Grand Theft Auto IV Spoilers

[Szar]

XD

That game wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it to be.

[Jack]

Seriously, I need an explanation on why Gears of War is still 60 dollars. It's been two years.

[Waffuru]

Seriously, I need an explanation on why Gears of War is still 60 dollars. It's been two years.

because people will stay pay that much.

[Saz]

If you care that much about the extra $30 you could try this.

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-dw-4...-2ck2.html

[Jack]

Cool.

I'm not buying it, but cool. I might rent though, like you said.

[Kaden]

I don't know if you're aware, but the single player game is pretty short. I'd only suggest buying it if you really want to get into the Multiplayer.

Personally, I prefer Halo 3 over GoW for multi, but I know there are differing opinion on these forums.

[Saz]

Yeah, the multiplayer isn't that great now either, it's been out for along time. Basically everyone's just waiting for Gears of war 2 to come out.

[Jack]

The review:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c8Y0MT0PX_k

[Saz]

That review actually swayed me to get it, when I watched it yesterday.

[Jack]

It looks pretty cool. The running animation looks pretty retarded though.

[Saz]

I thought the running made it look more realistic. The rag-doll effect from explosions looked pretty nice too. But the online is the thing that's really got me excited.

[Sage]

The review sucked the game's cock a bit too hard for my liking though.

"If it was 300 dollars, it would still be worth it."

No it wouldn't. Sorry.

[Dave]

According to Wikipedia, GTA IV will have 15 modes of play and support up to 16 players, with the player using a customisable character to play as, with a choice of gender, race and clothing. The modes of play include several varieties of deathmatch and racing, with a cooperative single player mission and free mode. Other multiplayer modes include Mafia, in which players try to complete an objective before their opponents, and Cops 'N' Crooks, in which one team of police officers must stop the other team of criminals from escaping. The map used in multiplayer will be the same as the single player map and the host of the games can control many variables like traffic, police reaction and laps in races. Rockstar has left one game type unknown and not explained some.

During a hands on preview with major review sites several new details were revealed. Gameplay in multiplayer is identical to the single player; players will be free to roam the map during multiplayer games, although weapons and spawn points will only appear within a pre-defined area. The host of the game has a great degree of control over the game and can specify where, when, and what weapons may be used, police presence and more. Voice chat is supported and the player may chat with individual players by calling them on the mobile phone.

The online games are split into two types, ranked and unranked. The reward for the ranked gameplay will be cash. The amount of cash a player has will determine their rank. The game does not feature any split-screen or LAN multiplayer modes.

[Kaden]

According to Wikipedia

I don't know about anyone else, but I "silently" judge anyone who starts a sentence with that.

[Dave]

I take that as a bad thing? If it is then here is another, hopefully better, source.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/g...id=6188921

[Hellfighter 17]

It will be my new life, I can tell you that.

[Super Buu]

Have the remaining multiplayer modes been confirmed yet? Any sandbox play?

[Jack]

Gameplay in multiplayer is identical to the single player; players will be free to roam the map during multiplayer games, although weapons and spawn points will only appear within a pre-defined area. The host of the game has a great degree of control over the game and can specify where, when, and what weapons may be used, police presence and more.

That's essentially sandbox if you ask me.

[Super Buu]

If you can remove time limits and have complete FFA, then yeah. I'm getting it regardless, because of peer pressure and the fact that the reviews seem to be uniformly outstanding.

[Saz]

I know how you feel. I almost feel as if I HAVE to buy it, just because of the hype, it's the same as when Halo 3 came out. In the end I didn't even really like Halo 3, hopefully it'll be different with GTA 4.

Anyway I ordered it on Amazon, it won't even be dispatched until the 2nd of May, I expect it'll get here on the 4th, so I guess I'll have to be a little bit more patient. I sure as hell wasn't gonna pay an extra £7 for it to come one day earlier...