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The Official Grand Theft Auto IV thread: The World Is Yours
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Son of Godzilla
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By freinds activities I think it might mean the pot deliveries, Brucie's email missions, and such. Actually I can't think of any outside those two. But whatever.Eric WK said:
You didn't think you'd have to do everything in the game to have done everything in the game?
Okay commentary: I fucking love how the world evolves. From the mayor gradually losing support of his OMG TERRERISTS campaign and the bridges opening up, along with other stuff, to Dragonbrain coming soon ads to reports of homicides on opening night. The obvious example being Lazlow of course, going from WKTT ads denouncing it as the worst idea ever to the little bastard appearing on air.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Well consider me dense. Spell it out please. And use spoilers if you must.Darunia said:
It's easier to shoot in first person, actually. You can move the camera with right stick and you can shoot through your windshield and keep your target in front. The only times I'm not in first person is when on a bike or chopper.Son of Godzilla said:
:lol Well, that works until you run into people behind cover, snipers, someone with a pump action shotty, or a bunch of someones with shotties.
Yeah, but it snaps back. Waste of ammo! And free aim is more accurate when hitting specific parts.
Btw- you can set your free and auto aim sensitivity in the pause menu.
Son of Godzilla said:
ok here it is
you need to have all abilities from friends unlocked... dwayne is listed as excluded. you can get him to die from the pbx/dwayne dilemma. but Roman is in there too from which i deduct that he's gonna bite the dust too, or at least that he can die
from which i deduct that he's gonna bite the dust too, or at least that he can dieI seriously hope you're right
The-Switcher
Banned
voltron said:
Have youIf you havent and it let you kill her - well, Im stunned.got up to the bit where you find out what her real job is yet?
No, I haven't found out what you just asked. But I knew ABOUT it beforehand.
I'm not sure if the game autosaved after she died, after work, I'll go back and see if she's dead still.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Darunia said:ok here it is
you need to have all abilities from friends unlocked... dwayne is listed as excluded. you can get him to die from the pbx/dwayne dilemma. but Roman is in there too
Eh,
Roman hasn't let me drive a cab since his first depot.
The-Switcher said:
I don think its giving anything away to say that a bunch missions are triggered by your involvement with her... and if shes really dead then Id be very interested to see how they handle that. Either you just wont get that mission string or theyll have another way to introduce a specific character to you.
Let us know what happen anyway.
AniHawk said:
When you play online you jog without holding the A button, sprinting requires you to hold the A button, so I guess it was a design choice just for SP. Having to hold A gets irritating, Niko controls like a tank if you don't hold it down so you're forced to do it throughout the game.
notjackbauer
Member
I just realized that when you're chasing someone in a car the cinematic lock-on button also locks your fire on the car when you start shooting. You have to adjust still, but it makes it easier.
Also I wasn't using the R3 zoom-in thing until Three Leaf Cloaver and it's really freaking cool. M4 has a nice zoom.
Hey, anybody else remember that in one of the first previews for the game they showed off that you could climb telephone poles? Anybody done that? I haven't found one that I could climb. Maybe it happens in a mission at some point? WTF?
Also I wasn't using the R3 zoom-in thing until Three Leaf Cloaver and it's really freaking cool. M4 has a nice zoom.
Hey, anybody else remember that in one of the first previews for the game they showed off that you could climb telephone poles? Anybody done that? I haven't found one that I could climb. Maybe it happens in a mission at some point? WTF?
Smokey Bones said:
ffs, they already ascertained that nothing was spoiled. What, did you pick and choose the posts you read after yours or something? You read the one that implied there may have been a spoiler but you clearly didnt read the 3 or 4 others that pointed out that there was no spoiler.
This game/thread does things to people. Strange things.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Son of Godzilla said:
The fact that certain strings are optional for certain characters usually only means one thing.
But in this instance I was mistaken.
One of the most amazing moments occurred when I tried calling
and couldn't get through to him and shortly after found out from the radio that he was arrested. A few hours of ingame time later,
calls me and tells me the news as well but I already knew. How awesome is that?
Gerry
Packie
Opus Angelorum
Member
Jeff Gerstmann posted this on his blog:
I think I've come to the same conclusion.
Initially I wasn't that impressed but as the story and characters within evolve, the more I realise the minor faults are completely erroneous. Bioshock and Half-Life 2 are the only games in recent history that have enveloped me with such a believable world.
GiantBomb said:
I think I've come to the same conclusion.
Initially I wasn't that impressed but as the story and characters within evolve, the more I realise the minor faults are completely erroneous. Bioshock and Half-Life 2 are the only games in recent history that have enveloped me with such a believable world.
I bought the PS3 version, and after finishing the game I must say I kinda miss Achievements right now. I don't care about Gamerscore at all, but it's nice to have some sort of reward for doing the optional missions and stuff. I think Rockstar should have build in some rewards themselves like weapons at your hideout.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Opus Angelorum said:
I agree with this in spades. Such subtlety, such depth in characters, it's pretty much unprecedented. Even Half Life and BioShock deal (very well, naturally) in some pretty standard pulp characters. This game vividly illustrates so many naturalistic characters, I mean, there's just no other game that's ever had this level of reliability.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Scotch said:
I don't think we're allowed to do that here. Seperate thread and all.
TheGreatDave
Banned
The Walk Free achievement can be got in about 30 seconds.
Go to the airport. Go to the leftest side of the runway (without getting close enough to trigger the 4 stars), look for a bike. Jump on bike. Drive on to run way, go full speed to the west side of the map (the side facing water). Go as fast as you can, hit the ramp at the end of the runway, and with a bit of luck you'll go flying out of the police radar, jump off the bike and avoid the boats on the radar. Took me a couple of attempts but it's how I did it.
Go to the airport. Go to the leftest side of the runway (without getting close enough to trigger the 4 stars), look for a bike. Jump on bike. Drive on to run way, go full speed to the west side of the map (the side facing water). Go as fast as you can, hit the ramp at the end of the runway, and with a bit of luck you'll go flying out of the police radar, jump off the bike and avoid the boats on the radar. Took me a couple of attempts but it's how I did it.
MiamiWesker
Member
Any acheivement that involves wanted levels like the 6 star or evading 4 stars all you have to do is get on the train tracks in a car. Done, the police cant do crap to you up there.
Digital Limit
Member
pn18 said:
Yeah, I was wondering this as well. Do you have access to everyone after the story ends?
TheGreatDave
Banned
MiamiWesker said:
You can't escape the radar though, can you? Which stops you getting the Walk Free achievement.
I just got the achievement for flying under all the bridges. So much fun.
Prvt.Pegleg said:
Can you still do the taxi side missions?
Also wish I knew about the "Liberty City Minute" thing, this is the first time I haven't blasted through a GTA's main missions because of a million other games coming out (the advantage of not being a fall release) and I'm getting punished for it. :lol
PjotrStroganov
Member
Dechaios said:
On 360, No
It just keeps playing, even when you exit a car.
Brucie is one of the coolest characters I have ever seen in a GTA game. I love how hyper active he is, but I can understand why people would not like him.
So what's with this apparent bug which makes that you can not load your save file? Any solutions? Does backing the save file up onto a USB stick help?
Also
This game is so awesome, and sometimes it can look and feel so real. I'm still loving it.
Edit: I also had one weird moment. I was walking somewhere near my safehouse, when somehow there appeared this blue dot on the radar with the word 'friend' next to it. So I go there and see this little cut scene, and the friend blabs something about immigrants, and then he decides to give me a 100 bucks. So fucking awesome.
So what's with this apparent bug which makes that you can not load your save file? Any solutions? Does backing the save file up onto a USB stick help?
Also
The mission where you have to park the rigged truck into the garage at the second island. WOW. Fucking amazing. I blew up the garage and then took a taxi back home, and it looked spookily real sometimes. Are there going to be more awesome missions?
Edit: I also had one weird moment. I was walking somewhere near my safehouse, when somehow there appeared this blue dot on the radar with the word 'friend' next to it. So I go there and see this little cut scene, and the friend blabs something about immigrants, and then he decides to give me a 100 bucks. So fucking awesome.
The Lamonster
Member
How do I buy more safehouses? The one I have now is inconvenient and out of the way.