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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:37PM Mr Khan said

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"Mafiya"


They're really sticking to the whole Russo-American gangster theme, i like it
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:38PM (Unverified) said

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Wow, I'm really interested in how these multiplayer modes will pan out. They look promising so far...
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 10:29PM R V said

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ENEMY UAV IS AIRBONE!
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:38PM (Unverified) said

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Any confirmation if the 360 is indeed getting the gimped version with no single player splitscreen.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:46PM (Unverified) said

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If one were playing single player, what would be the point of a split screen?
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:49PM (Unverified) said

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Single player split-screen?
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:49PM (Unverified) said

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Nobody gives a fuck.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 6:45PM (Unverified) said

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Doh, Multiplayer Splitscreen is what I mean the 360 version lacks (and supposed to had some nasty framerate issues, and less populatedenvirometns).

I suppose we will see in a couple of weeks. Some people will of course get burnt by pre-ordering and then finding out that one versions is inferior.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 6:53PM (Unverified) said

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I didn't know trolls came in transsexual flavour.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 8:51PM Max Power said

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God, how do I reeeeeach theeeesee kiiiiidsss?

Guy, you don't need a split screen when you can see up to 16 players on the screen. If you're talking about local multiplayer split-screen, then that's too farfetched of an idea for GTAIV IMO. It's fine as it is. Why can't 4.29 get here any quicker?
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Posted: Apr 12th 2008 11:09AM (Unverified) said

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If either version is missing local multiplayer, that would really suck. That was my major complaint with Burnout Paradise.
What happened to the old days of Bond where four people sat around throwing controllers at each other? If my buddy comes over I have to own two X-Boxs (and Live accounts) just to play against him?
I guess local multiplayer is what the Wii is for.
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Posted: Apr 12th 2008 6:20PM (Unverified) said

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can anyone tell me how the 360 version will be inferior when it was designed as the lead platform?

Has any multiplatform game been superior on the PS3? didn't think so.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:42PM drew05 said

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Omg I can't wait for this!!
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:47PM (Unverified) said

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The single player never had co-op, they created a secondary co-op based story line - in similar fashion to G.R.A.W. Your story with Niko doesn't carry over to multiplayer other than money used to sup up ur online gangster.

- Peace Makar
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 6:37PM (Unverified) said

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You should change your nick name to Mento' da peace makar!
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:48PM (Unverified) said

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oppsssyyysss - Read Below
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 5:59PM Ranus Studios said

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I hope this has split-screen and isn't online/system link only, or all of this excellence will be worthless to me.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 6:28PM Ordeith said

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Split screen is useless in a lot of these modes. It would completely ruin the element of suprise if you are playing against someone.

Like playing Uno or Poker split screen, no point.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 10:15PM Ranus Studios said

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Well sure, but better it be somewhat degraded than completely useless.
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Posted: Apr 12th 2008 1:02AM Vidikron said

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Free roaming would still be cool in local split screen.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 6:11PM (Unverified) said

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To hell with the Call of Duty map packs then. GTA is just a few days later.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 6:14PM (Unverified) said

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Killing Time, Murphy's Law and Underdog on the soundtrack... HELL YES!!!!
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Posted: Apr 12th 2008 1:52PM (Unverified) said

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holy shit - killing time and underdog?? hell yeah those were the days
damn that brings back some real memories -
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 6:27PM (Unverified) said

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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 6:48PM PoisonedAl said

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Oh a Rick Roll. I didn't see that coming from a thousand miles away.

By the way, I'm lying.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 6:37PM (Unverified) said

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Boys Noize on Electrochoc station = awesome :D
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 6:45PM PoisonedAl said

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I thought my brother was weird for saving up free Live codes to play this, now it makes a lot more sense. This looks like a LOT of fun!
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 8:31PM (Unverified) said

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Wow, this is really going to pressure A.P.B. We'll see if the persistent MMO GTA world of that game will be able to match up to the GTA4 MP.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 9:02PM jynxycat said

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By the time APB is out, GTA5 will be out.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 10:01PM (Unverified) said

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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 11:25PM (Unverified) said

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I'm sorry guys but my excitement over GTA IV's Multiplayer just decreased significantly...

I don't mind 1 or 2 modes that deal with "who has the most cash" at the end of the game deal. However it seems like this is overkill. If the whole Multiplayer Experience is just 1 big clusterfuck of "Who has the most monies" at the end of the round I don't see myself doing it over and over again like other games that offer more variety.

Sadly it reminds me of Battlefield: Bad Company and GOLDRUSH which is fun for the 1st few days and then gets ridiculously boring in a manner of minutes.

And then add in the fact that Goldrush is apparently the ONLY MP in BC I don't see myself buying the game anymore...
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Posted: Apr 12th 2008 12:12AM TacoHell said

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Well, how is it different from any other multiplayer? In Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, and Team Fortress 2 the winning team is whoever has the most points in almost all of the modes. So just because they replaced points with money all of the sudden it's worse?
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Posted: Apr 12th 2008 2:57PM (Unverified) said

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Uhh just about any game that has upgradeable stats has some form of "currency" you win for playing. XP=Money in this game. Plus alot of the game modes dont require you to just run around collect mad lewts, you just get more lewts for winning.
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Posted: Apr 13th 2008 5:45PM sand0789 said

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The game seems to have a reasonable number of modes for online multiplayer. Keep in mind GTAIV is primarily built for single player, where as Halo and COD4 were built equally for single player and multiplayer.

Replacing the word points or kills with cash doesn't really make any difference as far as I am concerned. I actually like that you need to pick the cash an enemy drops to get the full value. This should cut down considerably on the effectiveness of snipers and campers. Those players will have to work in conjunction with guys running or driving around to get anything done.

95% of the people with multiplayer hands-on experience have come away very impressed. It should be decent.
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Posted: Apr 12th 2008 4:15AM Jamesology said

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Damn it's a sad time to be a dedicated Nintendo Wii only owner. I guess fanboyism does not justice. Good thing I wasted my money on the PS3 and 360, even though I'm broke. I'm guessing this game will be $69.99
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Posted: Apr 12th 2008 9:57AM (Unverified) said

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I only own a Wii and PS2. I know if I buy a 360 I'm going to be sucked in and all my free time will go out the window. There's probably 15+ games I'd like to play on the 360 - I just can't afford the time, even though I can afford the console.

So mostly it's not fanboyism for me, it's just I picked the console with the cheapest price that has games I can pick up and play for 20-30 minutes at a time.
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Posted: Apr 13th 2008 6:26AM Jamesology said

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Well obviously you're not a fanboy since you indicated that you own a Sony product and wants a Microsoft product. I was just talking losers who only own a Wii, or even just a Playstation, or 360. Those are the fanboy losers I was talking about.
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 7:32AM (Unverified) said

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@tmacairjordan87

Well many reviewers like EGM said the PS3 burnout looks just a bit better then Xbox.
And with the PS3 being a 1.8 tera flop power house(thats 80% more computing power then the Xbox)this is a trend that will most likely continue.
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 7:39AM (Unverified) said

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@jamesology

Well we dont all have your bank account.
So some of us just cant afford more then one game box.
But good for you!

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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 10:19AM (Unverified) said

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Has any multiplatform game been superior on the PS3? didn't think so

Ummmmm.. WRONG!!! Fight Night Round 3, Virtua Tennis 3, Call of Duty 4, Burnout Paradise...

I own the 360 and the PS3 and have played them on both and I prefer the graphics and gameplay on the above games over the 360s versions.
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