azz0r

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28th Apr 08, 12:07pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Just pre-ordered at Asda. The woman said there are going to be ques tonight as she flipped through pages of pre-orders for it!

I bet everyone turns up at half eleven like me, I did joke to her after she mentioned the fines they can get, if I turn up at 11.30, or even 10 minutes before I can collect it right? wink wink..."nah we'd get fined, were really not risking anything".

Oh well, tonight shall be gaming bliss!

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28th Apr 08, 3:28pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
play.com said they just posted it today, so i doubt it'll arrive tomorrow, GAY >:/
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28th Apr 08, 3:40pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Would be next day wouldn't it?

My HMV order email just came through, so it'll arrive tomorrow...but by then, I'll have spent the whole night playing with my Asda copy.

Just send it back methinks.

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28th Apr 08, 3:42pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Heh, well maybe it is next day deliver, I don't know, the email said please allow 3-5 days for delivery, but i'm hoping that's just a generic email, and they know the game is highly anticipated and will send it out next day delivery..
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28th Apr 08, 5:17pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed

azz0r

ToyTown?

To be fair, it doesnt seem as rough as people make out.



People in Sheffield call it Toytown cause it is so small, and it is a shithole, I've been once wasn't an enjoyable visit. Even people that live in Rotherham hate it, except the Chuckle Brothers they love it.

azz0r

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28th Apr 08, 5:32pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Learn something new everyday eh!

6 hours togo...sweet

azz0r

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28th Apr 08, 9:49pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
1 hour togo

azz0r

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28th Apr 08, 11:17pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Ah I got it

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29th Apr 08, 12:47am | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
ditto, got me a new pad for £22 aswell, decent offer at game
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azz0r

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29th Apr 08, 5:12pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Online = awesome

Apparently its region controlled, so only UK players play UK players...would explain why theres literally no lag.

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29th Apr 08, 9:04pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
so what happens if say, i invite sticky into a game and hes in US?
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29th Apr 08, 9:23pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
I'm sure i heard an american accent when i tried online, though of course there are americans in britain, but still..

Also the game is much fun, i've mostly just played through the missions, I find them quite enjoyable, i don't have enough friends to play online =p azz0r and co, what's your xbox live names?
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29th Apr 08, 9:25pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
hm dunno, its just what I saw on neowin.

The difficults get really difficult very quickly.

No Love Lost drove me to madness. The one after that is rough to, gotta take out a warehouse with 15 guys in, then the place is surrounded by police...rock solid and so frustrating because you had to driveeeeeeeeeeee all the way back....spend 15 minutes taking out the guys and they all stick behind cover making it twice as difficult.

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29th Apr 08, 9:50pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
My live name is makavelee17, but i need to renew my subscription which ill be doing some time next week.

as for gta 4, i think its brilliant, and has bas rutten in it (BANG BANG! "IM SORRY SIR... NOW IM GONNA HAVE TO BREAK YOUR LEG")

i've only really played it for a couple of hours, very busy lately, so im lookin forward to the weekend when i can really get into it
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azz0r

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30th Apr 08, 7:09pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Eugh I wish the other half of the city was open already...

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30th Apr 08, 8:39pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
I fucking love this game.
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30th Apr 08, 9:44pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Then do the missions azz0r! =p it's amazing how fun they are, i've got so into them. I barely fuck around at all, heh. I just finish one and i'm like I WANT MOAR STORY LINE. I love the main character, just such a great personality
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30th Apr 08, 9:51pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Mannys first mission is a ridiculous piss take.

Have to follow the drug dealer for 10 minutes slow as hell, then you have to take about 10 people out on your own...and then randomly charge at the worst time.

So infuriating.

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30th Apr 08, 10:03pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Just sit behind a crate and slowly pick people off, i can't remember who Manny is alreayd..but i remember following a drug dealer
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1st May 08, 1:07am | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
A handy few hints that i didnt know about. press Y to climb ladders, and to free aim gently pull the shoot trigger, and pull it all the way in to actually fire
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1st May 08, 2:02am | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed

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No Love Lost drove me to madness. The one after that is rough to, gotta take out a warehouse with 15 guys in, then the place is surrounded by police...rock solid and so frustrating because you had to driveeeeeeeeeeee all the way back....spend 15 minutes taking out the guys and they all stick behind cover making it twice as difficult.



I had a blast with that mission. It was incredibly easy for me.
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1st May 08, 6:27am | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Ah yeah that mission, it was quite hard. I was surprised i completed it first time. Once the police surrounded the place i though i was fucked, but just made a run for it to the nearest car and it took me like 5 or more minutes to shake off the police! As the nearest car was a peice of shit. Good fun! 8]
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1st May 08, 9:22am | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed

Makavelee

and to free aim gently pull the shoot trigger, and pull it all the way in to actually fire



You mean so autolock on doesnt kick in?

The thing is, alot of missions seem easy once you've passed them, the biker one is essentially tail him (easy when you've seen the route) and then find a tree or the bridge to cover behind and pick them off.

The problem with the manny mission is that you have to endure a boring 5 minute tail sequence thats no fun and then if you fluff it and get shot indoors, you have to go alll the way back to him, endure the 5 minutes again...llalalal GTASA solved this, and I have no idea why they chose not todo it again but having mid way points so you don't have to keep doing the same boring bits if you fluff it.

One thing I don't understand: Why no main screen? All it has to be is single player or multiplayer, I hate the fact I have to load up single player THEN go into multiplayer.

Is it just me, or are text messages hard to read? Dark green screen and black text? I have to keep leaning forward to read it.

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1st May 08, 3:03pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed

azz0r

One thing I don't understand: Why no main screen? All it has to be is single player or multiplayer, I hate the fact I have to load up single player THEN go into multiplayer.



They wanted to integrate multiplayer and stuff seamlessly.

azz0r

Is it just me, or are text messages hard to read? Dark green screen and black text? I have to keep leaning forward to read it.



I don't really have a problem reading them.
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1st May 08, 3:14pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Rockstar Defense Force, STRIKE!

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1st May 08, 4:11pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed

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Makavelee

and to free aim gently pull the shoot trigger, and pull it all the way in to actually fire



You mean so autolock on doesnt kick in?

The thing is, alot of missions seem easy once you've passed them, the biker one is essentially tail him (easy when you've seen the route) and then find a tree or the bridge to cover behind and pick them off.

The problem with the manny mission is that you have to endure a boring 5 minute tail sequence thats no fun and then if you fluff it and get shot indoors, you have to go alll the way back to him, endure the 5 minutes again...llalalal GTASA solved this, and I have no idea why they chose not todo it again but having mid way points so you don't have to keep doing the same boring bits if you fluff it.

One thing I don't understand: Why no main screen? All it has to be is single player or multiplayer, I hate the fact I have to load up single player THEN go into multiplayer.

Is it just me, or are text messages hard to read? Dark green screen and black text? I have to keep leaning forward to read it.



Yeah, infact i just found out you can also pull the auto aim trigger gently and it will free aim too.

You can change th brightness and stuff on the options which is handy
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1st May 08, 4:42pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
I find it hard to read the messages, the font is so small and black on green like azz0r said.
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2nd May 08, 10:56am | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Haven't played much of it only at the mission after you choose what to do with Ivan. But really good so far, night time driving impossible!

Haven't been online yet but I'm RussySWFC.

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2nd May 08, 3:08pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
I enjoy driving around one of the massive SUVs and killing smaller vehicles. Good fun.
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4th May 08, 3:36pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
I think i made the wrong choice in a decision you had to make in one of the missions =(
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4th May 08, 3:45pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Load an earlier save?

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4th May 08, 3:46pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
I only have one save, has anyone else done the mission? I don't want to give it away or anything
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4th May 08, 4:03pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Have you met playboy yet?

I assume its after that. Ive taken a breather from it, I find the no mid mission saving annoying as fuck.

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4th May 08, 7:05pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
That's one of my major gripes. Mid-mission saves make me less angry than DOING THE WHOLE FUCKING THING OVER AGAIN.
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Take for example, Lezzy Lizs mission to fetch the drugs from a house, then the FBI attacks when you get the case.

Ridiculously, you have to start again, whereas in SA, you'd be able to checkpoint it from arriving at the house, getting the drugs, and then any major point after.

Its a huge over sight...I cant believe it.

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4th May 08, 7:29pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
bleh, i've tried that elizbeta's mission once, got in got the drugs then FBI EVERYWHERE, i'm not sure how i'm meant to do it, but i will give it a try later.
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4th May 08, 7:30pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
What I'm going todo next time, is go get a helicopter first, land just outside, make sure my shotgun ammos full, take off after heading out.

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4th May 08, 11:42pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Lawl, my friend had a go, he done it on his second try, got in got out, spent AGES trying to get out of the radius of 3 stars! But he done it 8]
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5th May 08, 10:53am | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
I only did it the once you see, then turned it off in anger when it turned out the retry expected me to drve all the waythere again.

Going to go give it a go...I'm expecting some sort of urning on Roman/Roman turning on me soon.

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5th May 08, 3:51pm | Quote | Blogs | Profile | RSS Feed
Just take a cab there..or use roman's free cab service (not sure if that works during a mission, but you can call a cab there)
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