Grand Theft Auto IV

I've been playing this over the weekend now and finally hit the last mission (I guess it's the last). This game is fucking amazing in every aspect. I've been enjoying every minute of it.

If you have completed the game or almost done with it, answer these questions:

DO NOT READ THESE IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE GAME.

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Which one of the McReary brothers did you kill?

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Did you save or kill Darko?

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Did you kill Dimitri or take the money?

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What were the consequences doing one of these?

Here is what I wrote in another forum, that pretty much sums the game up as far as I'm concerned:

Well the hype certainly played a role in this game getting a 10, but there are many many frustrating moments for me that make me switch off the console...for at least 1 hour before I get back to it.

Some very obvious things are missing from the new combat system, most noticeably the fact that even if I have half the LC police forces on my tail and have a single target to kill as a mission, that target should absolutely always take priority when I aim, not the cops. I don't care if I die, but I can't stand having to try and complete missions more than once.

Reviews say the last 10 missions suddenly take a huge increase in difficulty over the rest, and if that's the case I'm really NOT looking forward to getting there.

Story line so far is a gem, and the missions are varied, but the few glitches that make you back track your sorry ass through police fire, because an NPC thought it was cool to get stuck along some ..!...!...!...!.ing wall, and this combat system that will irritate you to the point of throwing your controller through your 17th floor window makes this an automatic 9/10 for me.

With that said, there are also some very dodgy animations (running down stairs for instance) and some glitches and a lot of popping up. No crash or show stoppers. The only thing I'm missing from San Andreas is the bike. Man that was my favorite ride in that game

Okay then. It's good to hear SOMEONE say it's not perfect. To me this is all an echo of Vice City's release.

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I've been playing this over the weekend now and finally hit the last mission (I guess it's the last). This game is fucking amazing in every aspect. I've been enjoying every minute of it.If you have completed the game or almost done with it, answer these questions:

DO NOT READ THESE IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE GAME.

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Did you save or kill Darko?

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Did you kill Dimitri or take the money?

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What were the consequences doing one of these?

Just finished it after about 60 hours of playtime (Really took my time, no rushing )

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Francis

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Didn't shoot Darko

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Killed that prick

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Jimmy Pegarino shot Kate at Roman's wedding and you had to go after him for revenge

Definitely gonna play it again and do the opposite of what I did my first time through.

I still keep getting more and more amazed by this game, it is hard to believe that human beings put this thing together, it is as far as I'm concerned in the same league of awe as huge engineering constructions, things that are so impressive that it feels absurd that humans put it together. It is one of those games that has been transported to the present from the future.

San Andreas was probably my favorite game before this, and it easily pushed it aside, absurdly good through and through.

Oh and the MP is pretty epic fun as well, some absolutely crazy stuff goes on when you get into a Free Mode server with enough people. Played earlier with a bunch of people from work, lots of laughing

Woh! has it even been 60h since it was released

No idea what I am on atm but it's grown a lot on me. I didn't really enjoy it too much in the beginning but now it's really fun.

ohh mazy~~

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I still keep getting more and more amazed by this game, it is hard to believe that human beings put this thing together, it is as far as I'm concerned in the same league of awe as huge engineering constructions, things that are so impressive that it feels absurd that humans put it together. It is one of those games that has been transported to the present from the future.

This could have come straight from a map video by RD

It seems each game, not only GTA, my xbox confuses save files and loads an old one instead of the most recent one, so I often find myself loading it manually - anyone else having experienced/heard of such problems?

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This could have come straight from a map video by RD

It seems each game, not only GTA, my xbox confuses save files and loads an old one instead of the most recent one, so I often find myself loading it manually - anyone else having experienced/heard of such problems?

Channelling PITRD!~

Nah, haven't had any of that.

Speaking of saving, am I the only one that actually tries to do missions during regular working hours inside the game? I'll usually try and get to a safehouse around 00:00 so I can get up at 06:00 so its bright outside. I totally love their night look as well, but when I'm doing missions I prefer to be able to clearly see whats going on .

Last game that had me thinking about time of day was Shenmue, which funny enough is the game I'm being reminded of the most while playing GTA IV, since they also tried to somewhat simulate a living city (read; street ).

I usually don't care what time of day it is Michelle seems to be hating that when I call her at 4 am. What a bitch :x

Anyway, I haven't much time, so I'm not very far yet. Seems like a damn solid game to me though

I wish I had my xbox up here in the army, but Im too lazy to rent one haha.

As for the game, suprb.

ps I missed like 4 dates, due to stupid shooting missions that involved my dumbass cousin and some russians. but I did hit lawchick.

pss there should be a timer which lets you sleep more than 6 hours, I hate to walk around and wait for a certain time of day.

psss the taxis rock.

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I usually don't care what time of day it is Michelle seems to be hating that when I call her at 4 am. What a bitch :x

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- Indeed, she's a bitch !

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it get revealed later that it's not really her fault. the bitch part, that is.

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Oh come on, Sentura. Use the tags.

used, but that's not a spoiler.

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I wonder what kind of effect that has to the storyline?

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I wonder what kind of effect that has to the storyline?

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Aye, same. I'm playing the game over again now, and I'm totally reversing all the choices I made first time through. First time through I killed Vlad (Obviously), this time I'm gonna walk away and let him live. Also I killed Dwayne instead of Playboy X, which I really regretted

Ok so I beat the game tonight as well, so here I join the spoiler convo:

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Shot playboy X instead of Dwayne, then never saw Dwayne after that, told him to fuck off as I wanted to go on with the storyline. One of the things I haven't unlocked yet is the ability to place bombs in a car, though I'm pretty sure Jacob gives that to you (not that I want to know, I'll have to find out myself). Can't say that I regretted killing Playboy as he really got on my nerves for some reason, then again I never used the safehouse after that, and thought the money could have been a better choice.

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On the subject of who to shoot, anyone went for Francis over Gerry? I killed Gerry, thinking he was a lost soul worth putting his misery to an end, and that I'd rather not piss the police even more. Got the ability to call off the police, and when I wanted to try it, I realized this doesn't work within missions which really felt like an entirely useless choice. Seen as the storyline ends rather badly for the Mcreary family, I thought I should have killed Francis instead. I'm gonna play it again and find out what happens if I reverse all my choices.

im not about to replay the game to change my choices, the outcomes really had no substantial effect. i beat it last night at i think 36 hours and now im running around killing pigeons. there really needs to be a way to let you know which ones are left, if i get 199 and cant get the last im going to be pretty pissed. ive found that all the money in the game is useless, i have like 64k and all i can spend it on is clothes and guns? i could play for another 200 hours and not spend the rest. i want to buy mansions, helicopters and cars. lastly, what is the point of the like and respect percentages? i dont see them really doing anything.