GTA IV cut details emerge

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One of our readers, Mick, has sent through a summary of what has been cut from the Australian version of Grand Theft Auto IV, in comparison to the UK version. Mick has played through both versions of the game.

According to Mick, when players pick up a prostitute in the Australian version, there is no way to select a 'service' from the prostitute. The sexual intercourse sex animation has also been completely removed, so players will only see the car bounce from a locked rear-view. In the uncut version, after selecting a service from the prostitute, players can rotate the camera to see the prostitute's actions.

Also in the Australian version, no blood pools will appear beneath a dead person after shooting or stabbing them to death. There are blood splatters, but no blood pools. In the uncut version, blood will slowly ooze out from under a body, and it is possible to create bloody footprints by walking through the blood, or bloody tyre tracks from driving through it. Finally, when Niko or other NPCs are injured in the uncut version, light blood patches appear on their bodies which basically represent bruises/bullet wounds.

Mick doesn't make mention of any cutscene changes or any other alterations, so it seems the local censorship really was quite minor.

Thanks to Mick for the tip. It has also come to our attention since publication that bloody footprints and tyre tracks are in the AU version.

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150 Comments

bradc1988

1 year ago

If I recall I'm fairly certain San Andreas had the blood pools, and the character bleeding after being injured has been around in a few other games, so why ban it now? That makes no sense.

Other than that it's good to hear the cut scenes and such weren't affected.

MikeZombie777

1 year ago

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2614/bloodpoolkp1.jpg

^^^------Screenshot of a blood pool in the uncut version I took

Hmmm my name being mentioned many times in an article makes me blush hehe. You know what the funny thing is? The uncut version was recently passed by the New Zealand OFLC and it appears they missed the blood pools/tiretracks/bloody footprints because the Bill Hastings said in a video interview that the ONLY changes in the uncut version were to do with the hooker sex animations. I wonder if they'll end up recalling the game to reclassify it for a third time?

http://www.tv3.co.nz/FullinterviewwithChiefCensoronuncutGTAIV/tabid/412/articleID/56982/cat/73/Default.aspx

Peveus

1 year ago

Bah. I had long suspected I was missing out on some serious gore.

That said, I never really examine bodies after I kill them anyway. Oh well.

shinryu

1 year ago

I don't really care about the whole prostitute thing. But taking out the bloody pools is kind of disappointing, leaving bloody tire tracks would have been a nice feature.

Mullet87

1 year ago

I guarantee that you can most definitely leave bloody tire tracks (not 100% sure on foot prints) in the cut version. I've done it myself and remember thinking, "Damn that is gruesome"

LeonJ

1 year ago

Yeah, I've seen the same.

While I think it's crap that we got a censored verison, the content removed is very minimal and not worth all the whoo-har. Games like No More Heroes are much much worse example making the far worse and changing the orginal scope of the game GTAIV isn't any worse of a game because of the these changes I feel.

Karai Pantsu

1 year ago

At the very least the AUS version gets the blood spatters on vehicles when you mow people down - I was mighty impressed with that when I found out.

Need to get my 360 repaired so I can get back on the uncut action.

MikeZombie777

1 year ago

Mullet87 wrote

I guarantee that you can most definitely leave bloody tire tracks (not 100% sure on foot prints) in the cut version. I've done it myself and remember thinking, "Damn that is gruesome"

You're mistaken man, there are no bloody tire tracks. Numerous other people have confirmed it. You need blood pools too create the tire tracks. I have played both versions side by side extensively. Please post pics.

Mr Waffle

1 year ago

I have the UK version, the bloody tyre tracks are neat... noticed those when doing a burnout over a corpse. Ahem.

The thing is, other games have had these before. Goldeneye on the N64 had bloody clothes!!!

BurnZ

1 year ago

MikeZombie777 wrote

Mullet87 wrote

I guarantee that you can most definitely leave bloody tire tracks (not 100% sure on foot prints) in the cut version. I've done it myself and remember thinking, "Damn that is gruesome"

I've also made bloody tyre tracks using the Australian version.

Spanca

1 year ago

bradc1988 wrote

If I recall I'm fairly certain San Andreas had the blood pools, and the character bleeding after being injured has been around in a few other games, so why ban it now? That makes no sense.

I seem to remember that too. San Andreas had quite a lot of blood in it, and compared to other games the gore level in IV isn't that extreme. I guess it's the 'regular' urban setting of it.

MikeZombie777

1 year ago

BurnZ wrote

MikeZombie777 wrote

Mullet87 wrote

I guarantee that you can most definitely leave bloody tire tracks (not 100% sure on foot prints) in the cut version. I've done it myself and remember thinking, "Damn that is gruesome"

I've also made bloody tyre tracks using the Australian version.

Please post pics then. I can't understand how this is possible because many others besides myself have confirmed that there are no bloody tyre tracks. I have tried in the AU version numerous times without success.

BTW, excuse my American spelling of "tire". Lousy American spellchecker lol

mikezilla2

1 year ago

you can but not from pool - i drive along and light red gets on the tryers and road - not very detailed - the gore is what i neww id miss out on oh and mike you missed one thing - i have the AUS version in a vid iv seen a biker get his limbs busted off but not in the AUS version

MikeZombie777

1 year ago

mikezilla2 wrote

Serious? I guess Luke should add that to the article then. Can you be more specific man? I've played through the whole game (uncut/cut) and I can't recall seeing anything like that. There were lots of things shown in pre-release videos that aren't in the final game. Was it a user made video?

Slipvayne21

1 year ago

ill say this until i die or we get R18+ ratings...

F**K CENSERSHIP!!

Btw, thanks mick

lordofthesheep

1 year ago

I think it's very important to remember that it wasn't actually refused classification, and that Rockstar made the changes voluntarily. They probably decided that removing the possibly least-missed unnecessary features would get the game its MA rating.

Infested Jibbs

1 year ago

Wow.........is that all?Minor, piddly stuff.

Would that have been so detrimental if rockstar had told their paying audience that before release?

Benza

1 year ago

I'm just confused why the blood pools we're cut? That **** been in games over here before.

Gregsy

1 year ago

I agree that it's strange that they would take away the blood pools, but I am still happy with the fact that I purchased the Australian copy.

matrix-cat

1 year ago

I can remember blood pools in GTA III, along with being able to walk in the blood and leave bloody footprints behind you. Why would they take it out now?

darklord

1 year ago

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Also in the Australian version, no blood pools will appear beneath a dead person after shooting or stabbing them to death. There are blood splatters, but no blood pools. In the uncut version, blood will slowly ooze out from under a body, and it is possible to create bloody footprints by walking through the blood, or bloody tyre tracks from driving through it. Finally, when Niko or other NPCs are injured in the uncut version, light blood patches appear on their bodies which basically represent bruises/bullet wounds.

Why cut any of that out? It's been in the others. How could a light blood patch push it over MA15+?

drinniol

1 year ago

They likely cut the blood to fit it in with another country's ratings? Germany, perhaps?

Goon for Hire

1 year ago

Awww, man.
http://palgn.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=26268&start=25

Peveus

1 year ago

Can anyone recommend me a really reliable site to get the UK version from?

I want gore. It's the one thing I didn't want censored. I must revolt!

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Grand Theft Auto IV

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Australian Release Date:
  29/04/2008 (Confirmed)
Standard Retail Price:
  $119.95 AU
Publisher:
  Rockstar Games
Genre:
  Action
Year Made:
  2007

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