GTA IV On tuesday

Mishra

dynamik wrote:

Mishra wrote:

Picked up Titan Quest w/e expansion for a total of 20 bucks yesterday...

I'm into the cheap non 60 dollar games. >_< And amazing I don't pirate a single game.

Do you do any console gaming, or just PC? If you do console gaming, check out www.gamefly.com

It's like a Netflix for video games. I can have two games out at a time all year, for the price of buying four throughout the year.

I usually wait for the PC games to go on sale as well. I just picked up the Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics pack for $20 in anticipation of Fallout 3 later this year.

I do a little bit of console gaming... I have a TON of games that I need to play and actually beat.

PC, Wii, PS2, gamecube, xbox (my g/fs actually), gameboy advance SP, super nintendo, nintendo

I just bought a new PC but I can't justify COD4 and Crysis until I beat some of the other games that I have. I like owning the game too for whatever reason. lol

snadam

sounds like some people are having issues with the game locking up

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167622

snadam

I just got a 360 copy at newegg for a few dollars cheaper than retail and free 3 day shipping

if anyone is interested, here is the link
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874161003

jscimeca715

So now that it's been out for a few days, what does everybody think? I'm really impressed by the detail of the city and the feeling of it being lived in. I'm also impressed by how well the cellphone wraps everything into one neat little package. I never finished the previous GTA games because they were either too big (San Andreas) or not interesting enough (the first two.) I love the characters and the story in this so far, as well as the sheer amount of oppurtunities you have to make friends and dating and the like. Plus, the multiplayer is awesome!

nel

by the looks of all the activity around here maybe we should create a gaming forum for special times like these !!!

dynamik

Maybe in the next generation of the game, the cars will use turn signals. Seriously, I get that it's a crazy city, but I really don't understand why every driver has a death wish and decides to make a left in front of me at every intersection. It's irritating.

I wish you could bump the difficulty up a bit. The actual game play is a little too easy for my tastes. The only time I've been arrested is when I tried to break through a toll both on a motorcycle and launched myself at the feet of an officer Oh well. Ninja Gaiden II is out in a month, and that'll hopefully be damn near impossible (they had to include a "ninja dog" difficultly level in the special edition of the first game because "normal" was too difficult for most people).

It's a great game overall, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I'll definitely get my $60 out of it.

JDMurray

Anyone seeing freezing or poor resolution with GTA4 on the PS3? Now there are reports that the 360 might have the same issues.

PlayStation 3 version only: Resolution, online issues hamper GTA IV experience

Playstation Forums: PS3 Grand Theft Auto IV suffering from freezing errors *UPDATED*

snadam

JDMurray wrote:

Anyone seeing freezing or poor resolution with GTA4 on the PS3? Now there are reports that the 360 might have the same issues.

PlayStation 3 version only: Resolution, online issues hamper GTA IV experience

Playstation Forums: PS3 Grand Theft Auto IV suffering from freezing errors *UPDATED*

yea I threw up a link yesterday on here about it. Ive talked to a few buddies of mine with 360 and report no problems. Wonder whats the deal?

Sie

Got my copy sat on my desk here now, will wait and see if I get these problems. Fingers Crossed i dont as I have the weekend off

jscimeca715

I'm not having any trouble on the 360, the fan is noisier than ever but no problems besides that. As an aside, a lot of the cars actually do use turn signals in GTA 4. I think that Rockstar is punishing us this time because cars do seem to hit you more frequently.

royal

Well, just bought it for the PS3. It's installing right now. Let's hope there's no resolution issues. If there is, should be able to be patched anyways.

dynamik

I just realized PS3 owners are also going to miss out on the achievements. Some of them are pretty good. I just got the "Warm Coffee" one

Was anyone else disappointed that the web browser at the internet cafe didn't support tabs?

JDMurray

dynamik wrote:

I just realized PS3 owners are also going to miss out on the achievements.

That reminds me, I need to get back to playing TF2. Thirty-six new achievements were just added to the Medic--and that's my fav class!

Ahriakin

JDMurray wrote:

dynamik wrote:

I just realized PS3 owners are also going to miss out on the achievements.

That reminds me, I need to get back to playing TF2. Thirty-six new achievements were just added to the Medic--and that's my fav class!

And the servers are full of medics now trying to get them actual gameplay is not easy to come by. Still with them all going medic and HW to compliment and that nice Payload map being snipers heaven I've claimed many an achievement hunting head the last 2 days. Nothing says no to laming up achievements like a full powered headshot

MikeInMoseley

My mate found that Ricky Gervais does a stand-up show on the TV. How cool is that?!

vCole

this game is TOO good.

eMeS

Did anyone finish it yet?

I'm only about 30% into it....

royal

I'm only 3% into it. I'm a slow poke!

snadam

my brother in law got his copy yesterday, so I went over and played it! Awesome as advertised. We didnt do many missions, we just goofed off. I cant wait until tomorrow's delivery!

Darthn3ss

eMeS wrote:

CoryS wrote:

Hey Dynamik I think we have the same TV, which I love for the game mode


.. I woke up last nite about 1 am, strolled out to the living room, without saying a word I looked at my roomate who was playing it, he looked over at me and I gave him the thumbs up with the questionable look. He just nodded his head and returned the thumbs up with a confident grin. I went back to bed and am not so patiently waiting the end of the work day

Speaking of which, I wonder how many people called in sick today to play GTA IV?

MS

I thought about it, but instead i requested the launch day (and the day before) off and stayed up until about 6am playing it

eMeS

royal wrote:

I'm only 3% into it. I'm a slow poke!

I thought I was going slow...

I'm stuck on a couple of missions where people drive off really fast in cars and you have to chase them down....

MS

jscimeca715

I'm about 15% done and have played for about 12 hours total. There is so much to do, I'm focusing on some of the extra missions since they tend to give you a lot of money. Definitely everything I had hoped for!

Project2501

eMeS wrote:

royal wrote:

I'm only 3% into it. I'm a slow poke!

I thought I was going slow...

I'm stuck on a couple of missions where people drive off really fast in cars and you have to chase them down....

MS

Sub machine gun while chasing the mofo down. BTW I love shooting while driving.

I want a rocket launcher to take out the helicopters

If you haven't had a drink and got drunk yet go do it. GOD I LOVE THIS GAME

dynamik

Project2501 wrote:

If you haven't had a drink and got drunk yet go do it. GOD I LOVE THIS GAME

Did you see that MADD threw a fit about the ability to drive drunk? Despite the fact that you stumble all over the place and have an extremely difficult time controlling your character and the vehicle, your character and passenger are repeatedly saying your shouldn't be doing that, the cops are all over you, etc. If anything, it'll discourage people from driving drunk. They didn't make that aspect of the game glamorous in any way. Some people need to find ways to be more productive with their time. It's like the whole controversy of the Mass Effect sex scene. Just ridiculous.

BTW, loved the mission where you had to transport the bodies in the trunk, and it would pop open if you rammed anything. You'd have to run back and close the trunk before people noticed. The attention to detail in this game is amazing.

Project2501

I haven't completed that mission yet but I agree that the attention to detail is amazing.

From the cover system to the wanted level/police chases to the cell/mobile phone being used as a central part of game control.

I kept myself from ready most everything about this game so I could play it and be surprised by it. I'm glad I have because I love being surprised by all the little things like people not wearing seatbelts which cracks me up in crashes.


Anyway as you were saying it's not made to look cool. You get a wanted level if you are drink driving near a cop and when coming out of the pub Roman suggested we take a cab because we were all over the show. I've died a few times due to crazy things but this was the first time I died with a lvl 1/2 star rating. I couldn't get away and kept crashing because I was drunk. I'll take a cab next time.

snadam

just got my copy about 2 minutes ago!!!

Im off to go playing, the wife is gone for another 3 hours!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D

Project2501

snadam wrote:

just got my copy about 2 minutes ago!!!

Im off to go playing, the wife is gone for another 3 hours!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D

Enjoy! I know I did. I played for 5hrs straight and didn't want to stop.

snadam

Project2501 wrote:

snadam wrote:

just got my copy about 2 minutes ago!!!

Im off to go playing, the wife is gone for another 3 hours!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D

Enjoy! I know I did. I played for 5hrs straight and didn't want to stop.

i played 7 hours straight and loved every minute of it

snadam

so has anybody tried the multiplayer yet? Im going to give it a go with a buddy of mine tonight on Xbox live, like 9pm AZ time (i think we are same as PT right now). Send me a FR or a message if you guys want to join up!

gt= snadamo

Darthn3ss

i finished the game today. Pretty good.

Soon i'm going to start over and do it differently. There are a few choices that i think can affect how the end of the game plays...