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

$30 more for all that stuff isn't too bad. If I do end up getting it on the day of release, and there aren't any major deals on the regular edition, I'll spring for this version.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The whole escaping from the police thing definitely sounds like the best addition to the game so far. Before if you got anything more than like two stars you were fucked unless you went to a Pay 'n' Spray or found one of the stars on the ground, but the way they have it now definitely makes it seem easier to escape.

The way EGM described it was that there's an area on your map that shows the area the police are covering, and you have to escape it to get them off your tail. However, the more stars you have, the bigger the area is, so there's still some difficulty to it as well. But even if you do get caught, the fact that you can escape (at the cost of attaining another star) makes it even sweeter (no more instant lose).

This game is definitely gonna be awesome, so I just need to decide whether or not I'm gonna get the regular or special edition. I'll most likely get the SE since I can knock it down to the regular edition price with coupons and stuff. I also need to hurry up and finish Vice City Stories, since I probably won't go back to that once GTAIV is out.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

There's actually a bunch of handheld games that got 10s as well, but as far as console games yeah, it's only the third one.

Haven't had a chance to read the written review yet, but I did check out the video review (and I'll listen to the podcast later as well, even though they already went pretty in-depth about the game on a recent episode of their Three Red Lights podcast) and it seems like there's no reason not to buy this game. I'm definitely picking it up sometime next week.

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Well there was Burnout Paradise. Most people say that the PS3 version is the better of the two, probably since it was lead developed on it. The main thing I hear about the PS3 version of GTAIV is that the colors are more vibrant or something like that (and honestly, it's not that big of a deal).

Regardless, the only people who are actually gonna buy the PS3 version are those who don't have a 360 (i.e. me). With a better online interface and exclusive downloadable content coming soon, there really is no reason to get the PS3 version if you have both consoles.

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I'm not going to any midnight releases either, mainly because I have two papers due in the next two days (neither of which I've started on), so I won't be able to play the game until Thursday at the earliest, though more realistically it probably won't be until this weekend.

And just out of curiousity (not to get a rise out of anybody, because I'm getting quite sick of the fanboy bullshit already), who else here is getting the PS3 version? As I said earlier, I'm basically getting it out of necessity (don't have a 360), so I was wondering if there was anyone else in that same boat.

I was speaking idiomatically.

The History of Liberty City is pretty good too. It seems like a typical PBS/History Channel type documentary, but it's full of jokes and stuff that makes it really hilarious. I've only seen Part One so far, but it seems like there's a Part Two as well.

And damn you Tritoch, I still haven't seen this 72 you speak of.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Rotorblade

EGM already having a disclaimer in place, they certainly felt their review would be controversial enough to merit a handful of words regarding why they were rating the game as 10/10.

I'm not taking a side on this either way, but I just wanted to clarify: Are you talking about IGN? Because EGM doesn't even use a 10 point scale, and even if you tried to translate their scale to a 10 point scale, an A+, A+, and an A does not equal a 10.

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