Grand Theft Auto IV

How coincidental, I just ran into a cool looking GTA IV mod a few minutes ago - I forgot about it and then BAM, someone brought back GTA conversation here. Funny how that works sometimes.

Funnily enough, it makes me want to play Ultimate Spiderman or Web of Shadows, actually - Spidey games are the best sandbox superhero games ever.

edited 8th Aug '11 1:38:12 PM by KnownUnknown

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.

http://games.ign.com/articles/118/1186734p1.html#disqus_thread

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Xan-Xan/

Okay, carmageddon, superman, and iCEnhancer should all be combined.

cum

What does Carmaggedon do, exactly? Just cause gravity/momentum to spaz out?

edited 9th Aug '11 12:48:31 AM by KnownUnknown

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.

Carmageddon is a simple tweak in handling settings, hardly a fully blown mod. It just sets car friction to a weird value. Zero gravity is also an option.

What about the strange effects it has on falling bodies?

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.

I'm also alittle ashamed to admit I've never played Grand Theft Auto 4 or any of it's DL Cs. I just got the complete edition pretty cheap. I should have a ball playing them.

After playing GTA 4, I find it almost impossible to play San Andreas (which was the first and only GTA game I could play at the time) which is troublesome as I no longer have a current-gen console...

Is it just me, or is there one thing I really found annoying?

Every single time you try do a deal with someone, they fuck you over?

EX: The first one: Dimitri fucks you over by making you kill Faustin for you then tries to kill you Next: Playboy gets trapped by the DEA (not his fault though) NEXT: Diamonds NEXXT: Museum Piece NEXXXT: If you chose the deal path And there's that one in TLAD. Seriously, why cant one deal actually go right for Niko and the other two?

Isn't that common to all GTA games? I'm replaying San Andreas now (best GTA game EVAR!!!) and I keep getting fucked by the people in my missions. I can't think of any (major)GTA mission that went right. Gotta keep the plot fast paced somehow...

I'm talking about "Deals" where you are supposed to cover someone else, or get paid

Like yeah, the entire plot of Vice.

And not really San Andreas, because Carl is absolutely agaisnt drugs.

So I popped this in via Steam after not touching it for quite some time. Just having a blast (literally) joy-riding around town swapping cars after I manage to thrash whatever it is that I grabbed, and trying not to tick off the cops. I usually manage, until I ran a checkpoint and suddenly had a six-star wanted level, jumping from inconsequential nobody to Terrorist Of The Century.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.

I admit, playing this as my first GTA game really probably spoiled the others for me a lot. I saw GTA II was available for free on Rockstar's website, so I downloaded it...and I absolutely hated it. The controls just felt way too awkward to be playable, and I really was not having any fun with it even after I (kinda) got used to them. Then I tried out Vice City...but eh. It just didn't have the same feeling as being in a New York City clone, y'know?

That's always hilarious if you manage to make it decently far, though. Usually when I want to do that. I sneak through the subway tunnels until I cross the border. Then, once I get back to the surface, Hilarity Ensues for the five minutes I'm able to survive for. (I think I did once manage to shake off a six-star wanted rating, though. It was amazing.)

edited 25th Sep '12 6:10:10 PM by 0dd1

Insert witty and clever quip here. My page, as the database hates my handle.

Yep, just did a nice subway tour on foot. It seems that there are some placed that the LCPD just won't touch.

Found an upside down cop car on the double-span bridge when I finally exited the tunnels, but couldn't get into it. Then the cops tried raining down from the upper span and took me out.

The scripted But Thou Must! nature of the missions kind of bugs me. If I manage to trash up the Albanian loansharks, bam, problem solved and life should no longer descend into a cesspit of ever-increasing backstabbing and intruige for Roman.

But no, he just has to play cards again and those pesky loansharks show up again. And again. And again.

Might see if there's a sandbox mode that lets me do pretty much whatever without having to advance the plot.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.

There is.

Turn your phone off, or put it on silent or something. It will stop the plot from advancing.

this place needs me here

The first time I did that in the game, it reminded me that I was playing a video game. I felt all surreal for a moment.

Never did get a hang of the driving in the end.

^^ Not quite the same. I'd like to start out able to drive/walk/fly/swim pretty much anywhere I want without earning myself a six-star rating by simply crossing an invisible line in the road. MAKE ME EARN THOSE STARS, DANG IT.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.

Oh...

Well then, I guess you have to progress to the third island and THEN turn your phone off. Or beat the game.

Speaking of which, I've had this game for AGES and I still haven't completed it.

this place needs me here

I cannot Complete TBOGT, is too hard,

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Xan-Xan/

Same here, partly because the way I play is that I play for several hours at a time, then forget about it for a few weeks before I obsessively play it again and then lather, rinse repeat. Also partly because there are some missions that are practically impossible for me to get. I think it took me several weeks to complete some of the missions. Like that one Brucie gives you where you need to go to some guy's house, then chase him down and kill him and steal his car. Something like that.

Come to think of it, it's the missions that involve car chases that really trip me up, especially when they force you to get on a specific vehicle, like the incredibly awkward motorcycles. Hell, for one of them, after at least 20 straight losses, I ended up driving a firetruck to the mission, then (after activating the chase) using the firetruck to cut off the guy I needed to chase. I just drove to where the AI is programmed to flee toward, and since it was a really narrow road, he was trapped and I was free to just kill him. I think I rammed into him with the firetruck to take care of him, but I don't quite remember.

The other thing that trips me up with the car chases is how it expects you to shoot the people while you're driving. I can't do that. I don't know if I'm just not coordinated enough to do so, but I've never been good at shooting people while driving.

You can just use cheats, but if you want to get achievements, then, well, you...can't.

I'm curious, if I were to use a cheat after I 100% the game (assuming I ever do ), would it re-lock achievements that I've already earned?

Insert witty and clever quip here. My page, as the database hates my handle.

Could load up a fresh save. Cheats on one save shouldn't effect others.

Driving in that game is a pain. I just basically un-learned using the E-brake and started slowing down for turns.

And the secret to the TBOGT is to get the full-auto shotgun with exploding rounds ASAP and keep that shit stocked. What doesn't die in one shot gets knocked over and killed by the second.

I really like TLATD for the improved bike handling. I don't play this game a lot but every now and then I'll boot it up and just kick around town on a bike. Pretty much the same thing I do in RDR now that I think of it.

edited 26th Sep '12 10:34:15 PM by thatguythere47

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?

Driving in itself is fine for me. It's certain vehicles (again, motorcycles, as well as certain really bulky vehicles) that give me hell.

Really, the bikes are better in TBGT? I should try that out sometime. I have a game disc with that and TLATD that I got for cheap some months ago that I still haven't played. (EDIT: Mixed the two up. You know what I mean.)

edited 26th Sep '12 10:46:45 PM by 0dd1

Insert witty and clever quip here. My page, as the database hates my handle.

Yay, finally managed to figure out how to do single-player multi-player free roam mode. So much fun.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.

Just as a side note: it's OK to use cheats to screw around with the game, as long as you make sure not to save. The game will only keep track of stats in between saves, so if you were to do several achievement-related stunt jumps with the assistance of a cheat, but not save, it won't cancel out the achievement, nor will it count the "cheated" jumps.

Just found out about the hilarity of multiplayer action. Did a number of Free Roam servers just for the lols. Had fun being a getaway driver for some other players once their rides were trashed, and the swingset glitch was quite amusing, despite That One Guy(TM) wanting to cap everyone who wanted to use the swingset. Mostly, I kept to myself and had fun driving wherever I felt like (and racing against players), but I did get in on some drive-by action against some other players once in a while.

Also: That odd feeling that you might get when you realize that you are old enough to have sired some of the other players (who may or may not be talking a lot of smack) in the multiplayer game. Not in a "well, if I started out in High School" kind of way, but legitimate "there are guys my age with kids your age" kind of way. It's a bit... weird.

Return of the Also: Why is it, when you scoop up another player running from the police, does said passenter insist on continuing to discharge weapons fire? Chill out, sit back, don't touch the radio, and let me lose this wanted level you earned yourself. Letting me know up front where you want to go, if you're hurt and if you need supplies is optional, but strongly appreciated.

edited 1st Oct '12 3:25:47 PM by pvtnum11

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.