Grand Theft Auto IV Hands-On.

I feel I should be impressed, but I\'m not.
-shrugs-

[Viper_Fujax]

I feel I should be impressed, but I\'m not.
-shrugs-

by the graphics or by the game? and have you played it or are u basing ur impressions on screenshots?

gta\'s never been known for amazing graphics, especially when the map is as huge as it is and there arent load times when you go in buildings. even then its a damn good looking game

gameplay wise its gta, with more realism and less hokeyness..

Fuckin\'...


I bought the game, but I don\'t have an HDTV

GO GET ONE! A SONY, I GET SOME MONIES FROM SONY EACH TIME SOMEONE BUYS A PRODUCT ON MY RECOMMENDATION!!111

Zeriuzzly, you can get a pretty good HDTV for not a whole alotta money these days. Samsung, Sony, Sharp is allz good.

by the graphics or by the game? and have you played it or are u basing ur impressions on screenshots?

gta\'s never been known for amazing graphics, especially when the map is as huge as it is and there arent load times when you go in buildings. even then its a damn good looking game

gameplay wise its gta, with more realism and less hokeyness..

The screens.

With that said, doubt I ever play it. I cannot stand the others and I have always felt that this series rides on the simple fact it sells violence. So, doubt I bother trying it. If people are enjoying it tho\', that\'s good.

[BizioEE]

I\'ll get home on May 10, and I\'ll get it.

The blur is actually a nice effect. It makes the far away stuff seem really far away, making the whole world appear even larger than it is.
 
I got this game over the weekend. I had a hard time getting into it at first. None of the characters are likeable.
 
But as for being a stand out game, I think it really does sit by itself with an atmosphere very unlike other games. It\'s not really cartoony, and since the story is so dark and realistic, it gives it a whole Rated-R Movie feel. It definitely feels different than any game I\'ve played, in that respect, including past GTAs...
 
The interesting thing is just how differently someone could play versus someone else. I stick to the storyline and missions while others could just run around killing things and making explosions, so you probably get out of it what you put into it.

[GmanJoe]

I\'ll get home on May 10, and I\'ll get it.

Speghetti at Bio\'s house on May 10. check.

I got this game over the weekend. I had a hard time getting into it at first. None of the characters are likeable.

I actually felt the same way, but the more I got into it I started to miss Roman\'s antics and would try to call him... got mad when he didn\'t have a job for me

Niko has also grown on me a ton.  You get to see how loyal he is to his friends and he doesn\'t give a damn whose toes he steps on

[Viper_Fujax]

I got this game over the weekend. I had a hard time getting into it at first. None of the characters are likeable.

the main problem with the characters at the beginning is they introduce a shit-ton of people..im not too far, but far enough that there should be a slow-down in new characters..not so much still

i got into it after getting into the middle, huge city (with times square and what-not). Have like 5 dudes with large missions, on top of the side jobs, the cop car stuff, stealing cars, etc...almost like theres too much on my plate. would help if i knew which ones were the side missions and which were the main ones so i could get all the side guys done first. they went for making it one large world but my mind is weird and i like getting stuff done in a certain order.

id give this game a 9.7/10..at least up to where i am..im anticipating it getting better

[Cerberus]

one thing that I think is inferior about this game to all the other GTA games prior, is the radio stations,  they are just so boring, the other ones, especially vice city and san andreas, the dj\'s had character, and the music was pretty memorable.

apart from lazlow, I don\'t really think there\'s anything worthwhile on the radios.

I agree, the radio stations suck.

The only one worthwhile is that eastern european one... and only then for that one pop song it plays.


dunno whats shes singing or anything, but its a catchy as shit little russian pop song.

ha found it!!!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9Es1nPWzJ-0

[Viper_Fujax]

going to agree too. the only rock song thats good is the one from silence of the lambs..and its just good because it was hilarious hearing it the first time.

other than that, theres just one song on the classical music channel thats good..sounds all erie and shit..wish i could find out what it was called but thats near impossible. guess i could go youtube throguh all the songs in the manual..

it\'s weird because most of the songs for the commercials/trailers were really good and fit with the game. i\'ve come across one of those but i was in the midst of a mission so i didnt listen to it all

[Cerberus]

call zit on the ingame phone (948 555 0100), lazlows automated voice picks up and asks to hear the tune that\'s playing, then he hangs up and sends a message back to let you know the name of the song and the artist.

I\'ll agree that the radio stations have taken a hit. I still associate songs I hear on the radio with cruising around Vice City. Flock of Seagulls? Come on.
 
Not so with this game. I\'ve gone up and down the radio and I actually let it rest on the talk stations which sometimes have a funny joke in there.