[Official] Grand Theft Auto IV

[Lingwo]

One more day :)

I can't wait. My SE is still "ready for despatch". Whatever happens i will be going up woolies tomorrow and coming back with GTA IV. If they can't be bothered to get mine in on time, i will just buy a normal version and take it back when my SE arrives. Mine should be there tomorrow though.

One thing i'm wondering is; in free-roam mode, could you go to the bowling alley, darts, etc and play together in there or will we have to have seperate alleys. No reviews have mentioned that from what i can see. They say in free roam mode you can do everything apart from the missions.

[WastedJoker]

I have one criticism so far. Niko's Croatian is terrible :p

[red.]

Yay, Shopto.net just sent me a text message saying they've dispatched my order. Should be getting it tomorrow :D

[mycoolkim]

2 and a half hours left till released!

[forster]

Its pointless arguing with the mods, DL already said what was and wasnt allowed, the only thing I have to say about what's coming is that he announced what he was going to do, but then didnt do it - the only thing that 'announcing' you are going to be warning people and banning is create more talk on the subject.

It should have just been done whenever he had the time to do it.

The rules state:

No Warez (links) & Cracks.

Help, requests or posts that discuss circumvention. This includes linking to illegally obtained software, movies & music files - posting about it, and suggesting obtaining it.

And of course, whether we agree or not:

Neowin requires that members respect the decision of moderators.

Threads and posts questioning the actions or decisions of forum moderations will be deleted on sight, and the appropriate action taken (up to and including forum bans) against the thread starter and/or participants. However, as a member you reserve the right to PM any moderator or administrator regarding action taken at Neowin.

So if you talk about something you arent supposed to, you're in trouble, if you question what a mod has done, you're in trouble.

If you cant stick by the rules, you're in trouble - whether you agree to them or not, or whether you agree with the individual mod's interpretations or not.

[starmatrix]

anyone got their standard gta from play.com yet?

[Coldgunner]

Mine got dispatched this morning by amazon, the sent via (sh)city link, so city links policy of 'Deliver when we like, between 9-5, so don't go out for 8 hours, better yet, camp at your front door so you can grab the delivery man running after just carding you without knocking'

so looks like I gotta take a day off!

[WastedJoker]

Mine got dispatched this morning by amazon, the sent via (sh)city link, so city links policy of 'Deliver when we like, between 9-5, so don't go out for 8 hours, better yet, camp at your front door so you can grab the delivery man running after just carding you without knocking'

so looks like I gotta take a day off!

I bet it doesn't turn up 'til 16:59 too :p

[ramsy66]

Mine got dispatched this morning by amazon, the sent via (sh)city link, so city links policy of 'Deliver when we like, between 9-5, so don't go out for 8 hours, better yet, camp at your front door so you can grab the delivery man running after just carding you without knocking'

so looks like I gotta take a day off!

What the hell. So this is what you get for pre-ordering a game a year early. The people who pre-ordered a few weeks ago get it first? :crazy:

Still waiting for mine to be dispatched.

[Coldgunner]

What the hell. So this is what you get for pre-ordering a game a year early. The people who pre-ordered a few weeks ago get it first? :crazy:

Still waiting for mine to be dispatched.

if you got an estimated delivery date of 29th it'll get dispatched this afternoon. I got the PS3 special edition, probably the least popular of all four versions.

[McSmiggins]

if you got an estimated delivery date of 29th it'll get dispatched this afternoon. I got the PS3 special edition, probably the least popular of all four versions.

I think you'd be surprised:

IGN Story

But whatever, my 360 Special Edition turns up at some point tomorrow, but after having GH3 turn up at 4pm, I'm gonna got out and grab it at midnight, then give it to my brother

[Olemus]

Mine got dispatched on saturday by game and i only preordered a week ago, but i got the ps3 SE which seems to be really unpopular for some strange reason

[ramsy66]

if you got an estimated delivery date of 29th it'll get dispatched this afternoon. I got the PS3 special edition, probably the least popular of all four versions.

I hope so. I've been waiting over a year I just want it to be dispatched so I can relax. :wacko:

There's still 5 hours for it to be dispatched, so I probably just need to calm down.

I ordered the standard X360 edition.

[DrCheese]

Mine got dispatched this morning by amazon, the sent via (sh)city link, so city links policy of 'Deliver when we like, between 9-5, so don't go out for 8 hours, better yet, camp at your front door so you can grab the delivery man running after just carding you without knocking'

so looks like I gotta take a day off!

You fool! That's why you get it sent to work :p

[Coldgunner]

You fool! That's why you get it sent to work :p

Easier said than done, for you they just have to call you and you take like a minute to go and sign for it, whereas at my work we have a post room and internal post system. City link are a pain in the backside for delivering to businesses.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Guess you guys could just not control yourselves and did not understand that there should be no talk about playing the game before it was released.

When I have the time to go through it all tomorrow, plenty of warnings are going to be handed out.

On top of that, to the members who continuously broke the rules and talked about it not just once but several times, those people are going to be getting a minimum of a one week time restriction from posting in the Gamers Hangout at all.

This will give you all the chance to visit the forums who do allow talking about piracy, because obviously you do not get the fact that we do not allow that here.

Way to go people. :no:

The game has been sold by many retailers early.

Just check ebay if you don't believe that, or even the fact in the UK, many ASDA and Morrisons stores are selling it.

Quite a few of my friends got it on Saturday, from the 24 hour ASDA in Motherwell near where I live.

Earlier on in the week it was unrealistic to talk about it (bar a very very small amount of retailers in European countries breaking store date by around a week), but since the weekend, many people own it.

I guess Neowin is ****ting themselves about getting sued from R*

Visit any one of the huge GTA4 fan sites, or even Neogaf and there is plently of talk on GTA4 and missions due to the game being sold early.

Neogaf's discussion is even longer than ours - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=278678

All it takes is for one person on your forum to get it early, and you'll have talk on it. Trying to censor people from talking about a game many legitimately own is just asking for a wall of trouble, especially when you look around the net and see "everywhere" else talking about the game, to go and find the forum you're on is barring talk on it.

Barring talk about piracy/how to obtain the game illegally is one thing, but barring discussion on the game when it's widely known street dates have been broken, and retailers are selling it is another thing. If no one bar reviewers could legitimately own the game just now, then yes I'd understand why mission talk would be suspicious, but that's not the case.

Edited April 28, 2008 by Audioboxer

[Guest]

Amazon has posted my X360 standard copy. Still, I'll be at Tesco for the midnight launch.

[Deaf Spacker]

Will Tesco's be selling limited editions?

Tempted to snag one for the 360 as well as my standard PS3 version.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Will Tesco's be selling limited editions?

Tempted to snag one for the 360 as well as my standard PS3 version.

LE or SE, whatever you want to call it, won't be sold by ANY shops in the UK :( Internet deal only.

Unless of course you find a small time game shop that's bought them in and is selling them.

[d4v1d05]

You fool! That's why you get it sent to work :p

Yes, and then he can spend the ENTIRE day just looking at the game manual/box instead of taking the day off and spending the entire day playing it... See what I mean? :D

Mine was posted today according to play.com even though they stole my money on friday for it... Gonna go down to gamestation tonight and grab it with a mate... :D

[Deaf Spacker]

LE or SE, whatever you want to call it, won't be sold by ANY shops in the UK :( Internet deal only.

Unless of course you find a small time game shop that's bought them in and is selling them.

Ah well, saves me money :p

I noticed a few pages back you said there would be an install option on the 360, that has been confirmed as fake just like I said :)

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

I noticed a few pages back you said there would be an install option on the 360, that has been confirmed as fake just like I said :)

Yeah I heard a few weeks ago there was a mandatory install for the PS3, and an optional for the 360. Obviously not on the 360 side of things...

[ramsy66]

Amazon has posted my X360 standard copy. Still, I'll be at Tesco for the midnight launch.

Ahahah. Oh my god this is frustrating.

[McSmiggins]

7mins 20 seconds to install 3.4Gb on the PS3 according to Kotaku, but tbh, meh.

[Coldgunner]

7mins 20 seconds to install 3.4Gb on the PS3 according to Kotaku, but tbh, meh.

Just enough time to take a dump, grab a drink, scratch yer nuts and sit back and relax!