Sport73 wrote:I've heard a lot about the size of this game, and that getting in squeezed onto the Xbox 360's standard DVD is no small feat (and that the game could actually ship on 2 discs for the 360). Is there any chance that the exclusive DLC is nothing more than new game areas that basically are already on the PS3's Blu-Ray disc?
No, that would be the opposite of "exclusive" and def not worth paying $50 million for it. a few good quotes from next-gen(this was pre-release date push):
“The first $25 million is for the first episodic content package that’s supposed to go out and that is in March of ’08. That’s why it moved into current because it’s in the next 12 months. The second $25 million will be for the second episode, and that will be later in fiscal ’08,” Goldstein said.
"By giving this advance, Microsoft did extract from Take-Two the promise to make [GTA IV content] exclusive. But there will not be any downloadable content for PS3, at least for some time. My guess is at least for a year."
Team Mafiya Work
Your cell phone plays a major role in the single-player campaign, but is a fairly minor thing in multiplayer. That is, until you play Team Mafiya Work. Throughout the match, you and the competing teams receive text messages assigning you missions from the mafiya. This might mean jacking a specific car, assassinating an informant, or any number of other errands. The team that completes the objective first scores the cash. Just don't get cocky. As soon as one errand is completed, another one pops up on your phone.
While most team-based games play best with just two groups, Mafiya Work is better with more teams. The errands given are usually fairly easy to pull off and something that a small group of three or four people can handle. You get greater chaos and a more competitive match with more teams vying for the same objective.
Slumberland wrote:My Xbox is due back from the mechanic on Monday, just in time for GTA, should I choose to go that route. The voice chat in the PS3 version is going to suck, right? As in, not many people have it, and it's dodgy at that. But now I'm suddenly very wary of my 360. Maybe buy the 360 version and Gamefly the PS3 one as a backup. This is all complicated by two old college friends who both plan on getting the game, one a 360 owner and the other PS3.
I wish Microsoft were more telling about what the DLC will entail.
What's 'voice chat'? I'm 360 guy.
I just googled "ps3 voice chat". I thought u were talking about a new feature kinda thing, but (if i read it right) ps3 people can't talk to each other online? Is that true?
greggsand wrote:I just googled "ps3 voice chat". I thought u were talking about a new feature kinda thing, but (if i read it right) ps3 people can't talk to each other online? Is that true?
No, they can, they just don't.
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait.
My time is water down a drain.
Chat does work on PS3, I was just using it in The Show... I just figure most people won't have headsets. Although with the kind of chatter I imagine there'll be when playing with anyone other than friends, is no voice such a bad thing?
Still, I think it's 360 for me. Unless it's one of those weekends where the game starts appearing early and my 360 isn't back yet.
Slumberland wrote:Chat does work on PS3, I was just using it in The Show... I just figure most people won't have headsets. Although with the kind of chatter I imagine there'll be when playing with anyone other than friends, is no voice such a bad thing?
Still, I think it's 360 for me. Unless it's one of those weekends where the game starts appearing early and my 360 isn't back yet.
Wacky. A lot of the GTA online stuff would seem to require chat (esp 'free roam').
Leaked gameplay video is popping up everywhere. It's being taken down on youtube just as quickly as it's going up. But here are some gameplay videos if anyone is interested. These are from the 360 version.
sportdan30 wrote:Leaked gameplay video is popping up everywhere. It's being taken down on youtube just as quickly as it's going up. But here are some gameplay videos if anyone is interested. These are from the 360 version.
Thanks for posting the vids but I am fighting all temptation so I can experience it on my tv and actually in control when I see it for the first time. I've been holding off even reading up on the game because I want it to be fresh going in.
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait.
My time is water down a drain.
ScoopBrady wrote:Thanks for posting the vids but I am fighting all temptation so I can experience it on my tv and actually in control when I see it for the first time. I've been holding off even reading up on the game because I want it to be fresh going in.
Yeah, I'm the same way. I just can't decide which version to get. LOL.
ScoopBrady wrote:Thanks for posting the vids but I am fighting all temptation so I can experience it on my tv and actually in control when I see it for the first time. I've been holding off even reading up on the game because I want it to be fresh going in.
I watched the first video just briefly. I then had to stop as I too wanted to experience it all myself the first time in HD.
Slumberland wrote:Where are these sites that assert that the PS3 version looks better?
I've read the differences are very slight. I doubt any of us will be able to tell which one looks better. I'm more concerned about the frame rate on the PS3, but the intro video and brief game play I watched put my mind at ease.
Sport73 wrote:I've heard a lot about the size of this game, and that getting in squeezed onto the Xbox 360's standard DVD is no small feat (and that the game could actually ship on 2 discs for the 360). Is there any chance that the exclusive DLC is nothing more than new game areas that basically are already on the PS3's Blu-Ray disc?
Either way, is it definitely best to get this game for the 360 if I own both systems?
I have both systems. I am getting it for the 360, my reasoning is you cant beat xbox live plus the DLC.
Murph wrote:It'll be weird to look at my 'Friends List' and see practically everyone playing the same game.
It was sort of like this when Halo 3 first came out.
If by weird, u mean 'awesome' I agree. 2 words: Free Roam! There's already a few 'fight club' groups forming on the web (360). Basically dudes fighting one-on-one, bare-knuckle... reeedikulous.
