Anyone have the new Grand Theft Auto yet?

[I_Vtec]

Just wondering what your impressions of the game are?

 

[Pro5OnSpeed]

where else can you beat the crap out of people, steal their cars, rob stores, blow s*** up, crash head on into an oncomming car in a motorcycle and live? GTA Vice City. that game kick ass like ass being kicked! i love that game. Ever play Gran Turismo 3, i live and die by that one as well....

 

[Captain KRM P5]

I think that by the end of the year every man, woman, child and chimpanzee will own a copy of this game - the lead in sales potential from GTA3 is incredible and practically guarantees multi-millions sold for the holidays alone. GTA3 itself is still in the top ten sales charts.

But about the game, I have it and have played a good deal of it. I'm going to buck the trend that will undoubtably spring up here and say that the game is merely "good". Its good in the way that continuing versions of Tetris are good - you can't really f**K it up unless you try. In all honesty, and there isn't much wrong with this, Rockstar basically plopped a new city into the GTA engine/software and went from there. It has a definete "Expansion Pack" feel to it - it simply plays alot like GTA3.

Good Points Overall:
- The ability to now bail from a moving vehicle.
- The ability to shoot out tires and shoot through windshields to hit drivers.
- Licensed 80s music, and I do mean ALOT OF IT
- Motorcycles.
- Indoor missions.
- Ray Liotta; a name actor in the lead role.

Bad Points Overall:
- Graphics are truly mediocre. GameCube and Xbox (and many PS2 programmers) have truly raised the bar in many of their games, and we should expect a game that looks better than the two year old Midnight Club. Framerate is not always constant.
- Seems shorter, smaller city.
- Poor combat and targeting controls, clumsy. You tend to die more from being unable to attack on the fly thanks to poor controls than anything else.
- Less variety of actual cars, and cars themselves feel slower.

In all I'd say that from what I expected from the game - more of the same destructive carnage based fun - I am satisfied. It's worth buying, but it feels like it was rushed (with only a year since GTA3 this is likely the case.), and next time out the game should be longer and with more presentation polish. Still, you don't get a more complete gangster simulation outside of this or from watching The Sopranos.

 

[MazKid]

I got it release night.

I love it! Exellent game, I'm almost to the 2nd half of Vice City(the part that's locked) and it's just really cool. A lot to do, and if you have played GTA3, you NEED to get GTA4.

 

[Pro5OnSpeed]

there goes kenny...... reviewing and critizizing games again! lol

 

[DooMer_MP3]

I haven't played much of it yet, but I like it a lot. I do agree with Captain though. It isn't as groundbreaking as GTA3 was. However, I get much more sense of being in Miami in this game then I did with GTA3. The game seems to just pull you in much more. The graphics aren't as good as I thought they were going to be (those non-interlaced screenshots do a poor job of showing you how its REALLY going to look). If the PS2 had 480p, this game would probably look amazing on a television set. Either way, I'm happy with my purchase!

Chris

 

[saided18]

you also forgot to add that you get more weapons and you can hit a car with a hammer and baseball. i donno bout you guys but i think running around town stabbing people with a screw driver till the die is FUN!!! lol

 

[promp3]

I got it on the 29th and it hasnt left my ps2 sence.

 

[Gro Harlem]

i'm like 7 missions away from completing them all.

Oh yeah, do up to level 10 on the pizza boy missinos and your max health goes up to 150!!!!!! Its easy to do these missions too compared to other side missions.

 

[Pro5OnSpeed]

DAMN DUDE!

Gro Harlem....... damn dude i dont think i would ever say this about a Festiva... but WOW.

 

[BigBlue]

I've loved this game since I started playing it. I'm nearly done as well, but then will start on collecting all the hidden packages.

 

[saided18]

I'm 30% done with the game. what about everyone else??
BTW did any buy the Pole Postion yet??? when you do go in the back room and you can sit in the room and get a lap dane from one of the dancers!!!!!!!!!! this game is awsome!!!!!!!!

 

[I_Vtec]

If you get to level 12 vigilante missions you get 150 armor.

 

[Allen]

A friend just helped me buy a PS2 from one of his coworkers for $120 (original package). She bought the console 3 months ago, but decided to go search for a mod PS2 ($300?) so she can play both Japanese and English titles. Hee hee, I thought it was good price and I'm probably one of the few peeps on this planet who doesn't own one yet. Now, I will have to scavenge around friends homes for games to borrow.

 

[saided18]

If you get to level 12 vigilante missions you get 150 armor.

yo how did you get to level 12 on the vigilante mission. thats hard ass hell.

 

[I_Vtec]

Yeah I thought so too. I've already beat the game. So I'm in free roam mode now. Once you beat the game there is an attack helicopter in the army base(or if you get all 100 hidden packages). If you go in the base the army will slaughter you. But they won't shot at you if you're wearing the cop outfit. Get the copter and do the vigilante missions from the air. Easy as hell.