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As I recall GTA 3 came out amid lots of controversy re its content. What is the prevailing consensus re the latest release in terms of what some might consider very adult themes? I ask as I have teenagers who do want it. I am looking for some reviews or feedback to make a more informed decision.

I was just going to create a post about GTA IV... Mine is being shipped to my door... It's gotten a lot of hype... a lot of HUGE scores 10 out of 10 on IGN... it's been 9 years since they've given a 10 out of 10...I can't wait!

Yeah I saw that score on ign and I got excited...

i've read every article, saw every picture, watched every movie on ign.com and im still excited!! got mine pre-ordered for my birthday..picking it up on lunch then gonna rock out tomorrow after work

Quote, originally posted by 21Rouge »I ask as I have teenagers who do want it. I am looking for some reviews or feedback to make a more informed decision. How old are your teens? There's an article here that touches on the 'M' rating of the game.http://www.canada.com/calgaryh...=6019

man i wanna get that game so bad, but it'll have to wait for a while i'll definitely have it by xmas. my god, that sounds like a long way away

Quote, originally posted by MRCN RCE »my god, that sounds like a long way away That is a long way away.

having played the other 8 gta's (yeah, 9th GTA game but it's called 4.) i'm going to avoid this one at least for a few months. as for the 10/10. haha, not warrented. if you notice, ign.com will gripe about a game, and give it atleast a 7. check this out:""How can we trust a videogame review when the outlet running it has been given a major commercial favor — one that's worth money — from the publisher of the game? You never see a paper or TV station getting special access from a movie studio or TV network or book publisher to run an "exclusive review," " says Ben Fritz."Imagine the L.A. Times or Roger Ebert touting their "exclusive review of 'Iron Man.'" Absurd, right? So why do we tolerate it for a videogame?"Fritz references IGN as a clear example, a site which recently ran an exclusive review of Grand Theft Auto IV and gave the game a 10/10 score. He also talks about Game Informer, which gave Mass Effect a near-perfect score despite noting several problems with the game." - Joe Martin from this article http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2...ing/1i used to be like that, read the reviews, and then buy. but after dealing with so many "great, best game of the year, get it now" games that did not deserve the rankings they got, i now will either let my friends waste their money, i mean buy the game cause they still believe the hype, and then borrow it from them later or just avoid it all together. the last game i purchased was CoD 4 pc, only after playing many hours of it on the 360 and enjoying it. before that? orange box. and before that, um.... ffxi expansions after many reviews and conversations with other players about the content and if they felt it was worth the value.

ya btw the ironman game blows..dont even download it to play..lol..i tried it and man the controls were garbage and graphics were horrid..but on a good note...todays the day for GTA4 and thats what i'll be doing for the next few months is go nuts on it

Happy B-day Wave! I'd have gotten you GTA iV, but looks like you're already getting it...

Just picked it up, I'm gonna go play it!

I'm probably going to pick it up soon... I played a few of the others leading up to this and they were fun.About the rating for your teens... that's a call you are going to have to make. How old are they?

Update: This game rocks.

im still watching the first video and love it! lol..man oh man i wont be on here much now that this game is out

man i wish i could go buy it already. i passed up a gamestop in the mall today, and was really tempted to pick it up, but i need to wait for a while here's a review by a real person like you and me, not somethin from IGN. there are a couple cuss words in this review, so i wouldn't recommend watching this at work. with that said, here it is: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-sWro6M7yL0

well i played a good..5-6 hours last night of the game, i love it, the car physics are a lil hard to get used too..but once you do it's real easy, best thing to do is just to use the brake, done use the e-brake if you dont have too.game play so far is great, missions are a little easy, but im still with the first 2 contact guys(nikos' cousin and another guy).the new cop thing is great, i've tried to cross the bridge, and got a 6 star right away, it's nearly impossible to get away but so much fun just trying

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction »the new cop thing is great, i've tried to cross the bridge, and got a 6 star right away, it's nearly impossible to get away but so much fun just tryingHave you played with the... uhh... women yet? it's a little more than just watching the car go up and down... my suggestion, get a convertable... it's fairly entertaining...Wave: did the same thing as you with the cops on the bridge... and yeah, that is fun... since I've only played 2 or 3 of the missions I really don't know how to do anything... getting use to the punching and kicking is a little bit of work, but I'm just having fun running around and getting a feel for everything...there's a shotgun at the strip club...

Quote, originally posted by Kamikaze »Have you played with the... uhh... women yet? it's a little more than just watching the car go up and down... my suggestion, get a convertable... it's fairly entertaining...Wave: did the same thing as you with the cops on the bridge... and yeah, that is fun... since I've only played 2 or 3 of the missions I really don't know how to do anything... getting use to the punching and kicking is a little bit of work, but I'm just having fun running around and getting a feel for everything...there's a shotgun at the strip club... you mean feeling everything? someone should record a hooker in a convertible and send it to me. this game is like getting a gf, and i just dont have time yet.

I pked it up yesterday and only had an hour to plaincluding install time but Im on it now for the rest of the day as I onlworked until 11:00 today. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAron

I'm taking off work on Thursday so I can play all night tonight, and all day tomorrow... I ordered mine from Amazon.com, was suppose to come today, but got it yesterday otherwise I probably would have taken off work today.

I want to buy the game asap but am going to wait until at least a pay cheque or two... gotta build the bank account back up.

Amazing! You must buy it... heck, buy 2 copies in case you wear out your first one!!!Always gotta have a backup plan.

yes i've done the girl thing in the cars..im gonna try to see if it'll all work on a bike or not..lol..but i have watched it and it is entertaining

ok just bought the game at lunch, ill mail it to my friend tonight so you can play with "Northp" but it will by my friend.

i always see damronjr come on...then go off..then on..and off..and on..then off...lol..it's quite annoying when im shooting up cops and it pops up...as for the game..im still loving it..gotten about 5 actual hours into it..even though i've played a total of 13 hours so far..game is so great i cant put it down!!..i tried the motorcycle thing with the prostitutes but it doesnt work..has to be a car..

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction »i always see damronjr come on...then go off..then on..and off..and on..then off...lol..it's quite annoying when im shooting up cops and it pops up...as for the game..im still loving it..gotten about 5 actual hours into it..even though i've played a total of 13 hours so far..game is so great i cant put it down!!..i tried the motorcycle thing with the prostitutes but it doesnt work..has to be a car.. Yeah, I don't know what the deal is. My connection is strong, but for some reason my connection to PS3 live or whatever it is always goes in and out. Never had a problem when I was actually playing online, but when I am just on playing a game or whatever it seems to come and go for some reason. Haven't gotten to play much, also depends on when you saw me. Yesterday I was messing with the cheat codes and didn't want it to save, that and turned it off when the wife came home and on again shortly thereafter, and then we leave for a while, and come back and play some more! lol

i dont remember exactly what time but it was sometime in the evening for me..maybe 6-7pm..so about 3-4 pm for you

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction »i dont remember exactly what time but it was sometime in the evening for me..maybe 6-7pm..so about 3-4 pm for youSounds about right, I get home at 3:30, usually turn it on, then I have to put my son on the bus at 4:15, then the wife gets home at 5! lol

whoo hoo! the wife bought me GTA4... haven't played it yet but I'm going to before I go to bed tonight lol

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »whoo hoo! the wife bought me GTA4... haven't played it yet but I'm going to before I go to bed tonight loland I picked up Mario Kart for us too. But this way, he can play his new game while I go thrash the STI on a little back road so I can test out my Stg 1. all part of the plan......

HAHAHA!Now there's a win-win situation.

eh... bribery.... it works in marriage.

well im at about 27% now..in the second part of the city..game is just so unbelievable still..cant wait to get a heli or airplane or something

Stole a heli from the airport... man the skyline is pretty cool to see at night in the heli...I'm taking my time playing the game, I'd rather play all the side missions than to just complete the story....Something that I've done on this game that on all previous games I did not is... allow myself to get busted/die.. It use to matter to me to see that I died playing the game... this time... it's all about the stats... I want to see how many time I can bet busted/die... along with how many people I can take down... on the first Liberty city I killed 150,000 people... We'll see how many I can take down in this one...

yeah first thing I did was turn off the cell phone and go cruising around the city. Drove to the airport and stole a nice convertable and went driving. the city is amazing in detail. Took me a little bit to get used to the new driving controls. Is it just me or do cars not stop as well as they used to. Played some of the missions, took Michelle on two dates, bowling and a show. Both where pretty funny. I figured I'd to the early missions to unlock places. Is there a garage I can store a car at? If so I can't find it at Niko's first place...Anyone set their ring tone? I got mine set to spy tone lol.

ringtone: malfunctionYou can store 2-3 cars in front of Niko's place there's a yellow box you can park the cars in on the street right in front of the door you walk out of his place.

I'll have to try that. then again it was dark when I was trying to find where to leave the car. Whats cool is the night and day time is a lot longer it seems.

get your google map on liberty city yohttp://grandtheftauto.ign.com/...y-Map

It better then the map I got with the game?

awesome map, gonna use the map after i beat the game to get everything else..like the pigeons..got about 7 of them so far..theres 200 overall

I haven't fallen into any water yet but can Niko swim? I hope so.

yes niko can swim..he cant dive like san andreas did..taking the heli up right now and jumping out.. hopefully he can parachute..or atleast do something

haha cool.whats everyone's favorite radio station? I was cruising to Liberty Rock station, Smashing Pumkins. really cool.Can't wait to get far enough into the game that the bridges open so I can explore further.

im on the second island now..theirs the heli's tours u can steal a heli from..pretty sweet...i was lookin at the map and was trying to find that buyable property(only 1) but i cant find the thing at all..so far i've got a few favorites..1)L.C.H.C.2)liberty rock3)massive B..some times4) the beatpretty much most of them..aslong as they got a good song on at the time

well i jumped out of the heli..all he does is free fall..screamin like a lil girl as he falls..then u hit the water and swim back up..but i did find out something cool..you can call a taxi..which i never knew..just hit the triangle button when u see a taxi near by

Can't talk. Bought it today. Playing.

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction »well i jumped out of the heli..all he does is free fall..screamin like a lil girl as he falls..then u hit the water and swim back up..but i did find out something cool..you can call a taxi..which i never knew..just hit the triangle button when u see a taxi near byYou CAN die in the water, however, if you run a car into it and stay in the car while it is sinking! lol

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction »well i jumped out of the heli..all he does is free fall..screamin like a lil girl as he falls..then u hit the water and swim back up..but i did find out something cool..you can call a taxi..which i never knew..just hit the triangle button when u see a taxi near byweird... my tutorial indicated it was the L1 button. You can use your cousin for a cab too... I called it but for some weird reason could not get in the car so the guy drove off without me LOL. I've gotten just past "Crime and Punishment" after executing Vlad.