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earthless -> :: GTA IV (5/1/2008 2:34:02 PM)
Received my collectors edition on Tuesday morning (XBOX360). Anyone else playing?

Lurker -> RE: :: GTA IV (5/1/2008 2:41:40 PM)
Too busy saving up for the baby to play. My poor Xbox is gathering dust. :(

earthless -> RE: :: GTA IV (5/1/2008 2:49:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lurker Too busy saving up for the baby to play. My poor Xbox is gathering dust. :( Sorry to hear, bro.. we have a three month old and I still get my gaming time in. My wife makes sure of that because she knows that is my way of having down time.

Brandy -> RE: :: GTA IV (5/4/2008 10:24:53 PM)
Got it, playing it. Not overly impressed. Expected more. Hate the car physics. Some of the animations are weird looking. Looking forward to Mercs 2 this August.

iluvatar -> RE: :: GTA IV (5/5/2008 6:53:43 AM)
I'm kind of interested in playing it, but with only a Wii and a PC, it looks like I'm out of luck for a while. I've heard a bunch of stuff about it on the radio with people lauding, among other things, the quality of the audio - namely the voice acting for the dialog. Yet any time I hear a clip of it, it always sounds pretty fake. Anybody else? -Dan.

earthless -> RE: :: GTA IV (5/5/2008 3:47:35 PM)
Been playing it now for a little over 15 hours and am loving it. The car physics are more "real" this time, so it is a bit harder to control for those used to cartoony type car racing games. The missions are a lot of fun and the new innovations in the game really are a plus. Things like the cell phone, going on dates, events, completely random side missions, the dating aspect, the Internet additions, and so many more things. My wife just finished playing 'Bully' for the X360 and now is ready to start on GTA4, so I will be getting her her own copy.

Brandy -> RE: :: GTA IV (5/5/2008 11:45:34 PM)
Dan, the VO is ok. Not the best but not the worst. What may be the bigger problem is the dialog which can be lacking which could make the VO seem to lack as well. My husbands company has had a few VO people come in and we were blown away by their work, and one is an actor that you wouldn't place as a VO guy. Hilarious outtakes with this guy doing his movie characters. Earthless, I have to disagree with the car physics being more "real". If they were "real" they would be different for each car, depending on the type/body/build etc. Instead they are what we call "jello'd" or "marshmallow", they have a very Jello like quality to their controls. It's no where near realistic and by far the most annoying part of the game for me so far. The physics guys at his office were laughing with how uncontrollable these cars are when I was there over the weekend. They are working on a project that has had some physics issues with the vehicles but they are striving for better controls after seeing GTA's work. My husband is a game AI programmer and is constantly pointing out issues. BUT by far and wide they have the industry leading pedestrian and driver AI. Hands down. Which is part of the reason EA wants to buy Take-Two, Rockstars parent company. Not to mention they are looking at a 100mill paycheck easy. I'm just kind of bummed all around though after playing some more last night. I just can't get over how alike it feels toe very other GTA edition. Which is ok for the most part but after all the hype and 10 ratings and talk about how much money it was going to make etc etc I just feel let down. Had to play some Overlord to balance it out [8D]

earthless -> RE: :: GTA IV (5/6/2008 8:18:11 AM)
Overlord? Pfft... that is so early 2007.... I am waiting to finish GTA4 to move onto the expansion episode of Mass Effect. [:)]

iluvatar -> RE: :: GTA IV (5/6/2008 8:39:37 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Brandy Earthless, I have to disagree with the car physics being more "real". If they were "real" they would be different for each car, depending on the type/body/build etc. Instead they are what we call "jello'd" or "marshmallow", they have a very Jello like quality to their controls. It's no where near realistic and by far the most annoying part of the game for me so far. The physics guys at his office were laughing with how uncontrollable these cars are when I was there over the weekend. They are working on a project that has had some physics issues with the vehicles but they are striving for better controls after seeing GTA's work. Disclaimer: I haven't played the game, so I may just be talking out of my backside... I've played real car simulators that seemed to be like this - I believe that actual cars are more "marshmallowy" than we normally think. While driving a car, the environment around us provides a lot more feedback to us regarding visual, sound, and motion/acceleration/vibration cues than a video game could ever hope to. This feedback, when combined with the superior controlling ability (and feedback through the power steering system) of an actual steering wheel allows us a MUCH greater degree of control and accuracy than we're going to find in any video game outside of a full-sized simulator. The actual movements we make while driving a car are really rather small, with many commands (accelerate, brake, steer, shift, signal, etc) being executed simultaneously w/o much thought. For the most part, car games have greatly simplified the sensitivity and overall scope of the input controls (for good reason). If we executed the same small steering motions in most games, we'd go in a straight line and if we executed extreme game-like controls in real life, we'd be rolling our cars over all the time. Not to get too OT, but since we're talking about cars, I just got Mario Kart for the Wii this weekend. It's a lot of fun, but I don't think the distribution of weapons is quite as good as it was on Mario Kart 64. -Dan.

Brandy -> RE: :: GTA IV (5/6/2008 10:39:55 AM)
We just downloaded the expansion to Overlord. I really just like it when they praise me !!! Expansion to Mass Effect?? where?? Haven't heard anything about it. Our Xbox was in the shop though for a few weeks so could have missed it. We were so bumming without it that we caved and got a PS3 and got Ratchet and Clank. That's a fun game. Dan, I agree about real life driving vs game driving. But this system is so much different than the last GTA Edition that it's frustrating. Find a friend who has it and play for a while and give me some feedback. I am totally open to the fact that I have become pre-biased based on husbands game that I'm sure that's part of the problem in my playing GTA this time around. But there is something off about it. I mean I used to be able to drive in GTA and not fish tail around EVERY corner. Or launch into the air off a curb. And I didn't take down nearly as many telephone poles or trees. Speaking of.. ok this is maddening. WHY is a light pole easily knocked over but a FENCE is concrete? Or a sapling in a park is concrete but the telephone pole next to it isn't??? Oh my gosh makes me so mad to be plowing around and bam stop dead by a 3 inch tree or park bench or postal box or newspaper box. grr.

earthless -> RE: :: GTA IV (5/6/2008 11:01:18 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Brandy We just downloaded the expansion to Overlord. I really just like it when they praise me !!! Expansion to Mass Effect?? where?? Haven't heard anything about it. Came out around two months ago... available via the Marketplace as a download. quote: ORIGINAL: Brandy Our Xbox was in the shop though for a few weeks so could have missed it. We were so bumming without it that we caved and got a PS3 and got Ratchet and Clank. That's a fun game. Don't feel bad.. we have two X360's and a PS3, Wii, etc.. quote: ORIGINAL: Brandy Dan, I agree about real life driving vs game driving. But this system is so much different than the last GTA Edition that it's frustrating. Find a friend who has it and play for a while and give me some feedback. I am totally open to the fact that I have become pre-biased based on husbands game that I'm sure that's part of the problem in my playing GTA this time around. But there is something off about it. I mean I used to be able to drive in GTA and not fish tail around EVERY corner. Or launch into the air off a curb. And I didn't take down nearly as many telephone poles or trees. I do agree with you because it is true... the driving is a bit different and more of a pain this time around than in previous GTA's. quote: ORIGINAL: Brandy Speaking of.. ok this is maddening. WHY is a light pole easily knocked over but a FENCE is concrete? Or a sapling in a park is concrete but the telephone pole next to it isn't??? Oh my gosh makes me so mad to be plowing around and bam stop dead by a 3 inch tree or park bench or postal box or newspaper box. grr. Ha ha! Time to visit the 'Pay N Spray.

earthless -> RE: :: GTA IV (5/9/2008 9:25:15 AM)
Ned Flanders Alert! They want to burn this evil game!

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