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Grand Theft Auto IV *Now with spoilers* :grump: bloody hacked xbox bastards...
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Well it's nearly time! Ten days to go until probably the most anticipated next-gen release is out....who's buying it? And on which system?
I'm getting it on PS3 (don't own a 360, nor am I bothered about DLC).
I'm getting it on PS3 (don't own a 360, nor am I bothered about DLC).
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cant wait to play it.
the DLC sounds like it should be good, with rumored 2 new islands each as big as San Andreas...hmmm
Got it from Game btw - mainly to use up some reward card points.
I usually go for play.com. They tend to sell everything cheaper than the RRP from day one. I'm paying £36.99 for it, got a £3 off voucher code because they messed up and didn't send GT5: Prologue out until the day of release meaning I got it late. Also they send out new releases on a Wednesday, so I was lucky and got Uncharted: Drake's Fortune a day before everyone else as it arrived early.
I'd advise pre-ordering very soon, I guess it'll probably be sold out on release day.
I read in an article a couple of days ago it's already shipped to retailers, so I imagine they probably have it now.
Either way, this is going to be a good game, I hope it as as broken as the GTA3 series was.
Why
hmmm your post was just a collection of words with no meaning, what are you getting at?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zfhZfSVuup4
Im more of a simplistic man, i enjoyed the simplicity of GTA1 and GTA London.
It isn't next gen.
I hope it still has terrible bugs like the other ones, as that made them funny as hell.
It's next gen as far as the GTA series is concerned, as the last GTA games were on PS2 and PSP...so it is next gen
Yes, but that is like saying the Rover 100 is "next gen".
GTA games have NEVER kept with the times.
Either way I'll still be playing it 3 weeks after everyone else. :banghead:
So if that's an 'achievement', I guess normal playing time will be in the region of 50-60 hours. :hyper:
I think the multiplayer will give the game real longevity though. Most of my previous GTAs got put aside once I'd finished the story and got bored of doing all the sub-achievements.
Aye I think they're full of shit, what's this multiplayer craic all about?
But they ripped off the Gears Of War cover system? Surely that's next gen
Cant wait,really looking forward to this one.:hyper:
Multi Theft Auto did it first
Nothing about a GTA game will ever be next gen - when it is, it is a sure sign GTA has sold out and will be a crap game - ala Getaway, and any other rip-offs that existed.
They need to do London '69 in 3D though, badly. Then GTA: Moscow.
Come on, don't say GTA3 didn't set a bench mark for what all other games should aspire to be like? If that's not being 'next-gen', then I don't know what next-gen is.
ETA: GTA London was the worst GTA game in the series!
However, like you say Addict, GTA has always been about improving what makes a game good rather than what makes it look nice. In terms of gameplay the leaps forward GTA has made goes far beyond simple generations of consoles.
GTA III was an absolute revolution - it is a release that totally changed the playing field. I'd genuinely put it on the same level as SpaceWar, Pong, Super Mario and Doom (or Wolfenstein if you want to be picky
And I know GTA London wasn't the best of the series but, hell, I've still never played anything that was GTA that wasn't great fun.
I just preordered the special edition
You gotta love Rockstar, because they keep all other game developers on their toes, by not letting them become complacent and giving us half-arsed games.
Rockstar could have easily created a GTA3 that was only a slightly better version of GTA2 (3D top down gameplay anyone?), and it still would have sold like hot cakes and been a cult game. But instead, they set out to make the game everyone dreamed GTA2 could have been.
A next-gen London would be good, but is the criminal underworld really as interesting or engaging as the American cities, without utterly distorting the London underworld beyond reality? I realise they distort the other cities as well, but at least the elements exist there, making it semi-realistic.
I'd like to see them try something new, but it's difficult to know where, because you'd expect them to choose English speaking countries. For instance, if they had it in Moscow, as suggested, it would be stupid doing it in English and even more stupid having it in subtitles!
London has a very interesting underworld. The Russian Mafia are here now, you got China town, the Black areas, the Muslim areas, all sorts of potential. Not to mention rich Businesses and places like Soho and Grenwich for contrast. Plus the UNDERGROUND!
As for Next Gen, the GTA's haven't really added much since 1 for gameplay freedom. More guns, better graphics, different cars. Hell, it was only in San Andreas we got truck trailers back since GTA2! The main addition has been Vice City adding in the airbourne factor. GTA3 did with the Dodo, but it was shit.
GTA has a good principle, just add in stuff that makes it better - more guns in 2, and slightly better graphics, and a big mission structure improvement. Plus gangs. 3 - new graphics, 2D has gone as far as it could - more guns, more gore, more cars. Vice City put bikes back in, and did more guns again. And gave us Helicopters and a plane. San Andreas did it all again, more bikes, more cars, more houses, more guns, more gangs. Plus burgulary missions, which were silly but fun.
I don't think the GTA principles can be improved on really. It's always been a freedom based game. But not giving too much freedom.