The OAO Grand Theft Auto IV Thread

[King Ellis]

I guess some people will love the fact that you can go to a comedy club in the game and watch a virtual Ricky Gervais perform in a number of two-three minute short sets.

Official Playstation Mag also gave this a ten (only their third after COD4 and Oblivion) so that's 10 from XBox and 10 from PS which is probably shaping up to be a good thing.

Only if I can shoot him and/or teabag him.

[Fitzy]

Yeah Ricky Gervais definitely likes balls.

[oldskool]

Gamespot reported that only one source didn't give GTA IV a perfect score. I wonder what it was (even though it's probably like a 10-10-9.5 just to be edgy).

Also, GTA IV is the debut of the euphoria physics engine. It's supposed to be absolutely spectacular and it's also being used in the Backbreaker independent football game that's supposed to be released later this year, so I'm very eager to check it out.

[AJ]

Slightly off topic but I notice the recommendation thread is no longer pinned and I didn't want to make a new thread just for this question:

Anybody know roughly how much I'll get if I trade in Rainbow Six Vegas (first one) as part of purchasing GTA? I've never really traded any games in before but seeing as how I only paid 18 quid for it in the first place and I've barely played on it I might as well use it as a discount, however little it is.

I don't think I've ever looked forward to the release of a game so much. It's pretty bad timing for me though, Tuesday release, I'm at wrk every day that week then I go away on holiday on the Friday. I'm going to miss all the fun here looking for Bigfoot or whatever crazy conspiracy theory they come up with this time

[Crybaby Bunting]

I traded in Vegas 1 a few weeks ago in Gamestation and got £10 credit for it. I spent around the same as you for it in the first place so it wasn't that bad. Dunno if it's gone down over a few weeks but that's what I got.

[Dingle]

What is this euphoria physics engine? I'll guess a more realistic in game engine, but I'm not entirely sure.

[Dan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoria_(gaming_software)

[Tarheels.]

Kind of like AJ, but I don't want to turn this into a recommendation topic but how much could I get for trading in Assassins Creed?

[AJ]

I'd imagine it'd be round about the same if what General said is right. £10 ($20?) store credit.

Or I could trade you it for Vegas >_>

[apsham]

What is this euphoria physics engine? I'll guess a more realistic in game engine, but I'm not entirely sure.

In shorter words than a link, it's the part of the engine that's going to allow for realistic walking motions and realistic reactions from NPC characters. That is to say that Euphoria specializes (from the use that I've seen of it) in have characters grab things. That means if you push an NPC out the window, he'll grab onto the ledge, etc.

[Tarheels.]

And last question regarding Gamestop, does anyone know if you've already put down money on a game can you trade in a game and put that money towards the same amount you've already got put down on the game?

[Trey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRCWbUYtitY

There's a link that apsham was to lazy to go get

But that shows teh engine for the football game that's going to use it. In that video, it shows that it has people reacting as people and when something happens, it will react as if you or me would. Like it says, no tackle in that game will be the same because no tackle in real life is the same.

I would assume so, the way Gamestop used my credit was the rang up everything I owed them and then I used my credit. I've never reserved a game there, but I would think that there computers are smart enough to do that.

Edited April 20, 2008 by Trey

[Captain Eo]

Slightly off topic but I notice the recommendation thread is no longer pinned and I didn't want to make a new thread just for this question:

Anybody know roughly how much I'll get if I trade in Rainbow Six Vegas (first one) as part of purchasing GTA? I've never really traded any games in before but seeing as how I only paid 18 quid for it in the first place and I've barely played on it I might as well use it as a discount, however little it is.

I don't think I've ever looked forward to the release of a game so much. It's pretty bad timing for me though, Tuesday release, I'm at wrk every day that week then I go away on holiday on the Friday. I'm going to miss all the fun here looking for Bigfoot or whatever crazy conspiracy theory they come up with this time

A lot of people are giving upwards of 25% extra trade in credit towards the reservation of it.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I know there is a nationwide shortage in the UK at least so if you haven't preordered it you can't guarantee being able to get hold of it on release day.

[Dan]

ASDA/Tesco should have them in, or so I was told.

[Dingle]

Yeah, I'd assume stores selling the game that aren't, by definition, games store should have them.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I wouldn't be surprised if Asda bought a huge shipment of this. They've been doing it quite a lot frequently. I know they bought 90% of the DS's Imagine Babies copies in the UK.

[AJ]

Yeah depending on how desperate I feel to get the game my plan is to hit my local 24hr Tesco (and/or Asda) store at midnight on the release date or on the morning on my way to work.

[Dan]

Do say hi if you see me, I plan on doing the same thing.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Thankfully I don't have to do the midnight launch...I hate 'em