there a German word for 'That feeling that your German isn't great but it's actually acceptable?'
@@Banquet42 einigermaßen gut :-)
@@Creep187SAas "to some extent" sehr gut! :)
meanwhile the punisher comic books was advertised in kids comic books.
We need a new Punisher game
Indeed
@@adamantium4797 OR REMASTER THIS
I'm surprised the sniper 2 didn't make this list, due to all the people who died while laughing at the voice acting
The Punisher game was a perfect love letter to the Marvel Anti Hero. the comic book writers came to write for this game while bringing loosely up the movie's main BAD, John Saint aka Jigsaw.
7:44
Is that a reference to the game's name being changed to "Dog Eat Dog" in Latin in the PAL region?
Edit: also, I don't think Mr Thompson cared that he was wrong about the actual story of the game. This is the guy that tried to sue the Penny Arcade folk for making a charitable donation in his name when he issued a challenge to make a game about video game violence causing the death of a child causing the child's father to go on a rampage against video game developers.
Manhunt was amazing!
The game I played when I was 8 is too violent for TH-cam. Can't believe censorship has gone in the wrong direction for this long.
Please be quiet. TH-cam doesn’t censor videos with graphic video game violence. They just can’t be monetized.
And censorship was worse in the 90s I don’t understand why people so otherwise. You couldn’t even say “shit” on cable tv back then.
Love this channel, but I think you missed a couple here. 2/3 of the unholy trinity of controversial video games, to be specific. Doom and Grand theft Auto absolutely deserve the remainder of the podium with MK still at the top, instead of them just getting passing mentions in the rankings of others
Thought Carmageddon would have made the list but I'm guessing Death Race is kinda the same genere/theme?
Computer games don't raise bad kids, bad parents do all that.
Hang on you showed in this video that you've already done a video on 10 most controversial video games, just added the word "video" to the title to make it different and changed them around. What is this WhatCulture?
Outrage over "Manhunt" being justified? I concur, bc that game is just ...
Take a shot every time he mispronounces the word Controversy!
I remember the usual suspects having an issue with Night Trap. They said it was porn. The only bad thing about night trap was the game play.
I finally got Hatred last year. Wanted to see if it was really all that bad. It's definitely wasn't as bad as I thought. I mean you for sure a mass murderer killing civilians and cops. And the guy in the story is pretty much just a psycho out to cause chaos. Though I didn't realize the mod I downloaded "666" that made the game better, actually added a school shooting level where you kill VERY young kids. I stopped playing at that point. Until I realized it was a mod added level in the "666" pack.
Without that level the game definitely isn't to bad. As for actually gameplay, the game is actually very fun. It's gets really challenging. Especially with the destructible buildings. And the ending is satisfying as (SPOILERS) you die. That said, the discussion area is toxic on Steam. Everyone is an edgelord. Thankfully I only paid 49 cents for it. So the dev isn't really making anything from me.
I love that the community decided to call the protagonist "Not Important" as the ultimate dad joke vs the dev.
I would have put GTA: San Andreas on there due to the Hot Coffee mod.
Has no one at Triple Jump ever heard of Rule of Rose? Because that game became controversial because of a little thing called the Italian press.
I feel GTA should get its own top ten list of controversial shit lol
4:04 I still, if the old Xbox happens to be plugged, play the hell out of this. I agree that it is amazingly violent and that I probably shouldn't have played it at 9 years old, but damn I cherish those memoris so much.
Also, they censored the times when a special interrogation went wrong and honestly, that made them all the more shocking. If anything, I hated botching those because it was too much.
Hatred is a game that really wanted to be Harvester so badly but wasn't as clever
Hateful and not clever? Sounds exactly like what you'd expect from it's creator.
Triple Jump controversial game time
Mat and Trey didn't fight the censored the pre censored it before the sent it to get rated because they knew it wouldn't pass
A lot of controversy about video games is due to people who lack the mental bandwidth to spell psychology trying to do a psychology
Glad to see Manhunt
would have thought doom 1 would be on here
Shoutout to the creator of Hatred
Specifically for his political views. LOL
From denmark. Dont worry, the haters of bully have moved on to books and they are having great succes
10:04 99% of the time, anyone whining about "political correctness" just wishes it was easier for them to be hateful without consequences.
at least the Punisher could be patched on PC & had a trainer for Xbox (assuming you had a modded one) to restore all the gore. Hatred a great bit of fun & the first person mod is great fun as is the super power mod. As for Postal thats just a great fun series of games (except for 3 of course, even RWS say to avoid that travesty developed by another company). Manhunt just put a big smile on my face, to be fair so did all the others as well, I never did understand all the fuss over what lets face it is just a bit of fun that harms no-one (unless you believe npcs have souls & lives in which case I'm going straight to a very not firey place someday)
no Night Trap?
I find it amusing that only the scene killing civilians outraged people in COD.
A game series that normalizes war? No problem though. I guess the industrial military complex can't have thinking war itself is bad.
Auto thumbs up I love british dry satire!
Also Germans are no fun rule number 4999.
People (mainly Americans) go out of their minds over violent video games & films yet they're totally fine with guns being readily available 🙄
They have to find their scapegoat for all those school shootings and similar such scenarios happening all throughout the year in The USA.
Yesterday it was violence.
Now it's sexism.
Only Liberals, good thing they lost their ass this past election.
Right to bare arms. Bear arms? Both
Really wanna play death race now
Hatred was offensively boring
TP: "We won't be including deliberately provocative games..."
Also TP: "Here's Hatred and Postal"
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Gotta say, never played Death Race or Manhunt. Manhunt just seemed dumb. I did try all the Postal games but never got far into them. The "edgy" humor quickly wears thin and you see there really isn't much to them. While there is alot to hate in the game, seeing the cat silencer really was disgusting. Granted you don't have to use it. If you don't know what the cat silencer is, probably don't want to want to look it up. The game is very much for adults who having grown past being edgy.
Manhunt is far from dumb, both Manhunt games are absolutely great and play great. Though you want the to Play the PC version as the PC versions are uncut.
@@BarryWallace-se8lz Yeah I played 1 back in the day and recently and it holds up. It's essentially a grindhouse/exploitation movie in video game form.
Old school Rockstar was something else ( The Warriors anyone? )
@@BarryWallace-se8lz So are the EU console versions
stick with my little pony then
@@Adam_Outdoors Not they are the ONLY version of Manhunt that are NOT cut are on the PC. Even the EU console versions of the game are cut.
You really felt the need to blur ps1 graphics?
TH-cam will demonetize videos for having too much graphic violence.
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COD MW2...Russian ultra-nationalist terrorists??? Who could believe such nonsense