GTA IV Excitement Thread (nee Anticipation)

[slickwilly13]

These are grappling dummies, dummy. *L* http://www.combatsports.com/SearchRe...ategoryID=2417 You strike and throw them around. Its a condition tool for wrestlers, grapplers, and mma fighters. They can be used for practicing diffrent mounts and passing guards. The prices are very high and that doesn't include shipping. I bought a handmade 130 lbs 6' by 13 " Thai bag last December. The shipping alone was almost $80. Btw, this isn't a joke post.

[SymphonicX]

Funny how we're excited to be recieving spam....I guess it's because it's guaranteed to be funny....! I reckon the aiming system is still gonna be pants, not convinced with the "hold the trigger halfway to free-aim" thing....having said that, it never really did my brain in too much in the originals - so I don't really care...it's gonna be fun for at LEAST 10 hours, but most likely fun for a long time...godamnit I'm dying to play this f**ker.

[Craig]

GTA is just one of those games you can pick up to mess about on for months, even years after it's release. I know if I still played my PS2 as much as I used to I'd probably have played SA sometime in the last few days. Hopefully GTAIV will be as easily accessible as the others so I can just jump in and go on a killing spree or do some stunts whenever I get the urge, though they got it right about five times in in the last 8 years so I think I can count on it.

[MinionZombie]

Was gonna post this in its own thread, but remembered about this thread, so... GTA4 sucks at sucking: http://gamepolitics.com/2008/04/17/t...es-for-gta-iv/ Also, it's already "in transit" to retailers. So hopefully the place where I pre-ordered it from will get their stocks in early so that it's posted early, which would mean I'd either get it a day or two early, or ON release day - that's the only risk with pre-ordering stuff online, you could end up waiting past the launch day to get it...but hopefully such a thing won't happen with GTA4...I'd better haul ass on BioShock, I've not played it for 2 days (and my new memory unit turned up yesterday, for those who are interested ).

[ProfessorChaos]

yeah, i read that they're already on route, so maybe i'll pop in to my local gaming joint with a tenner in hand for the clerk, then try to get my mitts on it a day early... ten days. this latest commercial looks great:

[MinionZombie]

Aye apparently that's the UK television advert for it, saw that on ActionTrip about an hour ago, cool-ass advert too. I love it when they have an advert with just game footage in it, I can't be doing with those fake-ass 'CGI that tries to look like gameplay' adverts, they just lame. I want to see what I'd be seeing when I put the disc in, not some CGI mock-up fakery. Anyway, GTA4 ... looking sweet. It's already gone Gold too, as huge releases such as these tend to do, set for $400 million in it's first week too apparently, but I doubt much of that will be coming from Australia or New Zealand, where ('cos of having no ratings above MA15+), they're only getting some lame edited version. Apparently pre-orders have dropped dramatically as a result in those territories from pissed off gamers who are going to import it from elsewhere or just pirate the sh*t out of it. Wake up Aus & NZ, get an adult game rating already, stop being lame! Meanwhile, here in the UK, it's 18 uncut - the suitable rating for it. Ah mate, bring it on!

[SymphonicX]

didn't the Aus version of resident evil have green blood? I know the German version did....seems Aus are quite big on censorship which is very disappointing....

[MinionZombie]

didn't the Aus version of resident evil have green blood? I know the German version did....seems Aus are quite big on censorship which is very disappointing.... I find it quite odd, cos the Aussies don't have a reputation of being prudes at all. You'd have thought they'd just be "ah f*ck it" about it and let it through, the Aussies are generally not a bunch of wimps, so I'm well confused why there's so much fuss regarding there being an adult game rating. So many other countries have them, so why not Aussie-trail-ee-ah?

[ProfessorChaos]

so, i found out today that the joint where my preorder is placed WON"T be having a midnight release... which means that instead of jammin the night away from midnight to 0700, i've gotta sleep that night, then get up and go to work the next morning, then pick up my game, but i've got class about 90 minutes after i get off work, then another class (this one a 3 hour lab), so i won't be able to really sink my teeth into it till that night... i don't know which is more depressing, the fact that it won't be in my hands until much later than i thought (i've waited long enough, dammit!), or the fact that a video game has this much of a grip on me.

[SymphonicX]

I'd say both PC - don't worry we're all in the same boat

[MinionZombie]

Aye, we've all been waiting a long time for this, the antici ... ... ... pation has been building up like Stan's dad's spoodge when the internet has gone down.

[CornishCorpse]

Hey guys been distracted with coursework and sorting out my funds for university but have been keeping an eye on GTA4. Seems alot of gangs are forming which should be a good laugh when the game gets going, Ive joined the Exiles essentially like Reservoir dogs so if you fancy joining up you should be able to click my sig or jus pm me. Its a good laugh and everyone are good people I mean we have a 360 division and a ps3 division and nobody has started on that stupid argument. Its bit of a laugh, had some nerdy guy from a diffrent clan pose as a spy for some reason and try to hack our ips...Bah revenge killing. All the info Ive got so far is that SPOILER ALERT! yeah you still have to eat to gain health and the floating health pickups are gone from the game, you can stash stuff in youre car since things are being realistic rather than you carrying like 30 weapons you may still be able to but I know you can stash guns and so on in the boot of you car. The whole of the map will be open for gameplay in multiplayer, the only diffrence anyones mentioned so far is that the quality goes down while online and that was one reviewer out of eight so make youre own decisions. Unlock more clothing as you play online but thats pretty much all the online levelling up system does, nothing as good as cod4. Thats about it cept for I cant wait to play this game been playing cod4 from some of the guys from my clan and unreal warming up for gta. Anyone on here have a PSN?

[SymphonicX]

I can get this game next saturday, for a tenner extra, three days ahead of release...but it'll cost me 15 quid to get down there to buy it....what do you all think? Is it worth it?

[MinionZombie]

So an extra 25 quid to get it 3 days early - no way dude, not worth it. You shouldn't have to pay for getting it earlier, such an event should be a nice bonus for free. I finished BioShock earlier, so now I've got a bit of a gap between now and GTA4 ... ah well ... no doubt I'll plug that whole with a whore's load of porn.

[Danny]

Seems alot of gangs are forming which should be a good laugh when the game gets going, Ive joined the Exiles essentially like Reservoir dogs so if you fancy joining up you should be able to click my sig or jus pm me. Its a good laugh and everyone are good people I mean we have a 360 division and a ps3 division and nobody has started on that stupid argument. Its bit of a laugh, had some nerdy guy from a diffrent clan pose as a spy for some reason and try to hack our ips...Bah revenge killing. ........