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[Let's Play] Grand Theft Auto IV - How Drive Car Good? (Parts 61/62 - Finished 9/08)

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    The worst car chase ever.

    Part 26 - Music: Insurrection by Gamma Ray... again [Blip.tv] [Viddler] - Featuring Klyka and Owenashi

    My suggestion is to use the blip links more. Maybe it's just me since I look at the videos so much, but the quality seems much less blocky.

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  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    That was actually pretty funny. At the end, you could hear the taxi's engine struggling. "Come on, little taximinivan, you can do it!" And he's got some unholy APC/F1 racer hybrid in comparison...

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Adus, you always go for the worst cars. I love it.

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  • valgomirvalgomir Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    ferris wheel :P
    great klyka, now i will have nightmares about sitting in a ferris wheel which has been captured by a maniac with a russian hat and is rolling throught he town :/

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  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I think Klyka was subconsciously wanting to play Katamari.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I posted about it on Viddler, but I do believe Taxi starring Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah and some supermodels for some reason was a re-something of that French movie Klyka was talking about.

    Of course, I paused the video as Klyka said he'd look it up, so if he ends up mentioning it I'll just look silly.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I posted about it on Viddler, but I do believe Taxi starring Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah and some supermodels for some reason was a re-something of that French movie Klyka was talking about.

    Of course, I paused the video as Klyka said he'd look it up, so if he ends up mentioning it I'll just look silly.

    BOY do you look silly.

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Part 27 - Niko Vs. Cardboard Box [Blip.tv] [Viddler] - Featuring Klyka and Owenashi

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  • Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Good Samaritan moments are always always wonderful.

    I kind of wished you would have taken that Faggio too, but at least we got to see a guy get hit by a few cars instead.

    I sure hope those Molotov Cocktails work out better than your grenades did. (Or not. Whichever's funnier.:P)

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Where are Duke's ninjas when you need them?

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  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Holy crap. You're just bangin' these out.

    And dammit, I have to go to bed.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    He records a lot of these at a time, I assume.

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  • TKaneTKane Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Adus wrote: »
    Part 27 - Niko Vs. Cardboard Box [Blip.tv] [Viddler] - Featuring Klyka and Owenashi


    Sweetness. Always fun to watch. Love the random acts of violence against hot dog carts.

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Darth_Mogs wrote: »
    Good Samaritan moments are always always wonderful.

    I kind of wished you would have taken that Faggio too, but at least we got to see a guy get hit by a few cars instead.

    I sure hope those Molotov Cocktails work out better than your grenades did. (Or not. Whichever's funnier.:P)

    I didn't actually buy the Molotov. I just picked it up. And then set it back down while it was lit.

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  • OwenashiOwenashi Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Adus wrote: »
    Darth_Mogs wrote: »
    Good Samaritan moments are always always wonderful.

    I kind of wished you would have taken that Faggio too, but at least we got to see a guy get hit by a few cars instead.

    I sure hope those Molotov Cocktails work out better than your grenades did. (Or not. Whichever's funnier.:P)

    I didn't actually buy the Molotov. I just picked it up. And then set it back down while it was lit.

    "No discount after all the bullets I've bought? This'll show him!"

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  • Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Adus wrote: »
    Darth_Mogs wrote: »
    Good Samaritan moments are always always wonderful.

    I kind of wished you would have taken that Faggio too, but at least we got to see a guy get hit by a few cars instead.

    I sure hope those Molotov Cocktails work out better than your grenades did. (Or not. Whichever's funnier.:P)

    I didn't actually buy the Molotov. I just picked it up. And then set it back down while it was lit.

    Aww, I missed that. Oh well, it's for the best. At least you still have grenades.

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  • ebotasticebotastic Going Gonzo In People's HeartsRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Adus wrote: »
    Part 27 - Niko Vs. Cardboard Box [Blip.tv] [Viddler] - Featuring Klyka and Owenashi

    You know, I didn't have a problem with Packie and company running in front of me. I did, however, mistake one of them for an enemy and shot him like 10 times until he died.

    In the head.

    Because I pretty much used the pistol exclusively.

    D:

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  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I think what happened at the toll booth is that you jumped past the one for going onto the bridge and tried to pay at the one for going off the bridge.

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yesterday's episode is one of the best to date. It is a culmination of sordid and hilarious events punctuated by perfect commentary. Cheers, gentlemen.

    Also Adus, really enjoying the Saint's Row 2 LP.

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  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Adus, what did that rabbi ever do to you?

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  • valgomirvalgomir Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yesterday's episode is one of the best to date. It is a culmination of sordid and hilarious events punctuated by perfect commentary. Cheers, gentlemen.

    this man speaks the truth!

    also, thanks to the part before this last one (26 then) i now listen to gamma ray. blame adus :P

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Viddler still encoding.

    Part 28 - The Worst Video [Blip.tv] [Viddler] - Featuring Klyka and Owenashi

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  • valgomirvalgomir Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i don't really see why this would be the worst video... it turned out pretty good actually.
    can't be arsed telling you about all the good stuff in the video now; watched it on blip because viddler hasn't finished encoding yet. and commenting on these little things would be useless here. so let's just say: it was fun.

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  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    infiltrator for lyfe

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  • ebotasticebotastic Going Gonzo In People's HeartsRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Adus wrote: »
    Viddler still encoding.

    Part 28 - The Worst Video [Blip.tv] [Viddler] - Featuring Klyka and Owenashi

    The rusted-out Vigero is one of the best cars in the game, wtf!

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yup, I'm starting to get those ads before your videos Adus.

    edit: I keep yelling at my screen for Niko to stealth kill some suckers in the warehouse. For a game with no stealth system and a pretty bad cover mechanic, it sure likes to have firefights.

    double edit: So you're re-editing the edited videos to cut out dead air/phone time/travel time? Madness.

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Niko does not intentionally infiltrate.

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  • TKaneTKane Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    At the end of that last episode, Niko is gonna need a Tetnus shot and a Vitamin C supplement.

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  • Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yeah, like cooljammer touched on, the lack of at least a half-assed attempt at Stealth was more than frustrating for me considering it had more of a right to be in this game than it did back in San Andreas. CJ was a gangbanger dude, but Niko was a damn soldier. You can't tell me with all his close-combat training (that he obviously has, given the cutscenes he's used it in and the attempts to make it prominent with the ever-so-slightly better melee system), he never learned how to stalk a dude and stab him in the neck.

    But still, that was a good set, definitely. And I'm with Klyka all the way as far as keeping the recordings you've already got. Sure, they might not be intentionally funny, but the commentary always helps with that, and seeing you try and figure out just where to go or what to do often ends in funny ways.

    If you really wanted to re-record missions, you could try it in a B-Side fashion where you try to do things a little sillier or such, or even just differently than the first time, to go hand-in-hand with the first run. But I definitely wouldn't just forego the first run for an intentionally comical/different attempt for the reasons already listed.

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  • ebotasticebotastic Going Gonzo In People's HeartsRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I think re-recording goes against the spirit of a Let's Play. It's supposed to be a journey of discovery and growth.

    Together.

    :cry:

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Seeing that that conversation in the video was had over a week ago, you can see in an earlier post that I already chose not to do that.

    Just for clarification though, the "spirit" of a Let's Play is to be entertaining. Not to just watch someone run through a game the first time normally. Most LPs aren't blind runs.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I say the best LPs can be blind runs. Unexpected, and all that. The trick is to balance that sense of discovery and fan polling with not being a total sucky person playing.

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  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yet more awesome. That was a pretty good firefight. Of course, Niko's screaming made it better.

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  • OwenashiOwenashi Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Shadowen wrote: »
    Yet more awesome. That was a pretty good firefight. Of course, Niko's screaming made it better.

    Niko screaming makes everything better.

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  • TKaneTKane Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I say the best LPs can be blind runs. Unexpected, and all that. The trick is to balance that sense of discovery and fan polling with not being a total sucky person playing.

    I agree with this. I feel that Blind Runs are more genuine and spontaneous then non-blind runs.

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    So, I recorded myself playing a bit with my new 360 controller and it was like learning to drive all over again. I might make that a bonus video.

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  • SoulGateSoulGate Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Adus wrote: »
    So, I recorded myself playing a bit with my new 360 controller and it was like learning to drive all over again. I might make that a bonus video.

    How much different is it?

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Well it's a controller vs a keyboard and mouse, so different enough. Driving is a bit easier, but camera control isn't as good and most weapons are auto-aimed. You could make arguments for both but I'm used to the keyboard now.

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  • SoulGateSoulGate Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Adus wrote: »
    Well it's a controller vs a keyboard and mouse, so different enough. Driving is a bit easier, but camera control isn't as good and most weapons are auto-aimed. You could make arguments for both but I'm used to the keyboard now.

    Good man. I was worried about you for a minute there.

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Part 29 - Little Jacob Is A Lickle Hungry [Blip.tv] [Viddler] - Featuring Klyka and Owenashi

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