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Cornishman
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Hey, that happened to me too? Literally on my first ever kill.Impacto Profundo said:
PinholeStar
Bluelighter
Cornishman said:
Hehe, me too!
I'd imagine it's because you also get it if you kill someone who has themselves already got the achievement. With the huge number of players online it would spread exponentially, I guess.
Karaboudjan
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It's fun enough but not as good as Vice City or San Andreas. Those two would have got 5/5 but I only voted 4/5 for GTA IV.
felix
Bluelight Crew
same here. Vice City and more so San Andreas completely ruled my life for weeks, but i can't say the same for 4. i'm only about 12% in and i haven't picked it up for weeks, so that says something. it's still an awesome game though, i just need to get back into it. ![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
i think the main problem i have with it is the 'boringness' of the world. in San Andreas there was an amazing amount of variety in the places you could go, even on just the first island. i'm still only on the first part of 4, but it's all a bit samey... does it get any more varied on the later stages?
i think the main problem i have with it is the 'boringness' of the world. in San Andreas there was an amazing amount of variety in the places you could go, even on just the first island. i'm still only on the first part of 4, but it's all a bit samey... does it get any more varied on the later stages?
tambourine-man
Bluelight Crew
No.felix said:same here. Vice City and more so San Andreas completely ruled my life for weeks, but i can't say the same for 4. i'm only about 12% in and i haven't picked it up for weeks, so that says something. it's still an awesome game though, i just need to get back into it.
i think the main problem i have with it is the 'boringness' of the world. in San Andreas there was an amazing amount of variety in the places you could go, even on just the first island. i'm still only on the first part of 4, but it's all a bit samey... does it get any more varied on the later stages?
And yeah, I'm the same... just didn't grab me. I think the lack of open space (and jetpack/fighter jet) has lessened the 'fun' aspect.
i find that despite the smaller overall size of the map, it is infinitely more interesting than that both vice city and san andreas put together. i love this city. every street corner is interesting, and as a result i find myself always getting distracted by a new find. whereas in VC and SA, i didn't mind missing it all as i drive really fast through them.
PinholeStar
Bluelighter
^ Exactamondo Profundo. You Philistines just don't get it. 
Imagine this level of visual fidelity with a San Andreas-style map though... Holy shitballs Batman, that would be amazing. It would take about 10 years to make though, I should think, but if anyone can Rockstar North can.
The coolest thing happened to me the other night. I was pottering around in free-roam multi-player with the usual assortment of screeching 12-year-olds & racist fuckwads, when one by one they all logged out until it was just me & this one Canadian guy left. We spent about half an hour having a sniper battle in & around the airport & then decided to go off & cause some carnage together.
The thing was, he didn't have a microphone (or was refusing to use it) & so all our communication was done by pointing at things & beeping car horns etc. After a while we started to understand what the other was thinking & drove each other round the city getting completely tooled up with rocket launchers, grenades & full ammo for all the weapons & whatnot. Then we set up a massive roadblock in the middle of Star Junction, got into cover behind it & just let rip.
It turned into a epic 6-star Michael Mann shootout with the cops, taking down choppers & providing cover for each other. It ended up with us making a push down the streets into Middle Park, one providing covering fire from behind a tree as the other ran to safety & then went on down into the subway with cops bearing down on us from both sides of the train platform. Eventually we bombed it across the Algonquin Bridge, tore off down the freeway in a police cruiser riding on the rims, screeched into the airport & made our getaway in a helicopter riding off out to sea into the sunset to make our getaway. %)
The whole thing must have lasted about an hour, was 10 times better than anything the single-player threw up & all without a word being spoken. It was awesome!
If you haven't already you should definitely try it. I suppose it's dependant on finding a cool stranger in free-roam who knows what they're doing, but you could set up a party mode with friends & do it that way. It makes me think that for any sequel or DLC they should put a concerted effort into co-op missions.
Imagine this level of visual fidelity with a San Andreas-style map though... Holy shitballs Batman, that would be amazing. It would take about 10 years to make though, I should think, but if anyone can Rockstar North can.
The coolest thing happened to me the other night. I was pottering around in free-roam multi-player with the usual assortment of screeching 12-year-olds & racist fuckwads, when one by one they all logged out until it was just me & this one Canadian guy left. We spent about half an hour having a sniper battle in & around the airport & then decided to go off & cause some carnage together.
The thing was, he didn't have a microphone (or was refusing to use it) & so all our communication was done by pointing at things & beeping car horns etc. After a while we started to understand what the other was thinking & drove each other round the city getting completely tooled up with rocket launchers, grenades & full ammo for all the weapons & whatnot. Then we set up a massive roadblock in the middle of Star Junction, got into cover behind it & just let rip.
It turned into a epic 6-star Michael Mann shootout with the cops, taking down choppers & providing cover for each other. It ended up with us making a push down the streets into Middle Park, one providing covering fire from behind a tree as the other ran to safety & then went on down into the subway with cops bearing down on us from both sides of the train platform. Eventually we bombed it across the Algonquin Bridge, tore off down the freeway in a police cruiser riding on the rims, screeched into the airport & made our getaway in a helicopter riding off out to sea into the sunset to make our getaway. %)
The whole thing must have lasted about an hour, was 10 times better than anything the single-player threw up & all without a word being spoken. It was awesome!
If you haven't already you should definitely try it. I suppose it's dependant on finding a cool stranger in free-roam who knows what they're doing, but you could set up a party mode with friends & do it that way. It makes me think that for any sequel or DLC they should put a concerted effort into co-op missions.
felix
Bluelight Crew
^ cool story. that won't happen very often...
5 Reasons GTA IV Is The Worst Great Game Ever Made
http://www.cracked.com/article_16404_5-reasons-gta-iv-worst-great-game-ever-made.html
controversial.
EDIT: i must have missed your post at the top of the page, PHS, i've just read it. awesome stuff. you should review games (or better still, just write,) for a living.
5 Reasons GTA IV Is The Worst Great Game Ever Made
http://www.cracked.com/article_16404_5-reasons-gta-iv-worst-great-game-ever-made.html
controversial.
EDIT: i must have missed your post at the top of the page, PHS, i've just read it. awesome stuff. you should review games (or better still, just write,) for a living.
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Don Luigi
Bluelight Crew
I haven't played it in a few weeks. Might go play it now but don't know if I can be arsed..
tambourine-man
Bluelight Crew
Nice review.felix said:^ cool story. that won't happen very often...
5 Reasons GTA IV Is The Worst Great Game Ever Made
http://www.cracked.com/article_16404_5-reasons-gta-iv-worst-great-game-ever-made.html
controversial.
EDIT: i must have missed your post at the top of the page, PHS, i've just read it. awesome stuff. you should review games (or better still, just write,) for a living.
After Vice City, things went a bit pear-shaped.
felix
Bluelight Crew
WUT? are you saying that VC was better than SA?
no way man.
no way man.
tambourine-man
Bluelight Crew
World, no. Atmosphere (and a generally complete package), yes.
Vice City worked as a theme and all the individual parts amounted to more than the sum (or however that stupid phrase goes).
San Andreas was a cracking world. They nailed the atmosphere, but nothing can beat the genuine Zeitgeist of Vice City.
Vice City worked as a theme and all the individual parts amounted to more than the sum (or however that stupid phrase goes).
San Andreas was a cracking world. They nailed the atmosphere, but nothing can beat the genuine Zeitgeist of Vice City.
felix
Bluelight Crew
yeah but VC didn't have harrier jets and human jetpacs, as you alluded to yourself in this very thread.tambourine-man said:
i put it to you that your argument is flawed and inconsistent on this matter.
tambourine-man
Bluelight Crew
Well, VC had the most immersive and well-thought out atmosphere. SA replicated that in another time period (almost) but brought a load of new features that made it a total playground.
I'm hoping that the GTAIV series develops like the GTAIII series did. Maybe in the next instalment, we'll get the good stuff.
Jumpjets and Apaches FTW.
I'm hoping that the GTAIV series develops like the GTAIII series did. Maybe in the next instalment, we'll get the good stuff.
Jumpjets and Apaches FTW.
felix
Bluelight Crew
indeed sir.
GTA4 feels like the original GTAIII. if that makes some kind of fucked up sense! :D
my main gripe is that i don't have a helicopter yet, and i can't find one.
there. i admitted it.
GTA4 feels like the original GTAIII. if that makes some kind of fucked up sense! :D
my main gripe is that i don't have a helicopter yet, and i can't find one.
there. i admitted it.
Excellent review PinholeStar.
I say GTAIV does. I realise that graphics and power don't necessarily equate to atmosphere, but they certainly play a part.
In terms of themes, to me, Vice City and San Andreas seem somewhat exaggerated and a tad simple. I mean, 1980s Miami and early nineties gangsters. I relate to what PinholeStar was saying about GTAIV being more "adult", in this sense.
tambourine-man said:
I say GTAIV does. I realise that graphics and power don't necessarily equate to atmosphere, but they certainly play a part.
In terms of themes, to me, Vice City and San Andreas seem somewhat exaggerated and a tad simple. I mean, 1980s Miami and early nineties gangsters. I relate to what PinholeStar was saying about GTAIV being more "adult", in this sense.
Nickatina
Bluelighter
Vice City captured the nostalgia of Scarface and the game world was beautiful and immense. GTAIV, I'm not sold on. I own the game but it has failed to do anything to reinterest me in the series after being burnt out from the GTA III trilogy.
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