It was cheaper at Direct2Drive, but that's because there was a special offer that took 20% off. Nice price anyway. I love the competitive pricing we got going. I couldn't ask for better prices in the DD market. :)
It's tempting, but I haven't finished GTA IV. Then again, I don't think I ever will because of the random crap I end up doing instead of game missions.
It's tempting, but I haven't finished GTA IV. Then again, I don't think I ever will because of the random crap I end up doing instead of game missions.flipin_jackass
That's my Just Cause2-experience in a nutshell, and I love it.
It was cheaper at Direct2Drive, but that's because there was a special offer that took 20% off. Nice price anyway. I love the competitive pricing we got going. I couldn't ask for better prices in the DD market. :) This. D2D is putting up a great fight. It's working aswell, for me at least. I'm willing to buy from either of them. I bought GTA4 for $5 during last summer sale from Steam, I'm tempted to buy the expansion, but unfortunately I'm not really interested enough in the expansion's stories to wanna buy it.
[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"][QUOTE="yourmajesty90"] It was cheaper at Direct2Drive, but that's because there was a special offer that took 20% off. Nice price anyway.
Mystic-G
I love the competitive pricing we got going. I couldn't ask for better prices in the DD market. :) This. D2D is putting up a great fight. It's working aswell, for me at least. I'm willing to buy from either of them. I bought GTA4 for $5 during last summer sale from Steam, I'm tempted to buy the expansion, but unfortunately I'm not really interested enough in the expansion's stories to wanna buy it. The Ballad of Gay Tony is 20x more fun than vanilla GTA IV. It has a lot of over the top missions that remind one of Vice City and San Andreas.
[QUOTE="Mystic-G"][QUOTE="KHAndAnime"] I love the competitive pricing we got going. I couldn't ask for better prices in the DD market. :)shakmaster13
This. D2D is putting up a great fight. It's working aswell, for me at least. I'm willing to buy from either of them. I bought GTA4 for $5 during last summer sale from Steam, I'm tempted to buy the expansion, but unfortunately I'm not really interested enough in the expansion's stories to wanna buy it. The Ballad of Gay Tony is 20x more fun than vanilla GTA IV. It has a lot of over the top missions that remind one of Vice City and San Andreas. Really? Hmm... I might have to reconsider then.
1 night only! You must get it NOW! That makes me wonder actually: Will Steam ever invest in a LADIES Night?! Only female gamers are allowed to play games for the evening!
Definetely worth it if you haven't played them yet (and have a decent computer). I played them through twice. I would pick this up in a second if I didn't already own them on console. I'm sure I'll grab the PC version when it gets a little lower though just to have the better version.
1 night only! You must get it NOW! That makes me wonder actually: Will Steam ever invest in a LADIES Night?! Only female gamers are allowed to play games for the evening! That's not a good idea at all
1 night only! You must get it NOW! That makes me wonder actually: Will Steam ever invest in a LADIES Night?! Only female gamers are allowed to play games for the evening!
Everyone knows that females don't exist on the internet.
I bought it off Steam, I'm actually surprised how well it's running on my PC. When I tried it on my brothers PC it was framedropfest. His PC has a C2D E8400 and GTX460, so he's not that far off my specs.
I feel bad for the guy I told not to buy this a few days ago because I knew it would be on sale. This game was also on sale 1-2weeks ago i think for cheaper. I don't feel too bad though because I told him to wait for another sale, and it was only like a week lmao. Well atleast I warned him, still very bad timing.
No.. I have a PS3 and GTA4 vanilla on it.. Though getting the expansions would be nice, but I have heard the GTA4 was poorly ported performance wise.. Seeing as I only have a E4300 C2D with a 30% overclock in my machine (the bottleneck).. I don't want to chance getting the game, and getting miserable performance.
I feel bad for the guy I told not to buy this a few days ago because I knew it would be on sale. This game was also on sale 1-2weeks ago i think for cheaper. I don't feel too bad though because I told him to wait for another sale, and it was only like a week lmao. Well atleast I warned him, still very bad timing.
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dont worry my friend. it was me and waited, bought it now :)
I bought it off Steam, I'm actually surprised how well it's running on my PC. When I tried it on my brothers PC it was framedropfest. His PC has a C2D E8400 and GTX460, so he's not that far off my specs.trastamad03
The quad core is what makes the difference.
The game would run better if they hadnt updated the shadow system. The new shadow system makes the game run even worse that it did originally
High and very high shadows look better than the old shadows but the draw distance is terrible, the shadows dont appear until youre 10ft away. Overall the old shadow system looked better due to the much better draw distance and didnt affect performance nearly as much.
I have the retail GTA 4 with some hack to keep it from trying to update to the latest patch that updates the shadows and I'm pretty much locked in at 60fps with very high shadows. Same settings in the Episodes but with high shadows and I'm averaging around 40fps.
[QUOTE="Wisely321"]I heard this PC port has poor framerates and many bugs...is that true? but anyway, $10 still seems pretty good for me :P I am running a Q9400 and a GTX570 and I have absolutely no problems with the game.
Got this off D2D for £5 8) took me a while to sort out my GFWL not updating for some bizarre reason but it runs alright now... although there seems to be no way to get AA to work?
[QUOTE="PRowcester"][QUOTE="Wisely321"]I heard this PC port has poor framerates and many bugs...is that true? but anyway, $10 still seems pretty good for me :P I am running a Q9400 and a GTX570 and I have absolutely no problems with the game. mines GTS250 lol :(
[QUOTE="trastamad03"]I bought it off Steam, I'm actually surprised how well it's running on my PC. When I tried it on my brothers PC it was framedropfest. His PC has a C2D E8400 and GTX460, so he's not that far off my specs.Cranler
The quad core is what makes the difference.
The game would run better if they hadnt updated the shadow system. The new shadow system makes the game run even worse that it did originally
High and very high shadows look better than the old shadows but the draw distance is terrible, the shadows dont appear until youre 10ft away. Overall the old shadow system looked better due to the much better draw distance and didnt affect performance nearly as much.
I have the retail GTA 4 with some hack to keep it from trying to update to the latest patch that updates the shadows and I'm pretty much locked in at 60fps with very high shadows. Same settings in the Episodes but with high shadows and I'm averaging around 40fps.
Ya it's true, I also noticed the low draw distance for the shadows... but knowing that's a console port, I just shrugged it off. I'm currently playing on all High @1920x1080 with 4xAF with the draw distances (the 3 sliders) at 30. I'm definitely around the 50-60fps range, can't really tell cause Fraps' fps counter isn't showing.
[QUOTE="Wisely321"]I heard this PC port has poor framerates and many bugs...is that true? but anyway, $10 still seems pretty good for me :P I only have a dual-core processor so it wont run well, but I'll save it for when I upgrade. The game was practically free.
Just a heads up, i noticed that once the sliders get past a certain point the game doesnt look any better but it will drop your fps, so just mess around with the settings for a while and get it how you like it.
This game caps @ 54 FPS for me. The consoles don't have faster framerates and are probably capped @ 30 FPS like past GTA games. My framerate varies from 15-54 ingame. I am at max settings allowed ingame with 16XAF. AF doesn't effect performance hardly, AA does. Haven't encountered many bugs yet.
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