The GTA4 thread

[Misterquicks 4]

Actually just recently in the last quarter for Microsoft the Xbox was the only shining light they had and was pretty much the sole contributer in posting them another dose of healthy profit. Add to that the recent doubling of sales in Europe due to a price drop and of course that fantastic attach rate the Xbox seems to have with games, I feel the Xbox 360's light is far from waning.

[outriderdriver 4]

Originally posted by: GreekMan Can someone please tell me how the talk radio stations are?

I really wan to listen to WKTT and Lazlow

I wish R* put in an oldies station. Songs from the 60s and 70s.....

maybe for GTA Vquote>

 

um yeah, my wife asked "turn it to the country station." and I replied "I think theyve only put Music and talk shows on it so far hun." 

Maybe later we can download other stuff we want into the game file. Me, Not Country..

Whats with these cars? the rear ends are too squirely and the damn things dont steer worth a crap. the driving sux.

[vilbe 6]

the driving mechanic got a little realistic. now its unwise to floor it upon entering a car [ya know like real life]. however i felt they should of added a dash view. i have a feeling more radio stations/custom tunes option is one of the things we'll be able to download in the future.

[Glenni 1,444]

Yeah, you have to drive a bit more carefull in this one, and not take so many crazy turns and such, the coolest part with the driving is the crash sequenses though, you remember how in the old GTAs if you just barely scratched into a car,  the hood would look like it has been in a 60 kmh crash? Now it's much more realistic, if you just nudge into a car, you will get a slight dent or some scrapes on where your car hit the other other car, and if you crash hard, well it gets kinda totaled, doesn't it? I've had my entire front caved in once. it looked so real! I also like that feature that if you crash and damage one of your wheels badly, it will lock.

[GMT 389]

I totally love how micromanaged the damage model is.

I recently, don't ask my why, parked my car on it's side, so I got out and hit the roof with the baseball bat.

gosh, it only hat scratches and dents EXACTLY where I hit it.

plain awesome.

[ILL Tonkso 1,236]

I like the fact cars dont always blow up, trhey sometimes just refuse to work. OR when you hit something at high speed, Niko goes flying through the windscreen.

I have not had a whole lot of time to play the game though, University is tough at the moment.

[fern244 1]

Any chance it'll be released on the Wii?

[GMT 389]

no

[your_adress_here 11]

Another small detail I noticed and it made me think: "Wow, R* really thought of everything!"

When you park your car beside a post, and you open your door; instead of clipping, the door actually hits the post and you have more trouble getting out. Or exits through the other door instead.

And damn... I've got about 30% game progress... and I've played a solid 20h! There's just so much to do in this game, it's amazing!

I've been trying to find some other helicopters than the Helitour Mavericks though... no luck yet though (except that one in the mission...).

[GMT 389]

I have about 50 % and tomorrow, I have to bring my ps3 in for repairs or replacement or whatever...

it refuses to read Bluray all of a sudden, and from what I learned that's an issue similar to the ring of death of the 360, but for whatever reason a very young problem... young as in since the last firmware update.

suggests to draw conclusions if you ask me...

[Misterquicks 4]

It's a crime against humanity to suffer Bluray failure or RROD just after GTA IV has been released, I'm surprised there hasn't been rioting in the streets from the hordes of people affected. Then again it could be a blessing in disguise by allowing those people to venture outside and discover the sun.

Ohh yeah your_adress_here if you are looking for other helicopters, you could try your luck at the Airport and take one of the Police helicopters they have there, just be warned you get a pretty high star rating once you enter so you gotta be quick.

[Morfar_Toast 0]

I just got the game today, and I don't know what to say. Everything about it, is fantastic. The only thing that could have been better is the radio. Very few songs on each radio channel, and an option to turn OFF the radio would have been nice, like in SA.

[granto93 4]

you can turn off the radio....hold LEFT on the d-pad

[Misterquicks 4]

I have just been reading a bit about the downloadable content for GTA IV over at kotaku.com and there is speculation that it could in fact have something to do with San Andreas as the next installment. One player was able to find an airline ticket stub in the game with Niko Bellic's name on it with San Andreas as the destination. Other references include billboards in the game advertising $299 flights to San Andreas and pedestrians on mobile phones giving reference to it. Also to further fuel the fire, all previous GTA games have in some way given reference to the sequal such as one contact in the first GTA 3 mentioning to Claude that he will "see you in Miami". It would also be good to see San Andreas with the new technology but it does beg the question, how they would put a region the size of San Andreas into the game with the new technology or if it will just be one of the 3 cities featured. Then again this could just be wishful thinking and we may only get a few extra missions, clothing items and weapons so we'll just have to wait and see.

[GreekMan 246]

thank god it dosen't come out on the Wii!

I'm saving up to buy a 360 and GTA 4

can anyone loan me 500 bucks?

[GMT 389]

there's plenty of reference on both Vice City and the San Andreas continuum.

which one'll be the next GTA location... idk.

But I really really doubt they'll ever break out of their traditional settings...

[ilikehotdogsalot 308]

Have you ever thought Rockstar might re-do one of those smaller San Andreas Cities into larger ones like making San Francisco in large size? That would be very interesting.

[GMT 389]

I thought about how a next gen Los Santos would look like so awesome like LA...

but then again, they are working on Midnight Club LA at the moment, so I doubt they have this particular city in focus for one of the next GTAs

but then again, noone really thought 4 would take place in Liberty City, until it was introduced with the 1st trailer, so...

let's wait :-)

[ilikehotdogsalot 308]

Maybe they'll surprise us and do a British city, who knows We'll have to wait., but that won't be a problem, not for me anyway, GTA IV will keep me busy for years.

[GreekMan 246]

San Domingo= San Diego

how about that for GTA5!

[granto93 4]

there clearly should be a Canadian GTA

"Grand Theft Auto: Nunavut"

[outriderdriver 4]

LMAO, where the charachter would have to hike through mountains and do more on foot missions in Canada? that would be different. "So you say someone stole yer snowmobile eh?"

[Misterquicks 4]

I guess you could always have Mounties on horseback chasing you as well, would certainly be something different to the squad cars in the previous titles.

[GreekMan 246]

Monties on horses wouldn't be fun but I would buy a Canadian GTA title

Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver would make exellent place

They should have one huge city state like in SA

They can call it Grand Theft Auto: Kanata

[ilikehotdogsalot 308]

Just finished the game, what a blast!

[granto93 4]

hey! i just finished the game too

the last mission is so intense *avoids spoilers* but WOW! lol. im just kinda upset because i dont know what to do now. side or police missions? meh. but what a friggen game!

i think it took me 31 hours of game time and i was working at a comfortable pace so not too shabby!

[vilbe 6]

i got it in a liberty city minute! [but too late for the contest, life eh]. i have been able to get a feel for the multiplayer now, it somewhat works on the PSN...

[your_adress_here 11]

Originally posted by: GreekMan

They can call it Grand Theft Auto: Kanataquote>

Suburbs, strip malls, poor public transportation, more suburbs, and a major-league hockey arena, all over three hours away from downtown!

[GMT 389]

So folks

after a while, there's finally some good news to tell:

GTA4 officially holds 2 Guiness World Records:

- it broke the record for overall revenue sales in the first 24 hours that was held by Halo 3 (GTA: $310million / Halo 3: $170 million)

- it's the fasted selling piece of entertainment software with 3.6million units the first day

also, in the UK, GTA posted a new record in bandwidth usage:

the day after the release, at a daytime where games' bandwidth usage of UK internet provider PlusNet usually has 3.4% - 5%, a staggering 7.6% of bandwidth were used for online gaming.

plus, sony works on a firmware update to stop GTA4 from freezing

the Social Club 100% Challenge has been extended to may 19th (because in the first week, a mindblowing 1 gamers got 100% in 4 days and 14 hours)

you can download the soundtrack (at amazon) that came with the special edition of the game

[Morfar_Toast 0]

Originally posted by: GMT So folks

- it broke the record for overall revenue sales in the first 24 hours that was held by Halo 3 (GTA: $310million / Halo 3: $170 million)

- it's the fasted selling piece of entertainment software with 3.6million units the first day

quote>

That's like... WOW!!