Greedy gits

[WoodyRATM]

Originally Posted by The Subtle Arts

10 minutes? lol

That's pretty much the basis of all GTA games, you never played them?

You start off small time and what you describe is pretty much what you do, if anything the story line should atleast keep you going. That's the kinda thing you want to do online with friends in a free roam. If you guys can't even progress very far into the game yet based on how it plays then I'd hate to think how many FPS games you have missed out on.

Edit - As you progress you'l find yourself doing loads more. The variety and comedy city should atleast give you a twitch in your balls for this game.

10 mins? hardly.

i've played a fair whack of the sinlge player, yet most of the missions seem to follow that trend of drive somewhere, pickup, drivesomewhere else then waste some guys.

I'll trust you that it must get alot more differernt soon....

and i have played every GTA game. But i just find this one slightly overhyped for what it is.

[Chris]

Having played through a massive chunk of the story I have to say the main missions are pretty much as described. Drive somewhere, kills people, drive back.

But the real variety comes from the side missions, racing, dating, socialising, police missions, fire missions, ambulances, drug trafficking, taxi fares, finding stunt jumps, hidden packages etc. Then there's the multiplayer.

None of this is a million miles away from previous games but I think the hype is because it's reaching that triple distilled state of perfection. They're tweaking the formula with every iteration and the game has achieved such a large scope and managed to fit so much in and done it very, very well that it's hard not be amazed at the game as a whole.

The only thing about the game I dislike is the long drives from the start of a mission to the actual meat and bones of it. Can get really annoying later on when you're certain to die 3 times before you figure out the right strategy

Spoiler:

Elizabetta hospital mission, I'm looking at you with your "assault a building full of drug dealers then escape from an army of police" shenanigans

But even then the fact you can just read a text message to instantly restart a mission is a vast improvement on the GTAs of old where you had to drive all the way back to the character who gave you it.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by The Subtle Arts

Repetitive? Mindless? You know theres a story line to what is probably one of the first most immersive titles this year. You seriously saying you played it for 5 mins - the frickin' intro is 5 mins long.

Eaaaa-sy Tiger!

You're taking my post too seriously!

The game is a wonderfully put together piece of software, visually stunning (the city is awesome) with some really clever touches (e.g. character flying out the windscreen).

However, I think the game has been over-hyped and is nothing more than a better looking "Liberty City" with sprinkles & a new hat (spot the Simpson reference!).

In actual fact, I played it for an hour and thought - meh - it just didn't grab my testicles!

Having said that, as one of this site's older farts, maybe the game needed to reach a bit lower to grab them!!

I guess the real reason though, is that I'm finally outgrowing this kind of entertainment???

And, no, I would not let young kids near it.

[WoodyRATM]

Originally Posted by Chris

Having played through a massive chunk of the story I have to say the main missions are pretty much as described. Drive somewhere, kills people, drive back.

But the real variety comes from the side missions, racing, dating, socialising, police missions, fire missions, ambulances, drug trafficking, taxi fares, finding stunt jumps, hidden packages etc. Then there's the multiplayer.

None of this is a million miles away from previous games but I think the hype is because it's reaching that triple distilled state of perfection. They're tweaking the formula with every iteration and the game has achieved such a large scope and managed to fit so much in and done it very, very well that it's hard not be amazed at the game as a whole.

The only thing about the game I dislike is the long drives from the start of a mission to the actual meat and bones of it. Can get really annoying later on when you're certain to die 3 times before you figure out the right strategy

Spoiler:

Elizabetta hospital mission, I'm looking at you with your "assault a building full of drug dealers then escape from an army of police" shenanigans

But even then the fact you can just read a text message to instantly restart a mission is a vast improvement on the GTAs of old where you had to drive all the way back to the character who gave you it.

The random stuff is whats keeping me amused. Trying to escape the police on a motorcycle while totally hammered never fails to amuse me.

[The Subtle Arts]

Originally Posted by WoodyRATM

10 mins? hardly.

i've played a fair whack of the sinlge player, yet most of the missions seem to follow that trend of drive somewhere, pickup, drivesomewhere else then waste some guys.

I'll trust you that it must get alot more differernt soon....

and i have played every GTA game. But i just find this one slightly overhyped for what it is.

Fair enough. I agree it's been over hyped, every big title is nowadays

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Eaaaa-sy Tiger!

You're taking my post too seriously!

The game is a wonderfully put together piece of software, visually stunning (the city is awesome) with some really clever touches (e.g. character flying out the windscreen).

However, I think the game has been over-hyped and is nothing more than a better looking "Liberty City" with sprinkles & a new hat (spot the Simpson reference!).

In actual fact, I played it for an hour and thought - meh - it just didn't grab my testicles!

Having said that, as one of this site's older farts, maybe the game needed to reach a bit lower to grab them!!

I guess the real reason though, is that I'm finally outgrowing this kind of entertainment???

And, no, I would not let young kids near it.

Actually, I owe this game an apology.

I had some rare free time at the weekend and was all practiced out, so I decided to give GTA IV one last spin before punting it.

15 minutes later and I'm hooked.

The graphics are stunning and the gameplay is really addictive.

It is a retread of Liberty City, but I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[The Subtle Arts]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Actually, I owe this game an apology.

I had some rare free time at the weekend and was all practiced out, so I decided to give GTA IV one last spin before punting it.

15 minutes later and I'm hooked.

The graphics are stunning and the gameplay is really addictive.

It is a retread of Liberty City, but I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Glad to hear it.

I think we have established then all the doubters need to play this for 15mins atleast lol, not 5 or 10 as mentioned in the thread previously.

[WoodyRATM]

The multiplayer is ace
GTA race on faggios anyone?

[allstardawn]

it really grinds my gears when folk do this. same with wii fit. absoloutely impossible to get a hold of and on ebay... £150. piss off.