[GTA IV] Official Discussion Thread

2009-02-18 09:46:41

#2451

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6701|so randum

Finray wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
Finray wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks that GTA:IV's graphics aren't all that good?
Yes

textures are much better, as are the models. Faces in particular are incredible, and particle effects (esp explosions) are
I just think they look like GTA:SA with slight texture changes and they're a bit more realistic.. nothing special though. Everyone was banging on about how amazing the graphics were, and when I saw it, I just thought... well, CoD4 did a much better job, and it runs on a much easier engine..and it was released a full year before GTA was.

Inb4someonecallsmeaCoD4fanboy..

EDIT: and by realistic I mean they don't have square hands.

bear in mind the view distance is crazy, and there's no loading from area to area, and it renders waaaaay more AI then previously

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2009-02-18 09:49:49

#2452

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6738|Long Island, New York

Finray wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
Finray wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks that GTA:IV's graphics aren't all that good?
Yes

textures are much better, as are the models. Faces in particular are incredible, and particle effects (esp explosions) are
I just think they look like GTA:SA with slight texture changes and they're a bit more realistic.. nothing special though. Everyone was banging on about how amazing the graphics were, and when I saw it, I just thought... well, CoD4 did a much better job, and it runs on a much easier engine..and it was released a full year before GTA was.

Inb4someonecallsmeaCoD4fanboy..

EDIT: and by realistic I mean they don't have square hands.

Cod4 = not a sandbox, open world game that has to load an entire city at once.

2009-02-18 09:56:52

#2453

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|5989|Catherine Black

Poseidon wrote:
Finray wrote:
FatherTed wrote:

Yes

textures are much better, as are the models. Faces in particular are incredible, and particle effects (esp explosions) are
I just think they look like GTA:SA with slight texture changes and they're a bit more realistic.. nothing special though. Everyone was banging on about how amazing the graphics were, and when I saw it, I just thought... well, CoD4 did a much better job, and it runs on a much easier engine..and it was released a full year before GTA was.

Inb4someonecallsmeaCoD4fanboy..

EDIT: and by realistic I mean they don't have square hands.
Cod4 = not a sandbox, open world game that has to load an entire city at once.

Okay, Far Cry 2?

2009-02-18 10:10:12

#2454

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6822|London, England

Again, not as complex as GTA 4. The amount of detail there is in the city, you probably miss most of it when just playing through. But I'm going through all the pigeons (flying rats) at the moment, and it's when you do this you truly realise the detail in the city. That and playing multiplayer

2009-02-18 10:19:32

#2455

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|6882|Disaster Free Zone

Whats the point in killing the pigeons?

2009-02-18 11:20:18

#2456

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6738|Long Island, New York

DrunkFace wrote:
Whats the point in killing the pigeons?

Once you kill all 200 (-gag-) you get an Annihilator which spawns at a location for you.

I just use the special number on my phone to get it though.

2009-02-18 11:20:58

#2457

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6701|so randum

Poseidon wrote:
DrunkFace wrote:
Whats the point in killing the pigeons?
Once you kill all 200 (-gag-) you get an Annihilator which spawns at a location for you.

I just use the special number on my phone to get it though.

btw

i havnt got all the fuckers, and i found an Annilator on top of a police station.

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2009-02-18 11:23:25

#2458

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6738|Long Island, New York

FatherTed wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
DrunkFace wrote:
Whats the point in killing the pigeons?
Once you kill all 200 (-gag-) you get an Annihilator which spawns at a location for you.

I just use the special number on my phone to get it though.
btw

i havnt got all the fuckers, and i found an Annilator on top of a police station.

That works too, but you get a wanted level when you take it. Not that it really matters, because it's only a 2 star wanted level IIRC and you can fly out of those.

2009-02-18 11:26:58

#2459

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6701|so randum

Poseidon wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
Poseidon wrote:

Once you kill all 200 (-gag-) you get an Annihilator which spawns at a location for you.

I just use the special number on my phone to get it though.
btw

i havnt got all the fuckers, and i found an Annilator on top of a police station.
That works too, but you get a wanted level when you take it. Not that it really matters, because it's only a 2 star wanted level IIRC and you can fly out of those.

...

i didnt

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2009-02-18 11:37:40

#2460

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6738|Long Island, New York

FatherTed wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
FatherTed wrote:

btw

i havnt got all the fuckers, and i found an Annilator on top of a police station.
That works too, but you get a wanted level when you take it. Not that it really matters, because it's only a 2 star wanted level IIRC and you can fly out of those.
...

i didnt

hacks

but yeah, I suppose that works too...plus, getting the 200 gets you closer to getting 100%.

2009-02-18 11:39:33

#2461

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6701|so randum

i do wish they'd make the attack heli somewhat useful though. It's fun as hell to fly, i really like how they've done the heli controls and all, but it's fucking hard to hit anything with it. The best i can do is go on inside view, and maybe get half a cycle off and on target. It's fun dogfighting online though.

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2009-02-18 15:06:29

#2462

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6738|Long Island, New York

Just beat TLAD.

Quite an exciting ending.

2009-02-18 15:36:20

#2463

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6822|London, England

Well that was quick, slow down...

And yeah, the only reason I'm doing it is cos I have nothing else better to do and also shiny trophy

yeah....

2009-02-18 15:44:27

#2464

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6738|Long Island, New York

7 hours play time...not exactly that quick.

23 missions. For a $20 game basically, that's quite a lot. I only got 9 hours play time out of Dead Space, and it doesn't have the countless activities to do AFTER the story is beaten, like races and shit.

2009-02-18 15:51:24

#2465

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6471

I've not finished it yet because my flatmate knocked over the 360, destroying the GTA disc in the process

Poseidon wrote:
7 hours play time...not exactly that quick.

23 missions. For a $20 game basically, that's quite a lot. I only got 9 hours play time out of Dead Space, and it doesn't have the countless activities to do AFTER the story is beaten, like races and shit.

I liken this expansion a lot to Crysis Warhead. It's a very similar product. Cheap, parallel story to the main game, while improving and adding features at the same time.

I'm hoping to see more Crysis expansions as well as GTA episodes .

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2009-02-19 01:44:39

#2466

Ultrafunkula: Hector: Ding, ding, ding, ding...; +1,975|6674|6 6 4 oh, I forget

Spidery_Yoda wrote:
I've not finished it yet because my flatmate knocked over the 360, destroying the GTA disc in the process

Man that sucks. He is going to get you a new one right?

2009-02-19 04:50:39

#2467

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6471

He's given me his disc for now. We used his disc to install the game on his 360 and he's using my mauled disc, and i'm using his working one.

Neither of us really have any money at the moment (students etc), but i'm hoping we'll be able to pick it up cheap at some point.

2009-02-19 05:32:57

#2468

Ultrafunkula: Hector: Ding, ding, ding, ding...; +1,975|6674|6 6 4 oh, I forget

Spidery_Yoda wrote:
He's given me his disc for now. We used his disc to install the game on his 360 and he's using my mauled disc, and i'm using his working one.

Neither of us really have any money at the moment (students etc), but i'm hoping we'll be able to pick it up cheap at some point.

Oh, yeah. That reminds me. Should install the game on the hard drive to get them loading times shorter.

2009-02-19 05:46:21

#2469

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6471

Don't. It makes the game stream the world more slowly. Very noticable if you speed around in fast cars.

2009-02-19 09:27:14

#2470

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6738|Long Island, New York

Spidery_Yoda wrote:
Don't. It makes the game stream the world more slowly. Very noticable if you speed around in fast cars.

Not for me...it loads a shitload faster and I rarely experience pop-in anymore.

Takes forever to load up on my PS3 however, even though it's installed

2009-02-19 09:28:54

#2471

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6822|London, England

It's cos the PS3 is indefinitely inferior to the X360, surely

2009-02-19 09:30:17

#2472

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6738|Long Island, New York

Mekstizzle wrote:
It's cos the PS3 is indefinitely inferior to the X360, surely

I'm glad you see the light.

Nah, I don't know why it is. I mean, DVD's read faster than Blu-Rays, but if they're both installed it shouldn't be a problem...yet it is.

2009-02-19 11:51:05

#2473

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6471

Oh well when I installed GTA4 is just made it far worse. If i went fast enough i'd end up driving on a blurry road with no buildings around me

I uninstalled it and installed it again and the same thing happened. Used the disc since.

2009-02-19 21:36:22

#2474

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6105|CA

Spidery_Yoda wrote:
Oh well when I installed GTA4 is just made it far worse. If i went fast enough i'd end up driving on a blurry road with no buildings around me

The PC version will do that on occasion, sometimes entire buildings/roads don't texture themselves properly until a few seconds after you've been on them.

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2009-02-19 22:36:22

#2475

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6738|Long Island, New York

Yep, it's all just pop-in. Better than the loading screen that'd appear between islands in Vice City though.

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