This Week in Review gets hijacked

I just have to get something off my chest.

PS3 version GTA4 at 640P(same as Halo3) and multi player down for PS3 at launch while MS paid service works like a charm.


Things that make you go hmmmm......

Don't forget that i've had no problems with my launch PS3, and my online not only works, but is free.

where is my podcast

hmmmm.....Cinco De Mayo, Joystiq? (ie- Viva Pinata)...


....not really sure why people are commenting on GTAIV tonight as opposed to playing it....having said that...

*goes off to run some red lights and run over pedestrians*

I love my Viva Pinata >:(

I kind of wish they would have patched it so you could dress up a Dragonache or something. Oh and changed the font to something that is not goddamn MS Comic Sans. Fuck that font.


Fuck it.

I've played quite a bit of GTA in the past few days, but there is no way it should have a 99% on Metacritic. It's a good game, but that good? No. Although I really don't trust the integrity of game reviews anymore so I shouldn't be that surprised.

Is it just me, or is the podcast late? Is everyone too busy playing GTA IV?

Your language...it reminds me of a game I've been playing. You sound just like them...weird!

Can we get a poll or something asking if anyone else thinks the game is highly overrated?

I mean around 95 I can agree with but perfect scores come on. Not being able to buy property I consider that a huge loss.

Considering how awful the foliage is and how many visual glitches and bugs are in the game I highly doubt this game deserves a perfect score. Sure I'm enjoying the hell out of the story and the multiplayer games I've had with the cad-comic folks have been great but it isn't the god-send the media makes it out to be. It is still just Grand Theft Auto. I personally would give this game an 85 0r 90. It is a high B or low A grade game, good but not the best.

GTA is the most over-rated game I've seen in a while. You CAN'T go anywhere and do anything. I tried going into Pizza places and Convenience stores, but guess what? You can't. There may as well be a cardboard box on the side of the road than most of the stores in this "city". When I did finally find a cafe I could enter, you couldn't even talk to the lady behind the counter for a drink. They also really needed to add a feature where you can talk to anyone, even if they just give a nasty comment back. The people walking around are just as dumb and uninteresting as the other games, the fighting is a joke. Already ran into repeated lines. I got bored and sold mine after 2 days. This game is a joke.

I'm playing the game. And it's okay. I've actually had the lockup bug on my PS3.

But that's all beside the point, to be honest.

GTA 4 has cool cutscenes, I'll give it that. They're ugly, but well written and they add a lot to the game. Remove that, and Burnout:Paradise has EVERYTHING over GTA 4.

Burnout:Paradise has a world that was designed to be driven in. The road is visible under bridges instead of unseeably black. The lanes are wider, the blocks are longer so you when you get to speed you aren't whipping through intersection after intersection.

And the cool phone in GTA IV? It's very similar to that Burnout:Paradise did better (unless you're hooked on mission restart functionality) with Easy Drive.

GTA IV is a good game and I like it. But Burnout:Paradise really showed what can be done with a next-gen game.

And why the hell can I play Burnout:Paradise without installing it but I have to go make a sandwich before I play GTA IV?

Finally, wanted to state how funny I found it to see sparrowmint and mallowolf in the picture above. I loved Viva.

Just putting up a comment to join.