Grand Theft Auto IV

[CS10029]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

lol.. I must have preordered at two different places.. had two messages, one saying "your game will be available Tuesday", and "come in at midnight"..

my only question is - how late do the GS's stay open on midnight releases? I work till midnight, and it's a 20 minute drive from work..

You should be fine. I'd think at least like 1:00, 1:30. Maybe even 2. Call first though.

[eDotd]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

lol.. I must have preordered at two different places.. had two messages, one saying "your game will be available Tuesday", and "come in at midnight"..

my only question is - how late do the GS's stay open on midnight releases? I work till midnight, and it's a 20 minute drive from work..

Not sure how long they stay open, but the latest I've seen one open during a midnight release is around 1:30-2 or so.

When Madden 07 dropped I went to the midnight release and they had music playing with pizza boxes on the cash registers lol. It was a really cool event people walked in and got their game and everybody would go quiet, when they came out everyone would explode. Too bad the actual game sucked ***.

[DC]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

Man it is basically Sunday, SOMEBODY has to have the game by now.

[nyisles16]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

Not sure how long they stay open, but the latest I've seen one open during a midnight release is around 1:30-2 or so.

When Madden 07 dropped I went to the midnight release and they had music playing with pizza boxes on the cash registers lol. It was a really cool event people walked in and got their game and everybody would go quiet, when they came out everyone would explode. Too bad the actual game sucked ***.

Yeah - I did Madden twice (once was confusing because there were two GS in the same mall!), and Halo 3 (where I almost saw some people wiped out by an idiot driver)..

[Rawdeal28]

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DEAN MALENKO?? LOL MY FAVORITE WCW WRESTLER!

[CS10029]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

Man it is basically Sunday, SOMEBODY has to have the game by now.

A guy in this thread said he had.

[eDotd]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

Man it is basically Sunday, SOMEBODY has to have the game by now.

Even if they did you wouldn't know since they'd probably be playing it instead of answering questions.

[nyisles16]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

commercial just ran on TV - caught the end of it though

[DC]

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Nah fools are quick to brag that they have the game. SOmebody would have stuck their head in this post or SOMETHING.

Muahahahahahah

[Kane182]

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Any confirmation on 7-Eleven having the game? I got one right down the block, but I am lazy...And I don't think I have ever seen a Radioshack that sells games. Maybe back in the day.

[CS10029]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

Nah fools are quick to brag that they have the game. SOmebody would have stuck their head in this post or SOMETHING.

Muahahahahahah

No someone definately posted they had it. If I wasn't so lazy I would go back and get the post.

[Altimus]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

just got a call from gamestop about picking up the game at midnight, but they said come at 6pm????

Automated call or a call from your local GS?

[DC]

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Automated call

[Complex]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

Automated call or a call from your local GS?

Automated.

[CS10029]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

Ok, I picked up my copy (360) this morning and played for about an hour or so. Some quick impressions from someone who's not a HUGE GTA fan.....

I'm not amazed by the graphics...it looks good, but my jaw didn't drop. There's nothing really revolutionary as far as I can tell. I'm sure others with a more discerning eye will say different.

Cars are hard to drive! I've only driven the car you start out with and a few I've stolen, but they definitely have some "weight" to them. One annoying thing is it's hard to see around corners when driving. When taking a turn you are basically blind to traffic. You can move the camera of course with the right stick, but it would've been nice if there was some sort of "head turn" movement from the camera.

Voice acting is really good, that was something that stuck out right from the start.

Load times didn't seem like an issue. The game loads when starting a new mission/story (like 45-60 secs), but there's no loading when driving around or entering buildings, etc. When you first pop the game in tho it does load for what seemed 3 mins or so.

While I didn't notice any issues with the scenery popping up when driving around, I did notice that there seems to be "pockets" of activity. There'll be lots of cars and pedestrians and then for a few blocks it seems empty. This might be just because I was driving really fast from one point to another and the game wasn't keeping up.

Not much else. I played for a bit and figured I'd post something quick. It feels like GTA tho, there's no doubt about that. I'm sure that anyone who can't wait for this game will not be disappointed at all. Is it a 10/10, dunno...haven't gotten into it yet, but as someone's who isn't a huge fan of the genre, I'd have to say it's pretty close.

He seemed legit, also didn't try to garner a bunch of attention.