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The Official Grand Theft Auto IV thread: The World Is Yours

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Grimm Fandango

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Looks like we all have the case of the Mondays. Almost there folks.

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disappeared

Banned
Onix said:
Does anyone think the SE is worth it, or should I cancel my Amazon pre-order and just get the regular one tomorrow night?
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After calling EB today and finding out that I couldn't upgrade my regular edition to the special edition, I actually thought about whether or not the added stuff would be worth my money. And to be honest, I'm happy now with my regular edition. The lockbox is nice, but I'd never use it, the duffel bag is cool but I never travel or take a bag with me anywhere, and I'd probably only listen the soundtrack once or twice. The only thing I'm missing is the nice lollipop girl artwork. But I can just find the picture on the net and set it as my PS3 wallpaper.
 
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DreamMachine

Member
disappeared said:
After calling EB today and finding out that I couldn't upgrade my regular edition to the special edition, I actually thought about whether or not the added stuff would be worth my money. And to be honest, I'm happy now with my regular edition. The lockbox is nice, but I'd never use it, the duffel bag is cool but I never travel or take a bag with me anywhere, and I'd probably only listen the soundtrack once or twice. The only thing I'm missing is the nice lollipop girl artwork. But I can just find the picture on the net and set it as my PS3 wallpaper.
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the way I see it is, a game like this doesn't come out very often. So might as well go all out for a special game like this. Besides rockstar deserves my money..
 
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cordonbleu

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Ive been reading in places about some sort of 'optional install' for the 360 version of the game, is that a fact and does it improve the pop in stuff thats been evidenced by all the reviewers?

Cheers
 
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painey

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i hope they put up the social club early so the aussies can use it.. dont wanna get up tomorrow morning and find its still not up
 
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dedhead54

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I am still on the fence in between the regular and SE. I probably will decide when I get the game tomorrow night. I kind of am trying to save money at the moment, but it's fucking GTAIV and I might as well go all out. Granted I'll never use the box or the bag.
 
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j-wood

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Ugh..less than 24 hours till I have my copy. I have 2 final exams to take today though, one at 9 and one at 1. That should keep me busy lol.
 
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dedhead54

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TTG said:
:lol
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I'm only 24 minutes in so far. There hasn't been any storyline spoilers up to this point. If you have been in complete blackout mode and really have no clue what the deal is with this game I wouldn't listen, but if you have only avoided storyline spoilers you're fine.

Whaaat....happened.. there? I could have sworn someone just asked about the podcast??...
 
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painey

Member
dedhead54 said:
I am still on the fence in between the regular and SE. I probably will decide when I get the game tomorrow night. I kind of am trying to save money at the moment, but it's fucking GTAIV and I might as well go all out. Granted I'll never use the box or the bag.
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Special Edition is online only
 
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Grimm Fandango

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Crap my weather forecast for Monday night is in the mid 30s (F) and I have to walk about 15 minutes to the store. Just when I get sick of the recent hot weather, I get shat all over upon.
 
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TTG

Member
dedhead54 said:
I'm only 24 minutes in so far. There hasn't been any storyline spoilers up to this point. If you have been in complete blackout mode and really have no clue what the deal is with this game I wouldn't listen, but if you have only avoided storyline spoilers you're fine.

Whaaat....happened.. there? I could have sworn someone just asked about the podcast??...
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Better to skip it. I didn't read the whole review either. I'd rather be surprised by a lot of the features instead of having the "oh I read this online, that's pretty cool" feeling. I think I'll last another day...
 
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Smokey

Member
Remy said:
A few more notes from the remainder of my playing this evening. I don't consider any of this a spoiler because I'm not giving away plot points, but if you're trying to be completely blindsided by a game, then skip the rest of this post (and why are you in this thread to begin with?):

- Got my internet access set up in the game, and holy shit are there a lot of parody sites. You can't do much with any of them, but...lots of fun stuff to read, if you're into that sort of thing.
- BenjaminBirdie, I did make it to the Steinway Beer Garden. It's not quite as mammoth as the Astoria Beer Garden, but it made me smile.
- I've now also played darts and pool, in addition to the bowling earlier. Pool is pretty unforgiving physics wise; darts is pretty easy.
- At the beginning of the game, they tell you that you can't go into Algonquin - a word to the wise: don't try. Getting near the barricade on the bridges gives you an instant unshakeable six-star wanted level. I found this out the hard way.
- The gunplay? So much better than the previous games. The cover system and the targeting feel good.
- I did find one pigeon; it had a little red light around it, much like dropped weapons do. They explode in a nice puff of feathers.
- Despite all the warnings against doing so, I did drive drunk in the game. I drove a whopping 200 feet to a diner so I could sober up.
- I wish the toll bridges had an EZ-Pass lane.
- There's a nice little tutorial for how multiplayer works. I haven't played an MP game yet but I ran through this. So many games tend to skip actually telling you how to play MP.
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I found the internet access to be awesome and full of :lol 's as well. I've pretty much encountered everything you've said. I hate having to wait to pay the toll yet at the same time feel it's so awesome that such detail was put in the game. I also like being able to turn on your brights by holding down the X button(Rockstar went crazy with the little things!)

Drunk driving really is something else.

Little Jacob and I went out for a drink(he asked?), and I had a car that was pretty much a Dodge Viper and holy shit. I managed to drive him home, but smoke was coming from the windows the entire way(Jacob loves to smoke weed), so on a couple of occasions I'd pass by a cop car and instantly get a wanted star. Hilarity ensued while drunk driving running from the cops in a pretty fast car:lol

Drunk driving does give me a headache though(literally), because the screen is all wobbily and the game really fights with you on the controls(after all..you're wasted).
 
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Chris R

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Grimm Fandango said:
Crap my weather forecast for Monday night is in the mid 30s (F) and I have to walk about 15 minutes to the store. Just when I get sick of the recent hot weather, I get shat all over upon.
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It snowed 20+ inches at my house on Friday. I usually take the bus, and that entails walking about 2 miles. Stop your bitchin :p
 
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gnarkill bill

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Grimm Fandango said:
Crap my weather forecast for Monday night is in the mid 30s (F) and I have to walk about 15 minutes to the store. Just when I get sick of the recent hot weather, I get shat all over upon.
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Sounds like my weather...you in Illinois? Ive gotta walk a ridiculous 3 minutes to Gamestop but yeah, its supposed to be a chilly one.
 
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Pachael

Member
Keyser Soze said:
I just opened Word to write something, and notice "Times New Roman"

...I then started to think about GTA some more!
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There has to be a mission in GTA4 that parodies this. It's too good to miss! Times (Square), New (Wardrobe?), Roman. Or some other mission name that relates to math/sex (Times/Multiply), eg. Times New Romans where Roman gets freaked out over a prostitute that's claiming to have his babies after a one-night stand and Nico's job is to talk her over, if you know what I mean*.

* I made that all up, of course.
 
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Keyser Soze

Member
Pachael said:
There has to be a mission in GTA4 that parodies this. It's too good to miss! Times (Square), New (Wardrobe?), Roman. Or some other mission name that relates to math/sex (Times/Multiply), eg. Times New Romans where Roman gets freaked out over a prostitute that's claiming to have his babies after a one-night stand and Nico's job is to talk her over, if you know what I mean*.

* I made that all up, of course.
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There should be a pornstar / prostitute in the game called Alotta Times
She should have a past with Roman Bellic
She should make an apparence in the game
She pisses Roman off in some way
Roman asks Nico to kill her
The mission should be called "Times Knew Roman"
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Profit!

DO IT ROCKSTAR!!
 
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gnarkill bill

Member
Keyser Soze said:
There should be a pornstar / prostitute in the game called Alotta Times
She should have a past with Roman Bellic
She should make an apparence in the game
She pisses Roman off in some way
Roman asks Nico to kill her
The mission should be called "Times Knew Roman"
??????
Profit!

DO IT ROCKSTAR!!
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You just spoiled the last mission...
 
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Kandrick

GAF's Ed McMahon
Leaving in 1hour to go check the store. They received around 500 and put them for sale on saturday.

Hope there's still some left for me to pick up this morning :D
 
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BobTheFork

Member
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I screamed, because I didn't know what else to do.

I just have to get through work tomorrow morning and find a way to kill12 hours after that.
 
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BenjaminBirdie

Banned
To help get everyone in the mood and pass the time:

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The Real Sounds Of Liberty City Vol. 1: "I'm Sorry, Vlad. I Can't Hear Your Dialogue Over The Music."

Note: This Link Is To My Muxtape Page And, Days Later, When You Come Across This Post, These Songs May Well Be Replaced. So They Are Listed Here.

1. "New York City" by Cub
2. "Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers" by The Crooklyn Dodgers
3. "The Game Needed Me" by Minus The Bear
4. "The Grind Date" by De La Soul
5. "The City" by The Dismemberment Plan
6. "(718)" by 2 Skinnee J's
7. "Run" by Ghostface Killah (f. Jadakiss)
8. "212" by Soul Coughing
9. "No City" by Aesop Rock
10. "Alphabet Town" by Elliott Smith
11. "Ridiculoid" by Cannibal Ox
12. "New York I Love You" by LCD Soundsystem
 
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Geek

Ninny Prancer
Remy said:
- Got my internet access set up in the game, and holy shit are there a lot of parody sites. You can't do much with any of them, but...lots of fun stuff to read, if you're into that sort of thing.
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There's one Web site that can get you into a heap of trouble. :D Keep clicking around.
 
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BenjaminBirdie

Banned
dedhead54 said:
There is some excellent music in that mix, Ben. Thanks! Minus the Bear, LCD Soundsystem, Ghostface...some of my favorites.
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Glad you like it. Once I start playing the game, I'll probably start making some mixes that work a bit more thematically with the story. But who knows where that will take me.

We'll see.
 
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