Just got BOGT...

[LCstuntman]

TBoGT missions may be more action packed and "fun", but that doesn't make them better.

Yes... it does.

No... it doesn't. Ever heard of "story"?

[Fedor Emelianenko]

 

No... it doesn't. Ever heard of "story"?

Story mode doesn't matter that much to some people, because it's about what fun things you can do after story mode/100% on single player or multiplayer that is important for a lot of people, that's why so many people prefer TBOGT over GTA IV and TLAD.

 

I don't care if GTA IV or TLADS story is better than TBOGT's, I care about which game is more entertaining after story mode is complete, once I have completed story mode, I never replay it, I just move on to entertaining myself on single player or online freemode, and TBOGT is the superior sandbox game when it comes to entertainment/things to do after story mode/100%

Edited February 21, 2010 by Fedor Emelianenko

[TheGreyGhost]

I really don't see how it is so much better after the story. All TBOGT had was some new guns, sticky bombs and a new attack helicopter. Oh yeah, and parachutes. Because parachuting is what GTA has always been about, right?

[jnzooger]

No... it doesn't. Ever heard of "story"?

Story mode doesn't matter that much to some people, because it's about what fun things you can do after story mode/100% on single player or multiplayer that is important for a lot of people, that's why so many people prefer TBOGT over GTA IV and TLAD.

 

I don't care if GTA IV or TLADS story is better than TBOGT's, I care about which game is more entertaining after story mode is complete, once I have completed story mode, I never replay it, I just move on to entertaining myself on single player or online freemode, and TBOGT is the superior sandbox game when it comes to entertainment/things to do after story mode/100%

Story is more important than extra features to me. If the game's story doesn't hold merit, the game feels forced. That is why I prefer Vice City over San Andreas. In fact, I prefer Vice City Stories over San Andreas.

[Fedor Emelianenko]

 

Story is more important than extra features to me. If the game's story doesn't hold merit, the game feels forced. That is why I prefer Vice City over San Andreas. In fact, I prefer Vice City Stories over San Andreas. 

Speaking of vice city stories, I would rather freeroam around on vice city stories single player on my backwards compatible PS3 than freeroam around on GTA4 vanilla single player.

 

 

I really don't see how it is so much better after the story.  All TBOGT had was some new guns, sticky bombs and a new attack helicopter.  Oh yeah, and parachutes.  Because parachuting is what GTA has always been about, right?

I can already see how much better it is and the difference it makes when I watch other people play TBoGT, in fact I would rather watch people play TBoGT on an online gaming broadcast than play GTA4 vanilla myself lol, and I haven't even played TBoGT yet because I am a ps3 owner waiting for it to be released. Edited February 21, 2010 by Fedor Emelianenko

[LCstuntman]

I haven't even played TBoGT yet because I am a ps3 owner waiting for it to be released.

Hah, then your opinion isn't valid since you're just going off videos.

[Fedor Emelianenko]

 

Hah, then your opinion isn't valid since you're just going off videos.

I haven't played it, but I watch other people play it live on video game broadcasts like justin.tv all the time, and I find watching other people play TBoGT more entertaining than actually playing GTA4 vanilla myself , so I think it's safe to say that I will enjoy TBoGT more than GTA4 vanilla when I get to play it. Edited February 22, 2010 by Fedor Emelianenko

[dotCody]

 

I watch other people play it live on video game broadcasts like justin.tv all the time, and I find watching other people play TBoGT more entertaining than actually playing GTA4 vanilla myself  , so I think it's safe to say that I will enjoy TBoGT more than GTA4 vanilla when I get to play it.

I do the exact same thing. TBoGT looks a million times better than vanilla GTAIV! Just 37 more days

[Freakorama]

TBoGT missions may be more action packed and "fun", but that doesn't make them better.

Yes... it does.

No... it doesn't. Ever heard of "story"?

I prefer to do things then be told them.

[LCstuntman]

 

TBoGT missions may be more action packed and "fun", but that doesn't make them better.

Yes... it does.

No... it doesn't. Ever heard of "story"?

I prefer to do things then be told them.

Huh? You obviously still "do things". That reply makes no sense.

 

By the way, learn some grammar.

 

 

@Posters above this idiot: Yeah, it's a little thing called 'hype'. You'll get over it.

[Fedor Emelianenko]

 

@Posters above this idiot: Yeah, it's a little thing called 'hype'. You'll get over it.

I still enjoy ps3 GTA4 freemode multiplayer, so I am pretty sure I will enjoy TBoGT's freemode multiplayer a lot more since it has more content, more varied etc.

 

Besides that, I am growing tired of the ps3 version of GTA4 not having a multiplayer server search filter for auto-aim off, which the 360 version does have, and the fact that you can only invite someone from the first 50 people added to your friends list, despite the fact that the ps3 friends list cap was raised to 100 like 2 years ago.

 

I would think that those issues will be addressed in the gta episodes for the ps3, if not, I would still prefer TBoGT anyway.

Edited February 22, 2010 by Fedor Emelianenko

[Not Volt Krueger]

Hah, then your opinion isn't valid since you're just going off videos.

I haven't played it, but I watch other people play it live on video game broadcasts like justin.tv all the time, and I find watching other people play TBoGT more entertaining than actually playing GTA4 vanilla myself , so I think it's safe to say that I will enjoy TBoGT more than GTA4 vanilla when I get to play it.

It only looks good because it's flashy. Explosions and over the top weapons are fun when you first use them, but their hype dies quickly...trust me. Flashy explosions on a screen can only be entertaining for so long, then it's all about online MP - which IV/TLaD succeed at because TBOGT MP is severely broken. You'll be bored with TBOGT quickly. I find that story re-runs are a good way to pass the time though, it's like re-watching a really action packed movie. You have to allow for reasonable time inbetween however.

[Fedor Emelianenko]

 

It only looks good because it's flashy. Explosions and over the top weapons are fun when you first use them, but their hype dies quickly...trust me. Flashy explosions on a screen can only be entertaining for so long, then it's all about online MP - which IV/TLaD succeed at because TBOGT MP is severely broken. You'll be bored with TBOGT quickly. I find that story re-runs are a good way to pass the time though, it's like re-watching a really action packed movie. You have to allow for reasonable time inbetween however.

lol @ saying TLAD multiplayer succeeds when TLAD multiplayer is a lot more dead than TBoGT and GTA4 multiplayer, plus the annihilator doesn't even spawn in TLAD freemode for crying out loud, and lol at saying TBoGT multiplayer is broken, thanks for the laugh though dude.

 

Edited February 23, 2010 by Fedor Emelianenko

[LCstuntman]

It only looks good because it's flashy. Explosions and over the top weapons are fun when you first use them, but their hype dies quickly...trust me. Flashy explosions on a screen can only be entertaining for so long, then it's all about online MP - which IV/TLaD succeed at because TBOGT MP is severely broken. You'll be bored with TBOGT quickly. I find that story re-runs are a good way to pass the time though, it's like re-watching a really action packed movie. You have to allow for reasonable time inbetween however.

lol @ saying TLAD multiplayer succeeds when TLAD multiplayer is a lot more dead than TBoGT and GTA4 multiplayer, plus the annihilator doesn't even spawn in TLAD freemode for crying out loud, and lol at saying TBoGT multiplayer is broken, thanks for the laugh though dude.

 

lol @ you saying TBoGT multiplayer is not broken, thanks for the laugh though dude.

 

*insert Dark Knight picture here*

[Fedor Emelianenko]

 

lol @ you saying TBoGT multiplayer is not broken, thanks for the laugh though dude.

 

*insert Dark Knight picture here*

Explain why it is broken then.

[LCstuntman]

lol @ you saying TBoGT multiplayer is not broken, thanks for the laugh though dude.

 

*insert Dark Knight picture here*

Explain why it is broken then.

The overused noob machines that are the Buzzard and the APC, the over powered guns (explosive shotgun and explosive sniper ), the parachute glitch (removed now, thank god), etc.

[Fedor Emelianenko]

 

The overused noob machines that are the Buzzard and the APC, the over powered guns (explosive shotgun and explosive sniper  ), the parachute glitch (removed now, thank god), etc.

I won't mind people spamming the buzzards or any kind of explosive weapons for that matter, since I will be inside non-enterable building glitches laughing at them trying to kill me and I will gladly kill those helicopter hoes with the rocket launcher if I have a helicopter in the glitch with me. Edited February 24, 2010 by Fedor Emelianenko

[Rigo14]

omg took me my time lol

 

amen to that!!

[Not Volt Krueger]

It only looks good because it's flashy. Explosions and over the top weapons are fun when you first use them, but their hype dies quickly...trust me. Flashy explosions on a screen can only be entertaining for so long, then it's all about online MP - which IV/TLaD succeed at because TBOGT MP is severely broken. You'll be bored with TBOGT quickly. I find that story re-runs are a good way to pass the time though, it's like re-watching a really action packed movie. You have to allow for reasonable time inbetween however.

lol @ saying TLAD multiplayer succeeds when TLAD multiplayer is a lot more dead than TBoGT and GTA4 multiplayer, plus the annihilator doesn't even spawn in TLAD freemode for crying out loud, and lol at saying TBoGT multiplayer is broken, thanks for the laugh though dude.

 

Yeah I just realized that. TlaD MP is dead, but it's balanced at least. IV multiplayer is the most active, and TBOGT is just retarded. Way too easy to kill/die in TBOGT MP with the uber guns that have near perfect accuracy, damage, and all the other abused statisticals.

[Fedor Emelianenko]

 

Yeah I just realized that. TlaD MP is dead, but it's balanced at least. IV multiplayer is the most active, and TBOGT is just retarded. Way too easy to kill/die in TBOGT MP with the uber guns that have near perfect accuracy, damage, and all the other abused statisticals.

Well you can't please everyone, loads of people still enjoy it more than GTA4 and TLAD multiplayer for different reasons, BOGT MP is not going to be everyone's cup of tea.

 

Edited February 25, 2010 by Fedor Emelianenko

[CJsports]

GTA 4 vanilla's story had a grity realism and a well thought out plot.

 

The Episodes especialy TBOGT stories where crazy ass San Andreas style.

 

I like both, when I want to play something serious I play GTA 4 Vanilla, when I want explode something while free falling off the Empire state building TBOGT is the obvious choice.

[Squishybubs]

 

Sometimes I wonder if Rockstar simply held this stuff back so they could make more money from DLC...

Of course. This is the whole point of DLC. Obtain extra money by adding high demand things you kept from the original game for that sole purpose, and to sort of compile some of the extra ideas the dev team had flying around.

[gummybeardeath]

Their both good. i would call all 3 of them one large game. if you play Gta 4 first then tlad then tbogt you get a very nice even dificulty ramp.

[Killer.Khan]

GARH, stop teasing me Lord Ant Warrior. Just joking.

 

AHH I WANT THIS GAME!

[a3HeadedMonkey]

Yeah I just realized that. TlaD MP is dead, but it's balanced at least. IV multiplayer is the most active, and TBOGT is just retarded. Way too easy to kill/die in TBOGT MP with the uber guns that have near perfect accuracy, damage, and all the other abused statisticals.

TLaD is only dead because the multiplayer in the DLC version is incompatible with the disc version. A dumb move by R* which is unlikely to be repeated on PS3 due to the simultaneous release of EFLC & the DLC versions.

[TommyMufc-Champs]

GARH, stop teasing me Lord Ant Warrior. Just joking.

 

AHH I WANT THIS GAME!

It is brill

[LordDastardly]

In order going from the:

BEST-------------------->Worst

IV----->TLAD----->BOGT

 

While I thought they were all amazing you can't beat Niko's story nor the gang feature on TLAD - however BOGT was just crazy!

[Garrison64]

"SPOILERS" Don't go further than this sentence if you haven't played the game.

 

I just finished TBoGT today for the first time and although I enjoyed it I thought it could have been better. The new gizmos are ok but they were overused in the game. What Rockstar needs to learn is that it's ok to put stuff into the game for fun but it doesn't always have to be used in the story. Some of the stuff is fun to play around with but unfortunately it didn't fit at all in the story and ended up feeling more goofy than anything. I was hoping they'd stick with the serious overtones delivered by the first to parts of the game. Instead they lost their composure and went into an SA fueled romp into silly land. Not that it was bad, it's just not what I had hoped for.

 

Yes I'm one of the people here who really enjoyed GTA IV. I think it was ground breaking, not only for the game engine, which is absolutely incredible, but also for the more serious and gritty story. Niko is probably my favorite GTA character and I throughly enjoyed all the twists and turns in the story along with the difficult decisions he had to make as he struggled with his inner demons. He was more real, more likable, and more interesting than any previous GTA main character.

 

As far as Gay Tony went, I kept wanting to know more about the relationship between Luis and Tony and felt they should have played on that a bit more. Instead it focused mostly on Luis and I never felt a good connection to Tony. I wanted to learn more about him. It is called the Ballad of Gay Tony but most of the time he was drunk or high and didn't do anything at all. He really needed more screen time and they needed to focus more on what made the bond between Tony and Luis so tight. We know Luis isn't gay so there had to be something that pulled them together other than Tony giving him a job.

 

Then there are the other characters. I thought they did ok with Luis' mother. It fit in well and provided some nice background info. Luis' friends also fit in pretty well but I skipped the drug wars and only did the ring fighting bit because I had to. I didn't care for that at all and thought it was kind of stupid to include it in the story.

 

What was up with Brucie. I didn't understand the decision to portray Brucie as a wimp. This story starts after the Bank Robbery and Brucie would have been well on his way to "Stardom" by that point. He looks like a wimp in this instead of the muscle bound big mouth he was in IV. I really missed him. I couldn't stand his brother and was glad when that character left the story. They should have left the brother out of this and stuck with the old Brucie who was goofy and fun, but also likable and more believeable than his brother who was just annoying.

 

Yusuf was very funny but so over the top that any delusion of seriousness flew out the window when he arrived on the scene. For me that was where the story's momentum went completely off the tracks. After that it was just one goofy mission after another.

 

Bulgarin didn't help things at all. To me he was always a serious Russian mobster and they turned him into a clown in this. The whole rock star wannabe shooting his AK into the ceiling at the screaming woman upstairs totally ruined this character for me and that was a big disappointment.

 

I had fun playing TBoGT but for me it didn't fit in the GTA IV world that I had come to love and appreciate. I didn't want another SA and was disappointed that they caved in and went in that direction to appease a few complainers. They should have stuck to their guns and produced another quality story with a more serious feel. Save the clown show for the next game in the series if it has to go in that direction. Personally I'm hoping for something more like IV.