Author Topic: IGN: GTA4 is the best game since Ocarina of Time (Read 8156 times)

Oblivion · « **on:** April 25, 2008, 07:41:32 PM »

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/869/869381p1.html

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2008, 07:42:33 PM »

hyp · « **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2008, 07:45:06 PM »

himuro's blood has been redeemed for our sins.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2008, 07:45:50 PM »

OoT was an overrated piece of poo even in 1998.

Vizzys · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2008, 07:46:56 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on April 25, 2008, 07:45:50 PM

OoT was an overrated piece of poo even in 1998.

agree with post

hyp · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2008, 07:47:04 PM »

sp is on point.

oot

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2008, 07:47:31 PM »

Nice to hear that the superior 360 version has more pop-in for smoother gameplay.

Grecco · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2008, 07:50:24 PM »

IGN Xbox overrates another one!

Oblivion · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2008, 07:50:49 PM »

Oh, Patel you and your irrational OoT hate. :'(

Quote from: hyp on April 25, 2008, 07:47:04 PM

sp is on point. oot

Et tu, hyp?

FatalT · « **Reply #9 on:** April 25, 2008, 07:55:10 PM »

Oh my sweet fuck. That video review was SOOOOOOO good.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #10 on:** April 25, 2008, 07:57:13 PM »

that doesn't get me very excited. yes, the transition to 3D was good, now lets stop dwelling on it.

Now if they said "best game since RE4" that would be interesting

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Oscar-caliber drama.

there aren't enough facepalms in the world.

Dear game journalists, the path to legitimizing the hobby is not by equating the stories with hollywood movies. Thx.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #11 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:04:49 PM »

I just noticed that the same guy reviewed Assassin's Creed.

I won't argue about his scores for gameplay but how is GTA4 a 10 in graphics when AV only got an 8.5? They both suffer from the same framerate issues and the pop-in is worse in GTA4.

hyp · « **Reply #12 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:06:06 PM »

the hype pretty much got to goldstein's head. that and the hat he's wearing filled with benjamins.

hyp · « **Reply #13 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:08:12 PM »

Quote from: Oblivion on April 25, 2008, 07:50:49 PM

Et tu, hyp?

u mad?

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #14 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:08:47 PM »

Oscar quality story, my ass.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #15 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:08:51 PM »

I can't believe PS3 has less pop-in. I don't want to close myself off to DLC and multiplayer though so I can't go for that.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #16 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:09:43 PM »

Pop-in makes the gameplay smoother, ignoramus.

Oblivion · « **Reply #17 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:10:25 PM »

Quote from: hyp on April 25, 2008, 08:08:12 PM

Quote from: Oblivion on April 25, 2008, 07:50:49 PM
Et tu, hyp?

u mad?

Never at you.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #18 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:13:30 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 25, 2008, 08:09:43 PM

Pop-in makes the gameplay smoother, ignoramus.

I can't tell if you're joking.

Where does it say the 360 has better frame rate?

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #19 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:15:23 PM »

Quote from: hyp on April 25, 2008, 08:06:06 PM

the hype pretty much got to goldstein's head. that and the hat he's wearing filled with benjamins.

gotta admit though...it does sound great. I was very surprised that this is the first 10 since Soul Calibur.

Eric P · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:21:31 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 25, 2008, 08:08:47 PM

Oscar quality story, my ass.

that's not fair

i'd like to remind everyone in this thread of Juno

hyp · « **Reply #21 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:24:07 PM »

oh, no doubt. i'm definitely going to play it.

i'm gonna rent both versions and see for myself how "different" each version really is. i peeked in the cigarillo thread and i love how the same folks that loved the technical marvel of heavenly sword suddenly feel that the 360's shortcomings are a big deal breaker. fucking laughable

Grecco · « **Reply #22 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:24:58 PM »

The chick from Juno is sooo hot.

hyp · « **Reply #23 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:25:45 PM »

Quote from: Grecco on April 25, 2008, 08:24:58 PM

The chick from Juno is sooo hot.

yea jennifer garner is milf extreme.

Eric P · « **Reply #24 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:29:40 PM »

Quote from: Grecco on April 25, 2008, 08:24:58 PM

The chick from Juno is sooo hot.

michelle cera?

yeah but a little too flat for me

it'd be like boinking a guy

hyp · « **Reply #25 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:32:13 PM »

she was pretty hot in Hard Candy.

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Raban · « **Reply #26 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:40:12 PM »

How's that crow taste? Punk bitches.

Vizzys · « **Reply #27 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:43:56 PM »

Quote from: Raban on April 25, 2008, 08:40:12 PM

How's that crow taste? Punk bitches.

You Sir, are hilarious.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #28 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:44:52 PM »

How will Drinky respond to this news

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #29 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:44:57 PM »

Ellen Page used to work at a coffee shop ten minutes away from me.

Raban · « **Reply #30 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:45:45 PM »

It looks fucking golden.

I just got done playing Saint's Row for an hour, and half of that hour was spent in sub-10FPS clip because I was around 4 cop cars and a Swat Truck with maybe four other NPCs in the rain. After that, cars fell into the ground a couple times, random bouts of lag, looking at my horrific character because the art eats asshole, cringing at how bad the sound effects are, throwing my controller because of how ridiculously sad and shit the physics are etc. etc.

I'm ready for the king to return to his throne after this pussy bitch impostor tried taking his place.

GTA

Rockstar

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #31 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:48:27 PM »

My 2 cents: never trust a man named Hillary

"oscar worthy"

Oblivion · « **Reply #32 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:49:33 PM »

Wait, the chick that wrote the review is actually a dude?!

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #33 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:57:12 PM »

Quote from: hyp on April 25, 2008, 08:24:07 PM

oh, no doubt. i'm definitely going to play it.

i'm gonna rent both versions and see for myself how "different" each version really is. i peeked in the cigarillo thread and i love how the same folks that loved the technical marvel of heavenly sword suddenly feel that the 360's shortcomings are a big deal breaker. fucking laughable

ugh, I played the Heavenly Sword - Kai demo from the japanese psn store last night. It was one of the saddest things ever. Does the whole game run like shit like that? is the aiming and all that with Kai as bad as in the demo or did they just choose the worst part to show off?

back on topic:

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on April 25, 2008, 08:48:27 PM

My 2 cents: never trust a man named Hillary

"oscar worthy"

yeah, I knew something was up when a "girl" was reviewing and enjoying all of Team Ninja's work on the Xbox, including XBV.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #34 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:58:26 PM »

oh whoops, i thought hillary was that bald xtard guy

Can someone explain how GTA games get perfect scores when the controls are so average

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #35 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:59:48 PM »

Well...I'm just gonna have to find out for myself. But GTA games are always overrated. Fuck this shit.

And I thought OoT deserved the score and praise back then, but it was topped by each 3D Zelda since. Except Wind Waker, sorry.

Rman · « **Reply #36 on:** April 25, 2008, 09:03:51 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on April 25, 2008, 08:58:26 PM

oh whoops, i thought hillary was that bald xtard guy

Can someone explain how GTA games get perfect scores when the controls are so average

It's GTA. Remember big franchise games tend to get overrated. See God of War series, Zelda, and the like.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #37 on:** April 25, 2008, 09:08:28 PM »

Nice review of GTA reviews from PD:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10916562&postcount=521

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #38 on:** April 25, 2008, 09:16:44 PM »

Bish will probably ban me for that

bork · « **Reply #39 on:** April 25, 2008, 09:19:02 PM »

I can't wait for the IGN review of MGS4: "It's the best game since Super Mario Bros. 3!"

Shouldn't they be saying GTA is the best game since JADE EMPIRE?

MCD · « **Reply #40 on:** April 25, 2008, 10:12:25 PM »

7 pages? 7 fucking pages for gta?

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #41 on:** April 25, 2008, 10:44:46 PM »

Quote from: McDragon on April 25, 2008, 10:12:25 PM

7 pages? 7 fucking pages for gta?

Seriously, who can read this shit. I couldn't even read the first page.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #42 on:** April 25, 2008, 10:45:56 PM »

Quote from: McDragon on April 25, 2008, 10:12:25 PM

7 pages? 7 fucking pages for gta?

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Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #43 on:** April 25, 2008, 11:30:24 PM »

Quote from: hyp on April 25, 2008, 08:25:45 PM

Quote from: Grecco on April 25, 2008, 08:24:58 PM
The chick from Juno is sooo hot.

yea jennifer garner is milf extreme.

HYP IS THE BEST POSTER EVER>

Trent Dole · « **Reply #44 on:** April 25, 2008, 11:49:17 PM »

Quote from: McDragon on April 25, 2008, 10:12:25 PM

7 pages? 7 fucking pages for gta?

IGN reviews are always excessively verbose so it's not very surprising that a review for a big game like GTA4 would be an epically bloated pile of

. I always skip to the last page and read their summaries.

tiesto · « **Reply #45 on:** April 25, 2008, 11:54:54 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on April 25, 2008, 07:45:50 PM

OoT was an overrated piece of poo even in 1998.

OoT was definitely overrated but still a helluva lot better than anything R* can come up with...

drew · « **Reply #46 on:** April 26, 2008, 12:23:59 AM »

That review was so

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calcifer · « **Reply #47 on:** April 26, 2008, 01:50:38 AM »

the 360 dlc is so awesome that ms wont say what it is

they dont want people getting the 360 because of the awesome dlc to come

its a test for xfags to see if they will pick up an inferior version

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #48 on:** April 26, 2008, 01:56:15 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on April 25, 2008, 08:58:26 PM

oh whoops, i thought hillary was that bald xtard guy

he is, that's what I was saying. I thought it was a girl for a while. never heard of a guy being named hillary before. what parents would do that...

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #49 on:** April 26, 2008, 03:23:11 AM »

Quote from: calcifer on April 26, 2008, 01:50:38 AM

the 360 dlc is so awesome that ms wont say what it is

they dont want people getting the 360 because of the awesome dlc to come

its a test for xfags to see if they will pick up an inferior version

hyp · « **Reply #50 on:** April 26, 2008, 04:00:59 AM »

Quote from: Kranz Fafka on April 25, 2008, 08:57:12 PM

ugh, I played the Heavenly Sword - Kai demo from the japanese psn store last night. It was one of the saddest things ever. Does the whole game run like shit like that? is the aiming and all that with Kai as bad as in the demo or did they just choose the worst part to show off?

yup. the whole game runs like shit. from the looks of it, GTA4 looks like smooth butter compared to HS.

hyp · « **Reply #51 on:** April 26, 2008, 04:02:51 AM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on April 25, 2008, 11:30:24 PM

HYP IS THE BEST POSTER EVER>

all this talk about ellen page when the real hottie in juno is jennifer garner. she looks ever so fine after finally shedding that baby weight.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #52 on:** April 26, 2008, 04:11:05 AM »

Quote from: hyp on April 26, 2008, 04:00:59 AM

Quote from: Kranz Fafka on April 25, 2008, 08:57:12 PM
ugh, I played the Heavenly Sword - Kai demo from the japanese psn store last night. It was one of the saddest things ever. Does the whole game run like shit like that? is the aiming and all that with Kai as bad as in the demo or did they just choose the worst part to show off?

yup. the whole game runs like shit. from the looks of it, GTA4 looks like smooth butter compared to HS.

More Xfud.

The whole game didn't run that badly. It was mostly OK until the last two levels.

That last QTE sequence is horrendous though. 3-5 FPS with the whole screen tearing like crazy.

HS' main problem wasn't so much the framerate but the combat system that they implemented. The combat system simply required more precise timing than the framerate was capable of.

HS is about a 6/10. The generally nice production values are worth checking out but the gameplay isn't for everyone. Sixaxis controls can be turned off in the final game if that was a major concern.

hyp · « **Reply #53 on:** April 26, 2008, 04:19:46 AM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 26, 2008, 04:11:05 AM

The whole game didn't run that badly. It was mostly OK until the last two levels.

That last QTE sequence is horrendous though. 3-5 FPS with the whole screen tearing like crazy.

demi · « **Reply #54 on:** April 26, 2008, 04:20:53 AM »

The last fight was awesome, especially those QTEs.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #55 on:** April 26, 2008, 10:00:36 AM »

I actually enjoy IGN's reviews, they generally supply a lot of pertinent game feature info, and I don't have internet ADD so I can read the whole thing without whining and twitching and forgetting what I was reading midway through

I don't think Hillary Goldstein is a paid shill, I just think that when the dude likes something he really likes it. He's been very critical of various 360 fuckups/games before in the "Three Red Lights" 360 podcast IGN puts out.

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Author Topic: IGN: GTA4 is the best game since Ocarina of Time (Read 8156 times)