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Grand Theft Smasheroo
The latest installment of the controversial video game Grand Theft Auto will bust up sales records like Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) driving home from Capitol Hill, say industry analysts:
The launch of "Grand Theft Auto 4" is expected to be the biggest entertainment event of the year, with first-week sales forecast to be up to $400 million, beating those of last year's "Halo 3" from Microsoft Corp.
As sales mount for the game, now set in New York-like "Liberty City" and (hopefully featuring a whore-banging, money-laundering, hypocritical pol a la Eliot* Spitzer), expect the protests to mount against the game, which has somehow helped add to generally lower crime rates in the United States.
[*]: Spelling corrected due to input from reader Adam Scavone.
Guy Montag|4.29.08 @ 7:59AM|#
Nice ad tie-in at the top!
For some time now the slang term for GTA-San Andraes (the one with
my voice) was GTA4. Wondering if they are playing off of that with
this title?
I hope they protest in DC, on a day when I am not busy working of
course, would love to make an appearance :)
LT Nixon|4.29.08 @ 8:12AM|#
Oh no! The perpetual scourge of humanity strikes again. Forget war, famine, and authoritarian-style tyranny, violent video games are what we need to be most concerned about...including you writers at Reason.
Ska|4.29.08 @ 8:30AM|#
I'm picking up my copy today, shit looks so sick.
Can't wait to hear the soundtrack and all the crazy dialogue they
write for the GTA series.
Guy, why would SA be GTA IV? It's the fifth one in the series and
the second one after III.
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 8:36AM|#
If I want to play it I have to buy a new computer or an XBox
360.
Maybe I'll just have to do that.
|4.29.08 @ 9:02AM|#
many
young men are going to have their first sexual experiences via GTA
and then they are going to kill the women they are sleeping
with
Hyperbole free, as always...
|4.29.08 @ 9:02AM|#
Episiarch,
We have a 360. Enjoyable. I just beat Bioware's Mass
Effect, which was pretty good. Of course, these days, you can
get a new system for not much more than a 360.
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 9:09AM|#
ProL, my programmer ego requires that when I buy a new system, it is smokin'. Which requires about $2000 minimum. Soon, I will buy. Just not now. I want to see if Vista SP1 fixes its myriad issues.
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 9:13AM|#
Hyperbole free, as always...
It's more like hysterical, in the literal, original sense on the
word.
|4.29.08 @ 9:13AM|#
Well then, by all means buy the new PC platform! Be sure that you get a worthy monitor, though.
Guy Montag|4.29.08 @ 9:14AM|#
Guy, why would SA be GTA IV? It's the fifth one in the
series and the second one after III.
I have no idea. Counting does not seem to be something that matters
with the gamers, unless it is the score.
BTW, I have never played any of the modern computer games.
|4.29.08 @ 9:16AM|#
Well then, by all means buy the new PC platform! Be sure
that you get a worthy monitor, though.
Now should that be an sRGB space or an extended gamut monitor? Are
video player clients on XP/Vista even color aware?
|4.29.08 @ 9:25AM|#
Epi,
You can also pick up a 360 copy of Crackdown dirt cheap.
Think:
(GTA + superpowers) - (driving or talking to people)
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 9:31AM|#
I do not have a 360, NutraSweet, just an XBox. And a GameCube. But PCs are vastly superior for gaming.
|4.29.08 @ 9:31AM|#
A man who spends $2,000 on a computer today must not skimp on his monitor. A thirty-inch screen at a minimum. Seventy-two inches would be optimal, with a stereo gaming chair set two feet away from the screen.
|4.29.08 @ 9:35AM|#
Epi,
Well, you do have that government rebate check coming soon... time
for an upgrade, I think.
(I'm spending mine on a new charcoal grill and PS3.)
|4.29.08 @ 9:39AM|#
I'm spending mine on a new charcoal grill and PS3
Nice. I stimulated the economy just this past weekend with a Wii
and 22" Monitor for my new computer.
Weak, I know, but I'm working up to bigger things.
SeanH|4.29.08 @ 9:40AM|#
Episiarch,
FYI, it's only being released on the PS3 and 360 today. There's no
PC release date yet, but history with Rockstar has been PC version
releases 6-9 months after the consoles.
|4.29.08 @ 9:43AM|#
By the way, when playing Mass Effect, I learned to my
surprise that it includes a sex scene. Nothing more than you might
have seen on, say, NYPD Blue, but kind of out of nowhere
given the way the game otherwise plays. The boys rarely finish
these sorts of games, so I may risk letting them play it, anyway.
Of course, if they learn about this from their friends, they may
make an extra effort.
I think I'm GTAed out. San Andreas was impressive in its
scope, but it'll take something pretty profound to get me to buy
another game in the series.
~|4.29.08 @ 9:45AM|#
why would SA be GTA IV? It's the fifth one in the series and
the second one after III.
Because GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas were all part of GTA
3
|4.29.08 @ 9:47AM|#
Reinmoose,
I'm insanely happy with my
grill so far, if you are in the market for one.
|4.29.08 @ 9:53AM|#
The flame war over there is heating up, if anyone wants to check
back in:
Kind of funny, you know, this bullshit post coming from samhita
when she constantly talks about racism against black males who
tried to kill someone by kicking in their heads with steel toed
boots, but then shooting people in a video game is suddenly
misogynistic?
They let a dissenting opinion through: Flame ON!
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 10:16AM|#
FYI, it's only being released on the PS3 and 360 today.
There's no PC release date yet, but history with Rockstar has been
PC version releases 6-9 months after the consoles.
Perfect, it gives them time to get Vista SP1 out (it's not out
already, right?) and for me to take my astonishingly anal time to
figure out what I want for a computer.
|4.29.08 @ 10:18AM|#
Reinmoose,
I'm putting that claim to the test this weekend. I've already
cooked NY strip, pork chops, and chicken breasts. I'm going to
smoke a chicken tomorrow afternoon (it's brining as we
speak.)
I'd grill today if the high wasn't 53 and rainy. April 29. Where's
your global warming now, fucktards?
|4.29.08 @ 10:18AM|#
FYI, it's only being released on the PS3 and 360 today.
There's no PC release date yet, but history with Rockstar has been
PC version releases 6-9 months after the consoles.
Yeah, but the PC ports have consistently blown, unless someone
finally has a decent console-style controller for PCs.
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 10:24AM|#
Yeah, but the PC ports have consistently blown, unless
someone finally has a decent console-style controller for
PCs.
What you talkin' about, Willis? Console controllers suck massive
ass. Using a mouse you can target much faster than with a console
stick that a) re-centers if you release the pressure and b) can't
be whipped across your desk as fast as you wrist will go.
Mouse-keyboard combo is much better.
|4.29.08 @ 10:24AM|#
I can't speak to the controller issue, but I played Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic on PC and on Xbox, and the PC version was better. Fewer bugs and there was an extra planet to do stuff on.
Naga Sadow|4.29.08 @ 10:32AM|#
I have one question for your link SugarFree. Whats wrong with blatant misogyny? Errrr . . . I'll let you ask for me. I'm a coward that way.
Anonymoose.|4.29.08 @ 10:34AM|#
What you talkin' about, Willis? Console controllers suck massive ass. Using a mouse you can target much faster than with a console stick that a) re-centers if you release the pressure and b) can't be whipped across your desk as fast as you wrist will go.
Mouse-keyboard combo is much better.
I think he's talking specifically about the GTA series, in which case, yes, the PC ports have sucked ass. In general, though, I'd agree that the PC is better for gaming.
matt|4.29.08 @ 10:37AM|#
I wouldn't even consider the 360, since the demise of HD-DVD. In
fact, I was a big Xbox fan but had to go over to the Sony side on
this one because the Blu-ray is just so damn cheap. I've been
really happy with the PS3.
Also, Episiarch, you can build a smoking system sans monitor for
easily under $1500 - especially if you re-use hard drives, etc.
|4.29.08 @ 10:39AM|#
Naga Sadow,
I don't troll that board, just read it. If you want to fall quickly
under their ban hammer, go right ahead.
|4.29.08 @ 10:40AM|#
32 Burger Capacity!
Think of all the cholesterol! There's no reason for anyone to own a
grill with more than a ten burger capacity.
Bingo|4.29.08 @ 10:45AM|#
PC gaming is better just because of all the mods that eventually come out for the games. Multi Theft Auto was doing multiplayer for Vice City and San Andreas way before GTA4.
|4.29.08 @ 10:45AM|#
You can have my grill when you pry the tongs from my cold, dead welder's gloves.
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 10:46AM|#
Also, Episiarch, you can build a smoking system sans monitor
for easily under $1500 - especially if you re-use hard drives,
etc.
I got sick of building my own system but I might do it again.
However, my drives are IDE and I would want SATA, so no reuse
there. Really, the only thing I would do is not buy a monitor
because I have the 22" LCD and my HDTV.
My current system is 8 years old. It was smokin' for its time,
which is why it has lasted so long (plus I added some memory and
added a second hard drive for the paging file that I ripped out of
my old DirecTV Tivo).
However, if I build I have to re-immerse myself in the whole world
of motherboard bus speeds, memory speeds, case form factors, etc.
not to mention compatibility which the major manufacturers take
care of for you.
I am considering it, though.
Bingo|4.29.08 @ 10:47AM|#
Matt: I just put together a system that can run Crysis for $500, gotta love how cheap components are these days :)
|4.29.08 @ 10:50AM|#
"I'm insanely happy with my grill so far, if you are in the
market for one."
So are you a charcoal snob, SF? I vastly prefer the convenience of
God's gas, propane.
|4.29.08 @ 10:54AM|#
I suppose I'd better credit Hank Hill for that "God's gas" bit. I don't want to end up Twitchelled.
Bingo|4.29.08 @ 11:00AM|#
Epi:
VGA
Card, CPU,
RAM,
Motherboard.
Recycling old case, powersupply, DVD drive and the same 40gb IDE
hard drive I've used for 5 years.
|4.29.08 @ 11:02AM|#
"As sales mount for the game, now set in New York-like 'Liberty
City'..."
The series has always been set in Liberty City, save for the Vice
City and San Andreas games.
|4.29.08 @ 11:06AM|#
Think of all the cholesterol! There's no reason for anyone
to own a grill with more than a ten burger capacity.
There oughtta be a law...
|4.29.08 @ 11:06AM|#
CN,
Yes, I am a charcoal snob. Gas is convenient, but not what I'm
looking for in outdoor cooking applications. I'm one of those
assholes who has three different charcoals and four or five smoking
agents on hand at all times. I'm not a weekend griller, either. I
grill 90% of the days it is warm enough to. I will say in my
defense that I refuse to own an apron.
Speaking of grilling, ever had / made chimichurri? Awesome marinade
/ dip. Especially for marinading skirt steak or a London
broil.
Chimichurri
1 cup olive oil, extra virgin
½ cup vinegar, red wine
2 tbsp thyme, fresh, chopped
2 tbsp oregano, fresh, chopped
2 tbsp parsley, flat-leaf, fresh, chopped
1 tbsp rosemary, fresh, chopped
1 tbsp smoked paprika
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper, ground
3 chipotle chiles in sauce, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
Prep herbs, chiles and garlic. Heat olive oil in a small saucepan
over medium heat for 5-7 minutes or until oil has reached 200
degrees. Stir in all ingredients, reserving the vinegar, and remove
from heat. Allow oil to cool and infuse for one hour. Combine with
red wine vinegar and use as a marinade or table sauce. Best kept in
a tightly sealed bottle on the countertop. Shake well before
using.
Rhywun|4.29.08 @ 11:12AM|#
However, my drives are IDE and I would want SATA, so no
reuse there.
I never even heard of SATA until I opened up a new HP to pop in a
couple old hard drives I had lying around and the connectors were
all wrong. Boy did I feel dumb. Or old. One or the other.
As for GTA - I had III, and I loved driving around and smashing
into people and stuff, but I never really got around to the
quests...
Rhywun|4.29.08 @ 11:14AM|#
The series has always been set in Liberty City
The key part is New York-like. The previous Liberty City wasn't
anything at all like New York.
|4.29.08 @ 11:16AM|#
Epi,
If you want to build a computer with exactly what you want, but
don't want the hassle of actually putting it together, I would
recommend going to Fry's.
They are staffed by geeks who really know their stuff. You can buy
exactly what you want and they will put it together for you.
BTW, I don't recomment Vista. Stick to XP Pro.
TallDave|4.29.08 @ 11:31AM|#
Now I'm faced with a terrible dilemma: buy a PS3 just for this game, or wait for the PC version.
Ska|4.29.08 @ 11:32AM|#
SF - good call on the chimichurri. Sunday we roasted a lamb
(Royal Oak natural wood coal being the charcoal of choice), and we
had chimichurri (as well as tzatziki) for it.
Back on topic - GTA the original was set in Liberty City, fake
Miami and fake San Fran. I don't remember where GTA II was set
(although I remember two of the gangs being Rednecks and Yakuza, so
where the fuck could that have been). Liberty City of GTA
(original) actually had neighborhoods named and geographically
located in accordance with real NYC (Estoria and Brocklyn to the
east, South Brux to the north, and Manhattan neighborhoods as
well). For GTA III I could see the place you start as LIC/Astoria
and Brooklyn and the middle island as Manhattan. The suburbs part
wasn't anything specific. I guess I'll see if there are any real
NYC landmarks or neighborhood resemblances in IV.
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 11:37AM|#
If you want to build a computer with exactly what you want,
but don't want the hassle of actually putting it together, I would
recommend going to Fry's.
Link plz?
BTW, I don't recomment Vista. Stick to XP Pro.
O Rly?
I realize this, that's why I am waiting for SP1 (XP sucked until
SP1 too). But I have an MSDN license so I will just install XP SP2
until Vista SP1 comes out (as long as it is an improvement).
Bingo, NewEgg fucking rocks! Everything is dirt cheap!
I may just embark on building a new machine immediately.
Nick M.|4.29.08 @ 11:41AM|#
Epi,
According to a coworker of mine, Vista SP1 is out and vastly
improves Vista. The MS website also shows SP1 being available.
|4.29.08 @ 11:52AM|#
Here is your link, Epi: http://www.frys.com/
If you are going to go Vista, don't get an Nvidia series 8
card.
I built a new system with 64 bit Vista and an Nvidia 8800 GTS. Even
after Vista has been out for over a year, Nvidia still has problems
with their 64 bit Vista drivers.
If a high FPS is important to you, stick with XP Pro. IIRC, with
identical machines, games running under Vista will be 10% - 15%
slower.
|4.29.08 @ 11:56AM|#
TallDave,
PS3 does have Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction
going for it. And (supposedly) soon, God Of War III.
Rhywun|4.29.08 @ 11:57AM|#
Vista SP1 has been out for awhile. I didn't see any "vast improvement" to Vista's overall suck.
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 11:57AM|#
How about Nvidia Series 9?
I was thinking of going 64-bit; any other problems you've
encountered? And have you tried the FPS under Vista SP1?
I can always install Vista SP1 and try it and if is inferior,
downgrade to XP.
I'll check out Fry's but I kind of like the idea of building it
myself again as a hobby thing.
Oh, and what about cooling the CPU?
Guy Montag|4.29.08 @ 12:02PM|#
Anybody been looking at the latest in CarPuters/CarPCs lately? Might be a little premature for me to be brushing up on them, but would be nice to see how they have progressed in the 5 years I have not paid attention.
TallDave|4.29.08 @ 12:09PM|#
My poor sweet innocent gf saw GTASA for the first time last
weekend. I ran over a hooker and she was like "Oh my God, is she
all right?"
I think she was permanently traumatized when I got out the
Gatling.
Nick M.|4.29.08 @ 12:15PM|#
Caveat to my statement about Vista SP1 being a vast improvement. I still run XP Pro on a laptop and have only recently begun to even think about building a desktop again (as a media center mainly). I am not a gamer, I was realying some info from a coworker who is a gamer and just built a frackin' $4000 system which runs Vista SP1.
Rhywun|4.29.08 @ 12:20PM|#
I went with 64-bit Vista and quad core on the theory that it would perform like the 64-bit XP I run at work. Instead it performs no better than the 2 1/2 year old iMac, with vastly inferior specs, that it was intended to replace. Vista is garbage and you're better off sticking with XP until they can figure out how to get it right. And this is from someone who was enthusiastic about it at first.
BakedPenguin|4.29.08 @ 12:21PM|#
The local TV news idiots were out interviewing guys standing in line for the midnight opening sale for GTA IV. One guy said his therapist recommended he get the game for his anger management problems.
TallDave|4.29.08 @ 12:22PM|#
Epi,
I got the 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT a couple months ago and love
it. Azeroth is truly awe-inpiring at 1920x1200 resolution, and
framerate is usu around 60.
Avoid Vista if you can (Dell would not sell me the new video card
without it). It's still very buggy, offers no new functionality,
and beyond that is just very poorly designed. It has the incredibly
annoying problem that all right-click menus periodically become
disabled (usually you have to close all IE windows to fix this).
Also, they inexplicably removed the menu bars from Office apps,
forcing you to search through all their retarded little icons till
you find the one that prints or whatever. Incredibly fucking
annoying when you've been trained for a decade to alt-f-p.
Bingo|4.29.08 @ 12:23PM|#
Epi: Stick with XP Pro, no driver problems. Vista, even with
SP1, is awful.
Both the 8800 and 9 series are spectacular cards, you can even pick
up an 8800GT for about the price as a 9600GT. The performance is
close to the same between both cards, but the 9600GT uses less
power.
For cooling I picked up one of these.
Although any Socket 939/AM2 cooler will probably work just as well.
And stay away from Fry's staff! They are only slightly less
clueless than the morons that work at Best Buy.
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 12:27PM|#
Well, from what Rhywun and Lurker Kurt say it sounds like I'm
best off building a 64-bit system running under XP 64-bit, which is
no problem for me. Plus that wouldn't give me any problems with the
Nvidia 8 series driver. I can always switch back and forth and get
my own results anyway.
Plus, I could build a Vista machine in Virtual PC and give it a
test...does Virtual PC 2007 support 64-bit?
Now I just need to pick the parts.
|4.29.08 @ 12:30PM|#
I love that Jack Thompson's campaign against video games at the
expense of common sense, legality, civility and his own career has
resulted in such a huge payday for the people he so mercilessly and
senselessly attacks.
Maybe it is a mildly just world after all.
|4.29.08 @ 12:31PM|#
How about Nvidia Series 9?
I have no knowlege about Series 9.
I was thinking of going 64-bit; any other problems you've
encountered? And have you tried the FPS under Vista SP1?
When SP1 came out, my machine hanged on reboot and it had to go
back to a restore point. Instead of trying to install SP1 all at
once, I tried 1 update at a time. There are still 3 critical
updates that won't install. As to FPS speed, I haven't measured it
on my machine. I've been playing a lot of Team Fortress 2 and I
have noticed no increase or decrease in FPS. It runs plenty fast
and I see no pauses or stutters.
I'll check out Fry's but I kind of like the idea of building it
myself again as a hobby thing.
If you feel confident, then by all means, build it yourself. I had
a couple of nerve racking moments, but I got it up and running in
about 8 hours. One more bit of advice: pay attention to where the
SATA ports are on the motherboard in relation to where the video
card will be. I put my video card in first and it was right above
the SATA ports. It was a very tight fit, but I managed to get the
cables plugged in.
Oh, and what about cooling the CPU?
I didn't bother with any water cooling. Just the fans that came
with the case.
tom|4.29.08 @ 12:32PM|#
I have the 8800GT and it is excellent performance wise and is
very reasonably priced. (Like $170 at Newegg now.)
I also plugged it into my 4 year old P4 machine with a 350 watt
power supply and it has worked fine the whole time. Go figure. And
I can play Call of Duty 4 at max settings. More than I ever
expected to get out of this old machine.
|4.29.08 @ 12:36PM|#
One guy said his therapist recommended he get the game for
his anger management problems.
Good line.
My poor sweet innocent gf saw GTASA for the first time last
weekend.
After my wife got over her first mugging, she was a psychotic
machine. She'd be on her way to do something else, and just pull
over and beat up random people to see if they had any money.
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 12:49PM|#
I think I'm gonna get an SLI motherboard but only one Nvidia
8800/9600 for now, maybe another later.
Any thoughts on 8800 vs 9600?
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 1:07PM|#
One more thing for anyone still paying attention.
I want to pipe the sound out to my Marantz 7.1 Surround Sound
receiver because the computer will be near my entertainment center.
I can do digital optical or digital coaxial (I refuse to do
anything else). Any sound card recommendations? The sound built
into the motherboard won't have the digital out, I assume.
|4.29.08 @ 1:10PM|#
I just got my copy, and am writing a story about Missoula
fanboys of the game.
Fuck me, I can't concentrate, and I'm at work.
I want nothing more than to play this game. Now. And for the next
month.
I don't want sex with my wife.
I don't want to play with the kids.
No movies.
No snuggle time.
No food.
Just GTA IV.
I'm a sick and twisted fuck, and I know it.
|4.29.08 @ 1:13PM|#
TallDave,
I got the 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
I've got dual 512MB nVidial GeForce 8800 GTX's working in SLR mode,
and Jesus H. Underwear, I can ramp up all the sliders to max on
Call of Duty 4, and still get 80 fps.
|4.29.08 @ 1:17PM|#
Guy, why would SA be GTA IV? It's the fifth one in the
series and the second one after III.
Actually, it's the third after III.
III
Vice City
San Andreas
IV
Or if you count the "Stories" games it's the 5th after III.
III
Vice City
San Andreas
Liberty City Stories
Vice City Stories
IV
Looks like they are using the roman numerals for big reboots of the
series. Judging from the reviews it looks like IV is a huge leap
forward from the III family of games.
Bingo|4.29.08 @ 1:19PM|#
Epi: Some of the onboard soundcards actually have optical-out on
them, I'd double check the specs. The Asus Xonar card is supposed
to be good and Turtle Beach makes good cards as well. I've heard
mixed things about M-Audio's driver support. I have a bias against
Creative, so take that as you will.
Onboard is pretty fuckin good these days though.
Episiarch|4.29.08 @ 1:21PM|#
I have found a few motherboards with digital out. FUCKING
AWESOME. No sound card purchase = SLI second video.
This is fun. I forgot how fun it was, because the last time I was
building was when I was selling computers and it sucks when you're
putting together cheap shit for other people.
Fluffy|4.29.08 @ 1:33PM|#
Wow, thanks for the feministing link.
Always good for a laugh.
I don't get why people put themselves through such contortions to
try to explain the pretty simple and primary fact that violence is
funny.
It's just fucking funny, damn it.
It doesn't require the capitalist patriarchy to make it
funny.
And finding it funny to run over a video game prostitute doesn't
mean you're going to run out and beat up women. I used to laugh
when the Road Runner stuck it to the coyote, and it's not like I go
out looking for coyotes to tie to anvils and throw into
canyons.
My kid was nine months old and could not speak and had absolutely
no exposure to the capitalist patriarchy, and would laugh his ass
off if I pretended to fall down. It's just funny. It requires no
further explanation and it is not a moral crisis.
|4.29.08 @ 1:36PM|#
Hey Episiarch, most of the good Asus motherboards have toslink and coax digital out these days. There are some very nice USB stereo DACs too (e.g. Benchmark DAC1-USB).
Ska|4.29.08 @ 1:44PM|#
Good call Soda - the combination of being awake for 30 minutes and anticipation of playing when I get home fucked up my ability to recall the games in order.
|4.29.08 @ 3:42PM|#
In the last game one of the funnest activities was picking up
hookers...paying them for sex then afterward running them over with
a stolen car and picking up the money they drop after they
die...most of the time it was more money then then the cost of the
sex.
God I love this country.
|4.29.08 @ 3:54PM|#
It doesn't require the capitalist patriarchy to make it
funny.
And finding it funny to run over a video game prostitute doesn't
mean you're going to run out and beat up women. I used to laugh
when the Road Runner stuck it to the coyote, and it's not like I go
out looking for coyotes to tie to anvils and throw into
canyons.
Screw you Fluffy...one day the Road Runner will get his come uppins
and Coyote will will get his lunch...
...and on that day you will be the first up against the wall!!
Chippy|4.29.08 @ 4:56PM|#
it's not like I go out looking for coyotes to tie to anvils
and throw into canyons.
I don't know. That might be kinda fun.
Ska|4.29.08 @ 4:58PM|#
OK, they have the Astoria Beer Garden and Melody Lanes in Brooklyn. R* has done some homework.
Colonel_Angus|4.30.08 @ 1:15AM|#
The game map is closely based on New York City and part of New
Jersey, with the names changed, although some of them reference the
actual location names such as "Meadows" and Steinway". There are
islands representing Manhattan, Bronx, New Jersey area, and an
island with Brooklyn and Queens significantly compressed. The
airport is roughly between where Laguardia and JFK would be. The
"Coney Island" area is closer to the Manhattan area than it
actually is and there is no Rockaway area or Bush Terminal which I
was hoping for. There are lesser known landmarks such as the
Flatiron Building (Manhattan), Domino Sugar factory (Yonkers),
Hoboken Terminal (New Jersey), and Stillwell Avenue Terminal (Coney
subway station).
The game is a sort of satire of civilization as Grand Theft Auto
has always been. The mayor is a conservative christian homophobic
character obsessed with terrorism. From the start of the game,
access to most of the map is restricted due to bridges and tunnels
being closed due to an undisclosed terrorism threat, which as the
game progresses will be removed to allow access to the other
islands. (previous games had access restricted due to hurricanes,
strikes, or construction). If you get on the subway you hear
announcements like "if you see something say something."
Rhywun|4.30.08 @ 10:58AM|#
access ... is restricted due to bridges and tunnels being
closed due to an undisclosed terrorism threat ... If you get on the
subway you hear announcements like "if you see something say
something."
Wow, that's more realistic than ever...
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