GTA IV - AUS ver Australian version is edited
#16
Posted 30 April 2008 - 03:19 PM
-Jimmy McTavern, 1938.
#18
Posted 02 May 2008 - 07:13 PM
#19
Posted 03 May 2008 - 01:45 PM
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#20
Posted 03 May 2008 - 05:37 PM
Less Is More v4
Now resigned to a readership of me, my cat and some fish
#22
Posted 03 May 2008 - 08:16 PM
I've heard it was quite good. Maybe it would be interesting to have Yahtzee review it.
Chaotic Good
#23
Posted 03 May 2008 - 08:45 PM
Like I said, it isn't bad and it's above average (in my opinion), but it isn't OH MY GOD I JUST ORGASMED 17 TIMES GIVE IT A 10/10 RIGHT NOW.
And it's way better than Halo 3.
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#24
Posted 03 May 2008 - 10:07 PM
#25
Posted 04 May 2008 - 08:07 AM
Gamespot gave the game a 9.5/10 after playing their advance copy. That seems fairly accurate to me. I don't know exactly when it changed, but the next day I glanced at Gamestats to see what other reviewers were doing and noticed it became a 10/10 overnight. I'm not suggesting a conspiracy here. It just makes me a bit leery of reviewers.
That's the last I have to say on the subject, since I'm basically in agreement with everybody who says it's good. My problem is with the hype machine, not the product itself.
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The Queen's own English, base knave, dost thou speak it?
#26
Posted 04 May 2008 - 05:29 PM
It's pretty much polished to a shine, and then polished even further, so that the exterior becomes a mirror.
I would say that if it isn't a 10/10 then it's damn close. I feel like if you feel like it deserves less, than it might be a case of it not being your particular genre. But then again, there are a good few who haven't liked it.
Like I said, my initial reaction was a big wow at the total increase in realism... I mean, relatively speaking. San Andreas was no were near as realistic.
My second reaction was, Jesus, I don't doubt they spend $100 million developing this thing. The voice acting is all pretty good, there's 800 million billion little features, there is nearly no limit to what you can do in the game. A few things seem to be gone that I really enjoyed -- like modding cars, but I haven't finished the game so who knows if it will be in or not. But even just the internet in the game -- the fake websites are very entertaining, the TV news is entertaining and they'll comment on things, like if you save your crazy shooting sprees. Just the depth of the game is astronomical.
The sound track is... meh. I think San Andreas was superior.
I don't know. I feel like Yahtzee will enjoy it. I expect his comments to include something about the 100 million dollar price tag for developing the game though. That's crazy.
#27
Posted 05 May 2008 - 02:22 AM
I feel Yahtzee should not review this game, just so we speculate further.
Chaotic Good
#28
Posted 05 May 2008 - 12:10 PM
Pre-launch violence
Prior to the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, there have been reports in the United Kingdom of violence perpetrated against people waiting to buy the game. One man was stabbed while waiting in line to buy the game in Croydon on 29 April 2008. Some bystanders said that they initially thought the attack was a stunt pulled to whip-up yet more excitement for the eagerly anticipated title.[109] In Leyland, Lancashire an 18-year-old man was mugged later the same day by two thieves who punched the victim to the ground and then kicked him, shattering his nose and jaw, before snatching the game and running away.
Lest not forget the number of people who got shot when the PS3 got released.
#29
Posted 06 May 2008 - 02:03 AM
Nice. I laughed. At the irony, of course. Not people getting shot.
Chaotic Good
#30
Posted 06 May 2008 - 02:36 PM
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related
Couldn't find the one with the bullet wound in his stomach but at least its a little more ironic.
Edit: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=WNFla1MI-t4
This one at least mentioned that a guy got shot.
Again: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=1FPIi9hVe4Q
This post has been edited by Game Over: 06 May 2008 - 02:41 PM