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Inverted: I really dont think it gets dark to quickly, at first I thought you were right, but I just had to up the contrast and brightness.

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ORIGINAL: Foxy

Don't forget, you can shoot the weapons dealer ont he first island in the face, and take his Desert Eagle, which you won't unlock until you've done over 50 missions. Also, noticed something else which was fun... Went on the rampage in an armoured truck (there's one parked up next to the gas station at the north end of Brucies road), and went on a bit of a rampage, just for fun. Eventually of course, I turned it over in traffic, causing a traffic jam, so I pulled out some grenades and started chucking them into the jam. When the armored truck blew up, it threw cash EVERYWHERE!!!

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ORIGINAL: Foxy

Money is actually virtually worthless in the game. There's nothing to spend it on, only weapons. At the start of the game you don't have enough money to buy weapons, so you have to find them, as you are doing. Later on in the game, you'll have all the weapons (which are expensive) and only have to buy ammo (which is mostly very cheap). I only have $30k, and nothing to spend it on. I have 400 rounds in my M4, 600 rounds in my SMG, 90 rounds in my combat shotgun, 60 rounds in my sniper rifle, 400 rounds in my pistol, and 12 grenades. I own 4 suits, and EVERYTHING that's available from Modo and The Russian Shop. Therefore, I have literally nothing to spen dht emoney on, except tolls and hotdogs.

By the way, hotdog sellers usually have good amounts of cash on them. And some hotdog stands have propane tanks next to them <BOOM>

Xbox 360 owners may get something extra to spend their money on. Microsoft paid $50m (yes, fifty million dollars) to Rockstar, for the post release production of a Downloadable Content pack exclusive to the Xbox360. There are so many rumours flying around about what will be in the pack, some claim even an extra island, with a whole new storyline, others, say a few extra characters and missions (much more likely). Some even claim it's going to be a nexgen version of San Andreas (due to an event in the 'normal' game), but this is absolutely out of the question. We'll just have to wait and see. I must say I'm disappointed in Sony not trying to compete with this, and if the DLC is really good, I will be repairing one of my 360s and buying the game again.

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ORIGINAL: Foxy

Good question. I suspect it will either be free or a mere pittance, otherwise people might be put off, defeating the object of microsofts effort to sell more consoles to people who want this game (and the bonus pack). There are many people that already own PS3, that would still go an buy an Xbox for a GTA DLC. This is microsofts plan I believe.

By the way, here's another interesting titbit...

Yesterday, the game was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records, as the single biggest entertainment release of all time.

It sold 3.6 million copies and made $310 million on the first DAY.

This is a historical and significant moment in the entertainment industry, as it marks the day that video games took over from movies as the biggest money makers in the entertainment industry. To put it into perspective for you, the previous best selling game of all time, Halo 3, made $170m in its first day. And the biggest grossing movie of all time (Spiderman 3) made $60m in the first day (but made more in total than Halo).

For reference, the game is developed by Rockstar North, and produced by Take-Two Interactive, a company which one month ago, was fighting a hostile takeover from video game giant, Electronic Arts. The conclusion to that little episode will be interesting. Take two's share price is still fluctuating, but they had appealed to their board not to sell the company until GTA4 was released (a total no-brainer in my opinion, of course they should have, and the fact that the board was still considering it before release, shows how little investors know about the products their entities are producing). Anyway, I'm sure Take two's share price will skyrocket. GTAIV cost just over $100m to make, and Microsoft pitched in $50m already. So they were into the 100% profit area after about 8 hours of the game being on sale. Impressive.

Interesting times in the entertainment industry...if there was ever any doubt that video games are the future, it is now utterly undeniable.

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ORIGINAL: -Inverted-

I really did NOT enjoy this game at all. The perfect ten is so far off in my opinion. First off, the way the cars drive is horrible. No getting around that. I could care less how many people claim realism, the reason I am playing a video game like this is to do stuff I would never think about doing in my personal life. Nikko runs like an absolute <insert hateful word here> I have never seen anybody run like that in my life.

The little parkour off a high jump... how cute.

My favorite vehicle is by far the bmx bike, and the absence of that already disappointed me.

I hate how the game is practically always dark. It seems like daylight lasts for 6 minutes, and the rest of the time it's dark.

I did like the easier method of evading police, the autosave, and a few other things' but overall.... unimpressed. Sure the game is more detailed, but IMO a better detailed San Andreas would have been much better in it's time then this.

I just cannot get into this game. I must be the only one who doesn't like it.

Yesterday I played Mariokart, and I have to say, I am tempted to go buy a Wii instead of a 360. Maybe it is the kid in me, but I like to occasionally break away from the prostitution, homicide, and vulgar language of todays oversaturated video game market.

Don't get me wrong, those games at times are fun, but I can see they are making kids plain weird. I really do think the mature title should be more enforced. I see preteens running around smack talking, cursing eachother out, and acting these games out.

Not trying to sound overconservative but this is my rant.

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ORIGINAL: slayerphonics

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ORIGINAL: -Inverted-

I really did NOT enjoy this game at all. The perfect ten is so far off in my opinion. First off, the way the cars drive is horrible. No getting around that. I could care less how many people claim realism, the reason I am playing a video game like this is to do stuff I would never think about doing in my personal life. Nikko runs like an absolute <insert hateful word here> I have never seen anybody run like that in my life.

The little parkour off a high jump... how cute.

My favorite vehicle is by far the bmx bike, and the absence of that already disappointed me.

I hate how the game is practically always dark. It seems like daylight lasts for 6 minutes, and the rest of the time it's dark.

I did like the easier method of evading police, the autosave, and a few other things' but overall.... unimpressed. Sure the game is more detailed, but IMO a better detailed San Andreas would have been much better in it's time then this.

I just cannot get into this game. I must be the only one who doesn't like it.

Yesterday I played Mariokart, and I have to say, I am tempted to go buy a Wii instead of a 360. Maybe it is the kid in me, but I like to occasionally break away from the prostitution, homicide, and vulgar language of todays oversaturated video game market.

Don't get me wrong, those games at times are fun, but I can see they are making kids plain weird. I really do think the mature title should be more enforced. I see preteens running around smack talking, cursing eachother out, and acting these games out.

Not trying to sound overconservative but this is my rant.

Seriously, kids don't have to play games to learn to talk like that, they just watch tv or listen to there parents.

What made kids misbehave before there were violent games?

I would not let my child play GTA,

But to say games make kids violent and cuss, is a very simple statement.

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ORIGINAL: ferrarimk13

is it coming out on anything else? i wouldnt waste money on a PS3, so i guess im stuck not getting it, which would be the first. Im so dissapointed.