What about the other two stories? Gay Tony and Lost and Damned? You've got to do them. As much as I love Niko and Brucie, Gay Tony is the best.
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I installed Lost and Damned a few weeks ago. It didn't really grab my attention and it seemed like there were quite a few new mechanics to learn for what I'm assuming is a relatively short game.
I was thinking about getting Gay Tony, but only because I've read this week that V has borrowed some concepts from it.
I believe I'm pretty damn close to completing GTA4. I chose NOT to kill that guy, is there much of a difference if you DO shoot him?
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ September 9 2013, 1:12 AM BSTI installed Lost and Damned a few weeks ago. It didn't really grab my attention and it seemed like there were quite a few new mechanics to learn for what I'm assuming is a relatively short game.
I was thinking about getting Gay Tony, but only because I've read this week that V has borrowed some concepts from it.
GT was my favourite one, it has the most spectacular and fun missions to play and some awesome weapons.
Quote: Lee @ September 9 2013, 7:28 PM BSTI believe I'm pretty damn close to completing GTA4. I chose NOT to kill that guy, is there much of a difference if you DO shoot him?
There are quite a few different bits where you get to choose one path or the other. You might get different rewards (eg, if you shoot Playboy X you get his swanky pad) and sometimes the characters you spare might show up to give you small side missions later.
But by all accounts it's impossible to make a choice that will prevent you finishing the story or getting a 100% score.
Quote: Raymond Terrific @ September 9 2013, 7:37 PM BSTGT was my favourite one, it has the most spectacular and fun missions to play and some awesome weapons.
Okay, you've convinced me.
On the last mission of GTV4. I wouldn't mind that I can never make that bike jump onto the helicopter. I'd do it over and over again because it's a fun shoot-out mission but WTF do I have to chase that guy to the hideout every time? F**k, it's tedious! I hope they do something about this in V because no-way am I driving about an hour across the map each time I fail (ok, I will but I won't be happy about it!).
It is a pain in the ass that one. I must have tried it 10 or more times before, eventually, grabbing the helicopter.
Yeah, I bet when I finally do it, I will die afterwards in a really stupid way by tripping over or something 
Not sure what you have to do after that, destroy a boat or something maybe? Can't remember.
I did the helicopter thing first time. I guess I must have, because I only played the final mission once.
I gather V is going to be a bit more forgiving. Gay Tony seems to restart at a mid-mission checkpoint when you fail, so maybe that's the way they're going with V.
"Your Amazon.co.uk order of "Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360)" has been dispatched"
Ooooooohh
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ September 12 2013, 6:00 PM BSTI did the helicopter thing first time. I guess I must have, because I only played the final mission once.
I gather V is going to be a bit more forgiving. Gay Tony seems to restart at a mid-mission checkpoint when you fail, so maybe that's the way they're going with V.
There are TWO final missions. Whichever one you get depends on whether you kill Darko or let him live and whether you do the deal with Dimitri or take the money.
The mission with the motorbike is the easiest one. But the other mission is longer and better. You should save your game before 'That Special Someone' so you can replay and do both. I spared Darko and went after Dimitri which means Roman gets killed at the church instead of Kate.
I've done both. Kate died first time I played a few years ago, so I chose the other option for my speed playthrough. If I recall correctly, they both end with the same helicopter chase to the Statue of Happiness which involves a jump from a speedboat to Jacob's chopper.
I played a very strange game on PC the other day. "Gone Home".
It's a first-person thing where you wander around your family home and look at stuff you find in drawers, trying to figure out what happened to your parents and teenage sister. Every so often, when you find an important item, a voiceover kicks in -- your sister recounting the next part of her story.
Her voice acting is very good, but that's pretty much all there is to it. It's meant to be finished in a fairly linear way and the house itself isn't particularly detailed or interesting.
The whole thing lasts about two hours from beginning to end. You can actually finish it in about 90 seconds if you know what you're doing.
It costs £15 on Steam, but for some reason it got rave reviews. Like 89% on Metacritic. The New York Times gave it 10/10.
Baffling. I assume it earned these reviews because it is quite emotionally engaging compared to most games, but it lives or dies on whether you get into the 10 minutes or so of audio monologue.
Can't in good conscience recommend it. But if it crops up for a fiver, it might be worth a punt.
Made it on to the helicopter. Crashed the helicopter. F**k this game.