Grand Theft Auto IV

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  • Nevermind
    Nevermind Posts: 1,006
    Got my copy recently. Gamertag is ThirdEye462 if anyone wants to dick around.
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    The beginning of this story is really boring. Same old shit from the old ones. Drive someone to a place, chase this car, beat up people and collect money. Please tell me it gets more exciting than this.
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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    The beginning of this story is really boring. Same old shit from the old ones. Drive someone to a place, chase this car, beat up people and collect money. Please tell me it gets more exciting than this.
    It has those kind of generic missions interspersed with some totally different jobs. It's worth sticking with for sure. Okay, some of it is more of the same, but using taxis really speeds up the process so its less tedious. The characters are always a lot more well developed than previous games. All the guys who give you jobs refer to each other and it feels much more of a network than before.
    Paul
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    I'm assuming GTA4 is bigger (more expansive in area) than San Andreas?
    Is anybody almost done with the game?
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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I'm assuming GTA4 is bigger (more expansive in area) than San Andreas?
    Is anybody almost done with the game?
    No, it's smaller, about the same size of Vice City. They've avoided having big spaces of nothingness. It doesn't need to be a bigger area, and it never really feels very small unless you're flying around (personally I HATE the helicopters so never fly).

    Lots of people have completed it. It's a lot easier than the past 3 GTAs. partly because the gameplay works a lot better (especially the cover and aiming systems) so there are less mistakes due to bugs. The use of taxis cuts down the travelling time within missions, and it's nice to travel around town without having to jack a car. Plus it's less fun to be chased by the cops for various reasons, so there's less time wasting between missions. I haven't completed any of the previous GTAs even though Ive played each of them for 20-30 hours. This one I'm about 3 quarters of the way through in 2 weeks of gameplay, between revision.
    Paul
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  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    fowls wrote:
    No, it's smaller, about the same size of Vice City. They've avoided having big spaces of nothingness. It doesn't need to be a bigger area, and it never really feels very small unless you're flying around (personally I HATE the helicopters so never fly).

    Lots of people have completed it. It's a lot easier than the past 3 GTAs. partly because the gameplay works a lot better (especially the cover and aiming systems) so there are less mistakes due to bugs. The use of taxis cuts down the travelling time within missions, and it's nice to travel around town without having to jack a car. Plus it's less fun to be chased by the cops for various reasons, so there's less time wasting between missions. I haven't completed any of the previous GTAs even though Ive played each of them for 20-30 hours. This one I'm about 3 quarters of the way through in 2 weeks of gameplay, between revision.

    I'd say it's bigger than any of the previous citys personally, obviously not as big as SA as a whole, but easily the size of Los Santos and San Fiero combined.
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  • booomm11
    booomm11 Posts: 865
    reeferchief wrote:
    I'd say it's bigger than any of the previous citys personally, obviously not as big as SA as a whole, but easily the size of Los Santos and San Fiero combined.

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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    reeferchief wrote:
    I'd say it's bigger than any of the previous citys personally, obviously not as big as SA as a whole, but easily the size of Los Santos and San Fiero combined.

    Yeah, I'd agree. It's much bigger than Vice City, but nowhere near the size of San Andreas.
    That said, there is much more packed into GTA4 than the others.

    I cannot imagine this game without taxis! That is one nice feature!!
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    mca47 wrote:
    Yeah, I'd agree. It's much bigger than Vice City, but nowhere near the size of San Andreas.
    That said, there is much more packed into GTA4 than the others.

    I cannot imagine this game without taxis! That is one nice feature!!
    I only used a taxi once ;)
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    Rygar wrote:
    I only used a taxi once ;)
    Without using taxis the game is twice as long!
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    fowls wrote:
    Without using taxis the game is twice as long!
    Doesn't take me too long to get around at all.
  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    booomm11 wrote:
    reeferchief.... I sent u a friend request ...accept it dammit :)

    I shall tonight, sorry, I have notifications set to off on my ps3 settings so I dont take much notice, too busy spending what time I have playing.:)
    Last night I switched my phone to silent and just wandered around the city doing random things in single player.
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    Rygar wrote:
    I only used a taxi once ;)

    Really?!?!

    Going from one side of the city to the other in 3 seconds directly to your destination is quite nice.

    If I have a nice car I'll drive, but if I don't I'll be hailing a cab. Soooo much faster.
  • booomm11
    booomm11 Posts: 865
    reeferchief wrote:
    I shall tonight, sorry, I have notifications set to off on my ps3 settings so I dont take much notice, too busy spending what time I have playing.:)
    Last night I switched my phone to silent and just wandered around the city doing random things in single player.

    cool, yea them pop-ups can get annoying. i'll be in the middle of game in FIFA 08 on a scoring opportunity...then it starts saying, you have a message, this guys is now online. Now that u bring that up, how do you turn that shit off? :)
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  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    mca47 wrote:
    Really?!?!

    Going from one side of the city to the other in 3 seconds directly to your destination is quite nice.

    If I have a nice car I'll drive, but if I don't I'll be hailing a cab. Soooo much faster.

    Last night I got Romans driver to pick me up and drive me from one side of the city to the other and I watched the whole journey in the cinematic camera angle.:)
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  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    booomm11 wrote:
    cool, yea them pop-ups can get annoying. i'll be in the middle of game in FIFA 08 on a scoring opportunity...then it starts saying, you have a message, this guys is now online. Now that u bring that up, how do you turn that shit off? :)

    It's in the settings somewhere, it was during playing Uncharted it started really annoying me, in the middle of big firefights and all these notifications kept coming up, ugghh annoying.
    But yeah just have look in the settings menu it's there somewhere.:)
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    mca47 wrote:
    Really?!?!

    Going from one side of the city to the other in 3 seconds directly to your destination is quite nice.

    If I have a nice car I'll drive, but if I don't I'll be hailing a cab. Soooo much faster.
    Yep. I'm all about reckless driving no matter what I'm doing. It's also a rarity to actually HAVE to go to the other side of the map.
    Besides, you've seen my parking space. It's more fun than a taxi!
  • booomm11
    booomm11 Posts: 865
    mca47 wrote:
    Really?!?!

    Going from one side of the city to the other in 3 seconds directly to your destination is quite nice.

    If I have a nice car I'll drive, but if I don't I'll be hailing a cab. Soooo much faster.

    Same here unless i have nice wheels...i'm flagging down a taxi or calling Roman's driver.
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    booomm11 wrote:
    Same here unless i have nice wheels...i'm flagging down a taxi or calling Roman's driver.
    I'll jack the best car immediately available, and if I see a fast one along the way, I stop take it, and continue on down the yellow line.
    Typically the muscle cars are all over the place (usually the best immediately available).

    It does aggravate me when there's nothing but station wagons around....
  • booomm11
    booomm11 Posts: 865
    Rygar wrote:
    I'll jack the best car immediately available, and if I see a fast one along the way, I stop take it, and continue on down the yellow line.
    Typically the muscle cars are all over the place (usually the best immediately available).

    It does aggravate me when there's nothing but station wagons around....

    use the car cheats. u want them?
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