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Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 11:01
Just asking...is there anybody else out there who won' t be in Liberty City today?

I was actually planning to pick it up(Even though I thought I managed to avoid the hype train...but it got to me last week and now I want GTA IV, too) but as I am piss poor I simply can' t afford it right now. I' ll get it next week, though....

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 11:08
I' m going to hold off for a little while too. There' s absolutely no reason for me to rush out and get it because;

1- I have a bunch of other games to complete and possibly review.

2- My history with the Grand Theft Auto series. It' s almost like a GTA curse.
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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 11:09
It comes out in 2 hours here. I' ll be buying it tomorrow, if I can bum a ride into the next town over to the game store. If not, I" ll have it by Wednesday.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 11:55

2- My history with the Grand Theft Auto series. It' s almost like a GTA curse.


Ok, you have to explain that one.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 12:14

Ok, you have to explain that one.


lol, I mentioned it in another thread, but as much as I like the cool stuff you can do in the Grand Theft Auto games, for some reason once I shut the games off, I NEVER return to them.

Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories have all gone down to that GTA curse. I play them for about 45 minutes to an hour, put them aside and never return to them. That' s my fear with the latest installment, 45 minutes to an hour later and that' ll be it.

That' s why I' m in no hurry to get Grand Theft Auto IV. I' m definitely going to get it, I' m just not going to be, " Oh my god, Dude, we have to set up tents outside the entrance of Best Buy like 4 days before the game goes on sale! Party on!"
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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 13:16
I' m not getting it for a while, I think. I have a ton of other games that I could be playing, plus I never really got into any of the other ones.

Right now I think I' m gonna start playing Ratchet and Clank. I' ve had it for weeks, and it' s still in the plastic! Actually, I' ll probably just surf for a while and then go to bed, like I usually do.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 13:32
I' ll probably stop buy target tomorrow or something and pick it up. I can tell by the videos that the controls suck and the frame rate blows so I' m not really that excited. I doubt I would even get it if it didn' t have multiplayer. I' m addicted to pwning nubs.
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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 16:00
So confident am I that GTA is going to sell out beofore I can get to it today that I queued up outside my local Game store at midnight to get hold of a copy. It' s the first time I' ve done anything like that. I must say, it was worth it. I' ve only played it for two hours but it' s just... like, everything I thought it would be.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 16:32
I' m not getting it because it doesn' t really look interesting.

The least they could have done was make the box art look different than that of Grand Theft Auto 3.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 16:33
I' m not getting it. Never really liked GTA. Fail to see how it' s such a good game it always gets me bored after a while.

So yeah I' m not picking it up.
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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 16:49

I' m not getting it. Never really liked GTA. Fail to see how it' s such a good game it always gets me bored after a while.

So yeah I' m not picking it up.



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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 17:45
I' m not getting it today due to car insurance being highway robbery.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 20:39

I have it!!!


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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 20:45
Yeah, GTA' s not been my thing - I have been interested in picking up IV though just to see what the series is like. Unfortunately, the XBOX 360 in my house is not mine (and hence if I bought that version I' d never get any game time on it - my brother is vehemently anti-sandbox games for some reason) and I don' t have a PS3. Plus I' m also piss poor, lol.

I did get a little taste of GTA in covering the launch in my local town last night though. It was quite amusing, there was the odd drunk who decided to heckle the poor gamers lined up before he took his Knightmare-esque stagger off home.
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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 21:37

I have it!!!




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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 29, 2008 23:32
I might be getting it in the weekend with some GAME voucher I got in Christmas.

I like the GTA series, but I' ve never managed to play through a single one. Whenever I got bored, I just played " Who can kill the most cops" with a friend of mine.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 00:16
Four hours ' till I' ve got it in my hands. I put trade-ins/money down on it over the weekend, so all I have to do is present my reciept, and walk away with the game.


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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 00:45
I' ll get it on Monday


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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 00:47
Ive played enough to fix my curiosity.


It it never ran like an old Sega Saturn Game (around 25fps) i would of been tempted in getting a console version.. PC version it is..


Then again I' m still spending at least an Hour a day on wii Pro Evo 8 and Mario Kart and still have a good few galaxies to explore to get a 100% complete in SMG.. Oh and now Wii-fit in which im gonna put 100% into to see what impact this schedule it' s put me on actually makes a difference (the board and software is actually really, professionally, well put-together.. and certain muscles are actually aching, including my mouth ones due to lmfao during some exercises)..

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 00:56
I can exercise for free. Wiifit is a waste of money.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 01:03

I can exercise for free. Wiifit is a waste of money.


We can all train for free, we can all play games for free..

Can' t get Wii-fit for free though!! and certainly can' t get what practically is a hight-tech set of scales and virtual personal trainer for free!!
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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 01:03
No point in me getting it today.. Since I only get to play at weekends... [as i am away, that is the only valid reason lol]
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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 02:35
Well, I went to pick up my copy from the local blockbuster(traded in 4 crappy old games for it free earlier in the week) and they had my reserved copy in. Not that it mattered though considering I saw a stack of 30 xbox versions and 15 ps3 copies.

According to my friends all the local stores have tons of copies as well. One nice thing about Canada, or at least Calgary is that on launch days, we almost always have a ton of copies. Enough so that as long as you go within the first few days of release you can get your hands on a copy of even the most popular games.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 03:07
Hoping my copy comes today.
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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 05:54
I' ll maybe get it when it comes to pc. It looks pretty interesting but maybe it' ll be like the previous game for me. I was quite interested in it originally but kind of " lost track" of it and didn' t bother to buy it eventually.
GTA3 was cool though but became somewhat tedious after a while. The storyline and how the missions are woven into it wasn' t that fascinating I thought.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 07:08
Holy s**t, the multiplayer is greatness. Only done a team deathmatch but just getting into a car with some homies and doing a drive by is insane. As is hiding behind a wall and shooting someone down. Not so cool (for me anyway) trying to jump over a car heading towards me at speed. Sent my lifeless body 10ft in the air doing a backflip.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 10:55
I reserved it, but I won' t have a chance to get it until Monday, I' m not sure if they hold them that long though.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 11:08
Does it have offline 2Players?
Like San Andreas

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 12:20
The pc version will mostly come out after an year or so . So you guys will wait for an year to play an awesome game for a measly 5 more fps ? .

I will have to wait for a couple of days atleast . The damned custom department here havent cleared the stocks yet ..

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 12:25

The pc version will mostly come out after an year or so . So you guys will wait for an year to play an awesome game for a measly 5 more fps ? .


5 more frames? Try 60+ rather than 20. Not to mention higher graphic settings, faster load times, modding, M&K (although I' d still use the 360 controller).

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 12:36
True . But i was saying for a game like GTA 30 fps should suffice , ofcourse the more the better . I still cant wait for an year for it though . I would buy both the versions .

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 16:28
as much as I like the GTA series not rushing out to get this one just yet. Too many other games still to finish first.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 18:02

True . But i was saying for a game like GTA 30 fps should suffice


Ok, 60fps on a multi-plattform game as huge as GTA is asking too much. rockstar would have spent alot more time trying to optimise and i don' t think it' s actually possible on these consoles (especially considering the size and scope and detail of the city).

Thing is, 30fps would of been nice enough but GTA4 don' t run at 30fps, weve ran it (the 360 version) through a video capturing machine and it was reading on average aorund the 20fps mark. It hardly ever hit 30fps. Gears of war Ran at a constant 30fps (try that out and see how much smoother it is)..

GTA4 is a badass gme but im not spoiling my experience by putting up with Sega Saturn framerates, i' ll wait till october!




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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 18:43
PC GTA versions has always been dodgy at best! you might not have as low frames but its not going to be optimized and controls will be even worse!

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - Apr 30, 2008 19:47
Yes your right, they haven' t been totally optimized but always ran alot better and obviously had better resolutions/sharper graphics than the console versions.. Ild doubt it' s support quad core like say.. Crysis does.

As for controlling better? that' s personal preference..Ive always found combat, aiming and shooting much more accurate and responsive using a mouse and keyboard (headshots every time!! ) and Also being able to freely move the camera around effortlessly with the mouse while your driver or walking is great, the scope is much wider and smoother than whats possible with a Pad.

The only bonus pad has is it' s rumble and its easy accessibility while chilling on the couch. But then again, the PC version will most likely have full 360 pad support also.. So the PC version wins on the control front too :P

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - May 01, 2008 00:26

Holy s**t, the multiplayer is greatness

You have the 360 version? If that' s the case, what' s your tag? I' m playing Ghost for a few hours this afternoon (5 EST) if all goes well, we should all jump into a game.


30fps would of been nice enough but GTA4 don' t run at 30fps, weve ran it (the 360 version) through a video capturing machine

Who is " we" ?

The game runs in the 25 to 30 fps range, with the occasional minute slowdown, but it never gets to the point where it inhibits gameplay in any way. If you' re the kind of person who gets ill from a jiggity framerate, or if you run it through capture hardware/software, you' ll notice. If you don' t fall under those two categories, with maybe the exception of people like Joe, the times when you consciously recognize a slowdown are few and far in between.

On the subject of comparing framerate There are very few titles that actually do run rock solid at their established framerate. I' ve gotten framerate hitches in Gears (I can name you the exact place in game if you want to recreate it [I did, multiple times]), and yes ladies and gentlemen, even the supposedly 100% constant 60fps Call of Duty 4 dips.

Framerate issues are the nature of the beast in console games. If you' re holding out for the PC version, you' ll be getting a more polished title, but you' ve got to ask yourself if the improvements warrant an extra year to a year and a half of waiting.

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - May 01, 2008 06:39
Am I the only one that thinks the new driving sucks complete ass compared to the original?

I find it slow, clunky, and honestly, unrealistic. Cars don' t actually turn that poorly, or brake that slowly.

I know they were trying to go for a heavier more real feeling to the cars, but I don' t like it. I' m all for realism, but when it ultimately ends up being less fun than when it unrealistic then I think it' s a bad idea.

I' m really dissapointed, one of the biggest reasons I enjoyed the GTA games was the driving. One of the biggest reasons I didn' t enjoy Saints Row that much was that the driving was bad. That' s why I couldn' t wait for GTA 4. Now I get it to find that part of what made the previous games so awesome isn' t there anymore.

The driving isn' t so bad that I can' t bear driving for the missions, but I don' t drive around for fun anymore. Something I did constantly in GTA 3, Vice, and San Andreas.

I can' t believe no reviews mentioned this, and that nobody here has said much. All my friends dislike it, and it was the first thing any of us mentioned when asked what we thought of the game so far.


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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - May 01, 2008 06:50
I actually like the driving. It took me a little while to get used to it but now I really don' t mind it. I' m having a blast with the game and really don' t have anything to complain about as of yet.
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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - May 01, 2008 06:55
I just suck at driving... and I like it!

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RE: Am I the only person not picking up GTA IV today? - May 01, 2008 07:01
The cars roll too easilly, even when it feels like you' re not goiong fast.

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