Comments on: Final GTA IV trailer… wasn’t http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/ This is the news Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:46:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: TJ http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4750 TJ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:18:17 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4750 Overrated. Nah, Grim was brilliantly written, but adventure games aren't really my bag. Overrated.

Nah, Grim was brilliantly written, but adventure games aren’t really my bag.

]]> By: morriss http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4745 morriss Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:07:03 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4745 Bioshock was one of the best games I've played bar none, ever. So I think you're all horrible people for slagging it off. You'll start on Grim Fandango next, I wager! Bioshock was one of the best games I’ve played bar none, ever.

So I think you’re all horrible people for slagging it off. You’ll start on Grim Fandango next, I wager!

]]> By: patlike http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4739 patlike Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:51:07 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4739 Got bored of Bioshock halfway through. Crysis? Rubbish. Apart from the bit before the mountain. That was good. Got bored of Bioshock halfway through. Crysis? Rubbish. Apart from the bit before the mountain. That was good.

]]> By: TJ http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4737 TJ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:49:09 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4737 Great. Bioshock was shit. Well, not shit, but not great. Great. Bioshock was shit.

Well, not shit, but not great.

]]> By: patlike http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4728 patlike Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:36:20 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4728 Criticism is good, especially in this case. It's not as if it's going to harm sales, is it? It's important to say what's wrong with things. Anything. Criticism is good, especially in this case. It’s not as if it’s going to harm sales, is it? It’s important to say what’s wrong with things. Anything.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4706 Blerk Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:16:33 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4706 There isn't enough discussion about stuff that's wrong with highly-rated games. Far too often people shout you down as a "whiner" for pointing out stuff that could've been better. If this'd have been a Nintendo thread we'd have probably been strung up by now! :-) There isn’t enough discussion about stuff that’s wrong with highly-rated games. Far too often people shout you down as a “whiner” for pointing out stuff that could’ve been better. If this’d have been a Nintendo thread we’d have probably been strung up by now! :-)

]]> By: Zumi http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4674 Zumi Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:17:25 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4674 To be fair, we were mostly talking about San Andreas. To be fair, we were mostly talking about San Andreas.

]]> By: patlike http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4673 patlike Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:37:50 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4673 Woohoo! *high fives* Woohoo!

*high fives*

]]> By: TJ http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4672 TJ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:21:44 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4672 Record for most negative thread about GTA IV ever. Record for most negative thread about GTA IV ever.

]]> By: Zumi http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4671 Zumi Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:21:43 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4671 Oh god, catch up already! You'll never finish all those RPG's, you might as well cut your losses. ;) Oh god, catch up already! You’ll never finish all those RPG’s, you might as well cut your losses. ;)

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4664 Blerk Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:14:48 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4664 Sadly, I won't be buying it due to a shocking lack of "next-gen". :-D Sadly, I won’t be buying it due to a shocking lack of “next-gen”. :-D

]]> By: Zumi http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4663 Zumi Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:11:22 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4663 Ah well.. better luck with GTAIV, eh? Ah well.. better luck with GTAIV, eh?

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4661 Blerk Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:05:21 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4661 I was stuck on the bastard train mission for ages, but I did make it past it in the end. And all the missions directly after that were much easier. The clots. I was stuck on the bastard train mission for ages, but I did make it past it in the end. And all the missions directly after that were much easier. The clots.

]]> By: Zumi http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4659 Zumi Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:03:05 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4659 You probably got to that train mission I mentioned earlier. :P Definitely one of the most annoying (compulsory) GTA missions ever. You probably got to that train mission I mentioned earlier. :P Definitely one of the most annoying (compulsory) GTA missions ever.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4656 Blerk Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:58:28 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4656 No, I never made it out to the country. Actually, I can't even remember why I stopped playing now! No, I never made it out to the country.

Actually, I can’t even remember why I stopped playing now!

]]> By: Zumi http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4654 Zumi Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:52:48 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4654 I enjoyed the setting of VC a lot more, I found it to be a lot more atmospheric. Shame you didn't progress with SA, the latter areas are much better than the first city. So you never made it in to the country? That was a very memorable gaming moment for me. I can still remember getting out there for the first time. I enjoyed the setting of VC a lot more, I found it to be a lot more atmospheric. Shame you didn’t progress with SA, the latter areas are much better than the first city. So you never made it in to the country? That was a very memorable gaming moment for me. I can still remember getting out there for the first time.

]]> By: patlike http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4652 patlike Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:51:42 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4652 That's my constant problem with GTA: it's just too much. They're too big. I can see how people get lost in them, but they do have flaws, like ridiculous difficulty spikes and anomalous missions which really disrupt the flow of the game. Looking at IV, though, the presentation's so good that I can't believe they haven't got it right this time. I can't think of a more "essential" game, to be honest. It's going to just blow everything else away this year in terms of sales. That’s my constant problem with GTA: it’s just too much. They’re too big. I can see how people get lost in them, but they do have flaws, like ridiculous difficulty spikes and anomalous missions which really disrupt the flow of the game. Looking at IV, though, the presentation’s so good that I can’t believe they haven’t got it right this time. I can’t think of a more “essential” game, to be honest. It’s going to just blow everything else away this year in terms of sales.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4650 Blerk Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:48:25 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4650 I didn't like VC nearly as much as I thought I would. I loved the setting, the music, etc. and it was all "more" than GTA3, but for some reason it just didn't click the same. I got stuck on some mission or other fairly early on and never went back to it. San Andreas I played a bit more, but I never actually made it out of the first area for the same reasons - failed a mission a few times, got fed up of retrying, gave up. I didn’t like VC nearly as much as I thought I would. I loved the setting, the music, etc. and it was all “more” than GTA3, but for some reason it just didn’t click the same. I got stuck on some mission or other fairly early on and never went back to it.

San Andreas I played a bit more, but I never actually made it out of the first area for the same reasons - failed a mission a few times, got fed up of retrying, gave up.

]]> By: patlike http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4648 patlike Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:45:13 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4648 I loved GTA III. I didn't enjoy Vice City as much. It felt too "polished". I loved the grimy feel of III. Never played San Andreas. I loved GTA III. I didn’t enjoy Vice City as much. It felt too “polished”. I loved the grimy feel of III. Never played San Andreas.

]]> By: Zumi http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4647 Zumi Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:42:16 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4647 They same thing happened in those games. You got a weapon for every 10 packages you got, it was exactly the same in VC, but I think they changed it so you unlocked armour by doing vigilante missions instead. SA was similar, but each area had different hidden items, and getting them only unlocked items for that city's hideout. It was a little bit too much for me to do. They same thing happened in those games. You got a weapon for every 10 packages you got, it was exactly the same in VC, but I think they changed it so you unlocked armour by doing vigilante missions instead. SA was similar, but each area had different hidden items, and getting them only unlocked items for that city’s hideout. It was a little bit too much for me to do.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4643 Blerk Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:34:49 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4643 I remember in GTA3 that was precisely what happened and it was great - the more hidden packages you got, the more kit you got for free at your hideout. Then they changed it in Vice City and San Andreas so that that didn't happen any more. And lo, I was mightily pissed. I still reckon GTA3 was the best of the PS2-era GTAs. I much preferred being a nameless, personality-free hood than stepping into someone else's shoes. I appear to be in the minority, however. I remember in GTA3 that was precisely what happened and it was great - the more hidden packages you got, the more kit you got for free at your hideout. Then they changed it in Vice City and San Andreas so that that didn’t happen any more. And lo, I was mightily pissed.

I still reckon GTA3 was the best of the PS2-era GTAs. I much preferred being a nameless, personality-free hood than stepping into someone else’s shoes. I appear to be in the minority, however.

]]> By: Zumi http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4642 Zumi Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:30:49 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4642 Oh, I usually just went back to my hideout, which was always packed with armour and weapons, since I always hunted out all the hidden packages. :) Oh, I usually just went back to my hideout, which was always packed with armour and weapons, since I always hunted out all the hidden packages. :)

]]> By: patlike http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4639 patlike Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:07:18 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4639 Yeah, the guns in the boot thing is definitely right. I've seen that a few times. Yeah, the guns in the boot thing is definitely right. I’ve seen that a few times.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4638 Blerk Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:06:28 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4638 Yeah, that's it for me. The travelling wasn't a problem, having to kit yourself out again most certainly was. Anyway, didn't we clear this up the other day? I think it was Harry that said that now you just phone your mates on your cell and they come round in a car packed full of guns and armour and hookers. Or something. Which is obviously nice. Yeah, that’s it for me. The travelling wasn’t a problem, having to kit yourself out again most certainly was.

Anyway, didn’t we clear this up the other day? I think it was Harry that said that now you just phone your mates on your cell and they come round in a car packed full of guns and armour and hookers. Or something. Which is obviously nice.

]]> By: Chinster http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4637 Chinster Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:59:42 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4637 I thought it was more a case of having to actually restart the game or else you ended up at a hospital with no weapons/armour etc? I thought it was more a case of having to actually restart the game or else you ended up at a hospital with no weapons/armour etc?

]]> By: Zumi http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4636 Zumi Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:55:13 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4636 It only really annoyed in a few missions, those that would take you far away from the start point and then have you fail. Like one in San Andreas where you had to chase a train on a bike, and if you failed you ended up at the other side of the map. They were few and far between, and the travelling rarely bothered me. It's just the lazy cnuts who complain about it. :) It only really annoyed in a few missions, those that would take you far away from the start point and then have you fail. Like one in San Andreas where you had to chase a train on a bike, and if you failed you ended up at the other side of the map. They were few and far between, and the travelling rarely bothered me. It’s just the lazy cnuts who complain about it. :)

]]> By: patlike http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4634 patlike Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:48:23 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4634 I'm not sure I like the concept of "retry" in open-world games any more after playing Burnout Paradise. It ruins the feeling of completeness. I’m not sure I like the concept of “retry” in open-world games any more after playing Burnout Paradise. It ruins the feeling of completeness.

]]> By: Zumi http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4633 Zumi Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:45:46 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4633 "Forgive my lack of knowledge, but does anyone know if the absurd checkpointing system of previous GTA’s will be improved in this game?" I don't think so, but it was never that bad anyway. I never had a problem with it, you rarely had to travel for more than a minute to get back to mission start. GTA would lose something with a "retry mission" option. “Forgive my lack of knowledge, but does anyone know if the absurd checkpointing system of previous GTA’s will be improved in this game?”

I don’t think so, but it was never that bad anyway. I never had a problem with it, you rarely had to travel for more than a minute to get back to mission start. GTA would lose something with a “retry mission” option.

]]> By: Dr.Haggard http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4629 Dr.Haggard Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:56:29 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4629 Yeah, that too. But as with GTA it's not the fact that it has an audience that baffles me, or even that its audience is so large, but that it's so universally loved by game critics and er... non-casual gamers, for want of a better way of saying 'gamers with sophisticated tastes'. I really do feel like I must be missing something, hence my expectation that I'll cave in and buy it, hehe. Yeah, that too. But as with GTA it’s not the fact that it has an audience that baffles me, or even that its audience is so large, but that it’s so universally loved by game critics and er… non-casual gamers, for want of a better way of saying ‘gamers with sophisticated tastes’. I really do feel like I must be missing something, hence my expectation that I’ll cave in and buy it, hehe.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4625 Blerk Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:38:57 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/02/final-gta-iv-trailer-wasnt/#comment-4625 Don't worry, man - I feel the same way when a new Mario game comes out. Don’t worry, man - I feel the same way when a new Mario game comes out.

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