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IGN review up for PS3. It scored a perfect 10 :eek:

http://au.ps3.ign.com/articles/869/869541p1.html

A "10" is not a score we give out very often. In fact, the last time we gave a 10 to a console game was Soul Calibur in 1999. A 10 doesn't mean a game is perfect -- it means a game is pushing boundaries, expanding a genre, and doing many things to a level so far above and beyond its competitors that they overshadows any flaws. Certainly, GTA IV has some issues, the most noticeable being the occasional flaw in the cover system, but there are many more pieces of GTA IV that are better than anything I've seen from a game in the past decade. We don't give 10s often -- just to games that merit the score.
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Sounds like hookers are in btw, I'm wondering if this is what's been cut from the Aussie version?
 
IGN comparison:

For those wanting to know which version looks better, the edge goes to the PS3. The textures and framerate are comparable, but the PS3 has far less pop-in. The 360 has richer colors, but the PS3 has better anti-aliasing making it look a little cleaner. Because GTA IV can preload onto the PS3 hard drive, the in-game loads are faster. Don't worry Xbox owners, the load times are rarely more than 30 seconds and don't occur very often. The slight visual edge goes to PS3, but the 360 is no slouch. Either version will do you proud.
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Alistair said:
If this is correct, I'm not really fussed. I can live without a cut-scene as long as there are no fundamental changes to missions or game play.
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I was told by a member of the OFLC (who came into my store last week) that this was all that was being cut..... hopefully true because he was the representative of the people who "banned" the "bad" content
 
Karl Pilkington said:
So far the only thing we know for sure is that a scene where Niko shoves a weapon (doesn't state what kind) up the arse of a character, who r*ped one of his friends in prison, is being cut.

I am banking on that being the only thing cut.
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Take this for what it's worth


http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=332404


I have a confirmation from my friend who has both versions.

The CUT Australian PAL version, and the UNCUT UK PAL version.

From what I've seen, in gameplay from his TV, the main changes in the two versions of the game are as follows:

- Hookers are still in the game, but the difference between the two games are that when you purchase the hooker in the UNCUT game, you CAN see the hooker bouncing on top of you in the car, from all views around the car, but in the CUT version, you can only see the car bouncing from the back (Like the cut San Andreas)

- Dismemerment is OUT of the CUT version. In the UNCUT version of the game, hitting a motorbike on the road CAN cause dismmemberment of the arms, legs or head, but not in the CUT version.

- Minor changes in various cuts scenes are present. Including different swear words being cut, moved, changed, etc.

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That's what we've noticed so far.


Cheers.

EDIT: We also notices, when checking the disk size of each, that the CUT version is a WHOLE 1 GIGABITE SMALLER than the UNCUT version.
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NitroFan said:
Take this for what it's worth
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A lot of people on the forum believe that that was fake and all, and it looks it...

Yeah, the PS3 has a slight graphical advantage. I guess it comes down to slight graphical advantage vs extra DLC and integrated online services.
 
This has been most likely covered earlier but i need to be sure. Can someone please help me with the following regarding getting an OS copy.

  • Which version do i need? PAL etc..
  • The best place to order it from ?(people have mentioned playasia but i can only seem to find NTSC Asia and US versions).
  • do i have stuff all chance of getting one on release day if i havent pre-ordred and decide to buy locally/?
If someone could post a URL of the shop they purchased it from, that would be great.

Thanks Guys
 
mattf83 said:
This has been most likely covered earlier but i need to be sure. Can someone please help me with the following regarding getting an OS copy.

  • Which version do i need? PAL etc..
  • The best place to order it from ?(people have mentioned playasia but i can only seem to find NTSC Asia and US versions).
  • If i decide to buy it locally, do i have stuff all chance because i havent pre-ordered?
If someone could post a URL of the shop they purchased it from, that would be great.

Thanks Guys
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360 or ps3? ps3 games you can get from any over seas online shop because they arent region protected where as the 360 versions are. you still have a chance to get the game if you havent pre ordered because they wont just stock copies for those that pre ordered then will get more so that people can buy them in their shops, but you will have to be in ther quick because they wont last long on the shelf!.
jb hifi are having a trade in deal where you can trade in 3 xbox 360 games and get gta for free, this of course has an exclusion list that you can access of their website.
 
Richo is God said:
360 or ps3? ps3 games you can get from any over seas online shop because they arent region protected where as the 360 versions are. you still have a chance to get the game if you havent pre ordered because they wont just stock copies for those that pre ordered then will get more so that people can buy them in their shops, but you will have to be in ther quick because they wont last long on the shelf!.
jb hifi are having a trade in deal where you can trade in 3 xbox 360 games and get gta for free, this of course has an exclusion list that you can access of their website.
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thanks mate, i have a 360
 
That review from IGN just shows that this is going to be the greatest game of all time and an absolute shoe-in for GOTY 2008.

It is also one of their largest reviews ever, spanning a full 7 pages!!!:eek:

Just some of the awesome bits from the review(Bold are my fave's):
Go to an affluent neighborhood and the street is likely to be newly paved, the pedestrians better dressed, the cops more plentiful. But head to Dukes or Bohan and you'll find streets nearly stripped of asphalt, homeless people wandering about aimlessly and criminals preying on the weak.

Watch the people and you'll witness some amazing things. At one point, I saw a woman stopped at a light, looking in the rearview mirror right before she was rear-ended by a man ogling a girl on the street. The man got out of his car and went to the woman, checking to see if she was okay. This had nothing to do with Niko or a single action I took. These were the citizens of Liberty City going about their day. And it was just one moment in a day full of incidents.

Hang in one area of the city long enough and you'll see how traffic and pedestrian flow changes as the day progresses. When it rains, people bring out umbrellas or shield themselves with a newspaper and run for an awning.

When you enter buildings, there are no load times -- you open the door and you're on your way up a flight of stairs to the roof.

The idea of a "living, breathing city" has always been somewhat of a joke in gaming. Every city in the past has felt artificial in some way. But Liberty City feels like a real place. And its history is built not only into the architecture and the people, but even in the music. There are more than 200 songs in GTA IV and many of them were recorded or remastered with specific references to Liberty City.

GTA IV takes aim at all of the modern forms of communication. Along with radio stations (a staple of the series) there are full programs and ads you can watch on TV and a fully browseable Interweb.

You could lose hours of your day surfing the 'net. That may mean sorting through junk mail, clicking on random links, using Love-Meet.com to find dates, or reading the news.

There are more than 90 story missions that will take anywhere from 25-45 hours to complete depending largely on your skill level.

When you're wanted, your radar displays the police search parameter. The smaller the wanted level, the more local the search. Your goal is to get out of that circle and avoid being seen by the cops. Get spotted and the circle re-centers on your new location. This becomes more of a challenge when you reach three stars, because a police helicopter appears. This eye in the sky has an easier chance of spotting and following Niko -- and directing other cops to your location.

The new wanted system puts an emphasis on your driving and navigation skills. Fortunately, you can set a waypoint on the map in the pause menu and get an adaptive GPS-guided route. This same system is used to guide you through missions.

There is also a full neurological system built into Niko so that his body knows how to react to other objects. At one point I drove an ambulance off a high stunt jump. The cinematic camera swung around to show Niko taking his hands off the wheel and covering his face before impact.

The art team gets major kudos for creating a living world. There is great texture work in the environments, a nice field-of-vision blur of buildings in the distance, some excellently modeled cars, ball-jarring explosions, phenomenal water effects and one interesting-looking Eastern Euro for a lead character.
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Can't wait!

Now all I wanna know is: Will buying the US version of this game allow me to play online on the Australian severs or will I be restricted to US servers?

I'm not too sure how it works, whether the online server region system goes by the game origin or my PSN ID.
 

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Alistair said:
Can't wait!

Now all I wanna know is: Will buying the US version of this game allow me to play online on the Australian severs or will I be restricted to US servers?

I'm not too sure how it works, whether the online server region system goes by the game origin or my PSN ID.
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You can play on Australian servers, PS3 games are region free.
 
DonMania#5 said:
You can play on Australian servers, PS3 games are region free.
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To elaborate further....I believe that the servers you connect to are based on your PSN I.D.'s origin. This means you can have an imported game running on your Australian PS3 using your australian PSN I.D. and you will connect to Australian servers.

If you happened to be logged in under a U.S., JAPANESE or HONG KONG PSN I.D. while playing a game bought in Australia you would be connected to that other regions servers.

Someone else may wish to confirm this 100%, but that is my understanding how it works.
 
Good thinking.

The classic hip-hop station makes me happy in the pants.

Main Source featuring Nas, Fatal & Akinyele - "Live at the Barbeque"

*passes out*
 

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Ordered off Play Asia, hopefully comes before Friday, don't want to wait another week.
 
NitroFan said:
Does anyone have a full list of the radio stations and their songs?
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If I were you I wouldn't look it up. Imagine how good a surprise it will be when you hear your favourite song played and you didn't know it :p
 
Don't go to the IGN forums, some jackass has posted a whole bunch of plot spoilers. I read them, and I'm regretting it already.
 
melbournemartin said:
If I were you I wouldn't look it up. Imagine how good a surprise it will be when you hear your favourite song played and you didn't know it :p
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I'll usually have a look in the booklet, as not only can that provide some laughs with the "Ads" and "Stories", but it gives you all the songs, artists and radio presenters.
 
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