Comments on: Guess What We Didn’t Find in the OFLC Board Report For GTA IV?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:33:35 +0000

It has been revealed what was cut:

http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=11602

I'm glad I didn't import. The only feature that I would've liked to be in my version is how you can see blood appear on Niko after battles, and the pools of blood sound awesome for those big fire-fights. But meh, it's all good =)

By: Cormac

Cormac — Sun, 25 May 2008 14:13:16 +0000

Ive completed the game 2wice now and u can drink drive and pick up hookers in the Oz version of the game. defs 10/10 . I really wanna no wat was cut tho..

By: naDs

naDs — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:16:08 +0000

I’m almost 1/5 of the way through GTA4, and I can tell you now that prostitution is there but it does seemed toned down and you cannot actually see Niko doing anything. Instinctively I do feel like there has been things cut from the strip clubs, drink activities and level of swearing. I have yet to come across the supposed cut scene where a pistol is inserted into someones arse or whatever, and as for the article, the OFLC probably reviewed the Australian version not the R18+ version and thats the reason why there is no mention of the cut scene. If anyone does have the proper version feel free to email me I really want to know what has actually been cut as I am considering ordering a copy from the UK and trading mine in. However in terms of gameplay GTA4 is awesome, the size and level of detail of Liberty City has to be seen to be believed, the combat system is centuries ahead of previous GTA games and driving may take a while to get used to but once you do its more enjoyable than ever.

By: adam

adam — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:16:52 +0000

GTAIV’s Internet is filled with spoofs of all the kinds of Web sites that you’d only ever look at accidentally or when you know there’s no danger of getting caught. Some of them can be found only by clicking on links in spam e-mails, whereas others are advertised prominently on the search page” thats my dad works in eb games australia apparently when he reiceved the games the delevery guy sed dont bother giving 1 to your son its exactly like gta san andreas … now ive played the game 3 times now for 1 hour each time..havent seen the drink driving yet..but i know i cant use the internet yet ..on the map on http://www.gta4.net it shows the internet place its not there! mayby im in a wrong place or mayby this is true that they moved that too
and most definetly it got a r18+ rating because of the sex scene and other sexual activity you can do in gta4..i recommend ordering it overseas or keeping the one in australia all da same the graphs are great ill give this game a 10/10 rating who cares about the sex bits gta is one of the best games ever made in the 21st century!

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:28:09 +0000

MY friend has just received an australian version of GTA about 3 days ago that he purchased off a website.. i can tell you that you can drink drive. and get drunk and have drunk fights and pretty much do everything.. i have been told the only differences are that in the r 18+ version when you hire a prostitute you can rotate the camera so you can see the girl bouncing.. where as in the Australian MA version all you see is the back of the car.. and when you drive motor bikes.. and crash your legs and arms get dismembered or broke i cant remember which one.. and i think there are a few extra swear words and stuff like that.. i read this off xbox forum from a guy that owns the R18+ version and he says the R18+ version is supposedly a gig bigger then the australian version? well i already have my UK R18+ version shipping to me as we speakk. CANT WAIT!

By: Chris James

Chris James — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:54:21 +0000

Will trade a copy of the NZ OFLC report for the Aussie one.

By: DONAR

DONAR — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:19:06 +0000

@Mick

Kudos man. You pretty much said it all for me.

;)

By: V1L3

V1L3 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:13:38 +0000

Annoying as it is, it's pretty obvious why Rockstar is keeping its big mouth shut.

Remember the sex scene from Mass Effect? Or the Hot Coffee scenes that 98% of GTA players never actually saw?

The second you call attention to something in your game (even if it was cut), people and new outlets will take it out of context and run flashing red headlines. Plus if something "important" was cut, game websites would all but call for a boycott, which (whilst understandable) is not exactly good business practice.

Anyway, back to guesswork: "It also looks like prostitution got through unscathed"

Weren't there also scenes in a strip club involving lap dances and implied oral sex? Or was that part of the "picking up prostitutes?" Not that any of that was likely to be cut, unless Rockstar added in a scene involving guns or a baseball bat... Not that Rockstar would EVER do that..

By: Bonza

Bonza — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:21:36 +0000

Here's a thought, could the fact that Rockstar is keeping ultra hush hush on exactly what has been removed from the Australian version of the game be so that they don't affect sales in Aus as much as they would by just telling us what's missing?

Seems to me like a nice old case of greed, (being as how we can import games for almost half the price from the US...)

By: Cs

Cs — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:02:42 +0000

Wait Wait Wait Gta 4 has not been banned in Australia and it also has not been refused classification its rated Ma15+. The Uk version (full version) was not sent for classification so it could not have been Refused classification as they haven't classified it.

That took a lot of class..ification :)