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I'd agree with this - once you've got the rocket launcher, it doesn't take too long before you realise "damn that's it, I've got all the add-on's possible for my character". Havent't played SA but the idea of buying property does sound cool. I'd imagine they put in this amount for bad players who die a lot as it was costing me 10,000 at the hospital each time toward the end, or for letting people reach the 500,000 mark to unlock the achievement easier. They could have put in the option to buy more ammo though. Don't know how many of you have done the acheivement of lasting 5 minutes on a 6 star rating, but it takes a fair amount to get to 6 stars and I was left with only a pistol for a few of those minutes!!Quote:
- Money is useless in the game, there's nothing to do with them.
I've finally finished - took 30.14 hours, I had 1/2 hour left to do the last 3 missions of the game in 30 hours on my first try, but nope couldn't manage it!!! :c( mind you, now I've grasped the driving and using taxi's everywhere I'm sure I could shave off 10 hours on the next run! Anyhow to that point I'd have to disagree - on the calling Packie called me after it had finished (won't spoil it and say why), and Roman too. On the missions there's now the remainder of the 14 extra characters to meet on the street for side missions, the assasin missions I've just finished, the 20 races, the package jobs for Little Jacob, the 50 stunt jumps and all the list of other achievements there were - maybe 20-40 was there? Lots to do and some other bits which help get to 100% completion as well, can't remember them right now, but I was suprised at how much is now left in the game. I completed it, with oding a few side missions and am only at 68% completion - have to try and win at bowling and get3 strikes in a row next myself I think...Quote:
As wossname says, once you've finished the main game there's not much left to do.
Have many people had this one?? I think I got this for 1-2 seconds maybe twice throughout the entire game, that's maybe 0.5 second - 1 minute lag in 15 hours on the entry level 360 console. Am I lucky here, I've read a fair few people have got this...Quote:
- Framerate issues, if the console(s) cant handle the graphics without dropping framerates like this, then they shouldnt have made it so good looking. It ruins the feeling.
Well they're a fair part of the plot (not spoiling that one), and again help to the 100% mark as I think they count as friends you have to see every now and then to keep < 100% happy/friendship/likeness score whatever it is.Quote:
- Girlfriends are useless.
On the whole, it's pretty easy to grasp the cover. My problem was running to the corner of something like a crate, thinking the cover would put me behind the crate out of the way, but getting put to the side and out in the open, but that's just practice and me needing to aim right exactly for the side I need the cover at. The shooting part when in cover isn't all there though - when you tap left or right, it should move onto the next enemy each time. It won't move to the next enemy if you have someone right up close to you, it'll stay focused on them, even if they are hiding behind cover not shooting when the guy just behind and to the side of him is out in the open.Quote:
- I dont find the cover-thingie that much of a problem, as the guy in the article does.
See note above, not sure you've all quite looked up how much there is in this game. Ohh yeah the vigilante mode - the cop car most computer missions, there's also 2 sets of them too left to do as well....Quote:
- It just ends to abruptly...you're playing and having "fun", then all of a sudden...all ends, no more missions, no one calls you, its like a waste-land of suck.
http://grandtheftauto.ign.com/wiki/GTA_IV_Achievements
There you go, after the game theres these to work towards (must admit I'm not looking forward to those pidgeons, even with the maps!)
One thing I would say, I've had the SWAT teams come after me (though they don't use rocket launchers or the helicopter rockets/guns - they're pretty much just ordinary police, nothing special, maybe their vehicles take more to blow up), but I do remember playing one in the past where the army came out. I can't imagine why on Earth they took this out! I guess they're saving it for the add-on release maybe but I do miss the havoc with the tanks...
Has anyone completed the last Bernie mission where he gives you the car - can anyone remember the name of that car please? I kind of totalled mine and wanted to try and find another one! :eek: :D
Yeah at 75%. If you'd jsut walked to the end of that peir Mojo, you'd have seen the helipad - you were right by it but I guess that doesn't matter now.Quote:
I think you unlock the ability to use helicpoters whenever by making Brucie like you alot.
You can buy ammo at the stores marked with a gun on the map. Usually tricky to find as they are not advatised as gun stores.Quote:
Originally Posted by alex_read
About the 6 stars thing, i used to get 6 when flying over to an unlocked island but thats not the case any more. I think you can still get five or six if you try to steal a plane. Makes no sense as you can't actually steal one.
I kind of cheated a little on that one myself - I grabbed full weaponary and armour at one of those gun shops then stole a tour helicopter to get to the top of the statue of happiness - sniper rifle and grenades allowed me to get a few people below and get the police to come, then I used the rest of the guns to keep shooting helicopters down. When I got the 6 stars, I just went inside this statue bit so I could hide for the 5 mins :D :bigyello:
What I meant above is that this would have been a lot quicker for me to do if I was able to buy 100 rockets rather than a maximum of 9 - I had to fire everything I had (apart from the handgun) at the helicopters until I had enough to get to 6 stars! :p
I see...I still haven't managed to get inside that statue yet. Keep falling off!
you need to aim for the corner where her leg bends behind - one of her legs is bent back and infront of the leg is slightly more room. use the left stick & hold back to slow the helicopter right down and use the little shoulder buttons to position the direction & height. Should be able to have it glide in at 1mph and with the right stick you can alter the view so you can see where he's going to jump to...
I did the "Chain Reaction" achievement the other day, that was fun. Although its actually quite hard to destroy 10 vehicles in 10 seconds, given that you can only carry 8 RPGs at once and grenades take ages to go off.
SPOILER
My strategy for getting the "Chain Reaction" GTA4 achievement...
1. Grab yourself a Maverick helicopter (you'll be using it's aviation fuel to generate a big explosion :D)
2. Fly it to one of the quiet "Used Cars" premises, there's one in Alderney and I think maybe one near Schottler. If you go at night there's usually a load of cars parked up and there's no cops around.
3. Land your chopper in the centre of the car park.
4. Take all the nearby cars (there should be 15 or so available within a couple hundred yards) and park them shoulder-to-shoulder around your helicopter. The more cars the better really as the cars around the outside tend to keep the bunch together.
5. Save yourself one decent car that you can use as a getaway vehicle, your next exploit is unlikely to go unnoticed by the authorities :D.
6. Whip out your RPG and nuke the chopper with it, and keep firing at the cars as they catch fire. If you time it right you can blast the requisite 10 cars and only get 2 stars of aggro.
7. Scarper before the Feds start asking awkward questions.
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Alternatively you can break into WestDyke motorbike shop and park as many bikes as you can in a tight group in the corner of the room then get busy with the grenades.
I'd heard the motorbike shop tip before, but couldn't find where it was again! I tried this in a car park, but after parking 5 cars next to one another, stealing the 6th got me noticed by the cops - a drive around to lose them and back to the car park and I saw none of the cars I piled up were there :mad: Haven't tried that one since but might give it another go tonight then. Can you let me/us know where the used car places are by any chance?
I would try the suggested comments, but I'm still waiting for GTA IV to load. And I've turned it on since the day I bought it, which was 29th April.
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Originally Posted by kregg
I know. I'm blue from embarrassment.
I think rockstar substituted those little helicopter missions from the last GTA for motorbike missions on this one. I hate motorbike missions.
Well, playing on Vice City, they have Biker missions. And I totally, completely agree - they do suck... Although I don't know how bad it is on GTA IV.
Worse
Believe me: it's worse! With the added "realism" of driving, it makes it nearly impossible to hit a target while on a bike.
I have finished quite a number though, so it's not completely insanely hard. :thumb:
Im stuck on "I need youre clothes, your boots, and your motorcylce", I just keep crashing because he goes through the little back streets.
Reminds me of that mission in San Andreas where you have to take a bike with OG Loc to kill that guy with the lyrics book (I think?). Man that was an awful mission. :sick:
I think the best thing about the game is the,on foot, shooting missions. The duck and dive button and the new shooting system makes it loads of fun. Aswell as the pretty nasty grahpics. U really feel like your blowing brains out. :)
The more I have been playing, the more really weird AI glitches I have seen... has anyone else seen some odd behavior?
Also, I noticed if you are near a hotdog vendor cart, and there is no guy there selling hotdogs, if you just spin around in a circle (look away from the cart) he magically appears to sell you a hotdog...
I think this game is A+, but I feel like the beta testers may have been too busy having fun to report some of the odd bugs that I have come across in just 2 weeks of playing
Definately, drive across a bridge, press L1 (Look behind you) and then release and suddenly there's more cars in front of you. Only works once though :ehh:Quote:
Originally Posted by kleinma
Yeah I have run into that as well (quite literally!)
Yeah the hotdog vendor thing is something that I experience quite alot actually. There's also several side missions where you go answer a phone and get different assassin jobs...alot of the times it takes ages for the phone to pop up when you reach it, sometimes it doesnt even pop up until after you pick it up to answer. Its a bit...not so good.
It doesn't on PS3 :)
Really? From what I've read on forums across the internet, it has seemed like the ps3 has the same issues as the xbox360...
My brother has now got a PS3 and from what it seems, the gameplay isn't really glitchy. But it gets annoying when you've beaten the woman up at the first clothes shop you go to, and then go there to that shop about half an hour later, and the woman isn't there because you kicked her in. Also, I was getting used to the controls and I accidentally pushed the hotdog stand, and now the guy refuses to serve me hotdogs at all, making that utterly useless.
Some may look at this and think "hey that's quite cool!!" but it isn't when you are on your last bit of health and want to replenish it, or you got loads of money and want to spend it on clothes. I liked the flexibillity of San Andreas where you can walk into a shop, completely let all hell break loose, go out, and come back to find everything is virtually fine. I know this isn't realistic, but for christ sakes this is just a game.
Yes really, nobody likes the sexbox anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Atheist
kregg, it's meant to be realistic that's kindof one of the points - They also removed haircuts and stuff which wasn't at all realistic, you get better (or worse depending on what you like) handling in cars too.
Plus, call 911 ;)
If Microsoft called it that, I'd seriously buy it. Why aren't you working at Microsoft with the Marketing team?? :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiVisser
Oh yes. Of course, nobody has a hair cut. All hair stays the same throughout our lifetime, hence why barbers aren't invented yet. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiVisser
Going to the barbers was a bit pointless. And so is the fact that once you annoyed somebody giving you service, you don't get that service because you are being rude. It's because once I found this out, I went to the hot dog stand and that clothes shop, killed both of them, realised they didn't have money, and reloaded to the automatic point, meaning that they remain unkilled for the rest of the time.
Yes, cops come running in and do nothing. Amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiVisser
Oh wait... you're going to tell me about the little onboard computer thing, right? Wow I can look up criminals!!111 I think I'd rather go watch TV.
They said I was too good:afrog:Quote:
Originally Posted by kregg
Oh yes. Of course, people go in with no hair and come out with Afros!Quote:
Originally Posted by kregg
No I was actually going to tell you to call the paramedics since you needed health :wave:Quote:
Originally Posted by kregg
Whisky will soothe the pain.Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiVisser
I guess you never heard of a wig, have you son? O_OQuote:
Originally Posted by RudiVisser
If it's run by the NHS, I'd rather not, thank you very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiVisser
anyone see SNL last night? they spoofed it. Had guests on weekend update that allegedly lived in liberty city. They were moving like the game characters and hitting on Ami Poehler.
Okay, I'll have a glass of whiskey then... :afrog:Quote:
Originally Posted by kregg
Comedy deaths:
1. If you crash a car hard into a hotdog stand, the propane tank blows up wiping you out in one go.
2. Helicopter golf suicide. Get a helicopter and fly out to a tall building that has a nice flat roof. Hover so that your if you jump out you'll land safely standing on the edge of the building. Jump out. If you positioned the helicopter just right the blades will send you flying off into the distance like a Tiger Woods tee-off. It means instant death but the slo-mo is highly amusing especially if your freshly minced carcase slams against another building.
Anyone got any more?...
That second one sounds funny.
I quite like shooting a driver of a car in the head and then watching the car to continue on its way until its hits a tree or something.
'Comedy death'...Good call wossy
Apparently, driving full into a petrol station causes it to blow up.Quote:
Originally Posted by wossname
Yes, very annoying if you are a bad driver (Me) and keep hitting it trying to power slide on to the bridge.
My fave death is the high speed motorbike death!
Has anoyone come across the frozen half fallen off motorcycle rider yet?
I have seen it at least 2 times so far, that I will be driving, and all of a sudden, there is a guy who is half fallen off a bike, but he is just frozen there, and so is the bike. You can run into him and hit him and everything.
I think the beta testers were having too much fun getting lap dances at honkers.
And getting drunk and then tring to drive. Thats always good for a laugh! :)
they actually keep a stat for how many times you have driven drunk...
one thing I am pretty curious about (and might force me into a second play through) is the fact that at least 5 times in the game, you need to make a decision to either kill someone or let them go, or to do 1 thing over another. I wonder if the game has any different outcome based on the choices you pick. I suppose playing through and picking all the opposite choices should tell me.,
The ending one is definitely different (the boat 2nd from last mission), and the cutscene changes (I won't put the spoiler here but PM me if you want to know the alternate ending sequence).
I've read the 1st guy if you let him go on the rooftop, he might come back as a side mission character - like one of those dots on the map when you pass a contact on a street.
Playboy's outcome is different - you get a ton of money or his pad depending on the outcome of that last mission there.
Those are the only 3 I can think of/remember/have read...