mcstupidfun Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Why are the streets and subway stations not labeled? It makes the subway so hard to use at times. You have to see which way the train is going and check if it intersects with another line. They went to great lengths to make street names and Niko know where they are, but yet the player doesn't know unless looking at the booklet or turning on every street x amount of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAaddictforever Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 because you touch yourself at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBarto3131 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 because you touch yourself at night How old are you? BTW- I don't know why RS made street names. There pretty useless. As for Subways, well there pretty useless as well, just take taxis. The only street I remember is Mohawk Ave. thats were your first Safe House is located. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcstupidfun Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 because you touch yourself at night How old are you? BTW- I don't know why RS made street names. There pretty useless. As for Subways, well there pretty useless as well, just take taxis. The only street I remember is Mohawk Ave. thats were your first Safe House is located. I take cabs very often, but I like the subway too and the ones above ground as you get to see the scenery as you go by. Its just complicated trying to figure out where you are going. Yesterday, I went bowling in west Algonquin with Packie and tried to take the subway there and couldn't figure out which train, so eventually I got off and hopped in a cab. Later on, I tried going to my safehouse at Middle Park East coming from North Holland, and ended up on the train going downtown and had to loop all the way around the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 OK, again, for the record, Aaron Garbut mentioned the map designs a few times, the maps and terrain are all designed before the missions and final touches are made...so there maybe ideas that changed over the course of the project, but he did imply that names would be intrinsic to doing missions and locating places, this is true only to an extent... The GPS is obviously given during missions as well as some cars... things that may have come along during the process... so I see it as likely altered from what was intended initially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Mozzarelli 80 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 There are signs in all the train stations where the turnstyles are, which tell you which platform you want to be on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Underground subways are paramount in importance, in case by some quirk you have forgotten the wanted system where a police heli can keep the area active around you if they spot you from the air. In the case of the El, you need only drive, walk, or run underneath one to avoid police detection. The hardest land mass to navigate is still Alderney. Both Algonquin and Bohan/Dukes/Broker are rather easy given the time one spends in both... also the long stretches of straight roads with only a few corners. I've gotten to know those quite well, not by name, but by landmark...as I usually do when driving about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcstupidfun Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 ^^^Alderney is a pain in the ass to drive around in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHat01 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I think the Subway and Trains were added for the more "New York City" feel, and not really as a main transportation system. Although, I guess if you learn it right, you can use the train/subway effectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 umm. REALISM?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrk Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 umm. REALISM?! ummmm. READ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 If you know the line you're on and you know which direction you're heading you shouldn't have too much trouble. I know the map I got with my copy of IV had the subway guide on the back and I'm trying to get it nailed to such a degree I can hop on a train and instantly know where I'm going from the name of the line or the name of the station. It all gets a bit easier when the train leaves the underbelly of Liberty City and begins to travel above ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maciver Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 It's not that hard to navigate at all. It's pretty basic really. With the map that came with the game its super easy to use. I pinned mine to the wall next to my monitor. If you dont have the map handy, just be on the right side when getting on, facing north, east, south, or west. For example; Your leaving playboys to get to grand central( easton ). Get on at frankfort low, if your facing east when your looking at the train, you got the right one. When theres an exception, like easton, where you could be facing a west for example, and get on two different trains. Use the hanging sign to make sure its the next stop you want. I only have two beefs about the subway. 1, You cant be in first person and walk/look around inside. Without the camera anyways. 2, The copy of the map that came with the game IS in the subway. It's too small to read, wtf. Can sort of read it with a rifle, but why not make it bigger anyway? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memind Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Yeah. It'd really help if there were signs or something. And like someone said before me, the subway is just there because it has to be. I was sorely dissapointed to find how detatched and unessential the whole transport thing was. Most of the time you forget there even is a subway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanManUtd Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 umm. REALISM?! Why dig up a thread like this that's 2 months old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiPersonnel Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 the tracks are laid out like street traffic. facing north, the right side is always going uptown, the left side is always going downtown. if you are entering the subway from the street level, enter from the side of the street in the direction of traffic you intend to go. this goes for many subway stations in NYC as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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