Grand Theft Auto IV

[WTF]

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Found a LARGE box of the CE PS3 version, and a regular edition box of 360 version. Stolen systems galore... Movies, Blu-Rays... everything. Little mom and pop store was robbed... and I think the PS3 version was stolen from a distribution warehouse. Not entirely sure yet.

I could have racked up big time, lol. Damn morals.

[Bahnzo]

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Bahnzo!! Hook me up man...I'm in Boulder!

LOL. sorry but the chance of that happening are none....and none. Nothing personal, just one copy from my bro and it's hush hush.

[Heelfan71]

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as someone who has both systems, i'm torn in terms of what to get. While my coworkers have the 360 (and god, since i'm a cop, it would be so much fun playing this game online with other coworkers), i do prefer a cleaner version of the game graphically as well...


the other part that makes me want to stick 360 though was the IGN review saying it had richer colors. I really do buy into rich colors a lot. It's one of the reasons i like Saint's Row so much in terms of aesthetics.

you won't be able to tell any difference in graphics. Can't imagine trying to play this game online with Sonys online service. XBox live is the deciding factor for me.

[Brandwin]

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We're officially under two days. Almost there.

I know its crazy how fast the time flew.

you won't be able to tell any difference in graphics. Can't imagine trying to play this game online with Sonys online service. XBox live is the deciding factor for me.

Yeah its not going to matter too much. Even if I had a PS3 only I would be happy and I am going to feel the same with my 360. I agree about XBL but both Ps3 and 360 people are going to love this game

[allBthere]

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1. how in the world can you say its "hand's down" the most when you haven't played the game?
2. is Saints row the only open worlds in gaming history or something? You use that as an example as if there never were games such as Oblivion, Morrowind, and all of those other open world rpg games in the history of gaming
3. is it really "dumb" anyway that they say dont say the most? Isn't that splitting hairs way too much?

1. how do I know? because the other reviews marvel about the level of detail. Because all of the previews said the detail was unprecedented.
2. I used one example instead of many...i've played (owned actually) those other games you mention, and they don't have the same level of detail found in one screenshot of gta4
3. it's a pet peeve....i'm sure you've got some of those too.

why did you bother replying with that?
They even used the expression for the last sentence two paragraphs in a row. The UK reviewer isn't nearly as skilled a writer.

[Ice Cream Truck]

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Isn't there going to be exclusive new content for the 360 version? Why miss out on that if you don't have to?

[eDotd]

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Isn't there going to be exclusive new content for the 360 version? Why miss out on that if you don't have to?

Because some people don't have the time to finish the original game. Why would they care about additional content?

Personally I'm going with the 360 because of the content and because most of the people I know will be on the 360. I can understand why some people don't really care about content though. Some people just want the version that will actually work whenever they want to play it, and not have to worry about their system dying out.

Me on the other hand...I have faith in my 360.

It's almost here!

[Spectre]

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Phil Harrison, ex-President of Sony, is that you?

That one paragraph in the IGN article has gotten the Sony fanboys (and some Xbox fanboys) up in arms. It's really great.

Fickle arguments are great

[Blzer]

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I swear, if this game had a replay feature, I would be set for life!

[SageInfinite]

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I swear, if this game had a replay feature, I would be set for life!

Co-Sign

[bcruise]

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Oh my....a perfect 10 from IGN?! I'm not all that into the GTA series, but that's hard to turn down...

And I'm not the type to go blindly off reviews anymore, but Ocarina was the last (only?) game I ever remember getting a 10 from them.

[jmood88]

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well the fact that this game fits on a dual layer DVD should be hyped a hell of a lot more by MS. It was supposed to be a dying format for gaming compared to the OMG gigs on the bluray, and we get one of the best games in the past decade able to fit on it and run well. It makes bluray irrelevant to gaming, at least for this generation.

As for installs, does MS even have a game that requires the HDD? They are in more of a corner for that, as people either have a 20 gig HDD or none at all. Paying $100 for a 20 gig HDD is laughable enough, but $180 for their 120 gig is insane. **** proprietary HDD's. That's not a realistic option for most people. A few games with a 5 gig install would fill a 20 gig HDD up rather quickly when people have XBLA, movies, and game files on there.

I think Burnout requires the hard drive.

[Altimus]

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sigh..since when has game size meant they were good? If anything, it just shows how skilled rockstar is at optimizing their games to get size down. GTA never looked the best, but they are almost always deeper than anything else out.

The sony hype machine is quick to hail when it has a game that is like 22 gig or that MGS4 is "too small" for bluray, but it's all done with uncompressed files and duplicates to shorten loading time. When games like CoD4 and GTA4 look identical and run very well on a DVD, it's not in any trouble at all.

The fact that the first 10/10 overall blockbuster next gen game as beautiful and complex as GTA fits on a DVD makes bluray pointless for games for now. We'll be looking at the next round of consoles in what 2010?

Saying it is pointless is a little too much. Whatever you look at it DVD9 is last gen. Several Xbox games have already come out on more than one DVD disc. Rockstar was also one of many developers to complain about the size of DVD9. Sure they did it, but as they said things will become more complicated here on out. You can only compress so much.

That 360 GPU is some amazing hardware, problem is textures take a lot of disc space. If you can't store the better graphics on the disc, what good does the GPU do?

We'll see though, another problem is selling a console without a HDD which is odd because all last gen Xboxs had one. So if you think about it you can see the heat where Xbox might want to bring a new console to the market.

Either way though its good that the differences between the PS3 and 360 version are minimal. But as I mentioned, Rockstar has mentioned the problems with DVD9 and the HDDless drives out there. Fortunately for us, the programmers at Rockstar are very skilled.

[J-Unit40]

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I swear, if this game had a replay feature, I would be set for life!

Oh, that would be flat-out awesome.

[J-Unit40]

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Oh my....a perfect 10 from IGN?! I'm not all that into the GTA series, but that's hard to turn down...

And I'm not the type to go blindly off reviews anymore, but Ocarina was the last (only?) game I ever remember getting a 10 from them.

bcruise, I'm not a GTA player either, but this is a must-have for me. I can't wait until Tuesday night.