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The Official Grand Theft Auto IV thread: The World Is Yours
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Darunia said:
If you click on your subscription it should bring up a blade that gives you the details. I'm away from my 360, so I'm going on memory. They should send you an email telling you that you've extended you subscription as well.
Edit: You can also go to the XBL website and check there. Go into your profile, select modify membership, and it should tell you the expiration date.
Can someone who has beaten the game answer my spoilerific question below:
Is the game over after you decide whether or not to kill Darko Brevic (spelling?). I elected not to kill him, and I just dropped Roman home, and gave Benny (is that the gay characters' name?) a call. Is that the end of the game? If so, what the fuck?
Stoney Mason
Banned
voltron said:
Yeah, I generally go meh when people want that save highlight feature from Halo 3. People bring it up in the COD threads and it honestly isn't that big a wishlisht for me but in a game like GTA that is so cinematic anyway it seems ashame that some of the awesome things that have happened to me in the single player can't be saved off and edited as a highlight reel to save off and watch later or show to others. Wasn't it Driver that had that create a reel feature?
A "virtual director" element while a pretty hardcore feature would certainly be nice in the next one if they have time.
Rapping Granny
Banned
Ok I am done the game but I am only 60% done, I did some Jacob and Brucie missions but it won't go past 60, are the rest of 40% just assasination missions, or have I missed some side missions by skipping just to the story ones, but it shows I am 100% done in my stats for everybody.
also in one the first trailers to the game, you see Niko dive out of the car and into the gas station with an explosion to follow through, which mission is that?
also in one the first trailers to the game, you see Niko dive out of the car and into the gas station with an explosion to follow through, which mission is that?
Zombie James
Banned
So I ended up (midway spoiler?)
and now I totally regret it. Hope I can
sometime later on in the game...
killing Dwayne
get back at Playboy X
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
So, how do i get zombie player in the 360 multiplayer and where's an mp3 o the main theme song?
GhostRidah
Member
I love that they put Claudes outfit in this!
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Iamthegamer said:
Haha, I see you you did there.
disappeared
Banned
levious said:
It's actually a side mission. I met her randomly on the docks by the bowling ally.
Yeah, the game is perfect in every way, and I'm bad at video games.mileS said:
The last game that was combat heavy that I played was Uncharted - can you understand my frustrations now?
Anything indoors is ruined when it comes to camera management, Niko controls like a stick is up his ass, and the cover system is broken - I call that absolutely horrible.
Oh, and hand-to-hand or any melee combat close range? :lol
Greg said:
yup.. because I said that and all right? :lol
Hand to hand is perfectly fine, you just got to know what buttons to press and time your dodges right. It boggles my mind that people are still making such a big deal about the hand to hand.
Anyways I could go on and on about how much better the combat is but i'm not going to bother. You may not be bad at all video games you're just probably terrible at GTA
Rapping Granny
Banned
I am done the game but still have 40% left to do. what's there left to do except for Assasination missions?
wayward archer
Member
Some awesome multiplayer moments I've had:
GTA race: We were playing a relatively short track (about 3 min per lap) and had weapons turned on and at one point a bunch a couple of guys stopped racing and set up a massive roadblock using a bus and some other cars then proceeded to try and ambush people as they tried to drive around it.
16 player team deathmatch is everything I hoped for. At one point both teams were gathered together approximately 1-2 blocks away from each other, just trading fire and using parked cars and brick walls as cover. The other team would occasionally send cars charging through us to try and kill a few guys then escape... I got in a car and hung back trying to intercept the cars as they rushed in. Several times I managed to block the car which let my teammates run up and gun down the driver and passengers.
Mafia and Team Mafia: This mode has great potential, when it works - two evenly matched teams - it works very well. At one point during a delivery mission me and two other guys set up a roadblock on a blind corner near the delivery point. We caught 3 opponents trying to make a drop and a massive gun fight ensued. More and more players on both teams started showing upand it escalated into all out urban warfare... each side had an RPG, cars started exploding left and right. Epic.
Bomb da Base II: I tried to land the copter on top of the ship directly (seems better to land away from the ship and approach it with 1-2 people sniping the deck guards from a nearby roof or the shipping crates). The copter got hit and started leaning to one side, the propeller blades hit the deck and started slicing up guards... one of them got thrown off far into the water and was the last thing I saw before the copter exploded killing my whole team. It was worth it. :lol
I hope they plan on releasing more co-op missions... over time this is going to need some more variety and maybe they'll even try some 8 player ones.
Best moment so far... was playing 16 player team mafia work and the other team was so far ahead of us there was little chance we could catch up. My team was unorganized and I was by myself looking for a vehicle. Suddenly a bus pulls up loaded with 4 of my teammates and the driver says "Get in we're going to go stomp them". We drove around for 10 min chasing the other team around in a giant bus, smashing through cars and 5 gunners inside shooting everything that moved. Think we had 3 star cops on us constantly and we still stayed alive forever. We still lost in the end but managed to make a good deal of cash for our team just off kills.
Speaking of cash, once you level up once or twice it's pretty cool to be wearing something unique in multiplayer mode. Makes you stand out a bit especially in team modes and is a nice reward which doesn't imbalance the game at all.
So far the multiplayer exceeds every expectation I had about it.
GTA race: We were playing a relatively short track (about 3 min per lap) and had weapons turned on and at one point a bunch a couple of guys stopped racing and set up a massive roadblock using a bus and some other cars then proceeded to try and ambush people as they tried to drive around it.
16 player team deathmatch is everything I hoped for. At one point both teams were gathered together approximately 1-2 blocks away from each other, just trading fire and using parked cars and brick walls as cover. The other team would occasionally send cars charging through us to try and kill a few guys then escape... I got in a car and hung back trying to intercept the cars as they rushed in. Several times I managed to block the car which let my teammates run up and gun down the driver and passengers.
Mafia and Team Mafia: This mode has great potential, when it works - two evenly matched teams - it works very well. At one point during a delivery mission me and two other guys set up a roadblock on a blind corner near the delivery point. We caught 3 opponents trying to make a drop and a massive gun fight ensued. More and more players on both teams started showing upand it escalated into all out urban warfare... each side had an RPG, cars started exploding left and right. Epic.
Bomb da Base II: I tried to land the copter on top of the ship directly (seems better to land away from the ship and approach it with 1-2 people sniping the deck guards from a nearby roof or the shipping crates). The copter got hit and started leaning to one side, the propeller blades hit the deck and started slicing up guards... one of them got thrown off far into the water and was the last thing I saw before the copter exploded killing my whole team. It was worth it. :lol
I hope they plan on releasing more co-op missions... over time this is going to need some more variety and maybe they'll even try some 8 player ones.
Best moment so far... was playing 16 player team mafia work and the other team was so far ahead of us there was little chance we could catch up. My team was unorganized and I was by myself looking for a vehicle. Suddenly a bus pulls up loaded with 4 of my teammates and the driver says "Get in we're going to go stomp them". We drove around for 10 min chasing the other team around in a giant bus, smashing through cars and 5 gunners inside shooting everything that moved. Think we had 3 star cops on us constantly and we still stayed alive forever. We still lost in the end but managed to make a good deal of cash for our team just off kills.
Speaking of cash, once you level up once or twice it's pretty cool to be wearing something unique in multiplayer mode. Makes you stand out a bit especially in team modes and is a nice reward which doesn't imbalance the game at all.
So far the multiplayer exceeds every expectation I had about it.
SlasherJPC
Banned
wayward archer said:
Glad someone else is having a hell of a time/experience with multiplayer like me.
valkillmore
Member
Weenerz said:
Jesus, NEVER play the multiplayer or you'll never see your loved ones again. Make sure if you do try multiplayer, do it in a room with a window so as not to forget what the outside world looks like.
Multiplayer is so painfully mediocre it isn't funny.
Oh, Team Deathmatch to $10,000 on Algonquin with six people? That's a good idea, host. Or the alternative, oh Happiness Island with auto-aim on so people can sit in bushes and shoot me as I spawn despite the fact that they can't even see me? Another great idea, dude.
Free Mode is fantastic, but the Ranked portion of multiplayer needed a matchmaking system from the start. Leaving this many options in the hands of the Xbox Live community was the dumbest thing Rockstar could have done.
Oh, Team Deathmatch to $10,000 on Algonquin with six people? That's a good idea, host. Or the alternative, oh Happiness Island with auto-aim on so people can sit in bushes and shoot me as I spawn despite the fact that they can't even see me? Another great idea, dude.
Free Mode is fantastic, but the Ranked portion of multiplayer needed a matchmaking system from the start. Leaving this many options in the hands of the Xbox Live community was the dumbest thing Rockstar could have done.
Prime crotch
Banned
woohoo just found out that my country's represented in Liberty City somewhere in Alderney City now all it needs is a PC port.....anytime soon....
criesofthepast
Member
_leech_ said:
i did the opposite and killed
playboy x. mostly because i remember niko telling dwayne that he saw some of himself in him. that struck a chord with me. usually whenever i have to choose to kill one guy or the other, i go with whoever i think is a better person and more like niko.
what do you mean get back at playboy x? you killed dwayne and playboy turned on you? fuck i have to play this game over and make all the opposit choices i made the first time. glad i killed playboy then. even if dwayne is an annoying negative nancy bitch sometimes.
derrick and francis spoiler -
i knew i was going to kill francis from the first moment i met him
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
Multiplayer is beyond epic in this game. Eric WK is right though, a terrible host can completely ruin a game. That being said, the MP for GTA 4 has completely eliminated the need for any other online game. I actually started doing some regular races, not GTA Race, with super cars and it plays out a lot like midnight club. Its actually a lot better than midnight club online used rto be because of the traffic, which was missing in the old midnight club games online.
I was doing
Most Wanted Mission 9 and i was getting riddled with bullets and near death, but the cops showed up and started shooting (not only at me, but at the most wanted guys)...so I decided to step out of the fight hiding behind my stolen police cruiser. The cops finished off the bad guys...my wanted status went away and I was free to collect the dropped weapons/cash and a new cruiser from one of the fallen officers...this game rocks.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Damn free mode is killing my single player experience. I just got to the second safe house :lol
Imperial Hot
Banned
Story missions? No. But you can still do assassination missions, races, dates, and pigeon-hunting.JCtheMC said:You neglected to answer my questionAre there more missions after the credits roll and you receive those 2 phonecalls?
Grimm Fandango
Member
And bam, more connection issues with friends.
The ratio of disconnected games to connected ones has literally been like 5:1 for me. Fucking bullcrap.
The ratio of disconnected games to connected ones has literally been like 5:1 for me. Fucking bullcrap.
MMaRsu
Member
Eric WK said:
Cops & Crooks with a room filled with Gaffers is great fun. Actually pretty much anything is. As long as you have a good host, I hate going into public games with moron hosts -_-.
JCtheMC said:You neglected to answer my questionAre there more missions after the credits roll and you receive those 2 phonecalls?
No but you can keep playing. I'm doing vigilante missions right now, looking for random questgivers and stuff. I want to finish this game ( 100% is actually possible this time around, just gotta find all those damn pigeons lol ).
I'm 76,50% done.
I really, really hope RS does a good job with the DLC for all consoles. It would be brilliant if there was a DLC pack and they threw random things in the city and said, "122mb, DLC pack 1, explore and have fun!" Maybe some new weapons, cars, and a new mission or two.
Episodic content is nice, but I hope they supplement that with fun packs too.
Episodic content is nice, but I hope they supplement that with fun packs too.
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
MMArsu, you wanna go tonight? I'll be on about 6:30-7 PM EST if youre down to ride.MMaRsu said:
This is an open invite to all 360 gaffers, btw.
UncleGuito
Banned
I'll join you guys. I had a fun time last time we all played together- hold down the Burger Shot!Iamthegamer said: