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

It's one huge behemoth of a game.
Which was to be expected, but I like it a lot MORE then I thought I would, and that's gotta mean something.
Sure, some missions can be a tad bit frustrating, due to me sucking at them, especially high speed chases with seemingly invincible guys to hunt.

Spoiler:

Did any of you manage to get that first biker OFF his bike by shooting at him? I'm sure I hit him enough to kill any other random gangbanger without him bothering...

But after those missions you can just go crazy or just do SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S AWESOME and all's fine again pretty fast... Love the game.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Tagonist

Sure, some missions can be a tad bit frustrating, due to me sucking at them, especially high speed chases with seemingly invincible guys to hunt.

Spoiler:

Did any of you manage to get that first biker OFF his bike by shooting at him? I'm sure I hit him enough to kill any other random gangbanger without him bothering...

But after those missions you can just go crazy or just do SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S AWESOME and all's fine again pretty fast... Love the game.

Faustin biker mission:

God, I just did this one and it pissed me off so much. I used up my uzi shooting this guy on his bike, and then it turned out he was invincible until the rest of his gang showed up. What the hell. So much crashing, so many hospital bills, all because I was trying to aim at him. I layed into him with that uzi though, and he really is invincible.

On a note that I'm surprised Skills hasn't mentioned yet, does anyone know if you get an upgraded phone later? I would LOVE to buy that CSI Miami knockoff ringtone that's listed "online" but all the phone stuff says it isn't compatible with my current one. I'd laugh insanely every time someone calls me if I could get it to play Science of Crime.

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I'm currently very annoyed at the

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FUCKING RACING 'MISSION' WITH BRUCIE. CARS CONTROL LIKE SHIT, THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS RACE ONE AROUND CHECKPOINTS, OH GOD WHY IS THERE ONE OF THESE AWFUL MISSIONS IN EVERY GTA, IT'S LIKE THE SPEEDERBIKES IN EVERY BATTLETOADS

But aside from that I'm having a lovely time!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Meia

I really like the shooting controls now. Its much more controlled at least. Maybe... anyway what's the main character's origins? Just curious, I kept thinking russian but I could be wrong.

The cousins Bellic are Serbian.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Tritoch

On a note that I'm surprised Skills hasn't mentioned yet, does anyone know if you get an upgraded phone later?.

Yes you do, for a specific mission. It can have different themes and ringtones, and has a camera on it.

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Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

I'm currently very annoyed at the

Spoiler:

FUCKING RACING 'MISSION' WITH BRUCIE. CARS CONTROL LIKE SHIT, THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS RACE ONE AROUND CHECKPOINTS, OH GOD WHY IS THERE ONE OF THESE AWFUL MISSIONS IN EVERY GTA, IT'S LIKE THE SPEEDERBIKES IN EVERY BATTLETOADS

But aside from that I'm having a lovely time!

I take it the "bunch of annoying missions" is necessary so the game doesn't go critical and turns into a real black hole of awesomeness, sucking the world in.

I guess what's annyoing me the MOST is that they have checkpoints now for missions, but sadly BEFORE the real missions, so you still have to usually drive for five minutes before really trying again. I'm aware that this IS actually an improvement, I just wonder why they couldn't have done it more reasonably, doing a checkpoint right before the action.

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HOT DAMN! Racing missions! I've hated nearly ALL chasing missions so far (where speed and maneuvering counts most), which ALL had a nearly nonexistant margin of error, and I believe I shouldn't do any RACING missions against the scripted and possibly cheating AI. Seriously. I've always hated racing missions in GTA style games, be it Crackdown, San Andreas or Mafia...

Good times. Just had a **** police chase, where the pileup of cop cars actually pushed me THROUGH the roadblock, and into safety due to a pay'n'spray nearby (though I think Pay'n'Spray is nearly cheating, real pros just shake the tail and get away, which is really hard but boy is it satisfying if you pull it off, even with ***-Levels...

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Anybody bother doing the mini mission from lil jacob and roman. I did a few of them but they get so tedious, is there even an end to them?
I'm going straight to the main missions now but I thought maybe there would have been something if I did those mission other than small amounts of money.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Haha, I spent a good solid 15 minutes running away from the police to get that 4* police rating achievement but it was actually pretty fun. At least you can outrun the police now even when you start racking up the higher ratings.

I just wish I could find a car that didn't handle like shit; I seem to spin out in every car I try, though the one computerized looking motorcycle has pretty good handling... just have to be weary of slamming into anything or you go flying and that's no good.

Anybody actually found a brand of car they feel is "good" or the best or anything for high speed chases?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Shenlon

Anybody bother doing the mini mission from lil jacob and roman. I did a few of them but they get so tedious, is there even an end to them?
I'm going straight to the main missions now but I thought maybe there would have been something if I did those mission other than small amounts of money.

I think they're there for quick money making only.

I'm having a great time with this game. Some missions (the huge shoot outs) are really fun, but I wouldn't give the game 10/10 and call it GOTY. I think the hype is BIG BANG OVERLOAD.

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

Yeah I just got to bohan and found those missions are completely optional and serve no more purpose other than cash.
Brucie reminds me of a hyped version of the todd from scrubs, "Oh yeah? If i'm so gay, then why do I work out so much?"

Cars are a bitch to handle, I always find that the taxi's are easier to handle throughout the whole gta series but roman's taxi in gta4 has so far been the easiest to handle other than the ones that look supra-lookin

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Police cars and taxis are usually the most dependable cars.
The BEST car IMO is the... Dammit if I now could recall the name... Roadster sports car, rounded overall shape, one big stripe from front to back.
It's been in all games IIRC so far. Great acceleration, great handling. It's just a little light, but so what...?
And, it's rather rare. I've yet to spot a regular spawn point...

I was speaking idiomatically.

The cars are great fun to drive. They take a little getting used to, but if you drive them properly they're brilliant fun to throw around the place.

During a police chase I managed to throw my half-destroyed Duke (the muscle car with obvious inspiration) over one of the stunt jumps. It so happened that I'd just thrown down a grenade behind me, so cue slow-motion jump complete with slo-mo explosion behind it and bits of police cars going flying in every direction. Shit was epic.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Tagonist

Police cars and taxis are usually the most dependable cars.
The BEST car IMO is the... Dammit if I now could recall the name... Roadster sports car, rounded overall shape, one big stripe from front to back.
It's been in all games IIRC so far. Great acceleration, great handling. It's just a little light, but so what...?
And, it's rather rare. I've yet to spot a regular spawn point...

That would be the Banshee; the only sports car you were allowed on the first island in GTA III. They seem to show up on the bridge into South Bohan with decent frequency and are definitely the most dependable car I've driven so far. It actually turns when you tell it to. Shocking!

FELIPE NO

Yeah! The Banshee. It's been my favourite car since III.
The SUVs in IV aren't too bad either. Decent accelleration, good handling, good speed. No Banshee though. Most of the "basic" cars just suck at that though...
The Banshee, as usual, takes the cake.

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Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

The cars are great fun to drive. They take a little getting used to, but if you drive them properly they're brilliant fun to throw around the place.

During a police chase I managed to throw my half-destroyed Duke (the muscle car with obvious inspiration) over one of the stunt jumps. It so happened that I'd just thrown down a grenade behind me, so cue slow-motion jump complete with slo-mo explosion behind it and bits of police cars going flying in every direction. Shit was epic.

Shit made me hard.
Wish you could save video replay in this game

And yeah, you get used to the cars. Chases used to be a bitch, but I feel I get more and more used to it. Usually, yellow cabs are very easy to handle. There was this mission involving a truck, it was HORRIBLE.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The first generation Camaro clone is by far my favorite car to drive so far. For those of you who aren't familiar with this car, here is a picture of a real first gen Camaro:

Spoiler:

How ya doing, buddy?

I believe in the past gta games they called that "stallion"

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Same, Russ. The way it handles suits my style of driving pretty well.

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Daaammmn, Three Leaf Clover pretty much made the game for me. That mission alone was almost worth the 60 dollar pricetag. Actually got my blood pumping there.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Big fan of any motorbikes and as for cars, I normally use a comet. (I always have one because of the races lol)

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Brucie's mission:

I find driving the Patriot so much fun especially when you're just driving over the sedans of police. xD I got 3 star wanted level and managed to pull those far away from the pay n spray when that happened. Easy sailing from there. Brucie's "gta" missions are pretty easy.

Lost gang bike chase:

And I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who got stuck on that stupid chase on the bike. That should had warned me that he's invinicble. I too flipped and nearly killed myself over and over in that dumb mission. I too was trying to gun him down with my uzi before he gets to his dumb pack. :\ At least I now know you're not supposed to...

FELIPE NO

Spoiler:

Got bored, finished "The Holland Play" main mission. First up, killed Dwayne and get paid up 25 grand. Not too bad. Then Playboy left me alone.

Then I killed Playboy instead and I stuck with it since I have now 2 safehouses, one the run down and now one that was formally X's (but I get no cash).

So fun and all plus going "all the way" for the strip club.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Meia

Lost gang bike chase:

And I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who got stuck on that stupid chase on the bike. That should had warned me that he's invinicble. I too flipped and nearly killed myself over and over in that dumb mission. I too was trying to gun him down with my uzi before he gets to his dumb pack. :\ At least I now know you're not supposed to...

huh?:

I'm 99.9% sure he's not invincible. The first few attempts I failed badly on that mission, then managed to gun him down on the motorway, well before he meets up with his biker buddies. That's certainly where I left his blood stained body anyway.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I got him the same way, first try. I had no idea he even had biker buddies.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

omfg! Ezabell's coke mission is so damn hard. I got frustrated and left it as is, I'm just ganna go for another mission for now and ignore it until I feel like it won't frustrate me.

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