Re: GTA4

Thats pretty much the game in a nutshell. Although throw in a pretty good story with great voice acting. Its obviously not for kids and shouldn't be sold to kids. I always go to gamestop and they even card me for R rated movies, its good to see this being enforced. You can't stop some parents from letting their 15 year olds play the game but that doesn't mean adults shouldn't enjoy the game as well.

I played the game (so what? that doesn't mean I'm gona go running to buy a gun and kill people...ugh, there goes the 'open minded' Americans...)...the graphics are great, just great. The driving now takes more skill than the previous, but you get a hang of it pretty soon. The music is great, with lots of variety. And the fighting (with bare hands) is challenging enough...oh, and the cops are a bit smarter than they used to (thankfully)...

So guns kill people?? HA HA HA...technically is the bullet...and technically anything in this world can kill you, even ourselves, and I don't see any of you making a whole argument about it...

Once again, GTA4 creates a surreal reality/environment for naive and unsupervised kids...they are smart, but stupid at the same time, and lack what most of us who don't do stupid thing does...PARENTS, get involved with your kids, it is the only way to help prevent this (although it's only merely enough)...if you want a gun, buy a gun. Remember that (at least in Texas), one can use 'full force' to defend one's property (house AND car), so no tresspassing people...

One of my co-workers bought this for the XBOX 360 and he says it's "grainy". I thought maybe he has his console setup wrong but he says Call of Duty 4 is spotless. He has the 360 hooked up to his 42" screen via components.

Weird. He says it's pretty much like the previous games except this city (Manhattan ?) is too dense. He liked the other maps from the previous games because they were more open.

STOP JACKING MY THREAD!!

gta i've been playing since it was a pc exclusive, part 1. and is not more of the same. watching someone play it, might show you the visuals, and minor things, but by playing you would notice the whole GTA 4 has been improved. I mean email, hack police car computers, go on dates with diff people or do jobs freely, surf the net... vehicles, air vehicles and swimming improved. play pool bowling etc. choose peoples fate, you dont have to kill everyone of corse is gonna have some resemblance, is freaking GTA. so STFU. lol game is more free, realistic , full of options.

CELL PHONE usage is not limited, you can call who you want at whatever times-----you can watch just how the city people interact. people crash into each other, help eachother, try to beat you up. is funny as heck. im not an extreme gamer, but this game is solid.

on another note, i been playing shooting games since age 14. was good also very smart kid, growing up never getting in any trouble. PARENTING and growing issues...causes kids to go nuts. while at the store, some irresponsible mother was like, what is GTA? my son told me to buy it for his Bday. not even knowing what her son was going to play. there you go, nuff said.

[Post edited by kucoloco on May 1, 2008]

also game has a dark feel, a little grany for the dirty city look. not clear and pretty in all areas, which what i believe the wanted it to look. you can tell this by the movies released before launch. inside nice buildings looks nicer and stuff.

so tvs with bad black levels, or grain issues, might make it look weird. voice acting is insane, you'll have trouble understanding some of the characters, well even the main character does at times... lol they have subtitles you can enable anyhow.

EDIT- Police response is better, more organized. hey even if more of the same, the previous gta game slook really dated... on an hdtv.. who wouldnt want such a good title ... or favorite game in 1080p huh??

[Post edited by kucoloco on May 1, 2008]

Someone made a point about the soundtrack, believe it or not I grew up on N.W.A. and their last album IMO was one of the top 5 rap albums ever made. GTA previous sondtracks were the only thing that I really liked about the game.

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likes. dislikes?

Likes: Open world. Free to go anywhere and do anything at any time.

Dislikes: Still nothing new or innovative if you ask me.

Been doing that for years now, howabout something new? OH MY GOD!!! ADDED MINIGAMES!! That doesn't count. I would really like to see a classic spy movie/scenario made into a game like this. With lockpicking, cryptography puzzles, secret meetings and cummunications, sneaking around and maybe the occasional gun fight. Oh yeah, and car chases. The blatant violence doesn't offend me in any way or anything, it's just become so blah I guess. I need something new. I'm simply not into beating a hooker to death for her money anymore. And the added sex in the game isn't much of an appeal either. While some people are laughing about the rumble feature in their controller while having sex with a hooker made of pixels, they could be off having sex with a REAL hooker! lol

[Post edited by spoonard on May 1, 2008]

i hear you spoonard, but is not GTA. if it doesent feel like GTA. lol
lock picking and crap like that for a lowlife crime and gang game? naa i pass,

tony the soundtrack before was cool, here im still amazed by the variety. i dont listen to much rock and crap like that being hispanic. but the spanish station is actually hilarios. same on rnb, talk radios are actually worth listening to. lol

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i hear you spoonard, but is not GTA. if it doesent feel like GTA. lol
lock picking and crap like that for a lowlife crime and gang game? naa i pass,

No, I mean change the whole time frame of the game to an early 40's era setting and have the main character be a James Bond spy type kind of guy. I don't mean call the game GTA5: Early Era Spy Movie, I mean actually build a new game on that concept. That's something i'd be interested in playing. If you haven't played it, check out Mafia. That's a good one. It's the closes thing to what i'm thinking of.

i played mafia. hated it. but i see your point.

GTA sells alot, and last time the merged it with the old days, it came out as GTA Vice city. felt liek the scarface time. buying property etc, it was weird, but different.

i wontder what the have in mind for additional content for this.