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Title: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: GilloD on March 14, 2009, 10:21:11 AM: Impressions in a bit. So far it feels like GTA 1 or 2, which is solid news, brohams.
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Post by: demi on March 14, 2009, 10:36:23 AM: :teehee
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Post by: GilloD on March 14, 2009, 10:40:39 AM: Doesn't work on a lot of flash cards- Apparently it has a save file twice the size of most games.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: demi on March 14, 2009, 10:43:17 AM: :teehee
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Post by: demi on March 14, 2009, 10:51:24 AM: GTA will seperate the distinguished mentally-challenged fellows (R4 users) from the men (anything thats NOT A GOD DAMN R4)

btw it works in emu. emu rox.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Costanza on March 14, 2009, 11:21:39 AM: damn doesn't work on my old M3 simply :(

Seems like now is a good time to order the Acekard 2i (presuming it works on that...)...
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Post by: Reb on March 14, 2009, 01:25:25 PM: I can't get any emu to work. :'(

I was looking forward to some 3D Picross. :'(
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Post by: Bebpo on March 14, 2009, 01:34:42 PM: Why don't you just buy ds games? They are like $30.

I'm all for pirating, but if you really like GTA, it's $30. Just fork it out. I don't like GTA so I don't really care, lol.
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Post by: Reb on March 14, 2009, 01:41:33 PM: Yeah, I guess I'm mostly posting in the wrong topic, I'm only trying it out for the Japanese games (3D Picross!!!).
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Himu on March 14, 2009, 01:46:44 PM: What is it more similar to, GTA1 or GTA2? I lean on the GTA2 swing of thangs. It's one of the best in the series.

GTA2 is great because you can join any gang and you have to manipulate all the gangs to win. Getting on a gang's good side while fucking up the other gangs is a blast, and betraying gangs is even better. The fact that each gang has their own missions makes the game more replayable so you can do stuff is different order.

Is this game like that at all?
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: GilloD on March 14, 2009, 08:18:50 PM: It now works on almost everything except CycloDS wtf.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Mondain on March 14, 2009, 08:27:01 PM: this ain't 1997, no interest in playing a GTA with shitty graphics anymore, especially with a system bearing such shitty d-pads as the DS does
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 14, 2009, 08:39:21 PM: Quote from: Mondain on March 14, 2009, 08:27:01 PM
this ain't 1997, no interest in playing a GTA with shitty graphics anymore, especially with a system bearing such shitty d-pads as the DS does

GTA2 is still better than GTAIV
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: demi on March 14, 2009, 08:45:18 PM: Quote from: GilloD on March 14, 2009, 08:18:50 PM
It now works on almost everything except CycloDS wtf.

Haha, Cyclo loser
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: demi on March 14, 2009, 08:55:38 PM: Confirmed, works on my card. Yay~
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Lafiel on March 14, 2009, 08:58:07 PM: People who are pirating this game. ::)
spoiler (click to show/hide)
d\ling it now, cant wait to see how crap it is. ;)
[close]
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: GilloD on March 14, 2009, 09:28:28 PM: Quote from: Lafiel on March 14, 2009, 08:58:07 PM
People who are pirating this game. ::)
spoiler (click to show/hide)
d\ling it now, cant wait to see how crap it is. ;)
[close]

Favorite new member.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: GilloD on March 14, 2009, 10:06:08 PM: There's a patch now. It works. Cars control okay. I like the new pursuit system (You can lose stars by doing Burnout-style checks on cops), collisions and physics are generally weird/wonky. Feels like Lego Grand Theft Auto or Matchbox cars.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on March 14, 2009, 10:32:39 PM: The world needs San Andreas Stories, thxbye
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Post by: GilloD on March 14, 2009, 11:49:30 PM: There's actually a cool little feature where there are these accident "dioramas" that pop up from time to time- It'll be like a bus turned over and one smashed up car and an ambulance and a firetruck all in an intersection. Cool detail and adds some tension in a speedy chase.

I can't find any helicopters :(
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 15, 2009, 04:03:16 AM: I hope this works on my garbage old M3 Pro. :-\
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 15, 2009, 04:28:24 AM: Works. Hope this isn't dumb.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Costanza on March 15, 2009, 07:49:16 AM: Works on my simply now, yay
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Ninja on March 15, 2009, 08:19:30 AM: Got it working on my R4 last night. Perfect timing for it to leak, I'm going to be travelling for like 6 hours today and need something to do. :D
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: GilloD on March 15, 2009, 04:01:46 PM: Anyone wanna play multiplayer?
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Post by: demi on March 15, 2009, 04:04:46 PM: Does this even have multi? I thought it was just sending messages
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Post by: Costanza on March 15, 2009, 04:13:19 PM: It has online play but for some reason mine freezes whenever I try to connect to any of the online stuff
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: demi on March 15, 2009, 04:17:22 PM: That's a sideeffect of the patch. There is a code you can use now that lets wifi work. I have no interest in online though.

LOL DS online, ok
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 15, 2009, 06:24:54 PM: It's not too bad. Taxi and ambulance missions are there so it's already better than 4.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 15, 2009, 06:31:47 PM: Driving feels kinda goofy.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: demi on March 15, 2009, 06:58:47 PM: Quote from: Kosma on March 15, 2009, 05:06:20 PM
Hey fucktards no one cares if it works on your M3, R4, FU5.

Give some impression jeez.

Impressions: Go rub some aloe on your face, distinguished mentally-challenged fellow
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 15, 2009, 07:03:21 PM: The driving sucks. This game isn't fun.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: pilonv1 on March 15, 2009, 08:01:57 PM: Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on March 15, 2009, 07:03:21 PM
The driving sucks. This game isn't fun.

True to GTA IV then :'(
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Ninja on March 15, 2009, 08:18:45 PM: It's pretty bad. The driving is awful, the graphics are impressive technically but the perspective doesn't work well gameplay-wise. It's way too easy to attract the cops especially since it's not even easy to tell who is a cop and getting rid of them takes too long.

The touch-screen stuff is kinda neat however some of the games are hard to do with your thumb but switching to the stylus would take too long, also having to play a mini-game when you get into a parked car gets annoying fast. The soundtrack is all intrumental too which is understandable but disappointing.

The cut-scenes are still images with text-dialogue. The script doesn't read so well with a lot of it sounding corny when it's not spoken. Overall, this just made me realise how impessive teh PSP GTA games are.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 15, 2009, 08:31:34 PM: If you so much as tap the d-pad your car turns 45+ degrees.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: cool breeze on March 15, 2009, 09:29:00 PM: The talk about bad driving made me want to try it out before I buy it on Wednesday and it felt fine to me. Is driving assist off for you guys?

All I did was drive around, find a cop car so I can get a weapon quick, and kill some random people. It doesn't feel like GTA2 at all to me; it's like GTA3 using that overhead perspective, but designed to be played from it. Only thing that bugs me in my brief time with it was how people are the same size as cars, and motorcycles are practically invisible if you're riding on them. And the art for the game used in the cutscenes is pretty bad, almost like everyone has a different mental illness.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: chronovore on March 16, 2009, 04:41:52 AM: I'm buying this, day one.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 16, 2009, 04:50:21 AM: I just can't drive worth a damn in this game. I used to be an ace in GTA2. Maybe I'm just rusty.

Is there a decent amount of slowdown for everyone else, or is it just my shit ass old school slot 2 flash card?
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: cool breeze on March 16, 2009, 09:50:47 AM: Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on March 16, 2009, 04:50:21 AM
I just can't drive worth a damn in this game. I used to be an ace in GTA2. Maybe I'm just rusty.

Is there a decent amount of slowdown for everyone else, or is it just my shit ass old school slot 2 flash card?

only weird graphical problem I saw was pop in, but I guess that's part of the GTA experience now. I'm using a CycloDS btw.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Darunia on March 16, 2009, 10:04:26 AM: EB hates it, translation: it's awesome. getting it friday
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: cool breeze on March 16, 2009, 10:29:35 AM: I didn't hate what I played, but then again, I didn't do any missions. I'm getting it Wednesday and probably holding off on playing it until the DSi comes out since the DS Lite d-pad is pretty awful for these types of games. I'll play Resistance PSP and Henry Hatsworth in the meantime.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Herr Mafflard on March 16, 2009, 02:58:38 PM: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/grand-theft-auto-chinatown-wars-review?page=1

10/10
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Post by: Bebpo on March 16, 2009, 03:05:12 PM: Quote from: InfectedGib on March 16, 2009, 02:58:38 PM
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/grand-theft-auto-chinatown-wars-review?page=1

10/10

Hmmm...the review crowd really does love the GTA franchise.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: demi on March 16, 2009, 03:09:55 PM: Quote from: Darunia on March 16, 2009, 10:04:26 AM
EB hates it, translation: it's awesome. getting it friday

EB doesnt hate anything until I hate it, SON

And I havent played it yet because GTA4 sucked I mean who wants to play more of Rockstar's trash, really.

tweet
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Post by: Eric P on March 16, 2009, 04:55:42 PM: just got this in my email

i giggled.

Quote
TONIGHT: Monday, March 16th

GRAND THEFT AUTO: Chinatown Wars
Launches in the US & Europe!!

come party with us (gamer style)

Special Edition GTA Kubrick Sets * Fresh Grand Theft Auto Apparel * Limited Edition Customized Chinatown Wars DS Lite Systems

music by: DJ OhNo (Stones Throw)

11:59pm - 2am
Nintendo World Store
10 Rockefeller Plaza
FREE! 17+
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Post by: Darunia on March 16, 2009, 08:57:18 PM: http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/03/16/grand-theft-auto-chinatown-wars-scoreless-review-from-a-world-without-a-ps2/

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It’s from this other world that “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars” arrives, a game that’s essentially an alternate-universe “Grand Theft Auto III” boasting all the design smarts and daring of an official “GTA” as well as the creative risks not seen in the PSP “GTA”s.
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Post by: demi on March 16, 2009, 09:01:00 PM: I guess Totilo didn't play GTAdvance - OMG GTA ON NINTENDO

No surprise, Totilo has never played a game in his life. It's so evident.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: siamesedreamer on March 16, 2009, 10:26:52 PM: The IGN vid in their review perked my interest a bit. Looks a lot different than I was expecting.
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 16, 2009, 11:01:51 PM: [youtube=560,345]Un1EUORbKSI[/youtube]
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: pilonv1 on March 17, 2009, 01:07:16 AM: Quote
With mission rewards much lower than usual,

fail
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: chronovore on March 17, 2009, 03:29:33 AM: Quote from: pilonv1 on March 17, 2009, 01:07:16 AM
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With mission rewards much lower than usual,

fail

What's that mean? Are they ignoring rewarding perks for stuff, a la GTA IV?
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 17, 2009, 03:57:25 AM: sounds like it

the best part about doing random shit in previous gta games was that you were rewarded for it with better weapons etc.

at least in this one if you destroy the security cameras your drug deals can go up in price
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Post by: chronovore on March 17, 2009, 08:39:00 AM: Yeah, I really enjoyed going in to the final mission with additional health and armor, and having weapons and a bulletproof vest at my safehouse... and being fireproof. And being able to run forever.

I really hope there's some of that in this game.
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Post by: GilloD on March 17, 2009, 10:43:01 AM: Too many fuckin' cops in this gam,e. Otherwise, it's pretty fun!
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 17, 2009, 01:33:34 PM: I've adjusted to the driving. This game really isn't that bad once you get used to it. I had to do a fair bit of fiddling with the options (turn of auto gun switch and the thing that makes the camera swoop backwards every time you back a car up, I also didn't like steer adjusting being on) but it's kinda comfortable. I'm going to stop playing because my flashcard is making it slow down constantly. If I see it really cheap some day I'll buy it.
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Post by: demi on March 17, 2009, 01:35:47 PM: Or you could just get a better card for cheap. AK2s are like $13 now
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 17, 2009, 01:36:16 PM: Actually that makes a lot more sense.
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Post by: cool breeze on March 17, 2009, 01:43:29 PM: Yeah, driving assist off is better. Apparently it auto-corrects your car if you're not driving perfectly straight down the road, so that's why it has a weird snap to both driving and turning. I messed around with a bit more last night and tried to find a helicopter at the airport, which I couldn't. The other thing I wish I could change is the auto-lock on when you attack. R locks on anyway and I don't need it to always lock on.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: pilonv1 on March 17, 2009, 08:03:47 PM: Quote from: demi on March 17, 2009, 01:35:47 PM
Or you could just get a better card for cheap. AK2s are like $13 now

:o really? i need to get one
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Himu on March 18, 2009, 03:53:47 AM: This game sounds pretty decent. I could go for some GTA in my pocket.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: chronovore on March 18, 2009, 06:33:49 AM: Did you play the PSP titles? They're quite good.

And as Demi has pointed out, there was that GBA version, based on GTA3's Liberty City...
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Post by: Kestastrophe on March 18, 2009, 08:35:37 AM: I could never get into the PSP GTAs, the controls never clicked for me.
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Post by: Kestastrophe on March 18, 2009, 02:46:58 PM: Oh god, I forgot how frustrating GTAs are. I was doing an early mission where I have to steal 3 racing cars and bring them to a garage, and you have to complete it in a certain amount of time. The fucking streets are so narrow (you literally cannot pass cars without bumping into oncoming traffic) that I bumped into a cop car when I had only one car left to steal. So I hop into the last car and I expect it to go to the hotwire minigame, which it has done for every single car that I've stolen so far. nope. So it takes me a second to realize that there was, by some miracle, no minigame required to stealing this car. By that time, a cop has already pulled me out of the car and I fail the mission due to 'BUSTED' :'(. I actually kind of like the artistic style, but everything is soooo tiny. I am going to keep at it for a bit, but not sure how long my patience holds out.
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Post by: GilloD on March 18, 2009, 02:53:36 PM: The time limits on some of these missions are pretty much tailored to make you do it twice. It's TITE.
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Post by: Himu on March 18, 2009, 04:41:41 PM: Quote from: chronovore on March 18, 2009, 06:33:49 AM
Did you play the PSP titles? They're quite good.

And as Demi has pointed out, there was that GBA version, based on GTA3's Liberty City...

Yes, I have LCS and VCS.

GTA: Advance is the worst GTA tho
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: siamesedreamer on March 18, 2009, 06:09:45 PM: Bought it. The impressions were just too good to not give it a shot.
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Post by: bork on March 19, 2009, 05:44:15 PM: All I have is an R4. Does the patched version work with it?
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: demi on March 19, 2009, 05:47:09 PM: Yes
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Post by: bork on March 20, 2009, 05:13:42 AM: Quote from: demi on March 19, 2009, 05:47:09 PM
Yes

Thankyousir!

Also went and ordered an Acekard 2i with 4gb micro SD card. It was $47 with shipping, not too bad I think. Going to give my old R4 to my wife and then sell off my DS Lite and maybe a few newer games I won't be needing any longer; DSi jolly roger set sail!
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 20, 2009, 08:10:17 AM: Would it be worth getting an Acekard 2i or just get the regular AK2?
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Post by: GilloD on March 20, 2009, 11:15:59 AM: CycloDS, man.
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Post by: GilloD on March 20, 2009, 12:47:59 PM: The mission "Dragon Haul Z" is worth the purchase price.
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Post by: demi on March 20, 2009, 02:18:38 PM: Quote from: pilonv1 on March 20, 2009, 08:10:17 AM
Would it be worth getting an Acekard 2i or just get the regular AK2?

If you are getting a DSi, then the AK2i is your choice. AK2i works on DS Lite as well. However, it is uncertain if a future firmware update will render the 2i useless.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: bork on March 20, 2009, 03:28:53 PM: Quote from: demi on March 20, 2009, 02:18:38 PM
Quote from: pilonv1 on March 20, 2009, 08:10:17 AM
Would it be worth getting an Acekard 2i or just get the regular AK2?

If you are getting a DSi, then the AK2i is your choice. AK2i works on DS Lite as well. However, it is uncertain if a future firmware update will render the 2i useless.

Hmm maybe I should hang onto the Lite just in case.
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Post by: cool breeze on March 20, 2009, 04:13:53 PM: Quote from: demi on March 20, 2009, 02:18:38 PM
Quote from: pilonv1 on March 20, 2009, 08:10:17 AM
Would it be worth getting an Acekard 2i or just get the regular AK2?

If you are getting a DSi, then the AK2i is your choice. AK2i works on DS Lite as well. However, it is uncertain if a future firmware update will render the 2i useless.

there is already a flashcard that works on the DSi? I might need to pick that up.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: bork on March 20, 2009, 05:54:35 PM: Quote from: swaggaz on March 20, 2009, 04:13:53 PM
Quote from: demi on March 20, 2009, 02:18:38 PM
Quote from: pilonv1 on March 20, 2009, 08:10:17 AM
Would it be worth getting an Acekard 2i or just get the regular AK2?

If you are getting a DSi, then the AK2i is your choice. AK2i works on DS Lite as well. However, it is uncertain if a future firmware update will render the 2i useless.

there is already a flashcard that works on the DSi? I might need to pick that up.

Yeah, it's been mentioned a few times here already! :lol
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Post by: cool breeze on March 20, 2009, 06:59:29 PM: yeah, I just read up on it. From what I can tell that Acekard 2i is the only one working right now, but Cyclo has shown theirs, it's just not out yet. I'll probably wait for the Cyclo one. I only really use my flash card to demo some games, mainly imports, anyway.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Mrbob on March 23, 2009, 02:34:07 AM: Got this for 20 bucks, its good.

GTA4 annihilated.
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Post by: bork on March 23, 2009, 02:55:24 AM: What's a good place to read up on which flash carts do what? Does the Acekard 2i play GBA ROMs? That's something I'd like to have on DSi.
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 23, 2009, 02:59:53 AM: Only slot 2 flash cards can play GBA games.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: chronovore on March 23, 2009, 03:03:59 AM: Quote from: dcharlie on March 20, 2009, 07:25:40 AM
Jbore, asobit in aki has this for 1980 yen.

yes, under 18$

Other places have it for 3980, almost everywhere infact

Man, I bit the ONE foreign-game shop in Nipponbashi does NOT have this, and they won't have it on the cheap. I'll just drag the PSP titles on the plane with me next week, then grab Chinatown while I'm stateside next week.

What's the best place in the US to get week-old new title on the cheap right now? Target? Walmart?
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on March 23, 2009, 03:04:53 AM: I could've bought this tonight, but ended up getting Valkyrie Profile instead.
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Post by: Mrbob on March 23, 2009, 03:13:02 AM: Mistake.

Never pay the Square Enix tax for portable games.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on March 23, 2009, 03:55:09 AM: But I feel so spine-tinglingly rich and decadent whenever I do.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: bork on March 23, 2009, 04:35:24 AM: Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on March 23, 2009, 02:59:53 AM
Only slot 2 flash cards can play GBA games.

I'm asking this because the DSi also uses SD cards...wouldn't that work in its place?

EDIT: Never mind, nope! Some are speculating that with the DSi's boosted memory, someone might be able to get it work one day for most games.
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Post by: Positive Touch on March 23, 2009, 09:16:46 AM: Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on March 23, 2009, 03:04:53 AM
I could've bought this tonight, but ended up getting Valkyrie Profile instead.

i'm so sorry
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Post by: demi on March 23, 2009, 10:51:45 AM: Quote from: Positive Touch on March 23, 2009, 09:16:46 AM
Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on March 23, 2009, 03:04:53 AM
I could've bought this tonight, but ended up getting Valkyrie Profile instead.

i'm so sorry

VP DS is awesome, suck my two hanging ones
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: demi on March 23, 2009, 10:52:16 AM: Quote from: the lyte edge on March 23, 2009, 02:55:24 AM
What's a good place to read up on which flash carts do what? Does the Acekard 2i play GBA ROMs? That's something I'd like to have on DSi.

DSi will never have that option. You buy a DSi, say goodbye to GBA
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Post by: cool breeze on March 23, 2009, 11:45:30 AM: Gameboy Micro never supported pre-GBA gameboy games, yet I can still play GB/GBC games on it. I'm sure there will be something allowing GBA play in the future.

But if you have a PSP, just play GBA games on that.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: bork on March 23, 2009, 05:39:27 PM: Quote from: demi on March 23, 2009, 10:52:16 AM
Quote from: the lyte edge on March 23, 2009, 02:55:24 AM
What's a good place to read up on which flash carts do what? Does the Acekard 2i play GBA ROMs? That's something I'd like to have on DSi.

DSi will never have that option. You buy a DSi, say goodbye to GBA

I'm going to wait for the DSi to release in the States and Europe and see what happens when it's widely available for people to mess with before giving up all hope of that. But it's fine since I have a GBA library and a GB Player and Micro to play them on.

Quote from: swaggaz on March 23, 2009, 11:45:30 AM
Gameboy Micro never supported pre-GBA gameboy games, yet I can still play GB/GBC games on it. I'm sure there will be something allowing GBA play in the future.

But if you have a PSP, just play GBA games on that.

I take it you do this with a GB Micro flash cart?

I do play some GBA games on PSP, but like I said I have a Micro and just play the carts on there when I feel like it.

Have you guys messed with the NES DS emulator? Is it good? I wouldn't mind trying that, although I just got the Acekard 2i and I'm reading you need to use another firmware for it to work with it.

The Acekard is not running Neo DS, dunno why. Maybe the same reason as NES DS? SCUMM VM loaded up but wouldn't recognize my ROM directory, so things aren't perfect. I bought the Acekard for DS games though, so it's fine. I don't play DS much at all; when I go portable it's PSP.
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Post by: pilonv1 on March 23, 2009, 08:20:03 PM: So Acekard isn't good for homebrew? I've got a AK2 coming in the mail.
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Post by: demi on March 23, 2009, 08:28:35 PM: AK should be just fine for homebrew. Lyte probably doesnt know how to set it up correctly.
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Post by: cool breeze on March 23, 2009, 08:54:37 PM: Quote
I take it you do this with a GB Micro flash cart?

yeah, it was the G6 something or other that was for both DS and GBA.

speaking of NES emulators, the one for the GBA was the saddest emulator I've ever used. It couldn't emulate the whole screen, so it only did the bottom 3/4th or the top 3/4th; holding up or down wouuld scroll he screen up or down.
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: bork on March 23, 2009, 09:18:54 PM: Quote from: demi on March 23, 2009, 08:28:35 PM
AK should be just fine for homebrew. Lyte probably doesnt know how to set it up correctly.

It was all set up when I got it. The DS games run fine, but the emulators aren't working for whatever reason. Keep in mind I am playing on a DSi.
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Post by: demi on March 24, 2009, 11:03:45 AM: Apparently flashcarts dont even work on European DSis

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When the Japanese DSi came out, homebrewers went to work on the platform. At least they tried to, but were met with some limitations. Nintendo obviously tried a bit harder to keep those flash carts off the system, but they couldn’t stop everything.

Now, with the DSi launching around the rest of the world very soon, it seems that Nintendo has once again went to work on shutting down flash carts. In the European DSi, it seems that even more measures were taken to block out this kind of activity. While the Japanese DSi had no problem running the acekard 2i, the Euro DSi won’t even start the device up. Just another hurdle for the homebrewers/pirates to tackle.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=76671
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 24, 2009, 03:34:54 PM: I think I'm gonna pick this up today.

Aside from the drug trafficking, are there more side missions and tasks than GTA4? Do you actually get a tangible reward for completing them? I feel like the answer will be yes to both.
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Post by: cool breeze on March 24, 2009, 03:40:06 PM: It has the taxi, ambulance, police, etc. missions with rewards for doing a certain set of them (5 rounds of ambulance is infinite sprint.) There are other tasks you can do like the gun range, go-kart time trials or regular races. Most rewards for all the side missions, from the ones I mentioned or lottery, usually end up giving you money; but money has purpose in this game, whether it's buying different houses (with different uses), cars or weapons. One cool new thing other than the drug trading is the ability to steal either gang or amunation vehicles and search the contents at a secluded location. They also have random encounter missions from GTA4 in there too.
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 24, 2009, 03:51:15 PM: Sounds cool. What new uses do the houses have?

Also how much time have you guys spent on the game? I'm hearing the story missions add up to only 6 or so hours, which I'd actually be happy about as long as there's 15 hours of other shit to do in the city.

Also, how many rampage missions are there? And is drug trafficking as broken and simple as Fable 2's economy? It's hard to see how they are different, reading reviews.
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Post by: cool breeze on March 24, 2009, 04:04:26 PM: There are three types of houses: the most basic is just a room that lets you save, replay missions and manage your drug stash; second has a room and a garage; third is bigger and is considered "secluded," so when you do steal a van and want to check the supplies, you need to go to one of these.

Outside of the houses you get for story purposes, I only got one other that I won by scratching tickets. I'm waiting until I have over 100,000 before I go out and buy a bunch of places to use. I just made about 50k+ when I started focusing on the drug trading, so I don't expect that to be so difficult.

Drug trading is really simple. The game tells you where the dealers who sell drugs cheap are and those who buy high; it's as simple as buying from A, selling to B and making a profit. I usually don't bother with that since it's slow, but you still get emails every once in a while with people telling you about people selling at low and buying at high prices. Sometimes it seems like spending 30 thousand on heroin isn't a good idea, wait a bit and find someone willing to pay much more than what you spent and make a huge profit.

I've found about five or six rampage missions so far. I don't know exactly how much I've played so far and I'll check if it says in the stats next time I play.
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 24, 2009, 10:35:37 PM: Got it, game rocks.

The game's economy is probably even more broken than Fable 2's, though. I don't think I've played more than an hour or two and I already have like $40k.
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 24, 2009, 11:32:28 PM: Quote from: AdmiralViscen on March 24, 2009, 10:35:37 PM
Got it, game rocks.

The game's economy is probably even more broken than Fable 2's, though. I don't think I've played more than an hour or two and I already have like $40k.

Wait for the in game housing bubble to burst as a mid game plot twist. I hope you didn't put all your drug money into A graded subprime mortgages.
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Post by: chronovore on March 25, 2009, 01:23:40 AM: Quote from: Father_Mike on March 24, 2009, 11:32:28 PM
Quote from: AdmiralViscen on March 24, 2009, 10:35:37 PM
Got it, game rocks.

The game's economy is probably even more broken than Fable 2's, though. I don't think I've played more than an hour or two and I already have like $40k.

Wait for the in game housing bubble to burst as a mid game plot twist. I hope you didn't put all your drug money into A graded subprime mortgages.

LOL.
Where's the "it's funny because it's true" emoticon?
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 25, 2009, 11:41:30 AM: What are those little blue swirling tornado things you find in back alleys some times?
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 31, 2009, 12:26:21 PM: They unlock postgame content, fyi

This game is fucking awesome, I'm surprised at the lack of love here
Title: Re: GTA Chinatown is "out" AKA leaked.
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 31, 2009, 04:04:46 PM: For one reason or another, I put of buying Chinatown for a few weeks. Well, no more! I took the plunge and bought it.

I'll sum up my thoughts by saying this: Chinatown is the game that GTAIV should have been.
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Post by: chronovore on April 07, 2009, 09:41:37 PM: I picked it up and am already enjoying it. The cartoon art style is already more in line with what I think of as "GTA" since I started with III.
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Post by: chronovore on April 10, 2009, 06:17:21 AM: I am surprised at how much the music is decent, even though it's a bunch of generic MIDI-crap in each genre. I was worried about it, but so far I'm not missing licensed music, or the DJs, despite those having been a good part of what made III-era GTAs so rich for me.

Driving's a bit hard, and I'm constantly clipping cops by accident. At least the missions don't seem to be of the "lose your wanted level" variety yet. Actually, all the controls are decent, but they feel a bit forced in the "how do we scale back existing controls" way, rather than a re-thinking of the whole model.

Also, this was a bit lovely, though I think it's overly harsh:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/657-Grand-Theft-Auto-Chinatown-Wars

Probably my favorite DS game to-date. It would have been Advance Wars Dual Strike, if it weren't for that game-breaking tag-team mechanic Intelligent Systems put in.
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 10, 2009, 11:20:52 AM: I like the music, it reminds me of Driver
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Post by: chronovore on April 15, 2009, 06:09:50 AM: Anyone else finding that Taxi Driver side missions are crazy tightly timed? I can only clear about 1 in 3 fares. And DAMN there are a lot of cop cars around. Just tap one of those and suddenly you've got to get rid of a mess of them. Driving between lanes is easier in GTA IV, even with its sloppy driving physics.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on April 15, 2009, 07:10:18 AM: Can't manage to finish more than 1 of the taxi missions at a time. Better balance please, Rockstar...jeezus

How do I get infinite sprint?
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Post by: cool breeze on April 15, 2009, 09:15:50 AM: you need to do 5 complete ambulance missions. So saving a total of 25 people, 5 per mission.

I tried doing it early on, but gave up and just did the constant tap thing to get near infinite run
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Post by: chronovore on April 15, 2009, 08:38:23 PM: Does that mean "5 in a row" or "5 before the mission ends"?

I can prolly manage the former, but the latter is going to be DS-throwingly-hard.
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Post by: cool breeze on April 15, 2009, 09:56:21 PM: 5 rescues in a row is one mission complete; you need 5 missions complete. I only did one mission complete since I didn't think the reward matched the annoyance of driving a big vehicle on tight roads.
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Post by: chronovore on April 16, 2009, 01:39:27 AM: Oddly, on the way in to work today I got a 5-in-a-Row (Bronze) for Taxi Driver, to my utter surprise.

I think I was playing it wrong; it isn't the same R3 mission as before. There's no timer countdown between fares, or while you work to repair your car, or lose your wanted level. Timing-out during a fare doesn't end the mission. You can now get out of a damaged taxi and steal a new one within 10 seconds, continuing the mission (a la old Vigilante missions).

And above all else: IN TIMED MISSIONS, the GPS is NOT YOUR FRIEND. My new routine is: get the fare, tap the GPS to summon the map, d-pad around (touch scrolling is stupid awkward) to see relative position and distance), tap Exit to go back to the game THEN DRIVE LIEK TEH WINDZ to get to as many major thoroughfares as possible. Life sucks a lot less now.
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Post by: ManaByte on April 17, 2009, 06:26:20 PM: This game is awesome. Nice to see a return to the top down gameplay, but I wish they had the point system. It was awesome in GTA1/2 to pull someone out of their car and then back over them for bonus points.