Zero Punctuation: Grand Theft Auto IV
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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I have to respectfully disagree with you. Especially on the PS2 controller being unresponsive. Would someone like to point out when? I have played the PS2 for years and never had this issue with my controllers. And why would Sony bother changing the controller? People got pissy not only when that prototype boomerang type design was first shown for the PS3 (and rejected thank god) but even more people bitched because it wasn't Dualshock. (And Sixxaxis only sucks when it is the sole use of the game like in Lair. It works rather well in Resistance and Folklore to support the gameplay.)Programmed_For_Damage said:
I despise the X-Box controllers and find the Playstation controllers to be the best ones ot there. And as far as I am concerned, they perfected the controller. To each their own I guess..
As for the review, great as always. Not quite as hilarious as last weeks, but it was still good. Raised the concerns I have about the game. Which is why I probably won't end up getting it. (That and I always end up disappointed with each new GTA game...)
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I think I'm the only one here who saw Yahtzee's Niko/Resistance Soldier comparison and thought he meant Gordon Frohman.
I think I'm the only one here who saw Yahtzee's Niko/Resistance Soldier comparison and thought he meant Gordon Frohman.
He means the Half-Life 2 guy. That guy doesn't have a name, unless you count Concerned (which I do).Indigo_Dingo said:
Oh Yahtzee is no game safe? Who cares its fuckin hilarous. The part about the trees vs. lightposts and the whole running away from police...its funny because its true.
Exactly, I couldn't have put it better myself. The game doesn't show you what kind of benefits you get from the choices you make because you're not trying to decide which pair of pants to buy you're deciding what kind of person you are. Are you the type who always follows orders or will you disobey if you don't like your employer? Do you think a ***** that spent a man's money while he was in prison only to date somebody else deserves death or should be given another chance? You're making a decision about what's in your soul, not which benefit you want.Indigo_Dingo said:
For me the analogs on the PS2 controller are a bit too slack which makes them less reactive (i.e. more "play" in the mechanism means you have to move it further to get any reaction; same as the steering in a car) and the controller on the whole is too small for my ham-like hands (two hours with the SNES controller absolutely kills my hands). I've used a least six different PS2 controllers and found the exact same thing, so it ain't the individual controllers (unless I have been extremely unlucky).Orga777 said:
Sorry to digress; just don't like to put things out there without justification.
Eh, the part about the first missions being tutorial missions isn't very true. Only the first couple of missions teach you anything, the rest just give you tips as you do the missions. And of course using the computer requires a tutorial-type mission, along with using the police computer.
He also fails to mention how losing the cops work. You get a circle around where you were last seen, you cannot lose the cops until you leave the circle for about 10 seconds and if you get spotted again the circle moves. The more stars you have, the bigger the circle. It's only easy to lose the cops when you have 1-2 stars, which makes perfect sense.
I don't know if anyone else realizes how difficult it was to lose the cops in the older ones. You had to find the star reduction powerups until you had 2-3 stars minimum before it was even possible.
And just an FYI, if you don't like your friends calling you to play pool and such you can disable it with your cellphone options, I think you turn off the ringer or something.
By the way, try calling 911.
He also fails to mention how losing the cops work. You get a circle around where you were last seen, you cannot lose the cops until you leave the circle for about 10 seconds and if you get spotted again the circle moves. The more stars you have, the bigger the circle. It's only easy to lose the cops when you have 1-2 stars, which makes perfect sense.
I don't know if anyone else realizes how difficult it was to lose the cops in the older ones. You had to find the star reduction powerups until you had 2-3 stars minimum before it was even possible.
And just an FYI, if you don't like your friends calling you to play pool and such you can disable it with your cellphone options, I think you turn off the ringer or something.
By the way, try calling 911.
So are you objecting to the game on ethical/moral grounds or because of conceptual/gameplay issues? Your argument seems to take a turn when you mention children cutting off people's fingers. While I won't touch the moral issues, I don't imagine that having to check in with your parole officer between missions would be much fun (i.e. why people play games). Nor do I imagine that people would take kindly to having a 40 hour game save erased because they zigged instead of zagged. As for the coup de grace, I'm fairly certain that you don't have to interact the ladies of the night in this game, much less rape them. So in closing, I'm sorry that you didn't like the game (you have played it, yes?) and that not all media is lollypops and rainbows.lindsay40k said:
