I know everyone likes listening to reviewers but having played the game myself, let me make this absolutely clear.
In my roughly 10 hours of gameplay, on the Xbox 360 version, I have not seen any noticiable pop-in, nor has my framerate dropped to anything inconsistant. Yes, that includes me flying the helicopter to the top of the Empire State building and base jumping. I have also driven across the Brooklyn Bridge at top speed, cars on heavy traffic, and I still did not notice any pop-in. I cannot say the same for the PS3 version as I have not played it.
When you say BASE jumping, I thought you were implying parachutes.
I'm guessing you really just jumped out of the helicopter and fell to your death, correct?
On a related note, I am confirming that you CAN be killed by the blades of a helicopter. Here, one can see the awesomeness of both flying with no tail and being hit by the blades while exiting the chopper, flinging Niko a few hundred feed away from the copter.
Yeah sorry for saying that. No, I was not jumping with a parachute. And yes, you can be killed my helicopter blades. I was playing in party mode (in that you meet with your friends before joining a game) and we both got helicopters to the top of the skyscrapers. Well, I landed first and then he clipped me and I died.
By the way, if anyone has a couple of questions I can answer them as best as I can.
EDIT: NOT WITH A PARACHUTE I AM SORRY LOL PLEASE DON'T HURT ME SIR
What is the transition from Single to Multiplayer like? Spoiler-tag it if you think it is too spoiler-y. WHat I mean is, you bring up the phone, then what?
EDIT: NOT WITH A PARACHUTE I AM SORRY LOL PLEASE DON'T HURT ME SIR
DIE
I've heard there actually is a parachute. Though someone else should be able to confirm.
No, to my knowledge it doesn't have a parachute. Its actually one of the three things removed: parachutes, gambling and airplanes. I could be wrong, though.
EDIT: NOT WITH A PARACHUTE I AM SORRY LOL PLEASE DON'T HURT ME SIR
DIE
I've heard there actually is a parachute. Though someone else should be able to confirm.
Don't fuck with me Scarab. I've been hurt before.
Im serious, Ive been on absolute media blackout but my roomate hasnt. he keeps spoiling shit for me, which included the concept of parachuting. possibly a cheat, possibly an end game unlockable or tied to a specific mission i dont know.
im just saying, i was under the assumption before it was brought up that it was in there, so its either a rumour or confirmed in some corner of the internet, im not looking though. im on media blackout.
oh god I want to jump out of a helicopter and go splat. Also I love all the minigames in this gametrailers review.
There was pool in San Andreas, basically the same thing too. I remember running from the police and ducking into a bar on the side of the road in the country, where I promptly got my ass kicked in a game of pool.
I know everyone likes listening to reviewers but having played the game myself, let me make this absolutely clear.
In my roughly 10 hours of gameplay, on the Xbox 360 version, I have not seen any noticiable pop-in, nor has my framerate dropped to anything inconsistant. Yes, that includes me flying the helicopter to the top of the Empire State building and base jumping. I have also driven across the Brooklyn Bridge at top speed, cars on heavy traffic, and I still did not notice any pop-in. I cannot say the same for the PS3 version as I have not played it.
When you say BASE jumping, I thought you were implying parachutes.
I'm guessing you really just jumped out of the helicopter and fell to your death, correct?
On a related note, I am confirming that you CAN be killed by the blades of a helicopter. Here, one can see the awesomeness of both flying with no tail and being hit by the blades while exiting the chopper, flinging Niko a few hundred feed away from the copter.
Yeah sorry for saying that. No, I was not jumping with a parachute. And yes, you can be killed my helicopter blades. I was playing in party mode (in that you meet with your friends before joining a game) and we both got helicopters to the top of the skyscrapers. Well, I landed first and then he clipped me and I died.
By the way, if anyone has a couple of questions I can answer them as best as I can.
EDIT: NOT WITH A PARACHUTE I AM SORRY LOL PLEASE DON'T HURT ME SIR
What is the transition from Single to Multiplayer like? Spoiler-tag it if you think it is too spoiler-y. WHat I mean is, you bring up the phone, then what?
Go to gametrailers, they have a multiplayer video that starts with niko pulling out his cellphone in singleplayer and going through the multiplayer options. Should give you a good idea
That gametrailers review is amazing. Great footage in there.
"What's your name, again?"
"Loud mouthed prick."
"Ah ...very catchy!"
Should have been in the TV ad.
Dead serious.
Yea, GameTrailers has by far the best produced video reviews around. Hell, sometimes I look forward to them almost as much as the game itself.
Though sometimes I think they should use different segways for different genres of games. I mean we are watching this review for a horribly violent, offensive, sexual game like GTA4 and then they segway between segments with a happy man laughing as a little girl jumps onto his back from a computer screen..
Well, I'm disappointed. I can hold the burger cashier up but I can't get her to give me money.
SP to MP
Okay, so when you start the game there is no menu. You go straight into the ingame world. In order to access multiplayer, hit up on your d-pad in order to access your cellphone and then go to multiplayer. You have a couple of options: either join a straight up game (ranked or player) or go into "party mode".
Party mode is essentially the lobby. But, get this, the lobby is in the game world. So while you are waiting for your friends to join, feel free to run around, grab a copter, shoot eachother with rocket launchers, what have you, in a cop free environment with plemtny of pedestrians to be mowed down. Then to join an actual game, open your cell and you (and your party) will join it.
I know everyone likes listening to reviewers but having played the game myself, let me make this absolutely clear.
In my roughly 10 hours of gameplay, on the Xbox 360 version, I have not seen any noticiable pop-in, nor has my framerate dropped to anything inconsistant. Yes, that includes me flying the helicopter to the top of the Empire State building and base jumping. I have also driven across the Brooklyn Bridge at top speed, cars on heavy traffic, and I still did not notice any pop-in. I cannot say the same for the PS3 version as I have not played it.
When you say BASE jumping, I thought you were implying parachutes.
I'm guessing you really just jumped out of the helicopter and fell to your death, correct?
On a related note, I am confirming that you CAN be killed by the blades of a helicopter. Here, one can see the awesomeness of both flying with no tail and being hit by the blades while exiting the chopper, flinging Niko a few hundred feed away from the copter.
Yeah sorry for saying that. No, I was not jumping with a parachute. And yes, you can be killed my helicopter blades. I was playing in party mode (in that you meet with your friends before joining a game) and we both got helicopters to the top of the skyscrapers. Well, I landed first and then he clipped me and I died.
By the way, if anyone has a couple of questions I can answer them as best as I can.
EDIT: NOT WITH A PARACHUTE I AM SORRY LOL PLEASE DON'T HURT ME SIR
What is the transition from Single to Multiplayer like? Spoiler-tag it if you think it is too spoiler-y. WHat I mean is, you bring up the phone, then what?
Go to gametrailers, they have a multiplayer video that starts with niko pulling out his cellphone in singleplayer and going through the multiplayer options. Should give you a good idea
Seen it. WHat I meant was, once that pulls up, does it jump into a lobby? Or do you still walk around, while others pop into the game? LiquidLogan said something about playing while waiting for people.
Edit: Nevermind
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I'm sure I saw someone use a parachute in the 1up.com video review (where they talk about the 'king kong' mode rockstar made up), but I could be mistaken.
I'm sure I saw someone use a parachute in the 1up.com video review (where they talk about the 'king kong' mode rockstar made up), but I could be mistaken.
Not seeing it...
EDIT: I did notice that losing the tail of a military chopper is extraordinarily easy, and that the wheel on the tail remains even when the tail is gone, floating behind the chopper.
I'm sure I saw someone use a parachute in the 1up.com video review (where they talk about the 'king kong' mode rockstar made up), but I could be mistaken.
Not seeing it...
Neither did I. Pretty sure it doesn't exist guys... Also "King Kong" mode is something the guys at 1up made up, trying to kill the guys on the helicopters with a rocket launcher from the top of the Empire State building.
I don't know, guys. I just finished watching the GT HD review and I gotta say, watching all that footage... My reaction could be best described as 'meh'. I mean, I just gotta be honest. I wasn't impressed.
you're still buying it don't lie
Man, I was so fucking kidding. I've seen every trailer since it was announced, and I pre-ordered the special edition. I'm beyond fucking psyched for this game. I am nerd the fuck out. And have been for weeks now.
Ah....hrm.
I think my sister costs WAY less than $60.
In any case, I am becoming very paranoid that I didn't preorder though I know there will be numerous copies come Tuesday.
BUT I AM SO PARANOID.
I'm sure I saw someone use a parachute in the 1up.com video review (where they talk about the 'king kong' mode rockstar made up), but I could be mistaken.
Not seeing it...
EDIT: I did notice that losing the tail of a military chopper is extraordinarily easy, and that the wheel on the tail remains even when the tail is gone, floating behind the chopper.
Yeah slighty out of shot (5:37) the severed tail looked like a parachute. Damn.
Parachutes were maybe the best thing in san andreas
yes
When travelling from city to city I'd steal a plane from one airport, fly it over the target city and just bail and float to my target.
Landing is for chumps.
I think that, outside of the plane school and missions, I actually landed a plane twice. Once was landing one of those huge cargo planes on the freeway in LV, and once was landing the Hydra in the Grove Street cul-de-sac. There's a sick pleasure in watching your plane drop out of the sky like a stone and explode all over the place, and then nailing a parachute landing right next to it. Like a Bond movie, almost.
I'm watching the Gamevideo video review. It's pretty great. There's this one part in the video where it's multiplayer and people are loading up into helicopters. One of the other players rams his helicopter blades into another's helicopter and cuts it in half.
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Also, I hope that they put in another glitch like the one in SA that had planes just randomly crashing into the streets. That was fucking awesome.
I'm currently playing through GTA:SA... So I get to Las Venturas and start the Quarry sidemission. I forget which one it is, but I have to drive up and down the paths to complete it. (I think where I have to clean shit up before the cops arrive...) As I'm about to reach one of the target points, something drops into view and then explodes. It took me a second to realise it was just a 'bad pilot'. It's also the second time this playthrough I wish I could save replays (Xbox version).
The first was when I was doing the train cargo sidemission and hit a crack dealer trying to sell on the tracks.
Was that a decision because of the physical size of Liberty City, rendering planes that can fly from one end to another in 5 seconds useless.
Or some 9/11 bullshit.
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edited April 2008
Oh my god that helicopter video... GLORIOUS
As for the planes, I think it's the size of Liberty City that made them drop it. Also the fact that you'd probably crash into the tons of highrises. *shudders at flashbacks of the Dodo in GTA3*
I am becoming very paranoid that I didn't preorder though I know there will be numerous copies come Tuesday.
BUT I AM SO PARANOID.
Strangely, preordering didn't help me much with that. Maybe it's just 'cause I imagine the worst in everyone, but all last week I had this horrible idea that some rat bastard at the Blockbuster I preordered from would like, steal my account info and take the game before I showed up on Tuesday.
Freakish. It's not going to happen - it is just paranoia - but the point is preordering didn't help at all. In fact it mighta' been a little worse, 'cause my worry wasn't just that I wouldn't have the game, but I'd be out $68.00 as well. (Everything will be fine, everything is okay, they aren't really out to get me...)
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I don't think it was 9/11 bullshit so much as getting away from the sillier atmosphere of the 3 series games.
I like how they made it plausible in GTA4. In the Gametrailers video review, you can hear Niko talk about how 'he hasn't flown one since the war'. Nice to see them explain it unlike in GTA3 and Vice City where it's like "Hey look, a plane/helicopter. Go fly it because you somehow know how to."
I am becoming very paranoid that I didn't preorder though I know there will be numerous copies come Tuesday.
BUT I AM SO PARANOID.
Strangely, preordering didn't help me much with that. Maybe it's just 'cause I imagine the worst in everyone, but all last week I had this horrible idea that some rat bastard at the Blockbuster I preordered from would like, steal my account info and take the game before I showed up on Tuesday.
Freakish. It's not going to happen - it is just paranoia - but the point is preordering didn't help at all. In fact it mighta' been a little worse, 'cause my worry wasn't just that I wouldn't have the game, but I'd be out $68.00 as well. (Everything will be fine, everything is okay, they aren't really out to get me...)
I have also been thinking of all the shit that could go wrong: There is a huge computer glitch at GS and I lose my game(and the $$), they short order and I am late, my 360 redrings, I steal my wifes 360 and it redrings, power failure at 12:01 AM, someone steals all my TVs, in my mad effort to get the box open I fling my disc into the waiting paper shredder, dog eats it. It goes on. Only 26 hours 59 minutse to go.
Was that a decision because of the physical size of Liberty City, rendering planes that can fly from one end to another in 5 seconds useless.
Or some 9/11 bullshit.
9/11 bullshit
i can ALMOST understand
i mean, given the option i would fly a plane into a tower at least once if they put it in game
So was that decision made before or after they released GTA:SA? I think even Rockstar has officially stated that planes aren't in IV because the map was too small to justify allowing the players to use them.
I am becoming very paranoid that I didn't preorder though I know there will be numerous copies come Tuesday.
BUT I AM SO PARANOID.
Strangely, preordering didn't help me much with that. Maybe it's just 'cause I imagine the worst in everyone, but all last week I had this horrible idea that some rat bastard at the Blockbuster I preordered from would like, steal my account info and take the game before I showed up on Tuesday.
Freakish. It's not going to happen - it is just paranoia - but the point is preordering didn't help at all. In fact it mighta' been a little worse, 'cause my worry wasn't just that I wouldn't have the game, but I'd be out $68.00 as well. (Everything will be fine, everything is okay, they aren't really out to get me...)
I have also been thinking of all the shit that could go wrong: There is a huge computer glitch at GS and I lose my game(and the $$), they short order and I am late, my 360 redrings, I steal my wifes 360 and it redrings, power failure at 12:01 AM, someone steals all my TVs, in my mad effort to get the box open I fling my disc into the waiting paper shredder, dog eats it. It goes on. Only 26 hours 59 minutse to go.
What's going to happen for me is I'll pick it up at midnight, walk out all happy and grinning from the mall, and get mugged in the dark parking lot. I'll have to go back in but they'll be all sold out.
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Don't fuck with me Scarab. I've been hurt before.
What is the transition from Single to Multiplayer like? Spoiler-tag it if you think it is too spoiler-y. WHat I mean is, you bring up the phone, then what?
No, to my knowledge it doesn't have a parachute. Its actually one of the three things removed: parachutes, gambling and airplanes. I could be wrong, though.
Im serious, Ive been on absolute media blackout but my roomate hasnt. he keeps spoiling shit for me, which included the concept of parachuting. possibly a cheat, possibly an end game unlockable or tied to a specific mission i dont know.
im just saying, i was under the assumption before it was brought up that it was in there, so its either a rumour or confirmed in some corner of the internet, im not looking though. im on media blackout.
Oh god I hope so.
Yea, GameTrailers has by far the best produced video reviews around. Hell, sometimes I look forward to them almost as much as the game itself.
There was pool in San Andreas, basically the same thing too. I remember running from the police and ducking into a bar on the side of the road in the country, where I promptly got my ass kicked in a game of pool.
So I killed everyone for my money back.
Go to gametrailers, they have a multiplayer video that starts with niko pulling out his cellphone in singleplayer and going through the multiplayer options. Should give you a good idea
PSN: Robo_Wizard1
SP to MP
Okay, so when you start the game there is no menu. You go straight into the ingame world. In order to access multiplayer, hit up on your d-pad in order to access your cellphone and then go to multiplayer. You have a couple of options: either join a straight up game (ranked or player) or go into "party mode".
Party mode is essentially the lobby. But, get this, the lobby is in the game world. So while you are waiting for your friends to join, feel free to run around, grab a copter, shoot eachother with rocket launchers, what have you, in a cop free environment with plemtny of pedestrians to be mowed down. Then to join an actual game, open your cell and you (and your party) will join it.
Hope that helps.
Seen it. WHat I meant was, once that pulls up, does it jump into a lobby? Or do you still walk around, while others pop into the game? LiquidLogan said something about playing while waiting for people.
Edit: Nevermind
it sucks they took out jet planes
Not seeing it...
EDIT: I did notice that losing the tail of a military chopper is extraordinarily easy, and that the wheel on the tail remains even when the tail is gone, floating behind the chopper.
Neither did I. Pretty sure it doesn't exist guys... Also "King Kong" mode is something the guys at 1up made up, trying to kill the guys on the helicopters with a rocket launcher from the top of the Empire State building.
yes
When travelling from city to city I'd steal a plane from one airport, fly it over the target city and just bail and float to my target.
Landing is for chumps.
Man, I was so fucking kidding. I've seen every trailer since it was announced, and I pre-ordered the special edition. I'm beyond fucking psyched for this game. I am nerd the fuck out. And have been for weeks now.
My SO is coming with me to the midnight release, and she doesn't even play vidya games. She just likes to watch.
I think my sister costs WAY less than $60.
In any case, I am becoming very paranoid that I didn't preorder though I know there will be numerous copies come Tuesday.
BUT I AM SO PARANOID.
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And yet the answer is still no.
I think that, outside of the plane school and missions, I actually landed a plane twice. Once was landing one of those huge cargo planes on the freeway in LV, and once was landing the Hydra in the Grove Street cul-de-sac. There's a sick pleasure in watching your plane drop out of the sky like a stone and explode all over the place, and then nailing a parachute landing right next to it. Like a Bond movie, almost.
The first was when I was doing the train cargo sidemission and hit a crack dealer trying to sell on the tracks.
I don't know if they'd do that with this one, since it's modeled after New York City. They took out the ability to fly planes, too, after all.
Or some 9/11 bullshit.
As for the planes, I think it's the size of Liberty City that made them drop it. Also the fact that you'd probably crash into the tons of highrises. *shudders at flashbacks of the Dodo in GTA3*
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9/11 bullshit
i can ALMOST understand
i mean, given the option i would fly a plane into a tower at least once if they put it in game
Strangely, preordering didn't help me much with that. Maybe it's just 'cause I imagine the worst in everyone, but all last week I had this horrible idea that some rat bastard at the Blockbuster I preordered from would like, steal my account info and take the game before I showed up on Tuesday.
Freakish. It's not going to happen - it is just paranoia - but the point is preordering didn't help at all. In fact it mighta' been a little worse, 'cause my worry wasn't just that I wouldn't have the game, but I'd be out $68.00 as well. (Everything will be fine, everything is okay, they aren't really out to get me...)
I like how they made it plausible in GTA4. In the Gametrailers video review, you can hear Niko talk about how 'he hasn't flown one since the war'. Nice to see them explain it unlike in GTA3 and Vice City where it's like "Hey look, a plane/helicopter. Go fly it because you somehow know how to."
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I have also been thinking of all the shit that could go wrong: There is a huge computer glitch at GS and I lose my game(and the $$), they short order and I am late, my 360 redrings, I steal my wifes 360 and it redrings, power failure at 12:01 AM, someone steals all my TVs, in my mad effort to get the box open I fling my disc into the waiting paper shredder, dog eats it. It goes on. Only 26 hours 59 minutse to go.
What's going to happen for me is I'll pick it up at midnight, walk out all happy and grinning from the mall, and get mugged in the dark parking lot. I'll have to go back in but they'll be all sold out.