Slog - Comments on Games: 24 Hours Into Grand Theft Auto IV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv Every minute I play Grand Theft Auto IV, I feel the need to tack on yet another week’s play in order to review it credibly. That’s not because the basic experience has changed. You still control a hired gun whose main abilities--carjacking, driving, shooting, fighting--are employed to do dirty work for bossy assholes. See? Didn’t need weeks or months to figure that out again. But what throws me off is the weight. I mean that literally--when you get into a car and try driving crazy-fast like the older games, the result is a swerving, crashy mess. Now, the cars... Copyright 2008 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:27:22 -0800 Thu, 01 May 2008 01:12:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Rotten666 I like my games as brutish and misogynistic as humanly possible.

]]> Rotten666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010153 Tech Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:36:58 -0800 Comment by Non tl;dr

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010173 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010173 Tech Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:49:59 -0800 Comment by Bleh Well made trash is still trash.

]]> Bleh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010191 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010191 Tech Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:58:58 -0800 Comment by w7ngman Vice City didn't have TV, but it did have many hours of original radio programming, including political talk radio.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010205 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010205 Tech Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:06:34 -0800 Comment by bobcat Yeah, I was like "What the fuck?" with the driving, then I jacked a sports car and it drove like a dream. Quit stealing hoopties!

The comedy shows on the TV are impressive, in fact everything is impressive about the game. The fighting system is kind of weird, it is no longer a 'mash all buttons to knock em out' thing, more like an actual fight.

Detail is incredible and I find it hard to actual do the missions.

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010210 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010210 Tech Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:13:35 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton I'm only about six hours in (work and kids). That said, it's brilliant. Though I do miss the soundtrack from San Andreas.

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010211 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010211 Tech Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:13:40 -0800 Comment by Paulus I don't think they'll ever top OG Loc.

]]> Paulus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010216 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010216 Tech Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:18:01 -0800 Comment by Matt of Renton I'm having a tough time understanding what the characters are saying with the accents (esp. when wifey tries talking to me. Huh? What?), and I agree with Mike that I miss the SA soundtrack. I'm not that into Russian techno, I've now learned. Bleh: well made trash is art.

]]> Matt of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010228 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010228 Tech Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:43 -0800 Comment by Constance Smythe-Remington The six-legged sock worm with a white-and-red tumor haunts my every waking thought.

]]> Constance Smythe-Remington http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010230 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010230 Tech Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:33:04 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I'm glad to hear they got the feedback loops working for things like driving, but hope this doesn't mean messing up on attacking the Fremont Rocket to

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010249 Tech Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:53:58 -0800 Comment by sleestak The Bas Rutten TV show was hilarious. He's sort of mocking his own video he did a few years back--do a search on Youtube for Bas Rutten, and watch the Street Defense video he did. The guy is hilarious. "Gonna bounce his head on the table...ten times or something..."

]]> sleestak http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010416 Tech Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:37:34 -0800 Comment by Sam M. @9: Dude, you should see this thing's butt.

]]> Sam M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/games_24_hours_into_grand_theft_auto_iv#c1010492 Tech Thu, 01 May 2008 01:12:56 -0800