And I am being completely serious with no hyperbole here.
Just did The Puerto Rican Connection, while on 3 stars. Jawdropping.
It's certainly the best GTA game ever.
But as free-roaming as it is, I still desire more. I'm not ready to declare it the best game ever. Maybe in 2 or 3 more iterations it'll reach that point.
And I am being completely serious with no hyperbole here.
Just did The Puerto Rican Connection, while on 3 stars. Jawdropping.
One day in, its the best 360 game for me, probably going to be the best game of its kind (beating out Vice City) and in the discussion for GOAT.
Its extremely tough to compare say Rock Band, Civ IV, WoW, GTA IV, Counterstrike, Starcraft, etc etc. And thats without going way back to like Planescape:Torment, X-Wing, Warcraft 2, Super Punchout, FFIV, or the Wing Commander or including other people's top games like GoW or HL2.
The standard controls have the brake and accelerate on analogue triggers for a good reason. I suggest not changing it back to the old way.
Changing the controls to Classic, or whatever the old style is called, was the first thing I did.
Seems like I just need to relearn how to properly e-brake, now that it's Liberty City on Ice.
Does turning to Classic make any sort of difference whatsoever? Other than just the familiarity?
My biggest problem is that I played GTA 3, VC, and SA on my PC with a gamepad. The way I had my pad configured was all of my own choosing, being some random non-standard pad. I have lost count of how many times I have tried to e-brake and done a tuck-and-roll out of the car at 65 mph, cause I'm used to that button being my handbrake.
Didn't see this covered in the OP and 60 pages is a lot to read, so sorry if this has been answered already.
Are there any options for local co-op/multiplayer? Can I bring 2 local profiles online for all the xbox live multiplayer awesome or does this game go the COD4/TF2 route of only allowing 1 profile online at a time? Please advise.
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Yeah, that Jamaican dude was speaking Martian for all I know until I remembered to turn the subtitles on.
Also, just heard the conversation between Roman and Niko where Roma is worried about Niko's mom being all alone in the old country and wants to invite her to come and stay with them in Liberty City. Niko's reaction is hysterical.
Judas on
Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver.
Situation excellent. I am attacking.
- General Ferdinand Foch
Fuck it I'll just hope he doesn't say anything important. Maybe thats how Rockstar wanted it.
You're right. Rockstar wanted us to not be able to understand what the characters say. That's why they wrote dialog for them. That's also why they wrote dialog in Russian and then translated it in the subtitles, because rockstar wanted you not to understand it.
Didn't see this covered in the OP and 60 pages is a lot to read, so sorry if this has been answered already.
Are there any options for local co-op/multiplayer? Can I bring 2 local profiles online for all the xbox live multiplayer awesome or does this game go the COD4/TF2 route of only allowing 1 profile online at a time? Please advise.
Well I dug around my old games and found some that I would be willing to part with for gta. I call gamestop and they are out as is every other store in town that does trade-ins. SAD DAYS.
So I just picked this game up on my lunch break. I didn't like GTA3 or any of it's revisions... If I don't like this game... So help me God I will hunt down each of you and hit you with a crowbar.
So I just picked this game up on my lunch break. I didn't like GTA3 or any of it's revisions... If I don't like this game... So help me God I will hunt down each of you and hit you with a crowbar.
This is essentially more of the same. But with a much better overall presentation and environment. If you can't find at least the multiplayer entertaining, you've got problems.
So I just picked this game up on my lunch break. I didn't like GTA3 or any of it's revisions... If I don't like this game... So help me God I will hunt down each of you and hit you with a crowbar.
This is essentially more of the same. But with a much better overall presentation and environment. If you can't find at least the multiplayer entertaining, you've got problems.
So I just picked this game up on my lunch break. I didn't like GTA3 or any of it's revisions... If I don't like this game... So help me God I will hunt down each of you and hit you with a crowbar.
So you didnt like any of the GTAs since 3 .. and yet you bought this. I realize that our stories of mayhem are awesomesauce but fundimentally its still very similiar to previous generations.
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Anyone got tips on what I'm supposed to do in the internet cafe? I already marked some for dates, but I can't find anything else to finish this mission.
First time I got a call when driving, I heard the noise caused by cell phone signal interference near speakers a second before the call
Holy hell they really did go all out for the details.
haha, wow! I hadn't noticed that yet. That's amazing.
I thought it was a really nice touch too, and I kept forgetting to ask others if they'd noticed.
Much thanks to the groups I got to play with yesterday, that was amazing fun. My brain is overloaded with things I want to talk about with people about this game, but every time I get the chance I can't seem to focus on any one element - usually all I manage to get out is "OMG it's awesome". This is the first game in the franchise to really grab me whole-heartedly. So I'd say if any of you are interested in it, but have never felt compelled to finish one of the previous games, chances are you'll be able to get into this one much more than the others.
So I just picked this game up on my lunch break. I didn't like GTA3 or any of it's revisions... If I don't like this game... So help me God I will hunt down each of you and hit you with a crowbar.
So you didnt like any of the GTAs since 3 .. and yet you bought this. I realize that our stories of mayhem are awesomesauce but fundimentally its still very similiar to previous generations.
Well it's hard to pass up the accusations that the game is the best they've ever played (from IGN) and from EVERY SINGLE PERSON I've talked to. Plus I had $80 of rewardzone certificates from best buy, so it's was technically free. :P
So I just picked this game up on my lunch break. I didn't like GTA3 or any of it's revisions... If I don't like this game... So help me God I will hunt down each of you and hit you with a crowbar.
i'm starting to think that while playing this game I should actually go and do some of the normal stuff. Like, go to a cafe and a pool house or a comedy club.
So I just picked this game up on my lunch break. I didn't like GTA3 or any of it's revisions... If I don't like this game... So help me God I will hunt down each of you and hit you with a crowbar.
Its worth 900 points on goozex. : )
That's another thing I was thinking of. :P I could always trade it back for ~$50.
I'd also like to be able to do an instant retry rather than have to drive all the way back across town to re-take the same mission.
Up arrow, A A on the 360.
You have to wait for the notification to pop up in the lower left, but yeah, effectively a text message comes in and you accept it to retry the mission. It also works if you've been sent to the hospital during a mission.
So, on release day, I decided to buy this game. So I call up GameStop at 4:30PM, and ask if they have copies left. I tell him I didn't pre-order, but he says they have extras left, but not many. I get to the store soon after, and ask about GTA4. He asked me if I pre-ordered, and I tell him no. He then chides me for not pre-ordering, tells me they're almost out of stock, and it's really against policy to be selling the ones that are left to me without a pre-order. As he rings up the game, he asks me why I didn't pre-order and strongly encourages me to do so next time, or I might not get the game.
I reallllllly wanted to scream at him until my head exploded as he was encouraging me to pre-order next time immediately after selling me a game that he basically told me was someone else's pre-ordered copy.
So I just picked this game up on my lunch break. I didn't like GTA3 or any of it's revisions... If I don't like this game... So help me God I will hunt down each of you and hit you with a crowbar.
This is essentially more of the same. But with a much better overall presentation and environment. If you can't find at least the multiplayer entertaining, you've got problems.
not true for all! i found the missions in previous gta's uncompelling and boring as fuck which is why i never completed them, cutscenes were unconvincing so i never got into the storyline..gta4...where do i start..hmm.. i want to complete this game. I fear i will complete this game and then it will be all gone =( you wont regret it
So, on release day, I decided to buy this game. So I call up GameStop at 4:30PM, and ask if they have copies left. I tell him I didn't pre-order, but he says they have extras left, but not many. I get to the store soon after, and ask about GTA4. He asked me if I pre-ordered, and I tell him no. He then chides me for not pre-ordering, tells me they're almost out of stock, and it's really against policy to be selling the ones that are left to me without a pre-order. As he rings up the game, he asks me why I didn't pre-order and strongly encourages me to do so next time, or I might not get the game.
I reallllllly wanted to scream at him until my head exploded as he was encouraging me to pre-order next time immediately after selling me a game that he basically told me was someone else's pre-ordered copy.
Yeah, Gamestop really made a mess of this launch. I wonder how many steady customers they lost in selling reserved copies to walk ins, I'm sure not going back there after they sold mine.
So I just picked this game up on my lunch break. I didn't like GTA3 or any of it's revisions... If I don't like this game... So help me God I will hunt down each of you and hit you with a crowbar.
So you didnt like any of the GTAs since 3 .. and yet you bought this. I realize that our stories of mayhem are awesomesauce but fundimentally its still very similiar to previous generations.
Well no, I've never really got on with the previous GTAs, I've never played them for long before losing interest. Somewhere between awkward controls that you're constantly fighting, and stupidly hard missions that just punt you in the nuts for even daring to try them, they've put me off. GTAIV is a much, much better experience.
I reallllllly wanted to scream at him until my head exploded as he was encouraging me to pre-order next time immediately after selling me a game that he basically told me was someone else's pre-ordered copy.
At that point you tell him, "What the fuck does it matter if I preorder or not. The only reason you want me to preorder isn't so I have my game, it's so you know that I will be forced to spend my money here, and not somewhere else. I'm spending it here, right now, without preordering. You would get my money either way. So are you going to give me my fucking game or not?"
I've gotta be honest though, almost every face in the game is pretty awful. Almost no emotion and just a generally wonky feel to them. A very minor thing, but I can't help but notice it is just about every cutscene.
So I just picked this game up on my lunch break. I didn't like GTA3 or any of it's revisions... If I don't like this game... So help me God I will hunt down each of you and hit you with a crowbar.
This is essentially more of the same. But with a much better overall presentation and environment. If you can't find at least the multiplayer entertaining, you've got problems.
not true for all! i found the missions in previous gta's uncompelling and boring as fuck which is why i never completed them, cutscenes were unconvincing so i never got into the storyline..gta4...where do i start..hmm.. i want to complete this game. I fear i will complete this game and then it will be all gone =( you wont regret it
I got to the 6th mission in San Andreas and realized that I hated the main character ( CJ ); it takes a special kind of moron to take orders to commit murderous acts from people who are even more painfully dumb. The story held no interest for me whatsoever.
By contrast, I'm completely pulled into Niko's story now. I really, REALLY want to see him get a happy ending...which I'm pretty sure won't happen.
Judas on
Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver.
Situation excellent. I am attacking.
- General Ferdinand Foch
I've gotta be honest though, almost every face in the game is pretty awful. Almost no emotion and just a generally wonky feel to them. A very minor thing, but I can't help but notice it is just about every cutscene.
I'm pretty sure you were just looking at the box art.
what i do if a gamestop clerk ever gets really obnoxious about bitching about me not preordering something is stop the sale, and go next door to sears where i can buy the exact same game without the hassle. i mean i dont want to get a damn lecture when im trying to buy a game. but hey, enough about that.
i just got home from work and i'm ready for some hot and sweaty multiplayer GTA action. did they resolve the PS3's connectivity issues yet? pretty please?
I've gotta be honest though, almost every face in the game is pretty awful. Almost no emotion and just a generally wonky feel to them. A very minor thing, but I can't help but notice it is just about every cutscene.
i disagree with this pretty strongly. just watch niko's eye movements and smile half smiles and etc when the jamaicans are speaking gibberish to him. classic.
I've gotta be honest though, almost every face in the game is pretty awful. Almost no emotion and just a generally wonky feel to them. A very minor thing, but I can't help but notice it is just about every cutscene.
i disagree with this pretty strongly. just watch niko's eye movements and smile half smiles and etc when the jamaicans are speaking gibberish to him. classic.
Agreed. There is actually some really great facial acting in every scene. Mixed with the body language, it's fantastic. I'm a huge fan of it, considering I wasn't expecting much.
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It's certainly the best GTA game ever.
But as free-roaming as it is, I still desire more. I'm not ready to declare it the best game ever. Maybe in 2 or 3 more iterations it'll reach that point.
Hell no.
Fuck it I'll just hope he doesn't say anything important. Maybe thats how Rockstar wanted it.
One day in, its the best 360 game for me, probably going to be the best game of its kind (beating out Vice City) and in the discussion for GOAT.
Its extremely tough to compare say Rock Band, Civ IV, WoW, GTA IV, Counterstrike, Starcraft, etc etc. And thats without going way back to like Planescape:Torment, X-Wing, Warcraft 2, Super Punchout, FFIV, or the Wing Commander or including other people's top games like GoW or HL2.
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I don't think it's the best game ever
I'll wait to GTA IV vice city or something like that where they improve on the concept and we will see but It's great but not best ever.
Does turning to Classic make any sort of difference whatsoever? Other than just the familiarity?
My biggest problem is that I played GTA 3, VC, and SA on my PC with a gamepad. The way I had my pad configured was all of my own choosing, being some random non-standard pad. I have lost count of how many times I have tried to e-brake and done a tuck-and-roll out of the car at 65 mph, cause I'm used to that button being my handbrake.
Anyone know if you can try again for an internet gal if you've flubbed up the first date?
I am wondering if this will knock off percentage of the overall score or just prevent me from getting the awesome knock the wanted level down contact.
Yeah, that Jamaican dude was speaking Martian for all I know until I remembered to turn the subtitles on.
Also, just heard the conversation between Roman and Niko where Roma is worried about Niko's mom being all alone in the old country and wants to invite her to come and stay with them in Liberty City. Niko's reaction is hysterical.
Situation excellent. I am attacking.
- General Ferdinand Foch
You're right. Rockstar wanted us to not be able to understand what the characters say. That's why they wrote dialog for them. That's also why they wrote dialog in Russian and then translated it in the subtitles, because rockstar wanted you not to understand it.
It's one per Xbox.
In real life or GTA IV?
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This is essentially more of the same. But with a much better overall presentation and environment. If you can't find at least the multiplayer entertaining, you've got problems.
no u
So you didnt like any of the GTAs since 3 .. and yet you bought this. I realize that our stories of mayhem are awesomesauce but fundimentally its still very similiar to previous generations.
I thought it was a really nice touch too, and I kept forgetting to ask others if they'd noticed.
Much thanks to the groups I got to play with yesterday, that was amazing fun. My brain is overloaded with things I want to talk about with people about this game, but every time I get the chance I can't seem to focus on any one element - usually all I manage to get out is "OMG it's awesome". This is the first game in the franchise to really grab me whole-heartedly. So I'd say if any of you are interested in it, but have never felt compelled to finish one of the previous games, chances are you'll be able to get into this one much more than the others.
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Well it's hard to pass up the accusations that the game is the best they've ever played (from IGN) and from EVERY SINGLE PERSON I've talked to. Plus I had $80 of rewardzone certificates from best buy, so it's was technically free. :P
Its worth 900 points on goozex. : )
That's another thing I was thinking of. :P I could always trade it back for ~$50.
You have to wait for the notification to pop up in the lower left, but yeah, effectively a text message comes in and you accept it to retry the mission. It also works if you've been sent to the hospital during a mission.
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So, on release day, I decided to buy this game. So I call up GameStop at 4:30PM, and ask if they have copies left. I tell him I didn't pre-order, but he says they have extras left, but not many. I get to the store soon after, and ask about GTA4. He asked me if I pre-ordered, and I tell him no. He then chides me for not pre-ordering, tells me they're almost out of stock, and it's really against policy to be selling the ones that are left to me without a pre-order. As he rings up the game, he asks me why I didn't pre-order and strongly encourages me to do so next time, or I might not get the game.
I reallllllly wanted to scream at him until my head exploded as he was encouraging me to pre-order next time immediately after selling me a game that he basically told me was someone else's pre-ordered copy.
not true for all! i found the missions in previous gta's uncompelling and boring as fuck which is why i never completed them, cutscenes were unconvincing so i never got into the storyline..gta4...where do i start..hmm.. i want to complete this game. I fear i will complete this game and then it will be all gone =( you wont regret it
Well no, I've never really got on with the previous GTAs, I've never played them for long before losing interest. Somewhere between awkward controls that you're constantly fighting, and stupidly hard missions that just punt you in the nuts for even daring to try them, they've put me off. GTAIV is a much, much better experience.
At that point you tell him, "What the fuck does it matter if I preorder or not. The only reason you want me to preorder isn't so I have my game, it's so you know that I will be forced to spend my money here, and not somewhere else. I'm spending it here, right now, without preordering. You would get my money either way. So are you going to give me my fucking game or not?"
I got to the 6th mission in San Andreas and realized that I hated the main character ( CJ ); it takes a special kind of moron to take orders to commit murderous acts from people who are even more painfully dumb. The story held no interest for me whatsoever.
By contrast, I'm completely pulled into Niko's story now. I really, REALLY want to see him get a happy ending...which I'm pretty sure won't happen.
Situation excellent. I am attacking.
- General Ferdinand Foch
I'm pretty sure you were just looking at the box art.
i just got home from work and i'm ready for some hot and sweaty multiplayer GTA action. did they resolve the PS3's connectivity issues yet? pretty please?
i disagree with this pretty strongly. just watch niko's eye movements and smile half smiles and etc when the jamaicans are speaking gibberish to him. classic.
Ps - Being at work sucks when I have nothing to do, but I need to stay here just in case something happens. I can hear Niko calling me...
Agreed. There is actually some really great facial acting in every scene. Mixed with the body language, it's fantastic. I'm a huge fan of it, considering I wasn't expecting much.