I’m not a gamer myself (imagine that: A nerd who doesn’t play video games. :)) but I still like GTA 3. It’s fun to watch it being played. I’ve seen the guy blow helicopters out of the air with a rocket launcher, detonate entire platoons of police cars with a single hand grenade (Where are the sniping binges of yesteryear?), turn a crosswalk into a blazing inferno with a Molotov cocktail, and do a classic ‘drive-by’ with an Uzi and a Porsche. Seriously, it’s better than Fox.
I like the Vigilante missions: Steal a police car and you’re hunting the scum of the city. This is easy if the scum likes small vehicles, but if you’re chasing a van things get tougher. Has anyone here tried to knock a van out with a squad car? Even with the beefed-up engine and handling (truly, cop cars rule), it’s goddamned hard. Watching it is like watching a gnat ram into a wildebeest: A lot of fury to no effect. Well, there’s always pedestrians to mow down. And if the car gets too banged up, leave it (at speed, if it’s going to explode) and steal another one.
Damn, it feels good to be a gangster.
Sure as hell looks good.
(Am I the only one who is surprised at how far the GTA series has come from the first installment? Damn!)
Plus the music rules! I like the stuff on the trance station so much that I downloaded some mp3s of it and have been listening to them more than I’ve been playing the game (I only got it a couple of days ago).
Getting “services” from hookers is quite easy. Just pull up to one (when you’re not in a mission or being pursued by police, of course) and she’ll stick their head in the window and talk to you for a little bit…then she’ll get in your car. Take her someplace secluded–like your hide-out–and park it. The car will start shaking, your money goes down, and your health goes up. Best part–after everything is done and she gets out you can run her over and take your money back.
This whole process is quite comical in a convertible, since you can clearly see that nothing is happening during the…act. The two of you remain comfortably seated. And yet you magically get healthier.
SPOOFE, ol’ buddy ol’ pal. If you’re into PC games at all, you need to give Morrowind a shot. I assure you, it’ll reach your level of micro-detail. In fact, I g’damn guarantee it. The game is made by BethesdaSoft…and it’s incredible. It’s a single-player RPG but made for us freaks who love to ‘get away’ for a while.
That’s basically what you do if you’re not playing for missions , and it’s fun as bustin kittens. Obviously you didn’t play, or you would have gotten hooked to you if you were into this kind of game. What I liked to do was see how many cops I could kill and mayhem I could create, and still get away to wreak havoc another day.
Though I found just driving around oddly appeasing, because not only is the game rather pretty, but the sound -the street noise and the radio- immerses me in the game very well.
If you’re into PC games at all, you need to give Morrowind a shot. I assure you, it’ll reach your level of micro-detail. In fact, I g’damn guarantee it. The game is made by BethesdaSoft…and it’s incredible. It’s a single-player RPG but made for us freaks who love to ‘get away’ for a while.