Illuminati
Member
I caught myself singing along with it into the mic during multiplayer as I calmly drove my car of teammates to their untimely deaths.Fifty said:
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The Official Grand Theft Auto IV thread: The World Is Yours
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calder said:
Yeah I liked the next-gen streamlined HUD as much as the next guy, and hope other devs continue this path much like in a few other recent releases...however, I just dont see how people keep making icons so small these days :lol Even MGO beta test, the base icons have numbers on them...however you can hardly see them. Same with Lost Planet and its post numbers.
EDIT: 197 Pigeons to go.
Well, after 10 hours of play, I just changed my controls to "Classic", fucking lifesaver when it comes to driving. Sooo much better. Now it's just like the previous games.
With classic controls, i dunno how to free aim properly. There's the lock on button, and fire. SInce theyre done with R1 and L1, you cant really hold them down halfway. hmm
With classic controls, i dunno how to free aim properly. There's the lock on button, and fire. SInce theyre done with R1 and L1, you cant really hold them down halfway. hmm
Illuminati
Member
The worst is when you can't tell whether the icon on the HUD is on another island then the one you are one. Especially during cops & robbers matches when you have that "oh shit" moment when you realized you drove over the bridge and the escape location is back on the other side.
Illuminati said:
Seriously. I know they say " Up arrow or Down arrow if objective is above/below you" but you cant even tell that. I wonder if there is a way to contact Rockstar and bug em about this...
diddlyD said:
Pretty smooth. No real framerate drops for me yet. However the most chaos i've ever caused was 3 stars and police cars surrounding me.
ZiT works when you call during the song.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
dedhead54 said:
You want that "Hip Hop (Remix)" bad, don't you.
jordan0386
Member
Drove around the airport...Got six stars!
Drove across the bridge...Got six stars!
Fun times.
Pop-in is ridiculous though.
Drove across the bridge...Got six stars!
Fun times.
Pop-in is ridiculous though.
dedhead54 said:
Beats me then. Its worked for me several times, even while MP is down. I cant buy it irl yet because the club is down, but i've got an archive of several text messages for it.
Anyway heres Rockstar's US email. Dunno if this will help but im emailing about the small icons and cellphone.
usa@rockstarsupport.com
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
QUICK, I'm currently listening to an awesome song from the radio and I want to tag it so I can get it off of Amazon later on!
How do I do it!!??
How do I do it!!??
Mr.Squirrel
Tom
G-Bus said:
how the well would anyone be surprised that millions of people would buy gta4? if that's the case sony is seriously run be fuckin idiots. gta's probably the biggest franchise on either console. here's hoping it gets fixed this week
BobTheFork
Member
Any update on why the fuck I still can't play online?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
bdizzle said:how the well would anyone be surprised that millions of people would buy gta4? if that's the case sony is seriously run be fuckin idiots. gta's probably the biggest franchise on either console. here's hoping it gets fixed this week
No once in the console space, not one provider, ever, has correctly gauged network strain on a new release or popular download.
Not once.
Well, okay, before today. I really expected Xbox Live to be scrap metal by now.
But every other time by every other person, ever.
i havent been noticing any popin issues at all really. the framerate is pretty lacking though. its not horrible neough to distract from the game but it is definitely noticable. btw im playing the ps3 version. only got to play online for like 10 mins last night i was hoping to play tonight. come on rockstar fix the ps3 online
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
dedhead54 said:
:lol
I've already tapped that twice, bro.
Sloppy Seconds, BYITCH!!
Domino Theory said:
Open your manual then hurry to the ZiT page. Once you dial it, its in your phonebook, so you can autodial later.
Oh and this is the email I sent to Rockstar USA support. Might not do anything, but hey:
GTA IV is an incredible game, but i've got a couple of problems (that im sure alot of other gamers are facing) with the radar and the cellphone.
Is there any way to make the icons on the radar larger or the the initial cellphone have some sort of back light or sharper text? Many gamers, including those with HDTV's, have had complaints about the radar icons being far too small to make out, or the cell phone text being hard to read (even when set to large print).
Is there any option in game that im missing to help with the radar icon problem, or could there be some sort of patch in the future to fix this? The radar icons mostly, since they seem so incredibly small, you can hardly tell which icon is what, without bringing up the map. Also this makes it harder to tell when an objective is above or below you.
I mean usually SDTV owners may have problems seeing icons and text in next-gen games these days, however this problem is affecting both SDTV and HDTV users.
I'm using a 32inch CRT HDTV running at 720p if that helps.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
dedhead54 said:The first time I took her sorry ass out I took her the the Cabaret, which she didn't like, and thus refused to lay me.
You gotta just be nice! I totally tapped that after the Cabaret.
She was all like "Okay. Let's do this. Seeing all these ruffians and a weird dude in a cowboy outfit has made me appreciate your swarthiness. Take off my jeans."
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Quick question about auto-saving.
When you beat a mission, it supposedly auto-saves...yet it still asks me for a hard drive location.
I've had to do sporadic play, so I'm not sure how it works, but every time so far I've completed a mission, whether or not I've already beaten one, a blade pops up asking where I want to save.
I click my hard drive, and then it asks me if I want to overwrite a slot.....is it supposed to do this every time?
I have used the first two slots for manual saves, if that matters.
When you beat a mission, it supposedly auto-saves...yet it still asks me for a hard drive location.
I've had to do sporadic play, so I'm not sure how it works, but every time so far I've completed a mission, whether or not I've already beaten one, a blade pops up asking where I want to save.
I click my hard drive, and then it asks me if I want to overwrite a slot.....is it supposed to do this every time?
I have used the first two slots for manual saves, if that matters.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Metroidvania said:
I've only had it ask when I start playing the game again after having stopped for a while.
Mr.Squirrel
Tom
BenjaminBirdie said:
halo 3 and gears of war i had on launch and had no problems playing on live. so far with xbl i havent had any issues, but im just so fucking unlucky with psn......i was hoping shit would be smoother so i can cancel my live subscription, but fuck it guess im gonna be getting raped for the rest of this gen
EDIT:
i feel sorry for roman :lol he just cant catch a break
vlad fucks his girl, gets shot in the stomach, house burned down, and business burned down
i dont know whether to laugh or cry at his situation. and bad man is my favorite character. lol niko's reaction when he was talking was priceless. reminds me when my friends hear my mom and me talk in patwa
Yeah, Michelle is really easy. Does she have any perks though? If not I'll just ignore her, haha.
We had a memorable first date though, after losing badly at bowling I pushed some random people outside and a cop shot her in the leg, it said she was scared off and I just stole her car and drove off and had to redo the bowling. :lol
It only asks me to pick where to save everytime I start up the game again. I also completely forgot about saving at my house and just started the first file there just incase.
We had a memorable first date though, after losing badly at bowling I pushed some random people outside and a cop shot her in the leg, it said she was scared off and I just stole her car and drove off and had to redo the bowling. :lol
It only asks me to pick where to save everytime I start up the game again. I also completely forgot about saving at my house and just started the first file there just incase.
Stoney Mason
Banned
Pretty damn impressive. I only got to play for like an hour and a half today but I'm very impressed so far.
I have a bad feeling though I might have a bad disc because I have some epic loads at times but maybe that's the game also.
Also Kinda weird that I had to crank the brightness and contrast both up to max (in game settings I mean) to see any damn thing. I've never had to do that with any game before but whatever.
Controls are much better than before. I just got through with the multiplayer demo and I was actually a lit freaking intimidated. It's surprisingly complex. I think I'll play through it a few more times and play the single player so more before I subject anybody to my horrible skills but god damn it seems cool just from that multiplayer demo. I can imagine so much cool stuff happening.
One more little pet peeve with the single plauyer tutorial but I'm so anal I hate it how you can accidently bypass things just hitting a button or even bringing up the pause menu. I accidently did that during the first cop chase mission and I missed out exactly on how that mechanic works. It's probably just me but I wish it was a little harder to just skip over that stuff by accident.
Still I'm freaking pumped. First time in a damn long time (maybe years) where I absolutely can't wait to wake up early in the morning and play so more.
I have a bad feeling though I might have a bad disc because I have some epic loads at times but maybe that's the game also.
Also Kinda weird that I had to crank the brightness and contrast both up to max (in game settings I mean) to see any damn thing. I've never had to do that with any game before but whatever.
Controls are much better than before. I just got through with the multiplayer demo and I was actually a lit freaking intimidated. It's surprisingly complex. I think I'll play through it a few more times and play the single player so more before I subject anybody to my horrible skills but god damn it seems cool just from that multiplayer demo. I can imagine so much cool stuff happening.
One more little pet peeve with the single plauyer tutorial but I'm so anal I hate it how you can accidently bypass things just hitting a button or even bringing up the pause menu. I accidently did that during the first cop chase mission and I missed out exactly on how that mechanic works. It's probably just me but I wish it was a little harder to just skip over that stuff by accident.
Still I'm freaking pumped. First time in a damn long time (maybe years) where I absolutely can't wait to wake up early in the morning and play so more.
Mr.Squirrel
Tom
IzumiK said:Was this posted already?
not to troll CAD but are these guys ever funny? i don't get the cult following these guys have, but i haven't even chuckled once at any of their strips ive seen
UncleGuito
Banned
Here are my impressions after nearly 5 hours of playing:
I absolutely love it. I've always liked the GTA series, but GTA4 has places it among my favorites. Honestly, this has to be the most in depth game ever created. For a good 2 hours, I drove around and experimented with the physics, exploring new areas. I went through individual pages of the virtual web environment created by Rockstar (wow, the amont of fake web content is astonishing), and watched several episodes of TV in Nico's apartment (yes! Bas has his own show!). There's so much to do, and every aspect is oh so polished.
It's a lot different than the other GTA games, yet very similar. So far, the story seems like the biggest difference: it's incredibly engaging and the characters are awesome. The voice acting, during the vast majority of the cutscenes, rocks. The changes to the controls and the addition of the cover system greatly improve fire fights and maneuvering the city.
The atmosphere has a great deal of charm, too. The city looks incredible, and the shifts in weather really affect the mood of the setting. In full daylight, jaggies are present on some cars and building edges, but for the most part, they're not a distraction. I've been playing on the PS3 version, and I've only noticed pop-in when I use the cinematic camera- during some of the camera angles (such as a fast switch to a behind the car camera). These are the only instances, however, and I haven't noticed any while driving around or running. Frame rate has been really stable so far, too.
I absolutely love it. I've always liked the GTA series, but GTA4 has places it among my favorites. Honestly, this has to be the most in depth game ever created. For a good 2 hours, I drove around and experimented with the physics, exploring new areas. I went through individual pages of the virtual web environment created by Rockstar (wow, the amont of fake web content is astonishing), and watched several episodes of TV in Nico's apartment (yes! Bas has his own show!). There's so much to do, and every aspect is oh so polished.
It's a lot different than the other GTA games, yet very similar. So far, the story seems like the biggest difference: it's incredibly engaging and the characters are awesome. The voice acting, during the vast majority of the cutscenes, rocks. The changes to the controls and the addition of the cover system greatly improve fire fights and maneuvering the city.
The atmosphere has a great deal of charm, too. The city looks incredible, and the shifts in weather really affect the mood of the setting. In full daylight, jaggies are present on some cars and building edges, but for the most part, they're not a distraction. I've been playing on the PS3 version, and I've only noticed pop-in when I use the cinematic camera- during some of the camera angles (such as a fast switch to a behind the car camera). These are the only instances, however, and I haven't noticed any while driving around or running. Frame rate has been really stable so far, too.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Played the PS3 ver. for about an hour (phew, it works perfectly on my 60GB)
Framerate has been really fine so far, it seemed even better than what I've seen in videos actually. Haven't noticed any obvious object popup either. The game feels so much more polished technically than any of the previous GTAs. Controls so much better, animates so much better, framerate is much, much better, and it's just so much fun to play - it's really proves who's the king in town when it comes to sandbox free roaming games.
What especially surprised me was that the game animates and controls so good. Coming from the recent Uncharted high, this doesn't feel that much inferior at all, which is a huge accomplishment for GTA series. Character control and animation is slightly more clumsy and inert, but just the fact that I can mention GTA game in the same breath as the game made by Naughty Dog, is mind blowing to me, considering how janky controls and animation has been in all GTAs so far.
Niko's character and his brother have both been nice highlights of the game so far. They don't seem nearly as one dimensional and thuggish as the other GTA lead characters so far. They are actually a lot more likable, especially Niko who seems to actually be a good, if a bit misguided guy, in search for better life, instead of someone who's been a criminal and who's looking to get back into that.
I found it funny that most of Niko - Roman native language chatter is not really in Russian but in what's almost certainly Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian, so I can understand everything they're talking about :lol (the actor's pronunciation is obviously not spot-on, but it's more than good enough) I really wasn't expecting that and it's making those funny moments even more funny for me.
Oh yeah, love all the little things you can do with the cellphone - that's definitely a nice touch.
My only concern so far is if the mission structure is going to be too similar to previous GTA games. So far it's been like that, but this is just the beginning, more like a tutorial part I guess.
Framerate has been really fine so far, it seemed even better than what I've seen in videos actually. Haven't noticed any obvious object popup either. The game feels so much more polished technically than any of the previous GTAs. Controls so much better, animates so much better, framerate is much, much better, and it's just so much fun to play - it's really proves who's the king in town when it comes to sandbox free roaming games.
What especially surprised me was that the game animates and controls so good. Coming from the recent Uncharted high, this doesn't feel that much inferior at all, which is a huge accomplishment for GTA series. Character control and animation is slightly more clumsy and inert, but just the fact that I can mention GTA game in the same breath as the game made by Naughty Dog, is mind blowing to me, considering how janky controls and animation has been in all GTAs so far.
Niko's character and his brother have both been nice highlights of the game so far. They don't seem nearly as one dimensional and thuggish as the other GTA lead characters so far. They are actually a lot more likable, especially Niko who seems to actually be a good, if a bit misguided guy, in search for better life, instead of someone who's been a criminal and who's looking to get back into that.
I found it funny that most of Niko - Roman native language chatter is not really in Russian but in what's almost certainly Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian, so I can understand everything they're talking about :lol (the actor's pronunciation is obviously not spot-on, but it's more than good enough) I really wasn't expecting that and it's making those funny moments even more funny for me.
Oh yeah, love all the little things you can do with the cellphone - that's definitely a nice touch.
My only concern so far is if the mission structure is going to be too similar to previous GTA games. So far it's been like that, but this is just the beginning, more like a tutorial part I guess.
MaizeRage25
Member
One of the best things about this game: When you fail a mission, oftentimes the dialogue changes. Keeps things fresh if you have to repeat a mission. Hell, sometimes I want to fail so I can see what else they will say.
Captain Blood
Member
sorry if this has been asked but does anyone know the name of the song from the 4th trailer?
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Completely opposite of my experience. I feel the game is many times more polished than previous GTAs. Other than the obvious mega-suck for people who can't even run it, I see nothing to complain about.Ranger X said: