Prototype to be edited for Australia

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With the recent confirmation that Australians would be playing a different version of Grand Theft Auto IV than everyone else around the world, we thought the bad news about cut games was over for awhile, but alas, it seems not.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Radical Entertainment has stated that they will be working hard to ensure that Prototype will be released in Australia.

Radical's marketing director Chris Hansell stated "We're working really closely with the German office and we've had multiple meetings with the USK. As you can imagine that was a lot of work to get it through the German market but we take it very seriously."

"They've seen it a number of times and we're making very detailed analysis of the particular elements we need to change and tweak and we're always watching the other titles and what they have to change. It's a large job for us to do, I won't lie. It's a challenge that we've said we would tackle and take on."

Apparantly Radical Entertainment has already toned down ragdoll physics on dead bodies, levels of blood and dismemberment and also has a "long list" of changes and tweaks to be implemented. This is the first we've heard about Prototype being cut. PALGN contacted local publisher Vivendi for comment, but we haven't heard back yet. We'll let you know when we do.

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23 Comments

ittekimasu

4 years ago

Hmm hopefully the changes arn't too big from the original or this might have to be imported as well

el_rezzo

4 years ago

Not going to be out for a few more months but at least I can import like with GTA4 now that I have a credit card. This game looks very promising if they weave a decent story through it.

mipac

4 years ago

Another PS3 import for me then.

Kaiden

4 years ago

I just watched the trailer for this on internode and after reading this I am quite disappointed. If they need to tone down the actual gameplay then its not really worth it is it? At least with gta4, it's a videoclip that's cut (right?) won't affect gameplay.

I'd rather they didn't bother editing gameplay just to squeeze it into australia's classification. I'd rather import and enjoy the game like the rest of the world will.

VOOK

4 years ago

Stuff importing, just not going to bother buying it now.

coco_bagel

4 years ago

even if they do town down the violence for Aus im assuming we can still expect "Conan" and "Viking battle for Asgard" levels of blood and decapitation so i don't think the violence is going to take a huge hit.

Im not sure if i understand the meaning of "toned down ragdoll physics" i mean how do you tone down ragdolls? maybe the NPCs need to take a direct hit or something before ragdolling as opposed to maybe just being winged by some debris?

as long as all the powers are intact and we still get a healthy dose of violence im happy.

döppelgangbang

4 years ago

Oh sigh. This is beginning to get ridiculous. In the fullness of time We WILL get a proper rating system (once the silverhaired farts in office realise that a whole generation of gamers is old enough to vote) But for now its a pain in the arse! Tweaking ragdoll physics so corpses don't look so violently tossed around? I hope our version pushes the ratings limit. I'd hate to suffer like NZ has with OUR GTA and recieve a neutered German version!

matrix-cat

4 years ago

Play-Asia must be loving this.

Bloody Tears

4 years ago

Luke wrote

Apparantly Radical Entertainment has already toned down ragdoll physics on dead bodies, levels of blood and dismemberment and also has a "long list" of changes and tweaks to be implemented.

Reading this makes me sad. It’s a reflection of just how primitive we are.

Peveus

4 years ago

Bloody Tears wrote

Luke wrote

Apparantly Radical Entertainment has already toned down ragdoll physics on dead bodies, levels of blood and dismemberment and also has a "long list" of changes and tweaks to be implemented.

Reading this makes me sad. It’s a reflection of just how primitive we are.

Reading this makes me want to snap the OFLC in half.

In case nobody noticed but me, the massive amounts of blood spray when you run someone over in GTA IV is not in the Australian version.

mikezilla2

4 years ago

matrix-cat wrote

Play-Asia must be loving this.

import for me .

renegadesx

4 years ago

mikezilla2 wrote

matrix-cat wrote

Play-Asia must be loving this.

import for me .

Me too

Black Wolf

4 years ago

Great, another crippled version bites the dust. If I was interested in playing this game, I would import it from the US.

Further proof that the government believes that only children play computer games.

Slipvayne21

4 years ago

said it before and ill say it until im dead:

!! F**K CENSERSHIP !!

DrTim

4 years ago

Wow, this game looked lame before, but now...F*CK that.

ittekimasu

4 years ago

Slipvayne21 wrote

said it before and ill say it until im dead:

!! F**K CENSERSHIP !!

I just love the fact you cursed censorship and that in itself was censored. Ah, i'm easily pleased

Luke

4 years ago

Peveus wrote

In case nobody noticed but me, the massive amounts of blood spray when you run someone over in GTA IV is not in the Australian version.

Is this true?

Lord Haart

4 years ago

I'll be honest, for GTA I didn't care too much since it's a fictional game (as opposed to sci-fi), so suspension of disbelief isn't essential.

But for a Sci Fi game like Prototype, cutting these effects out will seriously lessen immersion in the game.

Now it's already on my import list.

Eyce

4 years ago

Is Australia that close to Germany now?

mikezilla2

4 years ago

Luke wrote

Peveus wrote

In case nobody noticed but me, the massive amounts of blood spray when you run someone over in GTA IV is not in the Australian version.

Is this true?

sadliy i dont see much spray and i hit someone so hard that i could not find the body when in relatey it should have fallen back down from the sky - all i saw was a huge pullde .

Karai Pantsu

4 years ago

And yet, when you pop a headshot in the middle of a firefight there's a goodly sized puff of claret. Go figure

MikeZombie777

4 years ago

God I can't this country. Blitz the league, Soldier of fortune payback, Dark Sector, GTA IV, ALL toned down or banned.

**** these wussy developers and **** the government.

ObsoletE

4 years ago

Karai Pantsu wrote

And yet, when you pop a headshot in the middle of a firefight there's a goodly sized puff of claret. Go figure

i shot someone in the knee (it was the fatal shot) which then bled and sprayed profusely for several minutes. was one of the funniest things i've seen so far.