Yes, it’s actually coming out, on November 18th (or 21st in Europe). On one hand, it’s a shame, as it kills a good conspiracy theory in the head – though now does make me wonder why they haven’t given us Bully yet. On the other hand, it’s awesome, as it’s GTA4… on the PC. It’s genuinely a lovely game and it makes me a tad depressed I bought a year’s worth of Gold Membership for the 360 so I could play it multiplayer, and now I’m just going to play it on the PC instead.
That’ll teach me, eh?
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I have it on the PS3 already. Honestly, I think its overrated – and nowhere near as good as San Andreas or as fun as Vice City. The gloss will wear off very quickly if you’re tastes are anything like mine.
That being said, someone mentioned the analog controls. I’ve personally never had issues with driving using the keyboard in the past, and using cover will not be necessary on the PC as you have full aim and WSAD control scheme. Besides, the cover system is seriously fucking annoying (despite the media glossing over its deficiencies), I can’t recount the number of times I died trying to use it or the auto-aim. Roll on mouse control is what I say.
here’s hoping it will have a good editor so the mod community is strong.
I want to see mods the scope of Desert Combat was for Battlefield 1942.
I want to see Taco Bells and Burger Kings and KFCs instead of Cluckin Bell & Burger Shot. I want real cars & real buildings, real streets mapped out the same as the real NYC.
thats how GTA4 PC could become epic.
Tell me about it. I intend on playing and beating all those games but I doubt I’ll be able to do it all before this time next year. That’s $1000 worth of games there. I actually think they’re getting way out of hand with fall 08. I thought fall 07 was crowded…
That’s also how R* could end up in a whole load of legal trouble. Can you imagine a certain U.S lawyers “murder simulator” claims if GTA depicts a real city? I shudder to think.
I think I’ll have to sell my wife and kids to finance all those games, not to mention getting time to play them :)
@Real Horrorshow: Awesome list, thanks very much for it. Pretty much every title on it looks to be a very decent game worth the price.
As far as GTA4 is concerned, haven’t played it yet, never had a doubt it would not make to PC somehow, even if someone had to make a decent xbox emulator.
IV was absolutely ace in the as-is Xbox version in my opinion, so I’ll be terribly interested to see what the modding community makes of this one. This might be the first game I’ve owned on more than one platform.
Any opportunity to play the bank heist level again will do, I think. One big ripoff/homage of Heat, but damn was it ever fun.
CrashT: I find all GTA games boring, to tell the truth… Never understood why are people playing them :-)
I always thought the GTA games were good games, but nothing worth the hype that they receive now. I do buy them all, though. I think the PC edition will have pretty good showing.
The bank heist was a real let down for me. Kayne and Lynch (for all its faults) channels Michael Mann far greater than any other game I can think of and Mafia had a more immersive bank robbery scene. In GTA you drive up to the bank, watch a silly little cut scene and then run away in a linear, funnelled fashion shooting the same cops the same way every time.
This isn’t much of a spoiler I hope, but many of the missions are lazy and repetitive. I’m a huge GTA fan, and you’ll enjoy the game, but christ is it overrated. Again; San Andreas and Vice City beat it hands down.
@Realhorrorshow
Let me complete your list a little:
Penumbra : Requiem – August 27
Dark Horizon – September 26
If you haven’t played the earlier Penumbras, you really should. Great little horror adventures, from a very small team.
I have a 360, where I do most of my games playing, and I haven’t got around to picking up GTA4 yet. I’ve just got far too many other games I’ve bought over the last 6-9 months that I haven’t finished playing to go buying one that is still full price. That, and I got bored of San Andreas and never finished it.
Oh god… Left 4 Dead and GTAIV in the space of two weeks. This really will test the wifes patience!
The official site suggests this is using Games for Windows Live
Gold Extra 1000 Hours Free*for online multiplayer.For fuck’s FUCKING sake.
Can one surmise that improving GfW Live and making it free, was done in preparation for a title like GTA IV? Because you know that people would have been screaming at Microsoft, that Live completely ruined GTA IV, otherwise?
Up until now, they’ve sort of been able to get away with GfW Live being so shitty. But with a title like GTA IV – that’s sure to sell by the truckload, even on PC – there would have been a lot of people angry with Microsoft, without these desperately needed changes.
since my 360 broke i wanted to play this, my 360 broke like 2 weeks after i got it. i didnt put it down since i had it, got like 25% done and played online ALL THE TIME
You people understand that “driving with a keyboard is stupid” is stale and obfuscating to me. The xbox 360 controller is compatible with 98% of windows games that are released after the xbox360. No setup is required, just plug n’ play. Grid, Pure, etc.