I'd discuss at length about why this game is awesome, but doing so would distract me from actually playing more of it.

So here's the short-form: best GTA protagonist ever, best GTA aiming system ever, best physics system for anything ever (except that shooting random civvies makes you feel like a total dick based on how they react to being shot), the game auto-saves when you succeed at a mission and it has great multiplayer.

My Gamertag is JohnnyChopsocky, look me up when you get to Liberty City, but I gotta go get some crap accomplished.

My roomies went out and got it at midnight. Looks amazing. I've yet to play it.

Even the Jack Thompsons of the world aren't being too loud; haven't heard much negative in the mainstream media liek some other GTA games.

So I take it I should get a 360 immediately and purchase this game?

I can't wait to play this game. I have yet to get it though and have to gather some more money from my next paycheck to get it. So until then, I wait. lol

Even the Jack Thompsons of the world aren't being too loud; haven't heard much negative in the mainstream media liek some other GTA games.

Speaking of the devil.

Woooooow

Gotta say I having a lot of fun with this game(have to buy a new 360 since the first one got RROD). The graphic are sweet. The targeting is better this time around.
Also you can say this game to has lot more heart than San Andreas did.

I need to figure out how to get the $60 needed to purchase it. >_<

Same thing here. I only have $30 as of right now, I'll have more in a few days. Right now I'm not reading much about GTA4 so I don't fell so bad.

AAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGG!!!! HATE YOU NEAR EXAM RELEASE DATE! MUST PUNCH MANY THINGS!

You see, it's not violent games that cause violence, is not being able to play awesome games because of upcoming exams.

*Curls into a ball and foams*

I'm loving it, especially the cutscenes, online, and weather effects.

I have found the chase missions frustraiting though.

Well I got to mooch off of a friend today and played it.
Mind you, I only played about two hours, but I wasn't really thrilled with it initially. I was sort of disappointed with the graphics when I started in the safehouse, but they looked much nicer when outside for some reason. Compared to GTA: SA, I had such a hard time to adapt to the new physics and everything, especially with the hand brake: I felt like I was skidding on ice whenever I used it. I also couldn't get the handle of the new combat system and constantly just stood there, standing just out of arm's length of my enemy, getting the crap beaten out of me.

Otherwise, it was pretty awesome. My friend's dad was a watching us play and he was naming all the neighborhoods from nyc that corrsponded to where we were in game. But of course, whenever and adult sees me playing GTA, they always have to comment about driving through red lights and driving on the other side of the road.

Awesome game so far, I rented it today. Yeah, the whole braking is taking some getting used to (or I'm not completely understanding it yet) and that aiming and fighting is taking getting used to aswell. But the story is going really good and like the others I'm liking it a lot.

Edit: Sadly, I'm not really like the one part I loved in the old GTA's, which is the driving. I hate the handbrake and yeah I feel like I'm skidding way to much every time. I'm playing the 360 version, so I'm used to the classic controls and playing on the PS2, so that might have a lot to do with why the driving is not going so well. Well, I'm still hoping my feelings change on the driving.

Double Edit: Ok, now I've got the hang of it. It mainly had to do with the horrible cars I was using in the beginning, but now I've got the driving down and have found better cars and bikes that kick ass. The game is really really fun. The storyline is one of my favorites.

good game, all i hate about it is the theatre or w/e that is called perestoika. and some commercial on that eastern european radio station that says "You wanted capitalism? You got it! Commercials!" or something like that.

When you guys unlock the internet cafe, do yourselves a favor and visit www.littlelacysurprisepageant.com in the GTA4 internet browser. Totally worth it.

Seriously, do it.

=/ @ that website

The storyline is actually good, which is surprising for GTA games. Not to say the rest are bad, they're just not usually anyhting outstanding. And I love the physics - my new hobby is bringing a car to top speed and ramming something, to see how far I can get Niko to fly.

Beat the game the other day, really good storyline. The ending was kew, took me a few attempts on the last level until I finally figured out what I was supposed to do, lol. I'm hoping that the DL content will be pretty good.

Also, just to note, that one tv show called "Republican Space Rangers" is too damn funny. lol Check it out for those who are playing, had me laughing a good while.

I love the game. Freakin' awesome. I wouldn't say it's the perfect 10 everyones been giving it. The graphics weren't awe inspiring (some pop-up I've seen too...always seems odd) and ofcourse some odd things with the AI and all here and there. Given the large amount of work they had to do though, it rocks. The radio stations are alright, not being much for rap I listen to Liberty Rock Radio, Journey, the jazz station, and the electro station. LCHC doesn't do it for me...it'd be cool if they had some current bands in the game, like... I don't know, SoaD, AFI....maybe even Dragonforce. XD I memorized the GTA3 Liberty City and Vice City down to the bones, but this one is too big for me to remember anything. x_x. Feel free to find my XBLA gamertag and challenge me to multiplayer. Ever notice when you get in a taxi when it's raining that they're not using the windshield wipers? XD I just saw that a bit ago and laughed. The only jobs I have now are 2 that I failed on that were pretty....tedius so I'm just on an online binge until I get the free time and spirit to go back to singleplayer. I like the characters though. Jamaicans always rock, and Russians have always been cool.

My only problem with the game that really hampers the fun for me is the political stuff. Clearly quite leftwing, which I normaly don't mind, but....eh... they handle it in a really immature manner. The whole "lol our side is smarter and the other side is dumb. lets overexaggurate thems!" thing annoys. I'm an independent, but I hate either side doing that. Republican Space Rangers, the liberal radiostation being the "cool" one and the conservative one essentially being the retarded one, stereotyping people who dislike illegal immigration to be xenophobic and racist (I live in California, trust me, I have a lot to say about that issue there is racism on BOTH sides.) .... I don't know. Sometimes I'll stop playing the game just because those things get on my nerves too much. Doesn't help that such things are brought up among others in my social life.

But hey, I hope nobody makes a big deal over that paragraph. The game is still great, as I said before not a 10, but extremely close to it.

~T2K

You listenend to The Intelligent Agenda on PLR? That one makes fun of political talk shows on both sides. "Yes, the show where we blame America's problems on the people we don't like...!"

Ho-lee $*@#. That was quite possibly the greatest GTA mission ever, and maybe one of the best gaming set-pieces ever.

If you've gotten there already, you'll know what I'm talking about. If you haven't gotten there yet, you'll know of the glory when you get there.

That was indeed one of the greatest things in any game I've played lately. That level alone buts GTAIV on the same level as all the GOTYs of late, like Crysis, World in Conflict, and Call of Duty 4. o.o

lol

....awesome!

awesome enough to kill this thread.

awesome enough to kill this thread.

Wouldn't quite say it's dead. 😛

Before I posted the last post was like two weeks ago.

True...which kinda puts me in a pickle as to why you even posted what you did...or why I am either. o_0

WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE JUST TALK ABOUT GTA 4.

How about you stop whining about it and try to spark some conversation yourself? Yeah, now there's an idea.

*snickers* So yea guys...how's the multiplayer? I'm hoping my roommate will have Live so I can atleast try it out.

I can't spark conversation shadowhog because no one cares about anything I say.

I care

So who has NOT flown as fast as possible into a building in a chopper and ejected before hitting it, causing Niko to smack into it like a bag of meat yet? Go do it right now