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Eclipse (435)    May 23, 2008 - 02:38 pm

I have GTA1 in it's original box on my wall. I opened it up and it has hard copy maps of "liberty city" and "vice city". heh. I should try to use DOS Box to run it. » Login to reply to this  mr.wielder (1395)   May 23, 2008 - 06:11 pm hxxp://www.rockstargames.com/classics/ ftw » Login to reply to this

FSgeeK (531)    May 22, 2008 - 03:14 pm

I played GTA2 for the PS, at the time i thought it was awesome that you could gain gang rep and stuff. » Login to reply to this

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Eclipse (435)    May 21, 2008 - 08:56 pm

» Agreed You hit the nail on the head right there! Vice City didn't take itself seriously, and that's why it was great. It's not that GTA4 is bad, it's just not what I expected. It was like walking into a movie theater expecting an action/comedy and finding out that it's actually a crime drama. (spoiler alert, sorta) One with a real downer of a moral(ish) ending. Still, it's a good game. Definitely worth playing and a 95% (or more) game to be sure... It is what it is. You can't say "No Country for Old Men" is a bad movie just because it's not a comedy. » Login to reply to this

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TimberWolf_CLT (241)    May 22, 2008 - 01:21 pm | Edited on May 22, 2008 - 01:21 pm

We're a bit high and mighty aren't we? Who gave you the moral superiority merit badge? » Login to reply to this  BrettTodd (9)   May 22, 2008 - 07:20 pm Jesus. Do I have to put IMO at the end of every goddamn sentence? It's an opinion piece. Meaning that this is my opinion. Mine. Me. Alone. I'm not trying to speak for anybody else, or make any sweeping moral judgments. » Login to reply to this  Eclipse (435)    May 23, 2008 - 02:34 pm Yes Friendly Fire indeed! BrettTodd, he was defending you man. » Login to reply to this  mr.wielder (1395)    May 23, 2008 - 11:14 am Friendly fire! Friendly fire! » Login to reply to this

BrettTodd (9)   May 22, 2008 - 11:26 am | Edited on May 22, 2008 - 11:30 am

News flash -- the column is about a game, not real life. Also, you're missing my point entirely. I preferred VC and SA because they cloaked their violence in such absurdity that you couldn't take anything seriously. GTA IV hits too close to home, though, to the point where I found some of Niko's more heinous acts absolutely gut-wrenching, beginning with his execution of Vlad early on. Like the other poster said, the executions just seemed out of place, and way too extreme for a game that's traditionally been too over the top to take all that seriously. Racing around on crazy sprees of violence in a cartoon world is one thing; slo-mo shooting victims in the head is on a whole other level. In this case, for me, less realism is more. » Login to reply to this  w00t (924)    May 23, 2008 - 01:33 pm Much agreed. This new GTA4 isn't "bad", but it's not fun either. It look slike a GTA, but it doesn't feel like a GTA. » Login to reply to this

Eclipse (435)    May 21, 2008 - 09:02 pm

Wow, that's one hell of a cognitive leap there. Seems like you and Jack Thompson would get along just fine. » Login to reply to this

mr.wielder (1395)    May 21, 2008 - 03:35 pm

You're fragmenting that sentence and criticizing it out of context. The subject at hand is Grand Theft Auto which is a video game wherein killing is simulated and not real.. read slower? I agree with what Brett is saying but I'll take it a step further, I haven't felt much for the GTA series since the isometric days where it was completely faceless. Nothing like Vice City with a Chromeo playlist though, it's almost too perfect. » Login to reply to this  Eclipse (435)   May 21, 2008 - 09:04 pm I always had a hard time driving in GTA1 and 2. Just when I got up to speed I would rear-end someone. I loved GTA3 just because I could see where I was going :) » Login to reply to this

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