1. he runs down the stairs just like in uncharted. awesome!
2. bodies have weight. when he gets hit by a car, he really gets hurt!
3. people really get hurt and there is blood. if you plow into a person they explode.
4. he just walks through doors? no loading screen?!!! that’s evolution. my mind is blown every time he walks off the street and into a room.
5. he can buy anything in the store he sees? awesome. i hate that in dead rising there is stuff in the stores you CANT use.
6. michelle in your peacoat. i’m sorry i got so wasted in that bar. thanks for putting out on the second date. i’m glad that u like the diner in my neighborhood, but it sucks that you like bowling because i’m no good at it. no good at pool either. have tried darts and i killed everybody in the strip club i don’t know why.
7. i was acting really peaceful and following traffic lights and stuff and then i stabbed a biker in a crosswalk and i just went kook.
8. if i’m already having to redo missions at ten percent there is no way i’m gonna finish this game. unless i bring it with me on warped.
9. my phone is blowing up, how do i find time to do it all?? the time pressure is kinda lame and dead rising esque. i cant wait till they loosen the reigns a little bit. and while i played i was getting real life phone calls and people were delivering packages and it was always during cutscenes. play this game when you will not be disturbed or you will go nuts.
10. it’s cool that they let you ride the bike, boat, and helicopter before it happens in the story, as a phone tutorial. i cannot drive the helicopter for shit. and i kept on crashing it. i wish that i could steer the cars siaxis stylie like in mario kart. i was playing yesterday and the clouds wet away and the sun came out and i was in a really dark alley, on the lookout, but it was too dark so i had to pause and i put in mario kart and played 150 cc with the bikes, trying to figure out stunts etc. i feel like gta driving is jerky and not fluid and natural, i’m always recovering it seems like. and i wish the accelerator was more smooth too. i’m always stop and start kinda rocking along. i wish it was easier to hold a low mph so i could seem more natural if i wanted it too.
11. the prostitute’s language i found offensive. i still perused her wares.
12. i was amazed by the tv in my apartment. i was not expecting kat williams and ricky gervais to pop up. i like how 9/11 and the election have found their way into the story too. also neko’s character is pretty awesome thus far. his story makes me want to play the entire game because it’s kinda set up as a croatian whodunnit or something. is he serbian? is he who he is because of the success of the borat impersonation? when the game started i couldnt understand a word he said. oh and i love the european dance station. why is music in english so boring to me right now?
13. aiming and cover is all awesome. sucks that i got arrested though and lost my shotgun, uzi, gun and knife. wtf? you really gotta lay low with the cops and not get caught. it’s cool that almost nothing ticks them off, no small violations like running red lights or speeding. they dont care it seems unless you really cause an accident or kill somebody or shoot your gun. it’s cool that they’re not so easily aroused
given how lame it is to get caught.
14. saving sucks. i need to find more safe houses is all but if i’m doing missions in bohan that’s a long drive.
15. this game is a lot like my life. i’m taking cabs when i shouldn’t and i’m staring out the window. i love the camera option. how you can kinda change the camera repeatedly and make your own movie. i love the circle button for this reason.
16. graphics: everyones saying fail cuz i got ps3. i have a feeling that has more to do with playing with me xbl that whether or not one game is better than the other. i’ll tell you what i’m not a fan of on the ps3, the glistening. everything is always covered in slime, there is line of illumination over everything. that doesnt look so hot and sometimes the character graphics are too much motion capture not enough making it not look weird, but overall it’s pretty great. i find with this and uncharted, if i squint it looks better. i have had no problems though with frames or slippage or any of that stuff whatever it is. my game plays smooth. it’s oblivion that freezs on me in inopportune moments. i must say the cars look great and the fact everythign reflects off them is mind blowing.
17. the jamaicans make me laugh every scene. and i like the guy peeing in the corner when i was chasing that dude through the projects. a game’s success truly lies in the details. and this game is detail overload.
18. everyday people want me to get online and the people next door want to pay me for my internet, and i just keep putting it off and slacking on it. i don’t know why. is it possible that someone so entrenched in the blogosphere is a wee bit antisocial?? why am i such a solo mission gamer?
19. waypoints on the map rules. gps is the shiz. if only you could just teleport like in olbivion. i’m sorry but i secretly hate driving. every car seems to be out of control with me. but i’m especially bad at it. it’s like in pineapple express when he’s plowing into cars behind and in front. or was that spaceballs? on both mario kart and gta i’m feeling the motorcycles. i like being able to not be such a blundering behemoth. i like to weave in and out of traffic like it’s akira.
20. i wasn’t joking when i said magic hour. it is either dawn or dusk for most of this game. which makes everything feel like a seventies movie somehow, especially french connection complete with train track shadows on the pavement. the pavement in itself is a star. look at how cracked it is. and it’s isnt repeated squares, it’s true to life and different and random. it just feels like game makers actually stopped for a second and finally used the real world as inspiration. right down to the beer garden in steinway. there’s a beer garden in queens that my friends, including the band, the steinways, would go drink at, and it’s in the game. i think the game starts in green point. right north of where i live and the diner right by neko’s house is just like the diner around the corner from me in williamsburg. and coney island looks all depressing and shut down like it is real life. and michelle informs me they’re building an amusement park there. just like in real life. sooo coool.
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