you didn't mention anything about failing a mission...and how big of a fucking headache that is. you have to start completely over, including the long-ass drive to the mission (or chase or meeting or whatever...). y not have a checkpoint or something in the mission. I don't know about anyone else but driving from the far side of one island across three bridges to the far side of another island four or five times for the same mission blows. To head off the oncoming train of "maybe u just suck at the game" i can say yes, I could probably play it better but I have something called a job and as yahtzee put it so eloquently, this game requires something of a time commitment. love the reviews though, keep up the good work.
Zero Punctuation: Grand Theft Auto IV
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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GTA Biggleswade???
That would be awesome! Drving down the market place, into choices and making them sell games for good prices would be the first thing i'd do in game... Then i'd probably find me and run me over for saying that last sentance *bloodbath*. Loved the review, please, don't review mario kart wii. I don't even remember any hype toward it, it just sort of stumbled out onto the shelves like a drunken owl.
That would be awesome! Drving down the market place, into choices and making them sell games for good prices would be the first thing i'd do in game... Then i'd probably find me and run me over for saying that last sentance *bloodbath*. Loved the review, please, don't review mario kart wii. I don't even remember any hype toward it, it just sort of stumbled out onto the shelves like a drunken owl.
I was crackin up when you mentioned the trees being stronger than everything else in the game and fell over as soon as the cop said "aw poo." Its all too true (especially the middle finger you gave to the PS3 towards the end). And even though I agree with most of what you're saying, I like the "realism" better than any of the past games and sort of like the minigames included in maintaining friends in the game.
Can't wait for your review of Mario Ca--awwwwwwww ;P.
Can't wait for your review of Mario Ca--awwwwwwww ;P.
I think there was a lot more to the game that could have been discussed here but I certainly can't fault the review. GTA is riddled with flaws, and shit that just doesn't make sense. The first ten hours or so are boring and frustrating in places. I do feel engaged with the story and Niko Bellic has the most personality of any GTA protagonist thus far - at where I am in the game which is probably just over halfway the pace is really beginning to pick up and while yes, you do have to constantly keep your friends entertained lest you abruptly get an SMS accompanied by a thumbsdown and lose the ability to buy guns from the trunk of a car conveniently parked in a nearby alley rather than schlepping to the nearest Guns 'n' Ammo squatting on the other side of fifteen minutes of painfully dense traffic... the game really only moves along as fast as you want it to.
This game has racked up more thrown controllers than the final boss in Dead or Alive 4, and there have been three distinct occasions where I have turns off my 360 and informed my fiancee that "I quit video games", but here I am, deciding whether people live or die, stealing police cars in order to hunt down and kill Liberty City's most wanted, working for cops, criminals and the government, and in my down time banging insecure borderline psychotics who see through my cold, hard, murderous exterior to the heart of solid gold within.
This game has racked up more thrown controllers than the final boss in Dead or Alive 4, and there have been three distinct occasions where I have turns off my 360 and informed my fiancee that "I quit video games", but here I am, deciding whether people live or die, stealing police cars in order to hunt down and kill Liberty City's most wanted, working for cops, criminals and the government, and in my down time banging insecure borderline psychotics who see through my cold, hard, murderous exterior to the heart of solid gold within.
While true, the game keeps up the illusion it has value by giving you practically none of it then taking that away in health care if you suck at the game like I do. Of course around the time you do the bank robbery mission the game stops jerking you around, admits this whole money thing is horseshit and just gives you more than you'll ever need to hammer the point painfully home.mspencer82 said:
It was the kind of swift kick in the nuts I expected from Rockstar, kind of in a good way. The game is filled with little life lessons like that.
I can understand why the 'tards who shout "FIRST!!!!11one!!" get banned but why were the first few banned THIS time around? It's the same mindless quote filled praise, as usual so why did they get banned?
Way to go, Yahtzee. Now, however many emails you previously got asking you to review Mario Kart Wii, you can now multiply that by a factor of 20.
Funny, but I'm afraid you're getting a little too ... "formulaic"? I know that might sound weird for something that seems pretty identical from since you began, but what I means is that it seems like you used to point out the bizarre premises when taken out of context or humorously overlooked or ignored flaws, and now focus much more on the obvious flaws that we all knew you would be obligated to respond to anyway. Easy getaways, physics flaws and training missions are all pretty much given complaints for GTA. But then thats probably just a factor of reviewing such a widely known game anyway. I know people like it when you rip on the familiar, but I think its much funnier when we broaden our scope when laughing at slightly unknowns. So yes, please DON'T review Mario Kart Wii, since all of us will be much richer for it.
Good job, I mean they're always well written and performed, but I hope you hear what I'm saying, too.
Good job, I mean they're always well written and performed, but I hope you hear what I'm saying, too.
My favorite joke was the DMA to Rockstar bit. So after Chains of Olympus, does this make TWO games in a row that Yahtzee liked?! Wow.
Deep breaths, Jim... deeeeep breaths... easy now... count to ten...Andrenavarro said:
As for the review, I wonder if Yahtzee has somehow avoided getting a three star wanted level when a helicopter happens to be nearby, or in heavy traffic. It's not quite as easy as 'driving really fast', because you may just end up driving really fast into a police car, which lets all the cops know just where you are. You need to use your brain at least a little bit to escape with three stars... and a bit more with each additional star. I think it's a substantial improvement over the police in the last few games, who were paradoxically both near-omniscient and borderline retarded (we KNOW where you are, and we'll never stop comin-oh nevermind, we were chasing a BLUE car, so that can't be him).
I am also annoyed by the inconsistencies in what you can knock over by hitting it. If a bus hits a small tree, that tree is not going to stand there without even losing a bit of bark. That fucking plant is going down!
Once more, Yahtzee makes a semi-related statement in his review that addressed an issue I agree with him on; the Sixaxis is trash. Of course, I also thought the Dualshock 2 was trash, because it's not ergonomic for any known form of intelligent life. Sony's had a decade to correct this, but they are apparently too stupid or stubborn to do so.
First time that I cannot really comment - GTA IV is something far away on my backlog of games to play over the coming months. Still, the introductory bits were funny and GTA indeed took a more realistic turn over the past few installments, something I'm not really a fan of but I also think there wasn't much of an alternative if you're intent on reinventing the sandbox time and again. Maybe the surreal will return in a couple of years, for now I wish everyone fun with GTA IV while I still need to plow through Persona 3, Odin Sphere and Metal Gear Solid 4.
Yahtzee hit the nail on the head why I've not even completed the 3rd game yet. What was so enjoyable about the first was the sense of urgency, OTT of the violence thanks to no saving in between games.
Now it's become more and more of a simulator and missions (or the game as a whole) just drags out far more than need be.
No offence but I think it's more of a case that you are too stupid and stubborn to use your hands in a more varied selection of ways.
Now it's become more and more of a simulator and missions (or the game as a whole) just drags out far more than need be.
I can't understand this. The PS dual shock pad is the only decent pad I've played since the N64. Well, the Gamecube was pretty good, but the Dreamcast and Xbox360 rate as the worst ever IMO. However, I can play with all pads on any system I've ever played.
No offence but I think it's more of a case that you are too stupid and stubborn to use your hands in a more varied selection of ways.
Hmm good review as per usual, hohwever im in disagreement on what was said about the ps3 version- a)the trigger buttons are a massive improvment on the old L2 and R2 buttons, and b) the SIXAXIS system, while being a pain in the ass to get to grips with, is good once you know how, and if you reeeaaaly hate it, can be turned off.
In fact i would be more inclined to buy the Ps3 version of the game over th 360 version as ive been told it supports full HD 1080P resolution (the 360 version only managing a meager 1080i)
In fact i would be more inclined to buy the Ps3 version of the game over th 360 version as ive been told it supports full HD 1080P resolution (the 360 version only managing a meager 1080i)