Stranglehold SE • Gaming • PS3 • Eurogamer.net

yellowmellow 5 Nov 2007 12:39:53 41 posts
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So, I'm thinking of getting the Stranglehold (I know, I know) special edition (with the Hard Boiled flick included) from a US importer coz it's cheaper and while I know the game is region free, does anyone know if the film can be played on a Euro PS3? Many films do and it would make sense if this one did, but you know.....

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pjmaybe 5 Nov 2007 12:41:01 70,666 posts
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Nope, it won't play.

Wrong region. Although games are (relatively) region free, flicks still aren't.

Peej

Aretak 5 Nov 2007 12:44:51 10,391 posts
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pjmaybe wrote:
Nope, it won't play.

Wrong region. Although games are (relatively) region free, flicks still aren't.

Peej

The film is on the same disc as the game, not a seperate Blu-ray.

/edit/ And to clarify, it's not region-locked. No PS3 games are. Midway were going to lock Stranglehold, but after the big internet shitstorm that resulted from that decision they backed down.

klanger13 5 Nov 2007 12:45:22 61 posts
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Isn't the bonus feature a blu-ray? I thought they could be region locked but currently weren't. I bought Planet Earth from the US and that works fine on my PS3. I would suggest checking a few forums to see if Hard Boiled is region locked.

urban 5 Nov 2007 12:55:46 13,148 posts
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sounds like it should play.

yellowmellow 5 Nov 2007 13:51:42 41 posts
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klanger13 wrote:
Isn't the bonus feature a blu-ray? I thought they could be region locked but currently weren't. I bought Planet Earth from the US and that works fine on my PS3. I would suggest checking a few forums to see if Hard Boiled is region locked.

I use Movietyme and they have a list of US discs that play on European PS3's (including Planet Earth of course)and I would assume that as the game is region free, so would the film be (and it's all on the same Blu Ray).

(in fact, I only get my films from that site at the moment coz they are cheaper - seems like a suprising number of studios are choosing not to region lock their discs - at the moment anyway)

daggerzdave 5 Nov 2007 19:10:56 1 posts
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Mine arrived from Canada today, works fine on PAL ps3.

The game plays very well. Hard Boiled doesn't look amazing but certainly watchable.

All on one disc.

Davinnicus 5 Nov 2007 21:04:48 292 posts
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Mine was posted from movietyme today, so should have this soon. Never seen Hard Boiled and am off at the weekend so this might get a watch.

addic 6 Nov 2007 07:30:08 477 posts
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i bought the game yesterday at me local importer. the game is pretty fun and the movie is one of my favourites anyway. the image quality is high, a bit better than the dvd image...but the sound is absolutely awful. it sounds like "mono"...poor mono sound, no bass effects at all.

anyway, in the end a good game and a great movie...