GTA IV: online first impression

iwannadie

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So, I finally got online and was able to create a game. I did the free play, giving you the entire city to roam around with all guns.

The guns are basically every 20 feet just laying around, cars are all over and people too. You can adjust to have cars parked or driving/traffic and all that.

The first two people that joined must have known each other, they jumped in the same car and were running me down lol. I hoped on a moped out of desperation but it turned out to be great! the moped was so small and nimble and Jumped curbs they couldnt keep with me.

Next I got in a city bus and was running them off the road in that beast. Id set up a barricade blocking them while I stayed in the bus shooting them. You can fire at any angle inside the bus(meaning you can hit them while they are right behind you an impossible shot).

Then it hit me; helicopter!! I made way for the airport and jumped in the heli. Now that was fun, I found the guys cruising around in a car and was circling them. They had no clue I was above them they kept going around in circles slow looking for me cause I was on the map lol.

I can see big fun ahead for multi play and normally I hate online play. Something I noticed right off, people go for the super fast cars first. They suck for fighting though, I like the buses or ambulance and that kinda thing lol.
 

savannahashlee

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I absolutely love it.. Its fun as hell.. I play against my COD4 buddies.. I think its a lot easier to aim and shoot than COD4, so I catch a lot of shit from my friends.. I'm always busting a cap in their asses, and I just spray like crazy in COD4... Only thing i find hard is maneuvering the helicopter.. Cars are very realistic, so you need to drive all the different cars to get use to them..

Plus, its really cool that he's Serbian.. The main reason why I love it, is because I can understand what he's saying..
 
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iwannadie

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The helicopter is awesome to fly around but it doesnt feel natural to me. I cant get my mind around the controls, its not like any other heli control Ive played before.

R2 is prop power, left stick tilts the copter but pressing forward just does a nose dive some of the times. If im 1000 feet up I can press forward and just go straight, when Im low it just nose dives and doenst want to go forward lol. Just need practice more lol.
 

Jaguar_5

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ValgeKotkas;1009354 said:
Reading your description the fun doesn't seem to be there for long...At least it wouldn't be for me.

He described the most boring (imo) game mode, theres like 13 different multiplayer modes, which are a LOT of fun.

This game is amazing :)
 

iwannadie

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ValgeKotkas;1009354 said:
Reading your description the fun doesn't seem to be there for long...At least it wouldn't be for me.

The free roaming is just one of the many game modes. The other modes seem to be more fun to actually Play against people. Free roam is just cool to go mess around in.

Modes like cops and robbers, deathmatch, team dm, racing and all the other modes are there too.
 

DonS1mpson

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ValgeKotkas;1009354 said:
Reading your description the fun doesn't seem to be there for long...At least it wouldn't be for me.

This.

Once you get over the "OMFG, I'm playing GTA, ONLINE!" tip, it becomes very boring, very fast.
 

iwannadie

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Yellow 13;1009748 said:
I bought this game and I don't even have a 360 at my barracks yet. I still highly recommend picking it up, even if its just to stare at the box.

I woulda sold you my box for 20 bucks, including the map for free!