I don’t get to put in PT like most of you guys - I finally moved Franklin out the hood. Since then, all the time I’ve spent playing has been driving around and upgrading my wardrobe. I look slick like a muthaf#cka. I’m rockin some rattlesnake shoes with some Chino slax and black chino shirt with some earings…man Franklin look ‘fly’. Then because I’m so boss now, I go home and jump in the pool while wearing 2k worth of clothes.
And damn, the fake Porsche is NNIIIIICCCEEEE. I want to switch THAT with my default car. I still don’t get why its taken this long for the cars to finally feel ‘driveable’. I absolutely hated driving in previous GTAs, but its actually fun now that every corner doesn’t get you a star for a random pedestrian and that I can bob and weave with virtually any car.
to be realistic about the driving, we might not find cops and robbers to be as fun as gtaIV due to the driving physics. though I think the realistic durability of the cars may either cover that or improve on it. we’ll see
Just for me - in previous GTA, the car’s having pixie levels of health, being almost uncontrollable, the game having an abundance of cops and things that trigger those cops, made it so paranoying to drive, that anytime I could take a bicycle - I did. You’d think I was playing CrazyTaxi for how much I wsa on a bicycle in SA. GTA4 is just flashes of going out of control for me. So the fact that I can hit top speed in a car and actually move between cars, feels sooooo much better. I feel like I can actually play the game now as opposed to ‘cower in the corner not speaking’ at the thought of getting from point a to point b.
Yeah I know you have to put stuff in the ATM. I’m just hoping you don’t get money sucked out of there when you die.
I can see the goku and vegeta thing a little bit, with how they’re friends that kind of hate each others guts at times. The only difference being that they were initially friends
On the subject of cars, the damage system isnt as hilariously exaggerated. Before the roof could cave in and your head would be poking through. Or you could run into a pole and have a 5 foot deep conical dent in your bumper making it look like you should have a hole in the gas tank. That doesn’t happen now. I get why it doesn’t but I kind of miss it. It was funny.
Yeah I sold that stock because it didn’t look like it was going to ever recover…was going to cause some damage to dollarpills to see if that would make a difference but I said fuck it.
So I had a random dude that I returned his stuff to, and
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He sent me 100,000 dollars worth of stock in his company
Also, I did the Trevor port heist and
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wtf no payday lol
Still only about 30% done. Haven’t been able to play as much, because with a 3 year old around he can’t see when I play or he wants to parrot everything he hears.
But really, gta5 is a much better game, it’s still got annoying faults, but i can forgive those because it’s alot of fun.
Fun, not alot a word you’d associate with 4.
I’ll probably end up finishing this game, i’m about 60% in now, dont think i even managed to make 40% in 4
The only time fun could be associated with 4 is in multiplayer with friends, or with cheat codes in ballad of gay tony. I think that DLC was the best rendition of 4.
I bought the DLC expecting to get to it (I was living away from home and didn’t have internet so it was a preemptive purchase).
I keep trying to push myself through the regular campaign to get to the DLC, but the motivation just isn’t there. After playing GTA5, I’m going to have a REAL hard time going back to 4…
I dont remember how to get to it really, because I havent had to start a new game on it, but you dont have to beat the vanilla story to play the DLC. they are standalone I believe.
I only played through the Stories from Liberty City disc. And that was standalone. But a lot of reviewers don’t acknowledge the dlc. I mean Gay Tony still had planes and parachutes and Lost had changed some shooting mechanics I believe.
The only one that really stood out to me that i really enjoyed was using short barreled shotgun on motorcycle. It’s still around in GTA 5 with the sawed off shotgun, but works in regular vehicles as well.
Also does anybody else find it odd that GTA is a 3rd person shooter that still has a lock on targeting mechanic? Honestly I like using it because i feel the acceleration of free aiming in GTA5 is sketchy at best. But i just think it’s weird they still employ a mostly dead shooter mechanic. The only place lock on really shows up in anymore is action games like Bayonetta.
Other 3rd person shooters such as Gears, Ghost Recon, and rainbow six(while in cover) use free aim. I think its funny that its labeled as “Traditional GTA” in the options though.
Also a last pro-tip. Aiming in general is much better if you change the crosshairs to advanced in the settings. you can actually see the fucking things then. As opposed to this really small dot that blends in with everything. Wouldve been a good idea to include an option to change the crosshair color. Id make it something obnoxious that would never blend in. Like purple or neon green
Yo the closets don’t keep track of all the clothes you buy. Bought a bunch of baller suits and vests for Franklin and they don’t show up. If I want to change into those clothes I have to go to a Ponsysbys store and select it there.
Definitely playing this game at a way faster pace than I wanted. I’m at 64% already and near what I’m assuming is the final heist and I’ve only played it for 4 or so days.
I was playing as Trevor in free-roam. Went to Michael’s house, went round to the backdoors made of glass, and Jimmy was sitting there with a laptop. You can’t get in, but you can see what hes looking at with the aid of a sniper scope.
This is what I found…
[details=Spoiler]It turns out Niko Bellic IS in GTA5! Jimmy is looking him up on LifeInvader.