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Facsimile 09-04-2003 11:24 AM

GTA comes to X-box!
 
You heard me.
*Does an Arabic dance*
Grand Theft Auto is finally coming to X-box. On November 4th 2003. Rockstar is releasing a double-pack containing GTA3 and GTA: Vice City.
Hum dee dum dee do.
Please. Let us chat about the holiness of this.

dripik 09-04-2003 11:48 AM

Well, I haven't got an Xbox yet, but I know both games. So: Need help? Just yell!

Jacob 09-04-2003 12:01 PM

I'm hoping the Graphics will be improved on the Xbox version, however, there's more chance of me becoming nice and doing voluntary work than that happening...

Wil 09-04-2003 02:13 PM

I've heard about Vice City coming to Xbox soooo many times, but at last! A release date! Woo! I probably won't get it for two years or however long I can go being bored. Bah, I'm a scrooge.

Xavier 09-04-2003 02:51 PM

first pictures here...

http://80.65.232.92/images/photos/00...00363280_2.jpg

http://80.65.232.92/images/photos/00...00363281_2.jpg

http://80.65.232.92/images/photos/00...00363282_2.jpg

http://80.65.232.92/images/photos/00...00363283_2.jpg

http://80.65.232.92/images/photos/00...00363284_2.jpg

Fez 09-04-2003 03:45 PM

oh yeah baby! my runing around a shopping mall with an uzi antics can finaly be done.

spike 247 09-04-2003 03:50 PM

YES! one of my fav games ever is coming to Xbox. I'm glad I didn't buy them both on PC. What makes this even better is one, it's coming out really soon, and about 7 or 8 weeks before Christmas :D :D

dripik 09-04-2003 04:28 PM

Wow! Nice pictures! GTA3 has better graphics on Xbox than PC. Trust me, I have it on PC.

SeaRex 09-04-2003 06:30 PM

It's about damn time.

My brother and I are thrilled over this. The fact that the package includes BOTH games is even better.

Jacob 09-04-2003 07:04 PM

Yeh, how much will it be though? Hmm? Expensivo...

However, if it's £20 i won't mind...

That LA game is coming out soon as well, which looks good. And Fable in the first quarter of 2004...but then i have to balance past time pleasures with drinking pleasures and since i am currently jobless its abit of a bastard...poozle

Majic 09-04-2003 07:26 PM

Heh! Lol... I'm going to go check out the Game FaQ boards in a few minutes. Almost ever person there was always like "GTA is exclusive! Having it go to X Box will suck!" or "It wouldn't be fair!", as if a game being on multiple systems was something largely unfair and painful to them. Heh... Happiness. Now I can play GTA on X Box, even while my brother has our PS2 at college! Whoope!

Facsimile 09-05-2003 12:51 AM

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Originally posted by Jacob
I'm hoping the Graphics will be improved on the Xbox version, however, there's more chance of me becoming nice and doing voluntary work than that happening...
Start feeding sick children, Jacob.

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I've heard about Vice City coming to Xbox soooo many times
Oh yes, everyone has heard those lies. Rockstar has only just announced it two days ago. The rest was IGN starting rumors.

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Yeh, how much will it be though? Hmm? Expensivo...
They say 40 american dollars. 30 for PS2. I'm pretty sure it is just the cost of one game.

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That LA game is coming out soon as well, which looks good.
Yes, True Crime does look promising.

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I'm going to go check out the Game FaQ boards in a few minutes.
That's where I first found out. It's hilarious. All the PS2 fanboys are basically in tears about it. "That's not fair, you've got Halo" they say. Hahaha.

Majic 09-05-2003 01:40 AM

I find it hilarious at the fact the PS2 fanboys hate X Box because its Microsoft, and yet they want and love games like Halo. Then they can't wait for it to come out on PC. And guess what? They all use computers with windows... hehehe.

Damn. I just let another massive fart.

Alcar 09-05-2003 04:02 AM

Dammit. We just purchased Vice City for the PS2 a month or so ago. I don't like the intense realism of those Xbox shots of GTA though.

I prefer the blury, more colourful version. They've made it too realistic in 'looks', I like the PS2 'looks' better.

Alcar...

Forbidden Paradise 09-05-2003 04:29 AM

The graphics look exellent, and I too have both of them on PC. Lol now I have three reasons to get an X-Box (although that will never happen): Munch's Oddysee and the GTA combo.

Facsimile 09-05-2003 09:20 AM

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Originally posted by Alcar
Dammit. We just purchased Vice City for the PS2 a month or so ago. I don't like the intense realism of those Xbox shots of GTA though.

I prefer the blury, more colourful version. They've made it too realistic in 'looks', I like the PS2 'looks' better.

They haven't actually modified the 'looks'. They've just upped the resolution (to an amazing level, I might add). And those are shots of GTA3, so of course they are less colourful. Vice City has pink markers. Pink markers!!

Alcar 09-05-2003 10:36 AM

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Originally posted by Facsimile
They haven't actually modified the 'looks'. They've just upped the resolution (to an amazing level, I might add). And those are shots of GTA3, so of course they are less colourful. Vice City has pink markers. Pink markers!!
Whatever it is they've upped, it doesn't appeal to my eyes. GTA is meant to be a half-realistic / half-unrealistic game, yet the way it looks is realistic.

A perfect example is Zelda: The Ocarina of Time. This game was meant to be extremely realistic, yet the graphics / resolution weren't realistic. This was most likely due to the Nintendo 64, though :p

Alcar...

Jacob 09-05-2003 11:16 AM

It looks pretty. Hopefully the 'Devil may cry' people will do the same...

Majic 09-05-2003 09:20 PM

Alcar, those were shots from GTA3. GTA3 had a relatively different atmosphere about it. More gangsterish, not tropical like Vice City. As in, nothing really changed. They just made it cleaner looking.

Plus, you can always turn trails back on if you wish:p That is, if you were smart enough to take them off in the first place...

Big_Bro_Slig222 09-05-2003 09:24 PM

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Originally posted by Majic


Damn. I just let another massive fart.


You have no freaking idea how funny I found that. 2nd times a charm.

Alcar 09-06-2003 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by Majic
Alcar, those were shots from GTA3. GTA3 had a relatively different atmosphere about it. More gangsterish, not tropical like Vice City. As in, nothing really changed. They just made it cleaner looking.

Plus, you can always turn trails back on if you wish:p That is, if you were smart enough to take them off in the first place...

Curse you people! I'm saying the photos of GTA on the XBOX look too realistic! Not the version on the PS2! The PS2 version looks great, because the resolution isn't as defined!

If there is an option in the XBOX version of GTA for trails, I'll turn it on. If I get it...

Alcar...

MasterChief 09-06-2003 04:05 AM

ya the graphics look very nice, but im not exited at all really since i already have the games on ps2 i wont plan on buyin em for xbox, but still it looks cool

Facsimile 09-07-2003 07:24 AM

Dammit Alcar. Trails make it blurry! Listen to me.
I think I'm going to leave you.

Alcar 09-07-2003 07:41 AM

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Originally posted by Facsimile
Dammit Alcar. Trails make it blurry! Listen to me.
I think I'm going to leave you.

I like games to be realistic, but not that realistic. It's so realistic, it's not realistic.

Fine, leave me. See if I care!

Alcar...

Majic 09-07-2003 07:23 PM

Alcar, your a non believer. Time to die a death of dehydration by the continual force feeding of table salt.

Jacob 09-07-2003 09:48 PM

Can some people who have played the game highlight the amazingness that the GTA twins (GTA3 & Vice City) are. Cos im thinking of saving my money for when they come out and then purchasing them, instead of buying a game this month.

A couple of features that you personally like in the game would be appreciated. As would some of the shtuffs you can do and one of your fave missions (please try and not mention how you completed it if you can, if you can't...it doesn't matter).

Facsimile 09-08-2003 04:33 AM

I like GTA 3's atmosphere. It is very gangster-ish and dark.
The storyline of betrayal is cool.
One of my favourite missions is one where you have to steal an ice-cream van, rig it with a bomb, leave it outside some place, and when the people come out to purchase the chilly delights, you press the detonator.

Vice City is fun because of the even more freedom you have. You can drive Cars, motorbikes, boats, helicopters, a seaplane, golf-carts and airport baggage carriers. You can also rob stores.
My other reason of recommendation is the music. I thought the eighties sucked, but the music on the games radio stations is awesome. So good I went out and bought the rock stations cd.
My favourite mission is one where you have to kill a golfer, and he jumps in his caddy and starts hooning around the golf course, with you in one chasing him. It's fun and sad at the same time.

Hobo 09-08-2003 02:03 PM

Has anyone got a link which proves this from a good source, eg. IGN, gamesradar etc.

I need to prove to my PS2 Fanboy friends that it is coming out on Xbox.

Majic 09-08-2003 09:50 PM

Simply check IGN, under both PS2 or X Box's new section. I'm not sure if its still on the front page. Thats also where the screen shots come from

For a good laugh, check out PS2 fanboy filled baords.

Facsimile 09-09-2003 07:32 AM

Rockstar.
The game designers site is always a good start.

Xavier 09-10-2003 01:51 PM

Why isn't this out yet? :p
http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/...oxart_xbox.jpg

Facsimile 09-11-2003 06:50 AM

Another thing I forgot to mention Jacob, is how much you can do when you have finished the missions. You can do taxi missions, police (kill the criminals), paramedic (saving people) and pizza boy (delivering pizzas on a moped). Doing these gets you rewards like extra max health, or armor, or other goodies.

Forbidden Paradise 09-11-2003 07:08 AM

Playing on the side of the law eh... If only you had that option in the original GTA, man I never get sick of playing that :fuzgrin:

Facsimile 09-11-2003 07:35 AM

Argh! I never saw Xavier's picture before! Why do we get such a shitty looking case? Aww. I'm not as excited now. 25% of the game is on the case, you know?

Wil 09-11-2003 02:04 PM

But surely the proverb "don't judge a book by its cover" comes in to play here? Although, I must admit, it's great to admire the JSRF case. *smiles cheekily*

Xavier 09-11-2003 04:15 PM

don't care about the cover... it's the game that matters!

Facsimile 10-10-2003 09:03 AM

http://www.rockstargames.com/grandth...full_vc_01.jpg

http://www.rockstargames.com/grandth...full_vc_02.jpg

http://www.rockstargames.com/grandth...full_vc_03.jpg

http://www.rockstargames.com/grandth...full_vc_04.jpg

http://www.rockstargames.com/grandth...full_vc_05.jpg

I think I wet myself.

Majic 10-10-2003 09:25 PM

Wonderful graphics... and it comes out in a mere 25 days for X Box, I believe. *twiddles thumbs* Hmph. I want it now.

I need some new pants, too. Don't worry Fax.

nads 10-10-2003 10:42 PM

Awesome! I just got my X-box saturday and I'm DEFINATLEY gonna get GTA:3/VC!

master chief is inferior to my Halo skills!

SeaRex 10-11-2003 11:12 AM

I've had my copy reserved for weeks now.

Is it still due out on November 11, right?