Ever want to feel out of place? Be the only female in a line many people long waiting for GTAIV at midnight. THAT was a fucking experience.

There were surprisingly a few girls in my line, but they were mostly skanky girlfriends who were uninterested in their neanderthal boyfriends' interests.

Well, the reason I mention it is that, even with the lines for Halo 3, this stood out as being full of those stereotypical fans more than those you'd usually associate with line standing.

I guess it goes to show just how large gaming has become, or just how insane consumers are in general, but it's a totally different demographic than I was expecting.

Wow the Euphoria engine pretty much makes the game. I'm having fun seeing what kind of things I can get the people of the world to do more than anything else.

For anyone without a job, the Rockstar Social Club is running a competition whereby anyone unlocking 100% of the game in a week wins a prize and membership of the 100 club.

Fuck that, say I but some of you might be interested.

Yeah, I am just messing around with pretty much everything, yet my friends are trying to complete the story when they're here.

I pretty much just pushed an old lady in the street and watched her get hit by a car. Which gave me wanted level of two stars. A few cops came up behind, so I jumped in a car and started to drive away. One of the smart police men held onto the door handle trying to open it to arrest my character, but I sped away while he was still holding onto my car. Lets just say he held on for about a block, until I got out of my car and proceeded to shoot him in the head.

Right now, I am trying to find a large hill so I can make a jump of it, exiting the car in mid air, go into cinematic view, put it in slow motion and just watch my character roll down the hill...I can't wait!

Ahaha it's already sold out in Germany.

Also, did you know that Uwe Boll was planning to make a GTA movie? I read it somewhere on the internet, I will try to post the link later.

How very post-modern that would be. A movie based on a game that's heavily influenced by movies.

I suspect that given in the interviews they gave, the Rockstar guys said they had no interest in doing a movie, the chances of that idiot Boll getting to make one are pretty slim.

Also, all the GAME stores round here only had enough stock to cover pre-orders. I imagine you could still pick up a copy at Tesco or Asda though.

Well, all he'd need to do is a remake for the old Grand Theft Auto movie and that'd get plenty of publicity. It's not as if his films ever have anything to do with the source material anyway and the DVD sales are always guaranteed.


So yeah, I was determined to buy the 360 version sometime later and a workmate of mine gives me a promo of the PS3 version as a Vappu present. Guess I'll be played the triple after all~

I ordered my copy on eBay.

I want to give you guys a head start before I get my copy next week, so that you can prepare for your 0wnage :cool:

That only gives you about a day to get into the 100 club though!

This should be no problem at all. I will spend the next days trying to figure out a strategy. I will let you know when I'm done

Pushing people is my new favorite thing ever. I don't know why, but it's just so much fun pushing everyone over and watching them slump in bizarre rag doll-ish ways. In one mission where I had to kill a dude (spoiler!) I managed to push him out a window instead of shooting him.

God this game is so amazing. ;_;

Well apparently you're allowed to use the built in cheat codes and I'm sure a hidden packages map etc will be up on GameFAQs before too long so it might be do-able...

Is my area just wierd? Game supply has never been an issue for me, while I'm hearing about how the rest of the country is sold out left and right. I walked into Target yesterday afternoon and picked up a copy out of the 10 or so they still had in the case, no fuss at all.

I notice everyone keeps talking about the game stores being sold out; maybe the trick is to hit the less-obvious retail stores instead?

Sorry dude, I live in Old Europe, not in the United States of Awesomeness :(

I just ordered mine and had it shipped to my front door. I'm surprised that no one else around here went that route. It was like $4 for overnight shipping, which was less than what I would have paid in tax had I gone to a brick and mortar. And the game arrived on April 29th, the same day that the stores could start selling them.

When I closed last night, we had a good 30-40 copies for each system, plus another 10 or so CE for each...and that's aside from the 250 pre-orders or so. Plenty in stock in all of the stores in our district. *shrug*

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I don't know if its due to preorders still not filled or something, but there were at least 20 more copies at the Gamestop I went to when I got my copy. Funny thing is that when I went inside, there were 2 other guys in line. BOTH of them got the game, so I just simply pointed at the second guy leaving the store and said "Same as him".

Oh and multiplayer is fucking awesome.

Hah, so I hadn't pre-ordered the game, but hoped that I was lucky. So I stood in front of the store before it opened. Alone. For an hour. But I succeded in getting the special edition. That bag is really great.

As for the game... Well, I haven't played more than a couple of hours, but it almost constantly puts a smile on my lips. Little details as being able to call the fire department. People getting money from a ATM. The police arresting people and actually making them enter the police car, instead of the usual "I saw you hit someone, now amma gonna kill you!" routine. Cars honking loudly when you cut infront of them. Sitting in the back of a cab, looking out the windows while cruising for your destination. The talk show radio stations. Going to see Ricky Gervaise doing comedy (at some point. I read the manual and just SHAT BRICKS!). Working televisions. Niko shoving people out of the way, if they're too close. Seeing the Manhattan-like skyline and knowing that I'll, at some point, stand over there.

However, it seems like I have to get used to the controls. The cars feel somewhat different than I would expect, and it annoys me that I can only scale some ladders, and others are apparently only furniture.
But for every time I see a spot, it's on a solid ton of GOLD, so not much to bitch about, I'm afraid. Yet.

And I haven't even touched multiplayer!

same here, when I went in gamestop there were already a few people getting out with a copy of gta, I lined up and the guy in front of me was already getting the special edition. When I was ready to get mine a woman lined up in back of me and asked about gta4.
So yeah, this game has become a huge deal and for good reason. It's real fun unlike the repetition that i felt in san andreas and vice city which I never bothered to finish but I feel like gta4 will suck up hours of my life without noticing.
I also noticed a lot of the detail put into the damage of the cars. Bloodstains cause by hitting pedestrians stay there, tires can blow out and completely mess up your steering and not only that but cars don't have to blow up to become useless, if you get enough damage the engine just dies.
And I love the way the people get hit and they rag around the streets

Yeah, I had that shit happen to me during a chasing mission. Of course, the target got away. Niko said "shit shit SHIT!", and I couldn't have agreed more.

I love the "thump" you hear when you smash a pedestrian in high speed.
Ah the joy <3

I can't even progress through the story because I'm always trying to steal sport bikes, pick up Roman and then ram into various objects at high speed.

have you tried ramming into a wall head on. It completely sends you flying through the front window and it's even funnier if you happen to fly into traffic