[Official] Grand Theft Auto IV

[+Mystic MVC]

I knew there was some sort of wheelie achievement, but I hadn't really looked at them yet. Anyway, I was screwing around on a Faggio doing a wheelie on a bridge and when I finally stopped I had gotten an achievement. I looked at the stats and I got a 1400ft wheelie just screwing around.

When do more clothing shops open up (after the initial one)?

[I8PP]

I got an Xbox & GTA IV question so I thought I would combine them here.

Ive been trying to set up my 360 on a Sony KE-32TS2E plasma. I connected the supplied leads to the component inputs on the back and it switched to HD. But no matter what setting I used, 720p 1080i on the xbox, the picture wasnt perfect. Mostly you can see this faint white shadow on text and I cant make it go away. It does look alot better than using my Panasonic CRT but still, HD should be HD, shouldnt it?

Secondly, in regards to GTA IV and this is just me. When the game auto saves at certain points, is the save music supposed to sound like its been cut off? It sounds like its fragmented, like a skipping CD.

Can't help you with your TV, it might need calibrating. But as for the auto-save sound, it varies depending on the "importance" of the mission/task completed.

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I knew there was some sort of wheelie achievement, but I hadn't really looked at them yet. Anyway, I was screwing around on a Faggio doing a wheelie on a bridge and when I finally stopped I had gotten an achievement. I looked at the stats and I got a 1400ft wheelie just screwing around.

When do more clothing shops open up (after the initial one)?

Boo... i'm trying to get that wheelie achievement :p. 3 shops open up on Algonquin island (big middle Manhattan-esque island) once you have access to it.

Edited May 7, 2008 by I8PP

[ck2k01]

When you get to the second island (or is it third?)

But anyways, the Manhattan-esque island. You get 3 new stores, although 2 of the stores are replicas of each other, so it's really only 2.

[Remysaus]

Wired has made a post that rounds up some of the GTA Numbers following Take 2?s $500 Million dollar announcement earlier today. A lot of you have asked for some GTA LIVE numbers, so let?s take a look a what we have so far:

* In the first week, more than 2.3 million people played Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox LIVE

* GTA IV is now the number one played game on Xbox LIVE (as you already know)

* Over the weekend, we saw the Xbox LIVE service reach 1 million concurrent users

* Gamers have unlocked more than 12 million achievements worth over 100 million gamerscore points in GTA

* Grand Theft Auto IV set a new record for time played, with the average gamer spending more than four hours playing the game on LIVE in the first week alone

Not bad for a week, huh?

More numbers around console sales have been posted at the Gamerscoreblog

http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/05/07/...iv-numbers.aspx

that's pretty impress:pe :p

[Remysaus]

oh crap, i finished the story mode yesterday, saved the game and started a new game (to get the liberty city minute achievement), just started up and saw my savegame is gone, also my autosave, which i got after the first hour of starting again, wtf. :(

edit: pfew, false alarm. apparently my brother was signed in and didn't even start the game yet.

[Lingwo]

Finally done that mission i was stuck with a few pages back :)

I used the sniper rifle and did it first time :p

Hopefully it should be clear sailing till the end of the game. As i think I've done the difficult missions now.

[kylejn]

I think I'm pretty close to beating the game. I gotta say, it's amazing how I'm actually somewhat emotionally invested in Niko and his story. It was actually difficult deciding whether or not to kill Darko Brevic, the man who betrayed Niko's squad during the war and got all his friends killed. I was so close to pulling the trigger, but ended up letting Brevic go.

[Sethos]

I think I'm pretty close to beating the game. I gotta say, it's amazing how I'm actually somewhat emotionally invested in Niko and his story. It was actually difficult deciding whether or not to kill Darko Brevic, the man who betrayed Niko's squad during the war and got all his friends killed. I was so close to pulling the trigger, but ended up letting Brevic go.

What happens when you do that, i chose option nr. 2 and Niko seemed like he wasn't really pleased to have done it, how is the emotional reaction to letting him go

[sn00pie]

hey guys if you use he cheats on the ps3 system does that ruin the game in anyway?

[Huleboeren]

hey guys if you use he cheats on the ps3 system does that ruin the game in anyway?

Not sure

Some people experience not being able to reach 100% because they saved after using a cheat - a bug of some kind that has plagued the GTA series for a long time :p

Not sure if that applies to GTA4 tho

Just dont save with cheats on

[Guest]

Not sure

Some people experience not being able to reach 100% because they saved after using a cheat - a bug of some kind that has plagued the GTA series for a long time :p

Not sure if that applies to GTA4 tho

Just dont save with cheats on

If I ever feel the need to cheat or go create havok, I always do it after I'm done progressing the story and I've saved. That way I can just turn it off once I'm done and not have to worry about messign up my save.

[what]

What happens when you do that, i chose option nr. 2 and Niko seemed like he wasn't really pleased to have done it, how is the emotional reaction to letting him go

That particular decision has no effect on the gameplay. The only thing that changes is the dialogue you hear afterwards :)

[Lingwo]

I think i'm over the half way point :)

I wonder if anyone could tell me how far i am or how long is left.

Just done all of Derricks missions, i just got that prison guy and killed him. I think main storyline wise, i am on the first mission after you find out Michelle is working for someone.

[flyingroof]

I think i'm over the half way point :)

I wonder if anyone could tell me how far i am or how long is left.

Just done all of Derricks missions, i just got that prison guy and killed him. I think main storyline wise, i am on the first mission after you find out Michelle is working for someone.

i'm jealous, i bought the game last week but i'm still waiting on the 360 to be delivered :angry:

[kylejn]

What happens when you do that, i chose option nr. 2 and Niko seemed like he wasn't really pleased to have done it, how is the emotional reaction to letting him go

He's annoyed. He basically rants about having chased this guy for over a decade, only to find him and let him live.

On another note, I just beat the game last night. F***ing Pegorino! How dare you do that to Kate! Just because I chose to not deal with that b****** Dmitri? I was definitely pleased to hunt Pegorino and take him out, although I wish I'd been allowed to take the final shot.

[Cormier6083]

Has anyone heard of the easter egg where there is this woman at a police station and she is like lying down and there are 3-4 cops around her, like a gangbang? I wonder where it is at. I cannot find it.

[what]

You can't go into any of the police stations as far as I know so it's most likely complete bullcrap.

[+Mystic MVC]

Just was randomly going through my phone and I realized there was an Options (to it). :p

Anyways, after exploring through it, I found the sleep mode. I wish I would have known about this earlier as there was some critical things I was doing that got interrupted because somebody called me and wanted to hang out (and I didn't want to disappoint).

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Just was randomly going through my phone and I realized there was an Options (to it). :p

Anyways, after exploring through it, I found the sleep mode. I wish I would have known about this earlier as there was some critical things I was doing that got interrupted because somebody called me and wanted to hang out (and I didn't want to disappoint).

Sleep mode disables everything though, meaning you cannot turn it on during a mission to only do that mission, it will disable everything. Not sure if you realized that or not, but from your wording I just wanted to clarify it.

Basically it just means free roam, every mission and side mission turned off, which is still very cool.

[+Mystic MVC]

Sleep mode disables everything though, meaning you cannot turn it on during a mission to only do that mission, it will disable everything. Not sure if you realized that or not, but from your wording I just wanted to clarify it.

Basically it just means free roam, every mission and side mission turned off, which is still very cool.

Yes, I understood it, but thanks anyways.

I like it just because I can do the police missions/most wanted without having a situation like I described above come into play.

[PixilEyes]

Maybee I'm getting old. (23 yesterday) But the game got boring to me after a week.

[acies]

Maybee I'm getting old. (23 yesterday) But the game got boring to me after a week.

Really, perhaps it's just over play.

I have been playing since release, and I have just finished the main story, havn't even touched multiplayer yet. Still having fun just messing around.

[PixilEyes]

Really, perhaps it's just over play.

I have been playing since release, and I have just finished the main story, havn't even touched multiplayer yet. Still having fun just messing around.

2-3 hours a day if that.

I'm a geezer :p

[+Mystic MVC]

Guys I think I finally found something that I don't like about the game (it was inevitable). The soundtrack that has always been on in the past games for me, just seems off in GTA IV. I guess I don't enjoy 3+ acoustic stations. By this time in the past, I already have a couple favorites too. Sadly, I can't pick one out specifically, not sure why, it just feels weird.

On a good note, multiplayer is a blast. I finally took the plunge and I can say I am stunned that Rockstar pulled it off. I was sure multiplayer on this type of a game would be a disaster, but it has been completely the opposite for me yet.

[I8PP]

The radio stations lack the humour and personality that existed in GTA3 and Vice City. :(