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- cannonball, on 05/09/2008, -2/+172I'm not going to read this article because I've already made up my mind that this guy sucks.
You see? It works both ways!!! - dobbinmon, on 05/09/2008, -0/+111Nico actually encourages you to use a cab
- richmomz, on 05/09/2008, -0/+60I've read articles that also stated that GTA 4 contains rape, dismemberment, torture and full nudity (which is obviously false). I guess these commentators need to make up stuff and make wild assumptions on the content of the game since they're too lazy to check it out for themselves (yes Jack Thompson I'm looking at you)
- NaziHatinChimp, on 05/09/2008, -2/+48Actually, to get 100%, you need to go drinking with your friends and 100% is rewarded. But then again you can always just get a cab.
- omnithought, on 05/09/2008, -6/+48 Every so-called "do-gooder" who wants to protect kids from sex, violence, etc. should keep them away from the Bible too...all things being fair.
- Surefly, on 05/09/2008, -0/+41I'd pull you over too if you were going 5 mph.
- RobbleRobble, on 05/10/2008, -0/+39" "I reject the argument that an M-rated game is comparable to an R-rated movie. One, it doesn't require 30 hours of continuous game play to make your way through an R-rated movie," Isett said. "
Oh, so if I spend 30 hours reading the Harry Potter series I'm going to end up running off a roof with a broom between my legs and expect to survive? Eh, nevermind. He's got so many logic problems that he probably thinks that fantasy books are just a gateway to Wicca. - korvan504521, on 05/09/2008, -0/+39the cabs are the most awesome new edition to the franchise.
- soundsofreason, on 05/09/2008, -0/+39My question for you is this:
When is Take Two going to cut out the middle man (GTA) and just start burning, raping, and eating babies?
Because according to Jack T. and most of the mainstream media, it should have already begun. - itsripitsrip, on 05/09/2008, -0/+33what's dumb, is no matter how slow you go, the cops STILL know you're drunk..
one caught me and i tried to run him over. i hit a light pole. - inactive, on 05/10/2008, -0/+24Yeah, it totally rewards you, like getting busted by the cops, or being thrown headfirst out of your windshield. Niko even says he should walk home tonight.
- Mawds, on 05/10/2008, -0/+21YEELLLOOOWW CAAARRRR!!!
- cannabrain, on 05/10/2008, -0/+19I havent even PLAYED GTA IV yet but Im gonna go get a 12 pack and a full tank, just to see what happens.
- Jenadae, on 05/09/2008, -0/+17What pissed me off though was unlike previous GTAs there aren't any random drunk drivers on the road.
- Anpheus, on 05/09/2008, -0/+15And you don't have to go with your car, CALL A CAB!
That way you don't wreck your nice car going out with people in the game. - Conwaysb0718, on 05/09/2008, -0/+12I use them constantly just because driving everywhere can get really tedious. Its only a slight pain in the ass when you get dropped off somewheres and no cab comes around for awhile.
- stronglikedan, on 05/09/2008, -0/+12You just leave that to us players. It's great fun to do that IRL after a good game of GTA!
- inactive, on 05/10/2008, -0/+12I don't know, I've definitely seen a lot of cars that are swerving for no good reason out on Liberty City's streets.
- Rndm_Tngnt, on 05/10/2008, -1/+13So... you're pro rape?
- DrBeaverhausen, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9I just got this game Wednesday. I'd never played any of the others in the series, and now I'm hooked. I'm getting a PSP later this summer and making sure I get the GTA titles for it. Saying that I'm very happy that if there is a drinking and driving part, I can take a cab. I'm having trouble catching the old man from the laundry mat in his van. Cut me some slack for this. I'm almost 34, a father of 3, and a very casual gamer. I let my 11 year old son play this game. We talked about it and he understands its not real. I think most kids his age can understand this. The kids see/hear about worse things every single day in the news. So unless you're willing to block them from the news, you should let them play games. Talk with them about it, parenting is a job that to many people who have chosen to have kids have decided not to do.
- funkyloki, on 05/10/2008, -1/+10Exactly. Hell, the game even suggests that route (the cab) is better, otherwise you will have to suffer the consequences. I would think that is better. They give the player a choice, just like life, and there is a wrong and a right choice, and consequences for each.
All of this hullaballo is over nothing, the whole "Think of the Children" crowd just needs a new bandwagon to jump on. - ThePenrod, on 05/10/2008, -0/+10I think after having experienced it in game, that the drunk driving aspect of the GTA 4 works as a deterrent for ever doing it in real life. I mean it's damn near impossible to walk while drunk in that game, let alone drive.
- da_bradler, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9I will admit I drank and drove once. Here is what happened.
I stumble out of the bar with Michelle(who of course is yelling at me) and after falling over her and falling into a stack of trash cans I finally get to my car. "I'm feeling pretty drunk, I should get a cab" Niko mumbles/shouts. Whatever I say, I'm a hired killer I can handle a little booze. I get into my car and Michelle follows. I'm driving down the road going about 10 mph across 4 lanes of traffic when the cops spot me. I gun it directly into some newspaper dispensers then onward. There are 2 cop cars behind me now hot on my heels, I make a hard right turn make it a couple hundred yards when I clip a light post doing about 40mph, not enough to knock it out just enough to knock off my passenger side door. I then proceed to spin out and smash into a building which sends flying my date out of the passenger seat onto the ground, still alive I go to retrieve her when a cop car who was chasing me comes barreling in unable to stop and runs over and kills my date... I never drank and drove again :( - SharkyTech, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9Haha, do you really think any of these people have ever actually read the bible?!
- Taggart, on 05/10/2008, -0/+8I'm glad you're talking with your son, but I consider the game completely inappropriate for someone his age. But hey, that's your call.
I guess its good you get to make that decision, even if I won't let my children play. I suppose that's the entire point of this overall debate. - GoatRoper, on 05/10/2008, -0/+8My 10 year old loves it and his hooker spotting skills have greatly improved when we drive downtown. When he starts telling me to run them over I will cut him off, it isn't like I am irresponsible or something.
- dasdef, on 05/09/2008, -1/+8no leave that in.
- Conwaysb0718, on 05/09/2008, -0/+7unless they specifically ask you if you want to go get drunk... then you gotta go or you lose %. But you can always do a more "socially acceptable" activity later.
- gooberguy, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7how?
- weeman43302, on 05/09/2008, -0/+7You don't have to go drinking though. Couldn't you just go out to eat or something?
- mnemy, on 05/09/2008, -0/+7The very first thing I did when I jumped into the car after drinking on a date was to accidentally bump into a police car going ~5mph. Pretty realistic huh?
- oderdigg, on 05/10/2008, -1/+8We all did.
- Conwaysb0718, on 05/09/2008, -0/+7You again?
- inactive, on 05/10/2008, -2/+9Considering the amount of violence commited by God... He desecrated whole cities and threatened to kill a man's only son just for kicks. Not to mention torturing a man almost to death just to prove The Devil wrong. That to me seems worse than a game that lets you drive drunk.
- mooseofshadows, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6Go back to living under a bridge.
- BrewBeau, on 05/10/2008, -1/+7Maybe they'll patch in a field sobriety test minigame.
- winmywii, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6The game is meant for adults. Adults can make the decision if they want to drive drunk or not. Also if driving drunk is as difficult as it is in the game count me out, that camera makes me sick.
- inactive, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6TELL ME INTERESTING THINGS!!!
- laserblazer, on 05/09/2008, -0/+5The first rule of baby-eating club is...
- GoatRoper, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4And you are gullible :)
- Conwaysb0718, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4Yes, GTA IV + Manhunt would be an awesome, fun game.
- tattertech, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4I definitely use cabs everywhere. Sucks when I take a cab to a mission and then I need to find a car though.
- caselogic, on 05/09/2008, -0/+4agreed.
- Qeveren, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4... remember the salt.
- sycsix, on 05/09/2008, -1/+5Do you get a chip for that?
- matt.rubin, on 05/09/2008, -0/+4Michelle doesn't drink this pisses me off
- Coffeedemon, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4If anything I'm scared to drink and drive in the game at all. The cops will take your weapons if you get busted so its not worth it - you're not fast enough to get away on foot. I hit a cop car just before entering the club with jacob. When I came out the bastards were waiting for me. Thought I could get a car but I was too slow. Tried to jump the guard rail and 6 cops lined up in a semicircle and unloaded their clips on me. At least the doctors didn't take my guns.
- wenis, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3proof he didnt even play the ***** game...the drunk driving segment is in the first hour or two...idiot.
- Conwaysb0718, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3not true. just hang out often.
- Conwaysb0718, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3Seems like every time i call Roman for a car when there's something important i gotta do, i get the damn answering machine, even when its at 100%. I suppose you could always just call 911 and steal a cop car or something...
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