Grand Theft Auto IV Hands-On.

wow.

GTA IV also had a stellar opening and surpassed the lofty estimates that were thrown about for the past few weeks. Early estimates opined that GTA IV would generate $400M in sales during its first week. According to Take-Two, however, GTA IV pulled in a whopping $310M globally during the first 24 hours of availability and brought in $500M during its first week.

3.6M units were sold on opening day and more than 6M units were sold during the first week.

http://www.dailytech.com/GTA+IV+Surpasses+500M+Mark+During+Its+First+Week/article11718.htm

[Cerberus]

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.

amen to that

when I hear the theme tune to miami vice, roxy music etc, I always think of vice city

whenever I hear welcome to the jungle, it\'s san andreas.

been listening to the radio stations on GTA 4 some more and still can\'t get into them

even GTA 3 reminds me of scarface when I listen to the radio on that.

The only stations I can handle are The Beat and Vibe.  Agreed that the stations are weak compared to previous versions.

Also, is it just me or does playing the game during its nighttime hours suck? I think I get a glare on my tv that makes it worse, but sometimes I can\'t see anything.
 
The daylight comes and goes so quickly...

[clips]

So,...mild criticisms aside,...we already know that this thing is the best lookin\' gta ever,..but is it the best gta overall so far?

[Viper_Fujax]

yea.

(havent gotten to the last island in gta4 yet) There does seem like there was more side stuff to do in san andreas, which had a crazy amount of things to do. not that there isnt enough to do in gta4, but flying planes wouldve been nice.

but gameplay wise, it\'s easily the best out of the series. The driving is more realistic, the cover system is fun, and the sounds during gun battles are up there with the gun battle in Heat. can just tell it was way more polished as apposed to sticking as much shit into it as possible like san andreas, which is my 2nd favorite

the reason it\'s not clearly the best, bar-none, is because people are expecting the same jump they made from gta2 to gta3..which they can never do again, i dont care what anyone says.

Also, is it just me or does playing the game during its nighttime hours suck? I think I get a glare on my tv that makes it worse, but sometimes I can\'t see anything.
 
The daylight comes and goes so quickly...

I\'m with ya.

I don\'t even bother to do missions at night because I can\'t see where the fuck I\'m going.

I changed the brightness and could see fine after.

^ Same here.  I pump up the brightness + contrast + saturation in the game\'s menu.  GTA has always had issues with this, glad they gave us options to address it.

[GmanJoe]

SPOILER!







Having a rough time with Dwayne\'s second mission. The one where I have to kill off the three managers at the strip club. I\'ve beaten the first manager down so there\'s no gun fire that alerts the bouncers. But getting to the second manager is tough coz he\'s in the private room getting a lap dance while a bodyguard stands by the door. Everytime I use that shotgun, the other bouncers outflank me. >8|

Thanks THX. I hadn\'t looked through the options menu yet, so I\'ll definitely give that a shot.

[BizioEE]

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

ih ih  I\'m at Home now, and my mamma is cooking spaghetti with garlic and chilli! Yes!

ps: I missed Uncharted

GTA4
http://www.gamesradar.com/ps3/grand-theft-auto-iv/review/grand-theft-auto-iv/a-2008042774322495013/g-20060313153735796095

nice reading.

[BizioEE]

Got GTA4 yesterday, and just played 1 hour, played bowling with Michelle, and saved the crazy cousing from albanian usurers and then in pursuit of one of them, nice!  I stole a car, I broke the window, and close to me a pedestrian who turned his head when I did it, and he called the police with his mobile when I was getting away. I have my mobile with phone book and messages, cool, and I can call my friends when I like to go out, or they can call me or I can cancel an appointment.  I\'ll play more today.

I finally did the multiplayer last night.  Brilliant fun!  I wasn\'t expecting much but when you load a car full of your teammates and chase the rival team in theirs it\'s such a blast.  Even when you die you don\'t curse the game (ex: lag!, cheap!, bs!) because it\'s so funny.

Rocket Launchers are a bit gay though.

Anybody losing interest? I think I\'ve only just begun to dig into the storyline, but I find myself doing crossword puzzles in the newspaper or anything else instead of wanting to go back.
 
I think part of it is that some of the missions are a lot harder than before, but maybe also because there\'s no real reason to continue. I can do missions or not. The game doesn\'t care, so maybe I don\'t either.