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24 May, 2008

GTA IV cut details emerge

360 News | So, what's missing from our version?
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
4 years ago
Sheesh, Mike

Here you go, for your 'proof'

Took all of 5 seconds to do

4 years ago
Yeah, the only things i haven't seen are blood pooling and cam angles for hookers.I have seen bloody tyre and foot prints.

I haven't seen dismemberment, but i'm reserving the right to call that a cut as well, as it sounds like something that only happens when you really get **** up.Let's not continue this as some sort of slug match, i think we can all agree about tyre and foot prints, dismemberment just seems to be a bit of an unknown.
4 years ago
Wow I can't help but imagine if they had left all this stuff in that it would've passed classification no problems. What a whole bunch of fuss over nothing.

I'm still glad I got my uncut version from the states cuz it was cheaper, came with a licence plate and doesn't have that stupid OFLC rating covering a huge part of the cover.

I've tried many many times to dismember people after hearing about it, i've used every gun numerous times (i'm talking like hundreds of shots) on numerous parts of the body (yea i'm sick like that) and there is NONE! If by some miracle someone can confirm there is dismemberment then they have made the feature so rare and random it's almost pointless. Imo the few that have imagined dismemberment have probably gotten caught up in the moment when other parts from cars etc have been flying around and they mistook it for it or maybe even the limbs were bent in a way that looked like it had come off. Yes that includes slow-mo deaths, head-shots etc etc (i've done it all and still nothing, blood sprays YES, dismemberment...NO). Once I was going soooo fast down the ramp from a bridge and full speed I hit a guy on a bike and sent him absolutely into the stratosphere, anyways I kept driving for another few seconds and crashed into a whole pile of traffic, it was then that the biker actually came and landed ontop of my vehicle! Amazing, the guy must've flown about 500-600 yards and still no dismemberment. It really doesn't exist, especially after all this time the game has been out and there is not one screenshot if it.

I think the bloody tyre/footprints might be a glitch appearing on the censored version because they obviously seem much harder to do (or random) on that version so chances are they were taken out.

All I care about is the fact that I don't have to compare or justify anything cuz I don't buy gimped ****.
4 years ago
^i still believe their is dismemberment(mainly because obs says so) and that it is simply a rare occurence.Much like encountering a 'shiny' pokemon in pokemon.Most people scream black and blue that they don't exist...until they find their very first one at random in the wild after 230 hrs of play.
4 years ago
^ But that kinda defeats the purpose of it doesn't it? What are the chances that when dismemberment even occurs that you'll even see it? Very slim by the sounds of things. So like I said it's a pointless feature because they have underutilised it.

With this 'shiny' pokemon does it actually offer anything other than just a visual "huh....look at that!" and chances are when it appears it's not something you're gonna miss cuz it's right infront of ya and not in a blurry slo-mo event off to the side of the screen or whatever right? It's like with blood, if I wanna see the stuff in the game I kill someone, simple. If I wanna see dismemberment? Yea maybe after a few months of play I might get lucky.....pfft! No thanks, keep your dismemberment.
4 years ago
Mullet87 wrote
Sheesh, Mike

Here you go, for your 'proof'

Took all of 5 seconds to do

Thank you. I guess we can conclude that it's harder to do in AU version, which can still be considered a cut to some extent. Still doesn't make any sense that right now I still cannot get it to work at all. As ugh the boot said, maybe it's a glitch in the censored version? Maybe some people can get it to work and others can't, because I've spoken to heaps of other people with the AU version and none of them could get it to work either. As for dismemberment, nah I still don't buy it.
4 years ago
Not to be a dick mike but i can pull of bloody tyre makrs almost all the time.Simply back over a dead/dying body and it's red candy stripe for a few seconds.
4 years ago
Jibbs wrote
Not to be a dick mike but i can pull of bloody tyre makrs almost all the time.Simply back over a dead/dying body and it's red candy stripe for a few seconds.
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/8779/1003766ce2.jpg

Just thought I'd post that before someone accuses me of not even having the uncut version. Well I honestly don't know what to tell you......
4 years ago
Wait a minute does UK GTA4 work on an Australian 360? I've just ordered the US PS3 version but I might sell that and get UK 360 version if it works here.

edit: but I just realised that it's probably illegal to sell it in Australia icon_rolleyes.gif
4 years ago
Paludis wrote
Wait a minute does UK GTA4 work on an Australian 360? I've just ordered the US PS3 version but I might sell that and get UK 360 version if it works here.

edit: but I just realised that it's probably illegal to sell it in Australia icon_rolleyes.gif
Yeah of course it does. The UK/Europe are PAL territories, as is Australia.
4 years ago
MikeZombie777 wrote
Paludis wrote
Wait a minute does UK GTA4 work on an Australian 360? I've just ordered the US PS3 version but I might sell that and get UK 360 version if it works here.

edit: but I just realised that it's probably illegal to sell it in Australia icon_rolleyes.gif
Yeah of course it does. The UK/Europe are PAL territories, as is Australia.
Ah k cool, I just thought since it was region locked you could only buy the aus version, didn't know we were in the same region as UK.
4 years ago
Yeah there are only 3 regions in the gaming univerise; PAL, NTSC & NTSC-J.

NTSC-J - Japan, rest of Asia
NTSC - North America and other places
PAL - Europe/UK/NZ/AUS etc
4 years ago
I've got both. Tyre tracks and footprints in both versions. Bulletholes, bloodspray(on the clothes) and dark red pools of blood under bodies are only in the uncut version.
There is NO dismemberment in either versions whatsoever. Why the **** people think there is is beyond me.
4 years ago
MikeZombie777 wrote
Mullet87 wrote
Sheesh, Mike

Here you go, for your 'proof'

Took all of 5 seconds to do

Thank you. I guess we can conclude that it's harder to do in AU version, which can still be considered a cut to some extent. Still doesn't make any sense that right now I still cannot get it to work at all. As ugh the boot said, maybe it's a glitch in the censored version? Maybe some people can get it to work and others can't, because I've spoken to heaps of other people with the AU version and none of them could get it to work either. As for dismemberment, nah I still don't buy it.
wait that screen is fake i mean look the car that looks like that duble crossing basterd stole my mums lip stic we had a deal remaber icon_evil.gif and my crayons you ran over them icon_cry.gif how could you - and you stole my tv what the hell oh and theere both fake photo shop filter
http://img380.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn1013iw1.jpg

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sorry couldent help it but yea id agree some what that they reduced the way you can do it can still be done tho what im wondering tho is why your the only 360 user who cant do i ? i mean have you triad for a good 30 mins ?--- just a few pages back i was accused of lying -----
4 years ago
There's bloody tyre tracks in the Aus version, they're just less common.

Shut the **** up Mike.
4 years ago
Goon for Hire wrote
There's bloody tyre tracks in the Aus version, they're just less common.

Shut the f*** up Mike.
Settle down mate, I'm just trying to ensure people are accurately informed about this. I've emailed Luke about it and he said he's going to edit the article, which is a good thing because I just want people out there to know exactly what they're paying $120 for. I'm strongly opposed to censorship and I'll always do everything in my power to make sure people are informed. I'm actually trying to do you guys a favor.
4 years ago
MikeZombie777 wrote
Goon for Hire wrote
There's bloody tyre tracks in the Aus version, they're just less common.

Shut the f*** up Mike.
What the hell is your problem? I'm just trying to ensure people are accurately informed about this. Grow up.
i think he meant me - but i was being sarcastic lol

still have you triad anymore ?

Thanks to Mick for the tip. It has also come to our attention since publication that blood pools do appear to be possible in the Australian version.


umm WTF - yea luke updated icon_wink.gif
4 years ago
NOTE TO LUKE: blood pools DON'T appear in the Australian version. Bloody tyre tracks and footprints apparently do.
4 years ago
Th trye tracks and footprints are rarer in the Aus version though.
I posted this stuff a while ago..... http://palgn.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=26268&start=25
4 years ago
I thought there was a thread stating mods will be harsher this week? I think this thread is a good place to start.
4 years ago
mikezilla2 wrote
MikeZombie777 wrote
Mullet87 wrote
Sheesh, Mike

Here you go, for your 'proof'

Took all of 5 seconds to do

Thank you. I guess we can conclude that it's harder to do in AU version, which can still be considered a cut to some extent. Still doesn't make any sense that right now I still cannot get it to work at all. As ugh the boot said, maybe it's a glitch in the censored version? Maybe some people can get it to work and others can't, because I've spoken to heaps of other people with the AU version and none of them could get it to work either. As for dismemberment, nah I still don't buy it.
wait that screen is fake i mean look the car that looks like that duble crossing basterd stole my mums lip stic we had a deal remaber icon_evil.gif and my crayons you ran over them icon_cry.gif how could you - and you stole my tv what the hell oh and theere both fake photo shop filter
http://img380.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn1013iw1.jpg

===============================================


sorry couldent help it but yea id agree some what that they reduced the way you can do it can still be done tho what im wondering tho is why your the only 360 user who cant do i ? i mean have you triad for a good 30 mins ?--- just a few pages back i was accused of lying -----
Wait are you now saying my pics are fake? You were the one that was always agreeing with me.

I said it before and I'll say it again I don't freaking have photoshop or any other editing program.Even if I did, my life isn't pathetic enough to go and make fake pics to try and prove something fact when it's fiction.


I rarely lie and quite frankly I REALLY HATE when people say I'm a liar.I only lie if it's to get me out of trouble and even then I usually tell the truth.

If you freaking want I will make a freaking vid that includes: Me getting the bloody tyre tracks, my PS3, me ejecting the game from my PS3 and I will even say my PALGN user name on the vid.

This is no longer about trying to prove that bloody tyre tracks are indeed in the Aus version, rather I'm REALLY PISSED OFF with people saying my pics are fake.

I don't get angry at people very easy but when people do this crap I get VERY defensive.

Seems I jumped to conclusions so just forget what I said people icon_wink.gif
4 years ago
LeonJ wrote
I thought there was a thread stating mods will be harsher this week? I think this thread is a good place to start.
Why? Because I've exposed what's cut from the AU version? Are people offended by that?
4 years ago
MikeZombie777 wrote
LeonJ wrote
I thought there was a thread stating mods will be harsher this week? I think this thread is a good place to start.
Why? Because I've exposed what's cut from the AU version? Are people offended by that?
No but you guys are going around in circles and it's certain de-railed this thread.
4 years ago
LeonJ wrote
MikeZombie777 wrote
LeonJ wrote
I thought there was a thread stating mods will be harsher this week? I think this thread is a good place to start.
Why? Because I've exposed what's cut from the AU version? Are people offended by that?
No but you guys are going around in circles and it's certain de-railed this thread.
yes we no lol and it stoped - it was kinda silly .
4 years ago
LeonJ wrote
MikeZombie777 wrote
LeonJ wrote
I thought there was a thread stating mods will be harsher this week? I think this thread is a good place to start.
Why? Because I've exposed what's cut from the AU version? Are people offended by that?
No but you guys are going around in circles and it's certain de-railed this thread.
And you're a pseudo-mod, mind your business.
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