[Multiplatform] Grand Theft Auto IV. Not as much fun as shooting real Albanians

Originally Posted by Mo0

I think Microsoft actually tells the developers they aren't allowed to do it on the 360. For some reason they insist on the people who use a memory unit (all 10 of them) have parity with the people who use the hard drive.

This makes ( if somewhat stupid) sense for mandatory installs, but there is absolutely no reason not to give the option should one have the HDD. So far I've yet to see a single 360 game offer this, so it makes me wonder whether it's even physically possible. Iwata said GTA4 has the option, so maybe this one finally does. Everything else seems to talk about the load times as if there isn't an option. CURIOUS.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Aardark

No, there isn't an optional install for the 360.

I have been fooled! No idea why he said it did, then

That kotaku comparison review is quite interesting. So far I've seen people say time and time again that while the games are "identical", the PS3 has better framerate, the textures are nicer and the anti-aliasing better.

This one says the complete opposite, with 360 version achieving smoother framerate, the PS3 having worse aliasing and the filter they use make it seem a bit muddier =/


Either way I've been deadset on the getting the 360 game because the controller simply works better for me, so I simply wanted to make sure the 360 version wasn't gimped the same way as, say, Orange Box on the PS3 was. This doesn't seem to be the case at all, so scenery popup and load times are not big enough reason to compromise with a less comfortable controller for me.

Then again, I'm in no rush to play the game, so perhaps by the time I get around to it, there's a PC version announced and I'll end up getting that.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Musharraf

lol I hope you already pre-ordered your 4 GHz 8 GB RAM 16 GB video card desktop pc

Sir, if a regular dual core processor with enough RAM (say, 4GB) can run a game like Crysis with decent framerate, it'll have no problem running, say, Mass Effect or GTA4. It'll probably look a lot nicer than the console versions too.

Then again, it'll be a good three years or so before they release it so I guess that evens out.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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 am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

But then most sites don't operate on scores out of ten, they operate on scores out of a hundred, with a dot in the middle. So, a 10 out of 10 covers more ground than 10.0 out of 10.0

I'm not saying it shouldn't be a ten because it's not "perfect". Ocarina of time is a 10 and it was hardly perfect. But IV has too many shortcomings and oversights despite being an excellent game. 9.0-9.4 then, but hardly 10.0

I was speaking idiomatically.