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Post by (I don't) V'aantu Doo'et on Apr 25, 2008 20:36:18 GMT -5
Also, is it confirmed yet if PS3 is getting DLC or what? It seems back and forth with this shit. I know the big 'Soft has exclusive content, which is probably going to be mindblowing -- but I'm sure Sony is going to get the essential DLC. If not, I may have to dust off my RROD 360, ship it to Microass and get that motherfucking content. Especially if it involves more islands/cities/etc.
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Post by J.J. on Apr 25, 2008 20:43:54 GMT -5
Sony IS getting DLC, just not the big stuff that the 360 is getting. Microsoft blew a good chunk of money to Rockstar to get the rights to episodic content for their console. I'm sure there will be minor additions through DLC that the PS3 will get, maybe some clothes and weapons and maybe a new car or two every once in a while.
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Post by (I don't) V'aantu Doo'et on Apr 25, 2008 20:47:13 GMT -5
Sony IS getting DLC, just not the big stuff that the 360 is getting. Microsoft blew a good chunk of money to Rockstar to get the rights to episodic content for their console. I'm sure there will be minor additions through DLC that the PS3 will get, maybe some clothes and weapons and maybe a new car or two every once in a while. Blargh! So 360 is most likely going to get the extra island or whatever that's been hinted at and not Sony aswell? If so, that completely blows.
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Post by J.J. on Apr 25, 2008 21:02:29 GMT -5
That parts really unclear. It's possible I suppose. Episodic Content is an idea that still being flushed out as a concept. It could be whole new content in whole new locales, or it could be 3-4 hour missions set in the existing world, either way, it's going to be more game, with new storylines. At least that's how it should based on the essence of what Episodic Content is.
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Post by Chase on Apr 28, 2008 20:39:12 GMT -5
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Post by XZEROX: Wings for Judith on Apr 29, 2008 6:21:45 GMT -5
Here's what I posted on my journal:
Good God...
GTA IV is a beast. I started playing it at around 1AM and finished up at 5AM. Then I had to run it back to Movie Gallery since it came out today.
All you have to do is explore and experiment to fully understand why this game is something special.
For one, the new physics engine is a tremendous upgrade and enhances the fun factor along with realism. Basically, nobody falls the same way twice. There are no pre-determined animations - it's all real-time physics and I can't tell you how much that adds to the game.
I drove my car at top speed off the road, into a dock, and hit this huge black dude and sent him flying with limbs flailing into the beautiful water below. I jumped out of my car and dived into the water to find his body floating there.
This game has a really well done story so far. A big theme of the game is communication. Unlike San Andreas where the "dates" were boring and rather arbitrary, GTA IV makes meeting people and keeping relationships healthy a worthwhile experience.
The first girl you date is Michelle. You meet her in another mission where you escort her and her friend somewhere. She seems like a really nice, polite young woman but she obviously has some dark secrets (didn't get far enough to find out what). Anyway you have the option of keeping that relationship alive. You have to answer her text messages/phone calls and set up a date. Once you do a cutscene occurs and Nico offers to take her to the carnival. When they arrive they notice that the carnival is down at that time of the year, so instead they decide to go bowling. Yes, you can go bowling. The bowling alley is highly detailed and is actually very fun. You take turns bowling and they even share some small talk like one would in real life. A scoreboard is displayed and Nico has the option of looking at it at his leisure. His confidence depends on how well you bowl. Once finished, she asks you to take her home, so you get back in the car and drive her back to her apartment. She tells you she had a really nice time and then hopes to go out again. You get a thumbs-up point and the relationship grows.
It's really interesting since there's so much to do in Liberty City now. You can go bowling, play club games, see a magic show, watch real small-time comedians in a virtual comedy joint, and later on go to that carnival. And that's not even going over all the dining areas Liberty City has to offer.
They've done a lot of this stuff on a smaller scale with GTA 3, GTA: VC, and GTA: SA but you really need to play it yourself to understand how much more satisfying it is now.
Hit a mailbox, papers go flying out of it with the same physics engine mentioned above. Hit a trash can or dumpster and watch it go flying - depending on your speed and how heavy the object is. Cups and bottles can be destroyed. Hit someone head on and you might go flying out your windshield.
The meticulous care put into this game is unmatched. So much detail in the environment and the people living there. People walk around with cups of coffee, a newspaper, and some even sit down to read a book in the park. GTA may be a fairly profane game with lots of dirty characteristics but you have to look outside of that and see the true achievement this game really is. Innocently exploring the city is worth the price alone. The weather and changes that occur from dawn to dusk will make you smile. We have come so far to create something "alive" like this.
Online play is something I checked out for about an hour. It's lag-free, it's fun, and there's a ton of different games you can play. I played free-mode where 16 people roam the city and do simply whatever they please. After that game was over I jumped into a turf war game. Basically, it's two teams competing against one another to claim the most turf spots on the map. You go to the designated cone and stand in it for as long as it takes to charge up. Once you stand for a certain amount of time your team earns cash. You must do this while fighting off the other team and while protecting your turf as well. It's exciting. The whole game is open to online play - including cops, pedestrians, all the automobiles, weapons, etc. You can even jump in the car with a buddy while one drives and the other shoots.
Lots of great dialog in GTA IV. One of the comedy clubs specializes in internet culture so you'll notice signs that say LMAO and ROFL outside. The radio commercials are as good as ever. Locals will drop some outrageous obscenities (one called me a bitch, the other accused me of racial prejudice against Asians). There's even a right-wing radio station with left-wing callers, which causes some funny ass debates. The voice acting itself is quite the achievement by itself, let alone for a video game. Nico, as you'll discover, is a great character. And the soundtrack has Smashing Pumpkins, Nas, and Miles Davis on it. So in other words it pretty much covers all spectrums.
Cars take real-time damage and when they get dirty or have smeared blood on them from your bystander smackin' ways, they stay like that. You can go to a car wash to clean it up but that won't fix the exposed innards of the car should you be so reckless. As I've stated there is a fine attention to detail. Even when you shoot the windows the glass will shatter and if you hit the guy or girl driving the car with a bullet to the temple, the glass breaks with blood splattered on the windshield and the victim falls face first onto their horn. Sounds gruesome, and it is, but it isn't nearly as gut wrenching as they could have made it. Trust me.
After only 5 hours I am absolutely yearning for more of this game.
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Post by J.J. on Apr 29, 2008 9:37:38 GMT -5
Stupid work.
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Post by Chase on Apr 29, 2008 17:01:07 GMT -5
Fun stuff. I find the driving to be atrocious, with bad camera angles while driving, unless one selects the first-person perspective. The new fighting system is tons better with realistic motions. A player could actually miss a punch because it is out of his reach. I do prefer it, as opposed to the character making a ridiculous hop forward, like out of Fighter's Destiny. Which I guess doesn't apply, as they're different games, but I'm using it as a reference. So deal with it. Other than driving and the camera angles, I do find myself really enjoying the game.
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Apr 29, 2008 17:59:11 GMT -5
*waits for pc version* :(((((((
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Post by Chase on Apr 29, 2008 18:42:58 GMT -5
LMAO Michelle's a whore
Two dates in and I already acquired the "Warm Coffee" achievement. Ha!
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Post by Joe on Apr 29, 2008 20:09:23 GMT -5
The only complaint I have about this game so far is that it is almost too fun.
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Post by J.J. on Apr 29, 2008 20:34:45 GMT -5
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Post by Chase on Apr 29, 2008 21:10:41 GMT -5
Nice stubble, JJ.
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Post by (I don't) V'aantu Doo'et on Apr 29, 2008 22:59:54 GMT -5
Excellent post Xzerox. 100% agreed. I can't stop playing this game.
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Post by internet savvy axl rose on Apr 30, 2008 0:47:34 GMT -5
My review of the game:
I didn't grand theft give a shit enough to buy it. I was too busy banging some bitch last night.
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Post by Chase on Apr 30, 2008 3:02:54 GMT -5
My review of the game: I didn't grand theft give a shit enough to buy it. I was too busy banging some bitch last night. Sounds like a good trade-off. Anyhow... Despite my skepticism, the multiplayer, in its fifteen modes, works, and is incredibly fun. Of course, one of my few complaints, the camera, becomes bothersome in multiplayer, but, good gravy, is it fun to race helicopters and boats, or play Cops and Robbers and dive out of a car while your pal, riding passenger, plays Juggernaut and crashes into a whole squad of popo. They really need to fix the multiplayer, though, as I dropped out of, and couldn't connect to, games too many times.
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Post by internet savvy axl rose on Apr 30, 2008 3:20:38 GMT -5
And tonight I'm too busy recording a demo tape of Journey songs... which is even more enjoyable than last night :-D
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Post by Chase on Apr 30, 2008 3:27:56 GMT -5
And tonight I'm too busy recording a demo tape of Journey songs... which is even more enjoyable than last night :-D So, when do you and Journey begin touring? I'd like to buy tickets.
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Post by internet savvy axl rose on Apr 30, 2008 14:43:09 GMT -5
And tonight I'm too busy recording a demo tape of Journey songs... which is even more enjoyable than last night :-D So, when do you and Journey begin touring? I'd like to buy tickets. Fuck, I'm better than that filipino piece of shit they're touring with now... all I need to do is grow a mullet and lose 60 lbs, and I'd look pretty much like steve perry.
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Post by deanothegame on May 1, 2008 7:39:30 GMT -5
I'll buy this in a few months when I'm not a jobless broke bum.
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Post by (I don't) V'aantu Doo'et on May 13, 2008 22:13:59 GMT -5
Just finished the main story. Now I need to get 100%, and holy hell was this GTA easy or wut?
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Post by deanothegame on May 14, 2008 4:25:00 GMT -5
I've hardly played it. Got to the part where you kill Vlad, and now I'm bored Hopefully it gets better.
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Post by J.J. on May 14, 2008 8:19:17 GMT -5
I love the game, but I'm more enthralled by Boom Blox and Rock Band is still my drug of choice.
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Post by deanothegame on May 14, 2008 9:01:51 GMT -5
I'll admit, I played some more earlier and its growing on me. Maybe it takes a good few missions to really get involved.
I doubt it'll top Vice City, my all-time favorite GTA.
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Post by Martin St. Louis on May 14, 2008 16:29:48 GMT -5
WAITS FOR PC VERSION
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Sept 17, 2008 16:57:26 GMT -5
*four months later*
Mixed opinions on this one. I'm a little bit disappointed, because San Andreas was so much better than this. I like GTA IV's story and characters a lot better, but Liberty City... been there, done that. Yeah, it's more detailed and lifelike, but underneath it's the same game I played seven years ago and the New York setting is still boring. It's just too much of the same. San Andreas was so much more varied.
Also, what the fuck did they do to the controls? Honestly? The cars feel slippery, and controls while walking are awkward. Why do I have to push a button to run? Even Super Mario 64 fucking corrected that problem twelve years ago.
I love all the detail and stuff, and the game looks good, but this is definitely a step down. That DLC better be fucking awesome.
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Post by Haydn on Sept 17, 2008 17:02:15 GMT -5
Well seeing as Alex bumped it, i'll give my two cents on this game.
Hated it, alot, loathed it infact.
More repetitive than assasin's creed.
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Sept 17, 2008 17:06:16 GMT -5
It just seems like the game started out as so much more, but as they went along they took as much out as possible to save for spinoffs down the line.
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Post by Haydn on Sept 17, 2008 17:07:06 GMT -5
Drive car, shoot person, drive car back, wash rinse repeat.
Or, go to persons house to find someone, only to have that person flee in there car, then you chase the car, which results in alot of anger as this easily takes about 5 - 10 tries because of terrible controls.
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Post by Martin St. Louis on Sept 17, 2008 17:13:24 GMT -5
Yeah, and it's so much easier to get the cops on your ass this time. I've been killed so many times now by the fucking police during missions, resulting in me leaving the hospital, driving to a marker to start the mission again, driving to the other marker to do the mission, where I'm killed again 95% of the time due to broken controls or the police. It's not fun. I could put up with this in previous installments because the controls weren't as shitty and it was so much more fun to drive. Why is the third-person camera off-center while you're driving?
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