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[datruth29]

sleep mode? gasp!

Ah, I feel much better now. THANK YOU!

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

All hail PSP's sleep mode!!

 

[Mrbob]

Does anybody else find this tidbit in IGN's review disturbing:

Sure, there's plenty to do when all you have is five minutes, but traveling across three islands (multiple times during some missions) is excessive. Add this to the fact you can't save the game wherever you want (only at the game's three safe houses) and things become very unfriendly.

Yeah IGN doesn't know the functions of a PSP it seems. Sleep mode ftw.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

the games all play the same, like (As I've said before) Megaman with blood. Now Tales of Eternia is a port, which I don't mind, of one of my favorite games in my favorite game series of all time.

You're a dunce.

I love all the haterade for a well reviewed game.

Sleep mode sucks.

You're high.

 

[Tony HoTT]

Yeah IGN doesn't know the functions of a PSP it seems. Sleep mode ftw.

Sleep mode sucks.

Tell me how to goto mp3/video functions when the PSP is in sleep mode and then maybe I will care.

 

[datruth29]

Yeah IGN doesn't know the functions of a PSP it seems. Sleep mode ftw.

Yeah, but I could still understand the gripe about it. I mean, it is a portable system. I mean, what if you want to play another game and dont want to spend the time going to save the game. *Looks at PSP library* Scratch that.....

 

[Wario64]

Sleep mode sucks.

Tell me how to goto mp3/video functions when the PSP is in sleep mode and then maybe I will care.

huh

 

[Mrbob]

Yeah, but I could still understand the gripe about it. I mean, it is a portable system. I mean, what if you want to play another game and dont want to spend the time going to save the game. *Looks at PSP library* Scratch that.....

Take the 3 minutes it takes to get to a save point and then play another game. Out of curiosity have you ever played a GTA game before? Grab a vehicle and a save point is never far away.

Sleep mode sucks.

Tell me how to goto mp3/video functions when the PSP is in sleep mode and then maybe I will care.

What the fuck you talking about.

 

[Lyte Edge]

Who plays games in only five minutes? If I had a 10 minute bus ride to work every day, I wouldn't even bother playing games at all. What's the point?

I love all the haterade for a well reviewed game.

N-trolls are running scared; GTA will be a success!!

 

[Tony HoTT]

Take the 3 minutes it takes to get to a save point and then play another game.



What the fuck you talking about.

I mean like put the game on hold so I can listen to MP3's or something. Say if I'm taking the bus and I'm playing GTALCS and then I gotta walk like 6 blocks and I want to listen to music. Do I turn the game off even though I'm far from a save point, put it on hold without being able to listen to music, or buy an iPod?

 

[Mrbob]

I mean like put the game on hold so I can listen to MP3's or something. Say if I'm taking the bus and I'm playing GTALCS and then I gotta walk like 6 blocks and I want to listen to music. Do I turn the game off even though I'm far from a save point, put it on hold without being able to listen to music, or buy an iPod?

Listen to your MP3s in game as you are driving around as it supports custom soundtracks.

 

[Izzy]

Who plays games in only five minutes? If I had a 10 minute bus ride to work every day, I wouldn't even bother playing games at all. What's the point?



N-trolls are running scared; GTA will be a success!!

Maybe, but it's a rather sad display. They should be happy GTA:LCS turned out so well.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

i have a hard time believing rockstar would take out the ability to buy new safehouses? That would be stupid!

 

[Tony HoTT]

Who plays games in only five minutes? If I had a 10 minute bus ride to work every day, I wouldn't even bother playing games at all. What's the point?

Anything so I don't have to stare at the obese burn victim sitting across from me for 10 minutes.

 

[datruth29]

Take the 3 minutes it takes to get to a save point and then play another game. Out of curiosity have you ever played a GTA game before? Grab a vehicle and a save point is never far away.

Of course I played a GTA game before. But this one is a portable. This is a different beast. Being that I live in New York, and I have college, and work, and go out everywhere via the train system, I spend VERY mucho time traveling, so convenience in a portable game is something that I would definitely like. That's why when I found that sentence in the IGN review, I was a litle disturbed. But then I remembered the sleep mode on the PSP, and the sky was no longer falling. ^_^

I dont care much for the PSP's other features. I have an Ipod, and I dont have any UMD's, except for the Spider-Man 2 one that game with the PSP, and I have no clue where that is now, so I have no problem with sleep mode. And, lets be serious, if you have GTA:LCS, I pretty much doubt your going to be doing anything else with your PSP.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Anything so I don't have to stare at the obese burn victim sitting across from me for 10 minutes.

 

[Ponn]

I mean like put the game on hold so I can listen to MP3's or something. Say if I'm taking the bus and I'm playing GTALCS and then I gotta walk like 6 blocks and I want to listen to music. Do I turn the game off even though I'm far from a save point, put it on hold without being able to listen to music, or buy an iPod?

Holy shit you people are stretching to find anything to rag on with this game. :lol :lol

Keep it coming though, funny shit.

 

[datruth29]

Who plays games in only five minutes? If I had a 10 minute bus ride to work every day, I wouldn't even bother playing games at all. What's the point?

Well, you cant really say that. Like I said in my other post, it's portable, so short burst of fun is extremely important. But, its moot anyway, because of the PSP sleep mode. ^_^

N-trolls are running scared; GTA will be a success!!

Dude, the game could have tanked in the scores and it would be a success. The fact that it scored well is just icing on a very good cake.

 

[Tony HoTT]

Holy shit you people are stretching to find anything to rag on with this game. :lol :lol

Keep it coming though, funny shit.

I'm not raggin on the game, it's just that sleep mode doesn't eliminate the need for a convenient way of saving.

 

[Ponn]

I'm not raggin on the game, it's just that sleep mode doesn't eliminate the need for a convenient way of saving.

Yes it does, my pic still fits for you.

 

[datruth29]

I'm not raggin on the game, it's just that sleep mode doesn't eliminate the need for a convenient way of saving.

Dude, there is no real NEED for saving. The sleep mode makes the convenience of a quick way to save a want. While I agree that it is a portable, and rockstar should have made some way to do a quicksave so you could go about doing other things on your PSP (play games, watch movie, listen to music, browse the web, etc.), its mostly a want more then a need. Like one of the posters said above me, it should take no less then 3-5 minutes to get to a save spot. If you have time to start up one of those other features, you should have time to at least save the game.

 

[Tony HoTT]

I'M JUST SAYIN IT WOULD BE NICE IS ALL!!!

YOU GUYS AREN'T VERY GOOD AT BEING PERSUASIVE.

LEAVE ME ALONE YOU JERKS!

 

[datruth29]

I'M JUST SAYIN IT WOULD BE NICE IS ALL!!!

YOU GUYS AREN'T VERY GOOD AT BEING PERSUASIVE.

LEAVE ME ALONE YOU JERKS!

O_O; okay, okay.... *Backs away very very slowly......*

 

[mj1108]

I'M JUST SAYIN IT WOULD BE NICE IS ALL!!!

YOU GUYS AREN'T VERY GOOD AT BEING PERSUASIVE.

LEAVE ME ALONE YOU JERKS!

 

[Tony HoTT]

lol internets

 

[bishoptl]

Now where's Tengai Makyou: The Apocalypse 4? That's the REAL psp killer app.

"Yeah, that'll put butts in the seats."

 

[DSXBoy]

I'm sorry, call me pestimistic, but after reading those reviews, I'm not understanding how the game got anything above an 8.0. Grant it, I stopped likeing GTA games after Vice City, but still, most of the bad stuff are outweighing the good stuff. Maybe I'm just being an ass-hole.

It's on a PSP, the Sexy console that has made handheld gaming respectable for many so-called mature gamers. To many reviewers . it's like the 2nd coming of Christ so expect very high scores on a PSP hyped game and they'll gloss over the bad stuff, afterall many of them have staked their reputations on PSP killing all other handheld gaming systems. I'm surprised this game didn't score a perfect 10.

I won't be surprised if despite all the hype and excellent reviews, this GTA game sales are less than expected.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

It's on a PSP, the Sexy console that has made handheld gaming respectable for many so-called mature gamers. To many reviewers . it's like the 2nd coming of Christ so expect very high scores on a PSP hyped game and they'll gloss over the bad stuff, afterall many of them have staked their reputations on PSP killing all other handheld gaming systems. I'm surprised this game didn't score a perfect 10.

I won't be surprised if despite all the hype and excellent reviews, this GTA game sales are less than expected.

Not very subtle.

 

[methodman]

I won't be surprised if despite all the hype and excellent reviews, this GTA game sales are less than expected.

yeah... No the sales will be great.

 

[DSXBoy]

Best PSP game ever? Wow. This will sell loads of PSPs. I don't think the DS can compete now.

DS is doomed, PSP can now reclaim it's No 1 handheld console title.

:lol :lol :lol

 

[DSXBoy]

yeah... No the sales will be great.

The sales may be great, but what would you call great, 100000, 200000 or 1000000?

 

[Amir0x]

People sure do have high expectations, huh. As I said: I think sales are going to underperform greatly. But that's not for lack of trying, Rockstar have pulled off some sort of handheld miracle.

 

[pilonv1]

I smell the GTA banstick making a reappearence.

 

[jiggle]

So many casualties, everytime a new GTA comes out.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

People sure do have high expectations, huh. As I said: I think sales are going to underperform greatly. But that's not for lack of trying, Rockstar have pulled off some sort of handheld miracle.

If a game like Untold Legends and Twisted Metal made over 300,000 than I expect GTA to blow those out the water easily.

 

[Amir0x]

I smell the GTA banstick making a reappearence.

It already happened in a few cases

If a game like Untold Legends and Twisted Metal made over 300,000 than I expect GTA to blow those out the water easily.

Lifetime, yeah almost definitely.

But those games were also helped by launch boost, always a good thing. I'm just saying it's gonna fall way short of console versions, even taking into consideration userbase. Just a gut feeling, but I've been wrong before.

 

[Wario64]

I smell the GTA banstick making a reappearence.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

There was another more effective one with console logos.

 

[pilonv1]

It already happened in a few cases

I didn't see them, I was referring to when bishop reads this and the other threads.

I wonder if running this via Fastloader @ 333mhz will help the framerate?

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

I didn't see them, I was referring to when bishop reads this and the other threads.

I wonder if running this via Fastloader @ 333mhz will help the framerate?

I certainly hope so, although you better be playing with the ac adapter plugged in when you do that!!

 

[Amir0x]

I didn't see them, I was referring to when bishop reads this and the other threads.

Like I said, it already happened

 

[ourumov]

It's a pretty good score , higher than I expected Good job Rockstar.

 

[bishoptl]

hay wassup fellas

 

[mj1108]

People sure do have high expectations, huh. As I said: I think sales are going to underperform greatly. But that's not for lack of trying, Rockstar have pulled off some sort of handheld miracle.

I think we'll see something similar to Madden where people think it will sell a jillion copies because it's console cousin did. Don't get me wrong, it will sell very, very well -- just not to the numbers people are hyping up/expecting.

 

[Amir0x]

I think we'll see something similar to Madden where people think it will sell a jillion copies because it's console cousin did. Don't get me wrong, it will sell very, very well -- just not to the numbers people are hyping up/expecting.

Yeah, I do think there's a better chance for GTA than Madden. GTA is just far more fully featured and has a much bigger advertising campaign. I just think, ya know, GTA:LCS will be a system seller, but how much? Should be interesting. I'm curious, to say the least.

 

[Mrbob]

1.8 million sold by Xmas.

200K October
500K November
1.1 million December

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Well GTA:LCS does have the advantage of being the only new GTA this year and playable on only one system.

 

[acklame]

1.8 million sold by Xmas.

200K October
500K November
1.1 million December

um what
that's way too much for december. the user base isn't that big...

 

[sly]

1.8 million sold by Xmas.

200K October
500K November
1.1 million December

That's a bold prediction. I hope you're right.

My prediction:

900,000 by Christmas;

150,000 October
300,000 November
450,000 December.

 

[Mrbob]

um what
that's way too much for december. the user base isn't that big...

Haha I have no idea I'm just guessing. I may not own a PSP by that time anyway and may be moving on to another team after I finish GTA.