 In Canada , following a meeting in Toronto on December 22 , 2003 between Hastings and officials from the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Business Services , Manhunt became the first computer game in Ontario to be classified as a film and was restricted to adults on February 3 , 2004 . Apart from Ontario , however , Manhunt had little or no classification problems elsewhere in North America . The British Columbia Film Classification Office reviewed the game after the controversy in Ontario and deemed the Mature rating by the ESRB to be appropriate . In Germany , the Amtsgericht in Munich confiscated all versions of Manhunt on July 19 , 2004 for violation of § 131 StGB ( " representation of violence " ) . According to the court , the game portrays the killing of humans as fun . They also said it glorified vigilantism , which they considered harmful . 
