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GTA IV

Yup
Romans taxi licks my nuts
But we stole what looked liek a CRX and it was sweet
Will play more tonight


dissolvedego said:
i think you are alone! the character and vehicle controls are both very good and a VAST improvement over earlier GTA games. the crappy cars are really hard to drive, nice cars are much smoother. something about the cars i've noticed- they are capable of realistic speeds. i.e. just because a car is crappy doesn't mean it tops out at 30mph. even a junker can accelerate to real freeway speeds, so you can't just hold the trigger down and drive as fast as you can around the neighborhood! try using light pressure on the trigger and controlling your speed, as you would in real life, and you will find that the cars are very easy to maneuver.

the graphics are very nice considering they had to create an entire city. you can't expect a huge sandbox game to look like gears of war, but i think they did really well. the city is beautiful and there are little details everywhere that must have taken ages to program.

and the physics engine incorporates technology that has never been seen in a game before, and for the most part it does a really good job of creating realistic character animations. have you tried shoving a pedestrian down a flight of stairs yet? i just had a guy actually grab onto the side of the car i was stealing from him and hang on until i was going so fast that he lost his grip.

maybe you let the hype get to you. it may have gotten 10/10, but that doesn't mean it's perfect in every way. it's just a really, really, really great game. loosen your expectations a little and try to enjoy it for what it is, the experience can become really immersive when little things happen here and there that make you feel like you are interacting with a real city.
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Man I need to buy a 360 already! I stopped playing my ps2 a couple years ago but now my 13 y/o nephew is living with me now and started playing my GTA San Andreas the other day. I forgot how much fun the GTA titles are. I was rocking the 500 two stroke from vegas to sf and back. Gave him a tour of all my garages filled with sports cars and bikes (not to mention my airport). I forgot just how much there was to that game. Makes me want to play the new one but I don't even own a 360 yet. Time to break down and buy one. Been wanting forza and cod4 for the longest time anyway. But I think gta4 is the straw that broke the camels back so to speak. :teeth
 
I reccomend the Halo edition
I don't play Halo at all but I got the Halo edition one as a gift for my birthday last year and it's awesome. You have the HDMI in the back so all you need is an HDMI cord and you are set to go for HD gaming. My Halo edition is also way quieter than any of my friends versions and they have had almost no problems with them that I have seen.
 
All the current Sku's are HDMI. I'd get either the Pro/Halo3/Elite editions.

Actually I might avoid the halo edition. Chances are it's not a "falcon" revised board which is very reliable and quieter.
 
sure compared to the other GTA games the controls are better but compared to other types of games the controls are lacking, as are the graphics and character models and the physics in the game as well. anytime you stack a sequel against the game that came before it it's going to be better. im not saying it's a bad game, just not a 10 out of 10.

if your going to buy a 360 get the elite for the extra harddrive space, cant go wrong there.
 
I agree with you that the driving controls are pretty poor. Not sure why they changed it. Pn the other hand my friend loves the new driving controls. Overall I love this game and enjoy playing the online games...fun fun
 
TwistedGRAY said:
I have the worst memory ever!

If I recall there was like 5 of them and if you just hit one you would need to chase the rest down because they would scatter. They wore orange robes!

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anyone remember the word that showed up on the screen if u ran them all over in a row...

i always thought they were indians, not monks lol
 
This game is amazing. I can't stop playing the story so I haven't tried multiplayer yet.

All of my friends on my friends list have stopped playing everything else. Every time I look it just shows "playing GTA IV" all the way down.
 
spddrcr said:
sure compared to the other GTA games the controls are better but compared to other types of games the controls are lacking, as are the graphics and character models and the physics in the game as well. anytime you stack a sequel against the game that came before it it's going to be better. im not saying it's a bad game, just not a 10 out of 10.

if your going to buy a 360 get the elite for the extra harddrive space, cant go wrong there.
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I disagree. It's definitely 10 to me. This game does so many things and has so many different aspects that it must have been hard to code for. I have never seen anything like this on this level.
 
Robert R1 said:
All the current Sku's are HDMI. I'd get either the Pro/Halo3/Elite editions.

Actually I might avoid the halo edition. Chances are it's not a "falcon" revised board which is very reliable and quieter.
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Yeah skip the Halo. Unless you buy at a place like Best Buy that moves their inventory a lot. There's ways to check if a machine has the new Falcon by sku #. Do a net search for falcon XBox 360s. So far they have been flawless.

I have a falcon Elite and am already stuffing the drive. I recommend it more than the 20gb hard drive.
 
Ducky_Fresh said:
I haven't played GTA since it was first released on the PC.

Is this worth picking up for the 360?

What is DLC?
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360 is the way to go. As far as the game itself both consoles look pretty much the same. Where the 360 is a better choice is the exclusive DLC and the XBox Live community for multiplayer.
 
Robert R1 said:
The DLC (downloadable content) for the 360 will be exlusive to the 360 and it'll be 2 parts. The first part will be in August and will give an additional 10hours of gameplay. It won't be some chessy new outfit or anything.
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Robert, is it worth picking up? I trust your judgment. :)
 
spddrcr said:
I guess im alone when i say im pretty disapointed in this game, where to start?

clunky character controls
hard to drive cars
average graphics
average physics engine
repititious
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your not alone buddy, i liked how the previous ones felt more, but than again its a nice change of pace i suppose. although the graphics do look decent as you get out of the uglier areas imo. and the clunky controls are :mad i died because some cop was behind me and i couldn't turn around quick enough :|

i'm surprised it was so easy for your guys to find a copy for the 360 though, i finally decided to picked up the ps3 version for one reason, went to 2 other stores and had nothing, the 3rd store i went to finally had a copy and it was the last copy in the store that wasn't pre-ordered, and it was for the ps3, so i just said the hell with it and got it. im sure it'll drop price soon and ill pick up the 360 version then :p
 
drop price soon? there are some older shitty games still out there for $60 have fun waiting a year or two for price to drop
 
gears of war would be a good example of that as it is still 59.99:rolleyes
 
pussycatzrule said:
I disagree. It's definitely 10 to me. This game does so many things and has so many different aspects that it must have been hard to code for. I have never seen anything like this on this level.
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come on now, you cant make a statement like that with out examples to back up the statement:teeth

why exactly do you feel it's on another level?

I would have thought by now the characters would be able to move their fingers/hands/elbows and shoulders independently of each part:wtf
 
You guys think this game doesn't look good?

WTF? are you on a standard 32" TV?

I was at a buddies house today on the 50" 1080p screen, and it was boooooooooootyful.

I almost walked out of costco w/ a new TV and PS3 today because of this fuckin' game... :(
 
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