Grand Theft Auto IV

[BlueNGold]

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Those are amazing! How the hell did someone put that together?

I was wondering the same thing. That was insanely well done.

Also, the cops at the end.....

[pietasterp]

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Quick question...just started the campaign, although I've had the game since release (am I the only one that does this? Buy a game, get busy, etc..): re: the dating/friendship stuff - which I can already see is gonna be really annoying - once you get to the desired "like" level of 75% or whatever to get someone's special ability, do you have to keep doing stuff with them to keep it that high, or can you just move on without continuing to do activities with them and you will stay at the desired "like" level? Just wondering, because I really don't want to keep having to play frickin' darts or whatever just to keep the friend level high enough...

Early impressions: after Red Dead, this game feels very tedious...

[BlueNGold]

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Pretty sure you can go into your phone and turn off their calls.

[Jeffx]

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Quick question...just started the campaign, although I've had the game since release (am I the only one that does this? Buy a game, get busy, etc..): re: the dating/friendship stuff - which I can already see is gonna be really annoying - once you get to the desired "like" level of 75% or whatever to get someone's special ability, do you have to keep doing stuff with them to keep it that high, or can you just move on without continuing to do activities with them and you will stay at the desired "like" level? Just wondering, because I really don't want to keep having to play frickin' darts or whatever just to keep the friend level high enough...

Early impressions: after Red Dead, this game feels very tedious...

When your friend calls you to hang out, accept it, wait a few seconds, then bring up the menu and click 'Cancel Plans'. That way you won't lose any points.

[econoodle]

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In my quest for 100% completion, I have started grabbing all the flying rats with use of an online guide.

Ok, seriously, did Rockstar think people would find all of these on their own.
Some of these are in IMPOSSIBLE spots to find without cheating.
IMPOSSIBLE. lol

I couldn't believe some of the locations.

These was one on the roof of someones house that you could only get from going inside the house and up the stairs. Now how we would know that this specific house was one of the ones u can walk in is impossible to know. lol in any event, i am having fun gtting em all.

I decided to up the ante and try to get them on foot for a while.
I had a two star rating and grabbed 7 on foot while being chased.
Old GTA style of fun came through in that session.

[pietasterp]

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Thank you for the tips Jeffx and BlueNGold. Very helpful - the last thing I want to do while trying to take care of biz around town is to have to pick up a girl and go frickin' bowling...

I just realized I'm starting to tire of the GTA formula a bit at this point...I mean, the game has really not fundamentally changed since GTAIII, and other than better graphics, it's essentially the exact same game. What used to be novel is now tedious - go here, meet this guy, kill that guy, give this guy a ride, steal this car, lather, rinse, repeat...And the recent additions are just boring and tedious - what if I don't want to date someone in a frickin' videogame? Or have to hang-out at the pool hall "x" amount of times to build my friendship meter up?

Oh, and can I just say: does anyone really actually enjoy going after 100 or 200 packages/pigeons/whatever? I mean, I thought it was tedious in GTAIII (10 years ago now!!!), and at this point it is just nothing but a thoughtless grind. It's such a 1980's play mechanic - hunt for these Easter Eggs all over town! I'm glad they're taking their time with GTA5...the series really needs to re-boot fresh, IMO. At least move toward Red Dead, which never seemed at all tedious or boring to me (although maybe I just dug the Western thing so much I looked past it); I 100% that game, and I seriously doubt I'm going to come anywhere near that with GTAIV.

[BlueNGold]

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I didn't mind hidden packages in GTA III at all because they at least lead to valuable unlockables, but the flying rats or whatever were pretty much pointless IMO.

[Jeffx]

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Thank you for the tips Jeffx and BlueNGold. Very helpful - the last thing I want to do while trying to take care of biz around town is to have to pick up a girl and go frickin' bowling...

I just realized I'm starting to tire of the GTA formula a bit at this point...I mean, the game has really not fundamentally changed since GTAIII, and other than better graphics, it's essentially the exact same game. What used to be novel is now tedious - go here, meet this guy, kill that guy, give this guy a ride, steal this car, lather, rinse, repeat...And the recent additions are just boring and tedious - what if I don't want to date someone in a frickin' videogame? Or have to hang-out at the pool hall "x" amount of times to build my friendship meter up?

Oh, and can I just say: does anyone really actually enjoy going after 100 or 200 packages/pigeons/whatever? I mean, I thought it was tedious in GTAIII (10 years ago now!!!), and at this point it is just nothing but a thoughtless grind. It's such a 1980's play mechanic - hunt for these Easter Eggs all over town! I'm glad they're taking their time with GTA5...the series really needs to re-boot fresh, IMO. At least move toward Red Dead, which never seemed at all tedious or boring to me (although maybe I just dug the Western thing so much I looked past it); I 100% that game, and I seriously doubt I'm going to come anywhere near that with GTAIV.

See, I'm the complete opposite. That **** never gets boring for me. In fact, I enjoy driving around/exploring/collecting things as much as doing the missions. I'm probably in the minority, but I still rock the five PS2 GTAs.

[Pete1210]

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I used a guide to find most of the "flying rats". I enjoyed it for a while because I discovered and explored places in Liberty City that I hadn't seen while playing through the story.

[pietasterp]

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Okay, I guess I stand corrected. Apparently people do enjoy the exploration involved with hunting down packages/birds. Just seems like a chore to me. I admit I did like it in GTA3, I just feel like in this day and age, they should be able to come up with some new way to promote exploration. I liked what they did in Red Dead; I explored the hell out of the territories and never once felt like it was a chore. But, to each his own. Rockstar obviously knows what they are doing.

[canes21]

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Its probably split up 50/50 with the whole fan base. I am one of those who will never tire of all the extra collectibles in the game, or the formula itself.

[Jeffx]

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Okay, I guess I stand corrected. Apparently people do enjoy the exploration involved with hunting down packages/birds. Just seems like a chore to me. I admit I did like it in GTA3, I just feel like in this day and age, they should be able to come up with some new way to promote exploration. I liked what they did in Red Dead; I explored the hell out of the territories and never once felt like it was a chore. But, to each his own. Rockstar obviously knows what they are doing.

Dude, I'm happy just riding a bike through the desert in San Andreas while blasting 'Radio X'. That's just me, a GTA-maniac.

I do use the guides for weapons pick-ups and packages.

[Blzer]

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I loved the hidden packages in GTA III. I haven't liked any other kind of "hidden package" iteration they've used for every GTA game since then. Bring back the 100 spinning, floating, glowing packages and insert them on the map, and I'll have no problem wanting to find them all on my own (assuming they're not in the most conspicuous of places).

[Jeffx]

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I loved the hidden packages in GTA III.

Just make sure you collect all the Portland packages before 'Sayonara Salvatore'.

[Blzer]

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Just make sure you collect all the Portland packages before 'Sayonara Salvatore'.

Well I remember getting 100% in that game (until it froze as I was saving it right after I got it, corrupting my data) so I must've gotten 100%. I don't remember what it means to get all of those before that mission though.