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GTA Series => Grand Theft Auto - IV => IV Chat & Support => Topic started by: kaneda on April 28, 2008, 10:30:12 PM
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Well I got my copy of GTA IV this morning, and came home for a break from work to give it a whirl (just to note, I was already coming home...I didn't come home just so I could play ). So far, I do like what I see. I don't wanna make this too spoilerish, so I'll just note down some positives and negatives I've found thus far:
+ New wanted system, which I think is a great deviation from the norm
+ Cars are much less forgiving when it comes to slamming down the handbrake. You really have to drive a bit more carefully this time out
+ TV - I'm sure the novelty will wear off, but it's kinda groovy and gives ya a good laugh
+ Player customization is back for IV, which was one of the best things about SA
+ The city looks absolutely fantastic. Incredible detail, lovely lighting effects and a much better atmosphere than previous GTA games
+ The phone system is a nice touch. It gives you some insight into what a mission may have in store before you commit to doing it
- Player control is a little difficult every now and then. Of course I don't know yet if any RPG type element will give your player increased agility, so...
- Having to continually tap the run button to sprint is a little annoying, in my opinion. This was a sour note for me in SA too
- Missions so far haven't really been that imaginative (although, I haven't done too many)
I encourage everyone to give their own five cents worth in this thread. My overall opinion so far is that I'm more than pleased with GTAIV. Certainly it looks spectacular in terms of aesthetics, but I couldn't give an absolutely honest opinion of gameplay this early.
As for stunting...well I'm not even remotely interested in testing that out right now. I'll take the time to enjoy the game
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So far I've only seen vids/trailers/screens, and just by looking at them I can already say that it looks absolutely stunning. I could simply drive through the streets hour on end, just soaking in the city life.
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i pretty much have the exact same opinion as you kan lol.. sept im a lil further in the missions.. im up to some difficult ones and i think they're alot harder cause i turned aim assist off cause i don't like it .. also i think i know how to get people in the trunks.. but im still working on that
ohh and im a lil disappointed with the bike handling :.. tho i haven't tried a backflip yet lol
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Now that you have GTA IV kaneda... GTA IV Smackdown?
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With just kaneda? That'd be suckage.
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Of course not.
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I don't know about any LC Smackdown II (yep, I've decided to go with that as a title ). I'm still highly doubtful about a PC release of GTA IV.
However...it would be nice
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I hope it comes for the pc
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how long will it take to be released for PC.
if im being honest i do love the gta games and i like playing them, but i dont usually get roudn to completing them because i get either too frustrated/bored.
i look forward to the release of GTA IV on PC because i cant wait to stunt it
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So far, it is ok. I haven't tried many stunts because I'm trying to get used to the controls, remember this is my first time playing the 360. I'm slowly getting into the groove a bit, nearly fucked up 'First Date' when I hit a bump and got stuck on my side but somehow got myself righted again (very different controls). I did a barrel roll actually, unintentional but looked sweet! Roman freaked lol.
There has been occassional pop-up but other than that, I'm golden.
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Games amazing. I've been playing round my mates. I think everything works really well. Oh and stunting is awesome. I dis some on the Sanchez and freeway. Bumping is solid as ever, more like SA though than VC. I also busted a bump 2 grind. The attention to detail is incredible.
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cant wait for GTA IV on pc im looking forward to LC smackdown II and i wanna in it to kaneda
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I did a barrel roll actually,
Do a barrel roll!
i wonder whos gonna make the first stunt vid
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Best game ever
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i wonder whos gonna make the first stunt vid
Won't be me anyways VC all the way.
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Bought a copy this morning and luckily have the day off So far I've just been running around to see how things handle. The graphics and attention to detail is mind blowing. I've ridin a few bikes but have only done a few basic things with them so far. It's gonna take awhile for me to get used to a joypad again. So far I love it. I'll probably start the missions tonight after some more running around. Oh and guess the first place I went into? The Triangle Club got me a lap dance.
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Bought a copy this morning and luckily have the day off So far I've just been running around to see how things handle. The graphics and attention to detail is mind blowing. I've ridin a few bikes but have only done a few basic things with them so far. It's gonna take awhile for me to get used to a joypad again. So far I love it. I'll probably start the missions tonight after some more running around. Oh and guess the first place I went into? The Triangle Club got me a lap dance.
Neos a whore!!
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you would Neo
gah it sucks having a xbox sitting at my other place deserted and not being able to play.
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It seems to me that stunting is still here, but one of the main reasons i dont play to much with my box (approx 50 hours during 2 year) is the controller.
Will it be a big suckage to stunt with a joy for an orthodox keyboard user?
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not when the pc version comes out..?
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not when the pc version comes out..?
I think my pc will not handle this game properly.
However, is there any kind of replay system on the GTA IV console versions like in SA? (i mean the F2, F3 thing)
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PC version for 30 November
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Oh and guess the first place I went into? The Triangle Club got me a lap dance.
you couldnt resist, eh ?
looking forward to the vid, if its first IV or not
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PC version for 30 November
Except your little brain, do you have a SOLID source ?
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I liked the entire game, graphics and the feeling was good about it.
Really good.
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I should stop watching these threads, they just make me crazy.
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Now that you have GTA IV kaneda... GTA IV Smackdown?
hey we can make one... i allready found places to stunt... allredy landed few roofs so lets do it
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Now that you have GTA IV kaneda... GTA IV Smackdown?
hey we can make one... i allready found places to stunt... allredy landed few roofs so lets do it
You are not supposed to be part of the video Daffy's talking about.
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awsome game , i like the blood if a kill a guy with my car :=
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In addition to my list at the header of this thread:
+ Autosave (a feature on the XB360, don't know about PS3). It's handy and gives the game a good flow...not having to hike back to your safehouse every time you wanna save
+ The mission structure adds to the continuous flow of the game too. Having missions start from wherever you happen to be on the map makes it less repetitive
+ Collisions - both car/car and car/ped...they just look and sound so...ouch
+ The sat-nav system is great
- Flying out through your windscreen if you hit something in a car at high speed. It's a cool little feature, but will definitely become a nuisance
- Map markers are way too small and difficult to make out. I'm old...and my vision is failing, you see
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+ Autosave (a feature on the XB360, don't know about PS3). It's handy and gives the game a good flow...not having to hike back to your safehouse every time you wanna save
Oh, I haven't realised that. I noticed it autosaved after missions, but I thought that was only for stats and stuff. Thanks for telling, that's great!
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I too never knew it was a proper autosave, thought it was just for stats. Big relief, I've been getting taxis back to my safehouse like a dumb bastard.
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Well I'm assuming it saves the game as a safehouse does. I usually tend to do a safehouse save before shutting off for the day anyway, so I don't really know for certain. Considering you can disable the feature, I'd say it's nothing to do with stats (otherwise it'd be saving every time you did something that would be attributed to stats, which if you look...is an awfully long list).
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Is it just me who felt like the city was very tight, as in seemed like the buildings were a lot closer together than in GTA III.
GTA IV felt almost a little claustrophobic compared to the LC from GTA III, i guess it's more realistic this way but it's gonna take some time getting used to me i think.
Also i didn't see many rails, not by far as many as in LC/VC/SA... does anyone have a video of someone who's able to grind like we're used to do it?
As for the game itself, i guess i wasted the day running around getting chased by cops and crashing in to all sorta stuff so i have to give you my opinion tomorrow
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When I first hit somebody with the car I freaked! There was actually blood on the hood! GOTY for sure.
The ragdolls is hilarious. The first time I got myself a bike I hit this curb, hit the back of a car, flew off and into a tree which broke my back and I died. It was INSANE. I'm going to be up until 3:00 in the morning just playing, though I wish all the islands were unlocked from the start =\
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Uncle Vlad mission, I think it's called, anyways you gotta chase him out the back and he drives off. You gotta run to your car where Ramon is waiting. The two tards from inside chase ya out the back. I got in my car and started to drive off, each tard grabbed the car door handles and I must have dragged them about 3 city blocks before they fell off it was friggin wild.
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warnin, spoilers in my post
heh yeah ahppened to me with 2 cops they idnt let go til i hti my first insane stunt jump. watchign them hurtle throught eh air in slow mo a we go over a rive was INTENSE!... they landed int eh river. also lol neo the lil jacob mission where you learn to use cover i shot the guy ont he stairs once and miss but he tripped fell down the stairs and died. Also luckily i picked up the shot gun so when i did uncle vlad those 2 guys.... never through apunch... i just love this game so far i just beat the mission where you obtain teh sniper rifle for the first time. ive gotten a couple times ive "bumped" with a freeway, never landed anything but got pretty high in the air... id say 25 feet or so probally less though lol.
anyway, cant run out of things to say about this. first game of cops n crooks i was drivign the cops cop car and it was me and some friends it was so fun we took off max speed with sirens blaring ontot eh freeway met the enemy rammed em got a couple shots in then flew over the guard rail landing safley on teh L tracks.... the train got rid of us......
i like how theyre also not skechy with ammo. ive got 20 shots left with the sniper, a couple molotovs, about 960 pistol rounds, and traded in my 465 uzis replacing it with pickign up over 1000 rounds of MP5 ammo. I LOVE THIS GAME WHEEEEEEWWWTTT!!!!
also funny story, when i was foolign around near where ramons taxi company gets burned down i got a wanted level, which are somewhat harder to evade and crashed next to a high ledge. climbed onto teh car, onto teh ledge, and onto a roof. LE PARKOUR FTW!!!!!
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You say the handling is difficult eh?
Excellent.
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Woah I am out of my hole =p
Ok I am done school in 3 weeks and getting GTA4 on PS3
I want stunting opinions tho. i read a few posts here and not much has been said yet.
The game seems like great fun, I am definatly gonna be happy about the game in general but the stunting is something i want an impression on....
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Just did this mission where you have to kill a group of bikers, it's where ya finally get a PCJ600. Uh it's not like previous GTA's. It's gonna take some time to get used to driving.
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- Flying out through your windscreen if you hit something in a car at high speed. It's a cool little feature, but will definitely become a nuisance
First person to do a windshield bail to precision wins life.
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Woah I am out of my hole =p
lol, not the only one
I want stunting opinions tho. i read a few posts here and not much has been said yet.
The game seems like great fun, I am definatly gonna be happy about the game in general but the stunting is something i want an impression on....
Am I right in saying it sounds like cars and roofs will be all the rage in IV?
Anyone found any good rails? Any of the bikes handle better than the pcj? Freeway? XD
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Hi m3rrix, long time no see.
As for grinding, I'm presuming that instead of the vehicles having the sphere-type collisions they'll have model outline collisions, so in order to grind you'll need to balance as if you were grinding a skateboard in real life. Of course, I am just making assumptions, I don't have the game yet.
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I've only done a weird footgrind when trying to jump over a fence...pretty funky glitch
Done a car wallride as well!
EDIT: Fuck a duck, allo m3rrix.
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going to get this game real soon and from what ive heard it's pretty stuntable .
Wow m3rrix awesome. i remember you were a very helpful member when i first showed up here. Good to see you still visit sometimes.
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Going to my mates later today. I'm gonna bust some more stunts. Grinding is the only thing I've found is slightly lacking, you don't really "lock" on like the old games.
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lucky all u..
I can't get so much money to buy the playing consule.. and gta4.. sux :>
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STUNT! i'm so looking forward to a PC version
anyway who can take a screenshot of the 200 flying rats?i'm so interested in them lol
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EDIT: Fuck a duck, allo m3rrix.
^ What he said. Nice to see you and Max making an appearance again!
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Woot woot.
San Andreas didn't have much of a grind lock either compared to VC. Same thing thing GTA4? or even less lock than SA?
I might give this a go tonight but Console stunting is not my forte. Hopefully a PC version will be released soonish but after I get my new PC. I might be active a little more in the stunting community if the bikes in this are any good for roofs. Hopefully this is better than SA for the stunting community.
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I'm hoping on getting the game/a console after my exams. I think if I buy one now though I will certainly fail
Is the ISB function still in there?
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i think so. and ive gotten curb bumps and little mini bumps.
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DAMMIT, I can't find a pizzaboy anywhere! Sorry Max and Tack
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PC version for 30 November
sauce?
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wow, MadMax, long time since seen you post
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so how similar/different is the map compared to GTAIII?
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At least stunting with a PS2 controller in SA/VC payed off after all, gonna go round my mates next week and play on his PS3 IV.
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so how similar/different is the map compared to GTAIII?
From what I've seen there's some familiar landmarks, just repositioned and remade into the GTAIV world.
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Ah man this topic makes me horney for a PS3 or 360... Hopefully there'll be a PC version. I strongly doubt it though.
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so how similar/different is the map compared to GTAIII?
From what I've seen there's some familiar landmarks, just repositioned and remade into the GTAIV world.
almost no similarity. check my pictures in the Collection thread in the Vid/Pictures section and you will see that it is completly different from the street layout.
Grinding works fine for me btw, you can grind between the front wheel and the body, I even got a backflip to grind cause the snapping bug locks you at 90° if you spin to fast - made me grind the rail perfectly
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Just did this mission where you have to kill a group of bikers, it's where ya finally get a PCJ600. Uh it's not like previous GTA's. It's gonna take some time to get used to driving.
I just tried that mission , failed because I didn't have any weapons
The game is freaking awesome so far!
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I am up to the second island I really love the city...it is just amazing the variety of things
I want to type a big long pouring out of my thoughts regarding every little thing about this game but I dont have the time.
+The combat system...fixed finally.
+The physics...a good balance I think, you get a bit of realism but it is still comical
+The mobile phone: fits so well and the sleep function means you can stunt without having to worry about losing things on relationships
-I have a life that takes me away from it
-My internet at home is not connected yet (new place) so I can't play Xbox Live
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www.whattheydonotwantyoutoknow.com..
can you visit gtas at netbars in gta4 ?
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Want to confirm something: the autosave does work, after you finish something like a mission or even going out on a date or a night out with a friend. Whenever it autosaved, you can access that at the bottom of the list of the save files i believe. I remember getting busted for running into a cop (on foot - how annoying), and before I knew it I was done in. So I just re-loaded from the last mission I had.
(WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD, Sorry Haywire)
Currently, I'm stuck on that mission from Elizabetha or whatever her name is, something about cocaine snowstorm? Can't mind but the cops usually do me in. Is it just me or is finding armour kinda tricky now?
Also doing things for McReary, Playbox X and Dwayne. Only one more part of Liberty City left to unlock. I'm playing normally more than anything else.
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STOP SPOILING!
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kill playbox X and get his house ftw lol
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New rule, guys: If you're gonna post spoilers, use the spoiler tags!
[spoiler]TEXT GOES HERE[/spoiler]
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ffs kingjad you added a spoiler to my post :/
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ffs kingjad you added a spoiler to my post :/
I sure did FTO, because you absolutely suck
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Nov 30 PC release date? who posted it? saw it earlier, source?
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ffs kingjad you added a spoiler to my post :/
I sure did FTO, because you absolutely suck
nah
you can try it.. kill playbox x must be better than kill Dwyane
although i haven't got gta4 lol
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Got my copy today! Played with a friend for a bit. Looking forward to a more solid play on the weekend!
I must say I am impressed with what I am experiencing thus far.
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So how is the replay function working? Does it show sparks/spinning wheels etc? Also can you save replays on the xbox/ps3 hdd?
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no replays on 360/ps3 i think
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I love the slow-motion during cinematic. Press horn button during cinematic on a 360 version, and it goes slow-mo. Run over people like this looks gorgeous
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ffs i did an nrg backflip to land on a parking security thing roof .. i can't record lol its shitting me
EDIT: it was really more of a flair
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ive seen the gameplay review..
and i think its awesome, i would never know how much i will like it once i get to try it
but looking at the videos comin out each day,
the graphics is outstanding, although the geometric appearance of peds arent really perfect, the environment was breath taking
new features eagers me to play it, like the multiplayer online, new game physics, and to try out stunting too
i just want to know, if there are animals in gta4, are there?
and also about the internet thingy, was it really a feature that lets you surf while in-game?
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No animals that I've seen, but I'm guessing fishies will make an appearance.
On the stunting front, I'm of the opinion that stunting won't be quite as dynamic as it is in VC. Bikes seem to be quite clunky and you have very little control of them once airborne. I haven't tinkered too much in this department, but so far it strikes me as being SA type stunts. Also, the cities tend to be very cluttered and curbs are actually curbs this time out, rather than subtle deviations in height. Also a lot of stuff seems to be quite 'grabby' - cars in particular. It's very easy to get hung up on what you're attempting to use as stunt terrain. At the other end of the spectrum, bikes are very bouncy and spinny without any intentional direction from the player.
I suppose it's all getting used to the new game and it's own little nuances. For now I'll concentrate much more on playing than getting stunts no one will ever see.
In answer to an earlier question about replays, there are none. The 'replay' feature in GTA IV is actually a feature that lets you replay a mission should you fail it. A nifty feature, I must say.
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Aye, I've failed a lot lol, you get a text asking if you wanna try again and you go straight back to where you'd get a cutscene for the start of a mission.
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Interesting thing is that they're called 'replays'...they're in the stats as 'Replays used', or something. One wonders whether if there's a PC release, will it even HAVE replays.
I can't understand why they wouldn't incorporate replays (being the replays WE all know) into GTAIV, considering both platforms have HDD capabilities. I sometimes think that R*s attention to the replay element of the PC GTAs is becoming less and less important. Outside of players here, and the odd player who might make some goof-fest vid of some kind...who else would really employ the replay feature?
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I can't understand why they wouldn't incorporate replays (being the replays WE all know) into GTAIV, considering both platforms have HDD capabilities.
Also considering the fact that Halo 3 did it, and did such a good job at it, showing that it was something worth having even on consoles.
EDIT: I must admit, because of that (above), I really was hoping R* would do the same with this - imagine it, you could actually get some (relatively) decent quality videos, as only one person has to record, and doesn't have to do so while performing the stunt - and was kinda disappointed, although not too surprised, that they didn't.
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Didn't like it really, just wasn't what I was expecting of a GTA Game.
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Interesting thing is that they're called 'replays'...they're in the stats as 'Replays used', or something. One wonders whether if there's a PC release, will it even HAVE replays.
I can't understand why they wouldn't incorporate replays (being the replays WE all know) into GTAIV, considering both platforms have HDD capabilities. I sometimes think that R*s attention to the replay element of the PC GTAs is becoming less and less important. Outside of players here, and the odd player who might make some goof-fest vid of some kind...who else would really employ the replay feature?
From what I know about game code (Which is very little.) replay functions go hand and hand with online play. So if Rockstar does not employ a replay system on the PC version we should be able to create one.
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Fantastic game so far. I enjoy every second of it
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I just finished "Bleed It Out".
Fucking amazing game. Me and sheikah16 have been having some fun online. Heres a tip : grab a grenade, hitchike a ride, hold the RT and it will start beeping, the person driving will wonder what the sound is, then BOOM, you both die.
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Windshield bail 2 fly into another car and kill driver FTW
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Windshield bail to landing in a boat...
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its the new IV parkour
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I just finished "Bleed It Out".
Fucking amazing game. Me and sheikah16 have been having some fun online. Heres a tip : grab a grenade, hitchike a ride, hold the RT and it will start beeping, the person driving will wonder what the sound is, then BOOM, you both die.
or when you guys are going soemwhere in seperate cars just drop one behind you to watch him go flying. and is it just me or does MP either a perfect connection or its super laggy? for the 360
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Of course there is going to be a pc version. The pc market is much larger than that of Ps3 or 360 so if they denied pc users a version they would be morons Sadly I'll never be able to play it with this comp and my mum reckons she's going to take it off me if i could play it anyway (RAWR! *Sad face*) so short of her not caring and a 360 suddenly appearing in my lounge I won't be able to play it for quite some time... So far it looks like this game is going to be thoroughly awesome and I can't wait to play it.
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saw somewhere earlier in this topic bout no animals, INCORRECT! instead of having packages or sprays, you kill pigeons!
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There's a bunch of extra shit I gotta buy now already ordered an extended cable to play Xbox live, also need a 'plug in and play' thingy for my wireless controller. Then of course there's Xbox live itself to pay for, although I got like first month free or something. Anyways I'm steadily progressing through the game ok, nearly time for one of the best missions in the game so I hear which involves:
Robbing a bank and then going through portions of Liberty City shooting lots of cops, including a subway battle!
Do not forget, when on an in-game computer type 'www.whattheydonotwantyoutoknow.com' and you can find hidden maps which feature things like hidden weapon locations, armour locations etc.
Anyone else found the 'heart of Liberty City' yet? Very cool
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I love going around in the helicopter and bailing, so that you fly into stuff
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so i guess its up for a new born method or style of stunting
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I bought it
Impressions. Faggio stoppies are not what I want them to be obviously but I haven`t really gotten hold of many faggios and I havent seen any pizzaboys driving around. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I`ve encountered a few PCJ600s which resulted in 360s, backflips and frontflips. They look nice but the feeling is not very rewarding. The bike is hard to control and its almost s if these things were based more on luck than on skill. Then again VC felt the same at first. Again, I have not encountered enough bikes to make a good judgement.
The cars are fun to flip around. Done a few doubleflips with rotations and whatnot and those looked great. I wish there was a button to put on our seatbelts tho. I hate to see my far do a few flips in the air while I am pretending to be superman. It would have been more rewarding had I been in the car while it flipped. I haven`t tried too many car stunts yet but I will be trying packer bumps as they were someone of a thing I loved to do in VC.
As for the game itself. It is orgasmic. I could not believe it when I played. it looks nice but its the gameplay and all the little details that make it what it is. All the little things that happen, the realism. Hitting someone on the sidewalk with a car is rewarding in the sense that you hear the bones crush, the body roll and the person scream in agony. The crashes look much more realistic and the physics of the impacts are just perfect. This may sound very disturbing that someone can like such violence but its so detailed and well made that you enjoy it because its different everytime and it seems to have a particular impact every single time which is surprising everytime and just makes you smile.
The AI is something else. The cops are actually a little challenging in this game. They are harder to get away from and seem to have much better driving tactics. Just look at `the getaway`video and compare it to this. If someone starts hitting me, he gets arrested. The cops actually bring him into their car and drive him off. Its really nice.
Thats all for now i guess, there is so so much more to say but i dono where to really go. I could go forever. Buy it. I will keeps playing and try more stunting. Its too early too tell right now.
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you really gotta use the handbrake to maneuver well on a bike. as for the cops, I find them WAY easier to get away from, you just have to drive away from the little circle and wait 5 seconds.
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3 Leaf Clover..........one of the "P" missions where ya go with some guys to rob a bank. Best damn mission I've done so far. Think I got like 250,000 for completing it. Tons of cops, explosions, killing, it was great.
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I just failed that damn mission, got out of the subway and up the stairs, bastard cop with shotgun nailed me
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I was kinda disappointed by the police. 6 stars doesn't bring as much heat as previous games, atleast not of what i've seen. No tanks or army trucks anywhere. =\
Also I think the damage on vehicles is more extensive on PS3, I have yet to be able to really dent a roof of a car, though I haven't tried much.
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I love this game, Though the thing that really pisses me off when you do a big jump and it happens to be a unique stunt spot, The camera doesn't follow you and your doing a backflip then suddenly the controls go inverted and then start doing a front flip then it just goes out the window because you don't know which button to press and then it goes totally out of view and you die
Oh, and Kingjad, what console did you end up getting? If you got a 360 whats your gamertag, and Anyone else who has 360 and this game add me too if you haven't already : xCuPPeRx
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I have 360, not got a gamertag yet, will soon. The damage on 360 is just as extensive, I've actually turned cars into bizarre shapes through a combination of huge crashes, and explosions. Some vehicles get so buggered up they won't even work anymore, but won't blow up either.
Was driving a truck and was getting shot at like mad. Every bullet that hit left a hole in the back, very precise and detailed
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Yeah the detail is amazing, if you smash a telephone pole with the ride side of the front of your car that side will get crushed in but the other side won't.
Just finished the storyline and it was amazing.
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Feron is right, once the xbox live protocol is known we could also fake replays in GTA:
- Play on your fake server
- Fake server records packet
- Stop your fake server
- Load the saved packets and restart server which is sending them now
- Rejoin game
- You see your old player going around through the city
And yes, the detail is amazing! But I think the bike handling is stupid. Also helicopters should break more easily
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SPOILER ABOUT PIGEONS!
kill all the pigeons and you get a unique prize, for some daft bastarding reason
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Can someone tell me the size of the savegame files on 360? Need to know if I can fit a few on a 64mb memory card.
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i just beat three leaaf clover last night, you also unlock
the ski mask to wear as a hat
btw did you guys kill playboy x or D? i took out playboy for his loft and the gta3 suit. also is the hear tof liberty teh thing in the statue of happiness cause if so then yes. you unlock jersey (alderny after 3leaf clover) and be sure king you becoem friends with lil jacob, earn ability to buy guns from his car. (his stuff is osmetimes cheaper) fill up on everything but ak-47 ammo. (its replaced with a carbine which you can buy ammo for after the misson. also make sure you got full body armor and health and just stay behind cover and let the boys do the hard part.
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Hey guys! I picked up GTA4 when it came out and I have a few thoughts, probably nothing different from what has already been said.
Likes:
- The city is amazing. The detail is fantastic, up to the wrinkles on the dress of the secretary in one of the missions.
- The AI is pretty good all things considered. They react to what i'm doing and in different ways. If i'm breaking into a car, some people run away, others stare and occasionally (usually when I am almost out of health) will attack me.
- The physics. I nearly pissed myself the first time I shot Niko through the windshield.
Dislikes:
A lot of minor issues here
- The handling of the cars is a real pain in the ass. Its like the streets are covered in ice so you need to slow down to almost a dead stop to corner otherwise you spin out.
- Has anyone else really had a hell of a time with the combat in the game? I actually think this is a downgrade from previous GTAs.
- I just discovered the "sleep mode" feature on the phone. Before I would constantly get calls from people I don't want to see so to avoid pissing anyone off I have to drive across the city to take them out so they don't get pissed with me.
Overall it is a stunning game but the missions are kinda repeatitive and mirror those from older games. I haven't done much stunting and I probably won't until I complete the game a few times.
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I did a 360 burnout kinda thing, ya know the reverse + accelerate button at same time and do donuts...well, my rear wheels were stripped away!
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I did a 360 burnout kinda thing, ya know the reverse + accelerate button at same time and do donuts...well, my rear wheels were stripped away!
Yeah lollers tires pop after too much rubber burning. The details are awsome. Another thing that annoys me is that car doors are solid, i was so used to them not being and now when i exit a vehicle i either have to go around them or jump them. Should have seen me on my first day playing, would spend like 10 secs trying to run through the fucking door each time i got out.
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Lol, same for me juan, I usually leave the vehicle and start running forwards instantly - right into the door.
But it can be fun to steal cars and go backwards when the driver is still stuck behind the door and tries to get away
However, with the time I actually learned to wait for the player to close the door.
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Erm...use jump button, just leap over car door
Also, jump up and down stairs to save time.
Things I learned last night:
1) Kiki is paranoid
2) You can't jump on top of a moving train on foot without killing yerself
3) I scuk at 'Three Leaf Clover', failed again!
4) I could never kill that miserable bastard Dwayne.
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SPOILER ABOUT PIGEONS!
kill all the pigeons and you get a unique prize, for some daft bastarding reason
so there are animals..!!
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Aye, there are. I blew up a car and it said '199 flying rats remaining', must've caught one during the explosion!
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Its like the game wanted me to kill a pigeon - (if I remember correctly) I was doing one of the delivery missions for jacob (early in game) and the camera angle chosen when giving the guy the package was one that had a glowing pigeon right in front of it!
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At Star Junction (Times Square), there are weird unmarked missions to do involving some guy who wants to be a rapper. If you go near him the camera automatically kinda centres on him, just walk up to him and a cutscene will start. Can't mind his name, but he is found at that bright-light Star Junction section in various places.
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Just started in the game, and wow this is so awesome. The graphics, the atmosphere, the gameplay it's all so perfect! Funny though, my happiest moment in this game didn't involve any violence.
The sun was shining and I was just cruising around on my faggio, when jacob called me, (he just needed a ride). When I picked him up he complemented me on my bike (in his fantastic accent). Then we just cruised along the city chitchatting the whole time, with some relaxed reggaeton music (i think) on the radio.
I've tried some tiny stunts (on my faggio ), and stunting is pretty cool in IV. This is the game i've been waiting for!
Edit: Didn't know about the sleep function either, i'll start using it now
Btw does anyone know where to find a pcj600 or a nrg900? I've seen one but i was busy doing a mission so i couldnt get it.
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Get loads of grenades when you do the mission "Three Leaf Clover" and blow up the police cars, it helps alot!
I'm at around 40% in the game, what about you guys?
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kingjad i got 3 leaf clover firsttry. unless you kill em your buddies shouldnt die stay back ALWAYS STAY BEHIND COVER AND BLIND FIRE. use the carbine (its the only weapon i used the whole mission) and just stay back and on your buddies asses. tbh the hardest partis getting out of the bank. but take it slow and make sure youve eliminated all enemies. there is no time limit.
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I ain't got a clue what a carbine is, can you get it off Little Jacob or a gun shop yet?
Will throw nades like crazy at cop cars, just shot them until they blew before but nades will work a lot better.
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when you start the mission your ak-47 is replaced by a black automatic rifle. itll be in your inventory. use that and for leaving the bank blindfire a shotty. not the spaz-12 though(thats the small black one) use teh big one.
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Whatever, passed it on third try overall. Here's my run-down on what happened:
1st try: Everything going great, got in subway, shot cops, ran like fuck, train clipped me but didn't kill me! Service hatch, going through it, and suddenly - I got no idea where to go. The map already looks like it's street level, cop blips appear on radar but I am kinda stuck where I am, clueless as to where to head to. MEANWHILE, all those blips suddenly descend onto me, so when I finally do realise where I need to go there's 6 cops at the door who all shoot at once, killing me rather quickly.
Second time - nades in the tunnel - Packie gets blown to pieces. Whoops-a-daisy.
Third time - everything goes smooth as fuck, on to street level quickly no probs this time (no welcoming party of gun-toting cops waiting for me this time), and now I've unlocked all of Liberty City.
Tried that first mission of Derrick or whatever, but during the getaway I had the slowest fucking car in the world, failed it cos of that! (called Smackdown, I think)
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The sun was shining and I was just cruising around on my faggio, when jacob called me, (he just needed a ride). When I picked him up he complemented me on my bike (in his fantastic accent). Then we just cruised along the city chitchatting the whole time, with some relaxed reggaeton music (i think) on the radio.
what a precious moment.
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Best physics moment so far. I was doing the race in Star Junction and I was miles ahead in my Comet but it was smoking so I figured I would jump out and quickly grab a Stallion driving by (favorite car for me to cruise in). Unfortunately I was not that far ahead of second place and as I was crossing the road he hit me, sent me flying through the air and then I got killed cos my head smacked into the part of a streetlight hanging across the road....painful and sudden death but quite funny
Also have people noticed that different people seem to result in different levels of drunkenness? I noticed that Packie is the worst followed closely by Roman with some people like Brucie being very weak in terms of the effects whilst driving
Also Alderney is the best stunting island for me. Landed a massive roof last night
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I dont like how the cops get on you when you're drunk driving, especially when you're only slightly drunk.
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Love Niko trying to hail a cab while drunk
'hey, yellow...'
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dammit jad that thread was for comedic relief, you're a party pooper.
back on topic, I love to damage a car as much as possible and drive in literally a piece of junk. I love the detail of this game.
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faggio backflips are sex
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No pizzaboys tho
RPG blindfiring is sex.....
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No pizzaboys tho
RPG blindfiring is sex.....
When the PC version comes out imma make a skin =)
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63.45% and the missions are done. I have run across random people on the street, 2 of them so far, that are kinda like side missions. Wonder if there's more? Anyone found a hidden package? Is there any?
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Just the 200 pigeons, as far as I know.
I am not sure how many random guys there are, but there are at least three, cause I think thats how many I've run into so far.
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Random people on street:
Jeff (drunk guy who fell over in bar during Vlad missions
Random woman who claims used to be hot
Wannabe rapper
Also, Badman is as well (Little Jacob's buddy). Probably more.
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theres around 8 different people around on the streets of all of LC, just look on your map when paused and look for a body symbol in green? look at legend to see what i mean
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I know there is a preacher and your mate from the intro on the boat as well
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That guy from the boat: I failed his mission and you don't get to try again, it's an alternative cutscene for failing it rather than getting to try again!
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Also have people noticed that different people seem to result in different levels of drunkenness? I noticed that Packie is the worst followed closely by Roman with some people like Brucie being very weak in terms of the effects whilst driving
Yeah, that's cool. Once I went drinking and right after I went bowling. Was quite funny, but Niko got sober not long after the first throw.
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i just did 3 leaf clover and it was awesome! nades helped alot in this mission. also has anyome got the achievement for flying under all bridges with a heli yet? i got 4 more to go.
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I decided it was time for my first helicopter experience of the city, so I jumped in one, remembered that achievement, and went for all the bridges to try and get it. Stupid me didn't realise that once I got to doing the bridges on the last island (which I hadn't unlocked yet) I got 6 stars automatically. In the end I came out with the One Man Army achievement .
An yeah, I just did Three Leaf Clover yesterday, that was an intense mission!
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i was driving around today and wnet in the airport on bike. i got a 4 star wanted level and kept driving to the bump i was trying and all of the sudden i got the "Walk Free" achievement. it requires me to outrun the cops so i figured i had to completely lose them, not just get outside the circle
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Bought the PS3 version today...But I don't have a PS3 yet cant wait to play!
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So where's the first gta4 solo Juan?
meh not made for stunting.
yeah theyre are a couple bb's that are accessible
but i mean high roofs dont seem possible.
Haha that was me about 2 weeks ago, when i first got the game.
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I decided it was time for my first helicopter experience of the city, so I jumped in one, remembered that achievement, and went for all the bridges to try and get it. Stupid me didn't realise that once I got to doing the bridges on the last island (which I hadn't unlocked yet) I got 6 stars automatically. In the end I came out with the One Man Army achievement .
An yeah, I just did Three Leaf Clover yesterday, that was an intense mission!
Did you know you can snap the propeller blades off the helicopter? Because I didn't, until it happend to me on top of a very tall building.
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I love that you can spawn NRG's, because I like to go on tall buildings and go off them
I tried getting on hte roller coaster with an NRG, but it's annoying =(
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Sweet has gta4?
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I wish; I have played it at my friends quite a bit though. And when we get the inheritance money from our dead grandpa were gonna get a 360 and hopefully GTAIV.
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I wish; I have played it at my friends quite a bit though. And when we get the inheritance money from our dead grandpa were gonna get a 360 and hopefully GTAIV.
nice sympathy
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So i bought this yesterday. Car driving is fun because you should show more responsibility about your driving because its more realistic than the previous ones.
However, in-air physics is ridiculous. I mean the snapping thing, and once i get a straight air with a car @ airport and i can turn the car in the air with steering. I was like wtf? I also hate that curbs fuck up my runups.
The best thing is that phone can remember the cheats you entered so its easy to spawn some car, nrg and stuff.
Also phone spawn looks fuckin Matrix I will exploit this somehow if i will release a vid.
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Daneeka: GTA had always mid-air control since GTA2 I think (maybe even since GTA1). I know that atleast every 3D GTA and GTA: Advance had mid-air control.
But the snapping is really annoying - sometimes it also rotates your CAR by 180° when going full speed on a bumpy road, its looks like you are using a trained, but suddenly the car gets back into the previous rotation. If they don't fix this people won't be interested in playing the game anymore once they finished the missions, because alot of people used GTA games for stunting and simple driving around before.. - this destroys it
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Daneeka: GTA had always mid-air control since GTA2 I think (maybe even since GTA1). I know that atleast every 3D GTA and GTA: Advance had mid-air control.
But the snapping is really annoying - sometimes it also rotates your CAR by 180° when going full speed on a bumpy road, its looks like you are using a trained, but suddenly the car gets back into the previous rotation. If they don't fix this people won't be interested in playing the game anymore once they finished the missions, because alot of people used GTA games for stunting and simple driving around before.. - this destroys it
Yeah my post was confusing, in mid-air control i mean turning like on the road. As far as i know this kind of turning (horizontally) doesn't really appear in previous GTAs.
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I swear VC and III didnt have mid-air control o_O
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dc's rite
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x2 right !"
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They did but it was primitive.
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Finally finished the storyline today. I thought I fucked up the:
jump to the helicopter, as I hit a barrel or something moments before, but despite barely going that fast it still worked out. It was pretty easy killing everyone, just that chase scene did my head in. I chose revenge on Dimitri btw, so Kate died. Never got to bone her so no big loss IMO
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I think it's great as a shooting/adventure? game..though stunting will be difficult. Also most of the unique jumps suck xD
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Just finished the story, like an hour ago or so
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i finished the story just now.
first i took the deal but was sad. so i redid it and took revenge and idc that kate died i found her fucked her then kille dher got meself the warm coffee
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I played for the first time last night and was pretty impressed. The multiplayer is a blast but it's weak that there's no split screen multiplayer. So strange that they added semi-multiplayer. By that I mean that only one person on the console can be playing at a time. I'm disappointed that they didn't create some kind of co-op story mode as well.
The game seems to be Vice City with a next generation engine. There aren't many new notable features (the cover system is about the only one) but the game still kicks ass. I am a little bit disappointed that there were no new ground breaking gameplay features but the game is just too cool to get tripped up on that.
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doesn't anybody think that the way you ride a bike in GTA4 is weird..??
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Well guys, it's late june and theres no news at all on a PC version.
Whatdaya think?
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if it not announced by september it ain't happenin
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I, for the life of me, cannot finish the last mission. I'm always a 1/1000's of a second too late to jump on LJ's helicopter! Godamn!
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i took a heli and i jumped over Liberty Island
one time while i was tryin i jumped out too early and i jumped in a car thru the windsheild
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GTA IV is as WINDOWS noone like them but all using them xD
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^ epic bump lol
edit: its funny how everyone though "stunting will be very hard in IV when it comes to PC" while its most easyest one from all GTA series xddd
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Now that you have GTA IV kaneda... GTA IV Smackdown?
haha, it would be really nice :D
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hmm I'LL SMACK YOU DOWN KAN IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT AT SOME POINT!
I love that i can actually threaten you :P with love in mind i swear :jajaja:
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GTA IV is as WINDOWS noone like them but all using them xD
I like Windows and I like GTA IV.
I know, I am strange.
:L
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It's a verry shitty PC port, i'm really pissed that i can play most games on high, and i can barely play IV on medium settings..