The Official GTA IV - multi console super friends thread.
04-28-08 | 08:10 PM
#101
Just turned 27 here. I definitely don't feel like I imagine a 27 year old should.
04-28-08 | 08:41 PM
#106
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Originally Posted by Dragon Fly
I turned 30 last July and I can vouch for the hair falling out thing 
I'm fully haired, minor grey but it makes me look like George Clooney, and the ladies fucking love it.
04-28-08 | 10:02 PM
#109
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Originally Posted by naitram
Anyone else going to Best Buy at midnight? The anticipation is killing me...
04-28-08 | 10:22 PM
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From: You might catch me in Atlanta, looking like a boss
Originally Posted by naitram
Anyone else going to Best Buy at midnight? The anticipation is killing me...
04-28-08 | 10:45 PM
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I finally got around to buying an Xbox 360 (Amazon's $30 discount with GTA IV was too good to pass up) so I've been nervously refreshing the UPS tracking page for my order to make sure everything gets here tomorrow like its supposed to.
04-28-08 | 11:03 PM
#114
DVD Talk Hero
Originally Posted by Nausicaa
I'm heading out the door right now to the midnight release. It's only a short three blocks away.
I'll be looking for you all online very shortly!!!
I'll be looking for you all online very shortly!!!
Not expecting a crowd?
04-28-08 | 11:04 PM
#115
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I just got back from Future Shop and no way i was gonna get in that lineup.I didnt get there till 11:45 figuring there wouldnt be more than 10 dudes there but was around 60.I will try to grab a copy tomorrow.
04-28-08 | 11:17 PM
#116
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Originally Posted by nickdawgy
Not expecting a crowd?
So, here I am again, getting ready to go out the door in 30 minutes.
Definitely confirmed I'm living in this neighborhood again next year.
04-28-08 | 11:22 PM
#117
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I just saw this on another forum. Pretty great story...
I just got back from Best Buy. The line was huge! I'd say about 100 people were there, probably less, but it looked bigger as I drove by. I could hear them screaming and yelling, and I got more excited. I parked, got out, waited in line...
This guy randomly started talking to me. He was like "what are you gonna do when you get it?" At first I didn't even know he was talking to me. Yeah, it was pretty awkward. I told him I was gonna "drive around and sh*t." He went into this big detail about everything he was gonna do. "I'm gonna first play multiplayer with this clan I joined. then I'm gonna play single player for the rest of the night." This guy was behind me the whole time and he WOULDNT SHUT THE FCK UP!!! w.e
Aight I waited in line, and finally I got the game. And as I was walking out... this guy THE SAME GUY THAT WAS BEHIND ME f*cking took the game from my hands and started running. Everyone saw it too... they started yelling and one mother screamed something like "hey!! that guy took that kids game!!" and the security chased after him. honestly, I was pissed. but this one kid in the back was laughing. and I heard a bunch of people saying "its only a game." I waited there for about 15 MORE minutes waiting to get my game back. finally, they brought the game back and everyone cheered.
thats basically what happened. if u dont like it then im sorry if i wasted your time. now im gonna play the game now
This guy randomly started talking to me. He was like "what are you gonna do when you get it?" At first I didn't even know he was talking to me. Yeah, it was pretty awkward. I told him I was gonna "drive around and sh*t." He went into this big detail about everything he was gonna do. "I'm gonna first play multiplayer with this clan I joined. then I'm gonna play single player for the rest of the night." This guy was behind me the whole time and he WOULDNT SHUT THE FCK UP!!! w.e
Aight I waited in line, and finally I got the game. And as I was walking out... this guy THE SAME GUY THAT WAS BEHIND ME f*cking took the game from my hands and started running. Everyone saw it too... they started yelling and one mother screamed something like "hey!! that guy took that kids game!!" and the security chased after him. honestly, I was pissed. but this one kid in the back was laughing. and I heard a bunch of people saying "its only a game." I waited there for about 15 MORE minutes waiting to get my game back. finally, they brought the game back and everyone cheered.
thats basically what happened. if u dont like it then im sorry if i wasted your time. now im gonna play the game now
04-28-08 | 11:27 PM
#118
DVD Talk Hero
I wouldn't touch the midnight releases with a 10 foot pole. Best Buy is like 3 miles away, and so are 5 Gamestops, but I'd rather wait. That and Amazon is delivering the CE tomorrow anyway 
04-28-08 | 11:55 PM
#119
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Funny thing I noticed when I bought GTA4 today (at a mom&pop shop around noon - midnight release is for the birds) there were about 20 people there to buy the game (though for a M&P shop, they moved through them fast), and everyone there, besides me, looked like they had stepped out of a GTA game themselves. Seriously, I'm not trying to be judgmental here, but they were all thug gangster wannabes - it was surreal - I was the only one there who was in clean presentable clothes, shaven and with a proper hair cut that wasn't a dirty mess or a cropped buzz. They all looked like there were trying out for the GTA movie or something. There was also some kid there, looked to be around 14, no parents or guardians, and they refused to sell him the game - major props for that.
Anyways, quick impression after a couple hours of play:
Tough to get used to the controls for the first few minutes - it felt sluggish, especially the cars - I don't care for how they handle and especially how they corner.
Compared to previous GTAs, it seems like the missions in this one are a bit easier, while the free-roaming stuff is tougher. Like, it's much much harder to get away from the cops if you have a couple stars than it was in the other games. It's also tougher to create general mayhem and find weaponry to start shit. I had to beat up a cop, take his gun and shoot more cops - but I was surrounded and gunned down almost immediately. Though the aiming is greatly improved.
So, it's still far too early in the game to have real impressions, but it's pretty much GTA through and through, but with a fresh coat of paint and some adjustments here and there.
Anyways, quick impression after a couple hours of play:
Tough to get used to the controls for the first few minutes - it felt sluggish, especially the cars - I don't care for how they handle and especially how they corner.
Compared to previous GTAs, it seems like the missions in this one are a bit easier, while the free-roaming stuff is tougher. Like, it's much much harder to get away from the cops if you have a couple stars than it was in the other games. It's also tougher to create general mayhem and find weaponry to start shit. I had to beat up a cop, take his gun and shoot more cops - but I was surrounded and gunned down almost immediately. Though the aiming is greatly improved.
So, it's still far too early in the game to have real impressions, but it's pretty much GTA through and through, but with a fresh coat of paint and some adjustments here and there.
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04-29-08 | 12:01 AM
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Gamespot just gave it a 10
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/g...opslot;title;1
Thanks everyone for adding me as PS3 friends.
Looking forward to tomorrow.
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/g...opslot;title;1
Thanks everyone for adding me as PS3 friends.
Looking forward to tomorrow.
04-29-08 | 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by slop101
Funny thing I noticed when I bought GTA4 today (at a mom&pop shop around noon - midnight release is for the birds) there were about 20 people there to buy the game (though for a M&P shop, they moved through them fast), and everyone there, besides me, looked like they had stepped out of a GTA game themselves. Seriously, I'm not trying to be judgmental here, but they were all thug gangster wannabes - it was surreal - I was the only one there who was in clean presentable clothes, shaven and with a proper hair cut that wasn't a dirty mess or a cropped buzz. They all looked like there were trying out for the GTA movie or something. There was also some kid there, looked to be around 14, no parents or guardians, and they refused to sell him the game - major props for that.