Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
10 BASIC TIPS
01 Steal Cars Wisely
Stealing cars is a fundamental aspect of the game (you know, hence the name of the
game). However, there are smart and not-so-smart ways to boost cars, and it's important
that you keep the proper methods in your head as you play. Generally, you'll want to, at
all costs, avoid cops. That means that if a cop is in your vicinity, you'll want to wait for
the cop to leave before stealing a car. Stealing cars around a cop will automatically draw
attention to yourself. Also, preference should be given to stealing parked, abandoned
cars as opposed to manned cars. This avoids the chance that you commit any more
crimes as you steal the car, which will generally not be desirable. Breaking a window
and hotwiring a car is easier than stealing a manned car and killing the driver in the
process, after all.
02 Be Healthy
Niko won't heal himself, so if you take damage during a mission, that damage will stay
with you indefinitely until you do something about. The easiest way to cure what ails
Niko is to feed him something. Find a hotdog vendor on the streets, or head to a fast
food joint or a restaurant. At these places, you can find various foods that will heal
Niko. By following a regimen of eating regularly, you'll allow Niko to stay at his
healthiest for the duration of the game.
03 Use Armor
Armor allows you to effectively double the amount of damage you can take from
firearms. And since damage in the game will be mostly dealt with firearms, it's
incredibly important that you wear armor when it becomes available to you. You can
buy it for a pretty penny at some shady establishments throughout Liberty City, but
you're better off finding it at random locations in the city and revisiting those locales as
you need to re-up on spent armor.
04 Stay Strapped
Staying equipped with weapons at all times will increase your likelihood of survival
tenfold. It's important to try to have a variety of weapons at your disposal, too, so you
can approach situations from various angles. For instance, having a baseball bat, pistol,
uzi and shotgun will allow you to kill enemies in all sorts of useful ways, from the
monotony of a melee attack to the pleasure of a multiple-kill shotgun blast. Remember
that if you're arrested, you'll lose your weapons, but they're easy enough to replace. You
can use earned cash to buy them, or better yet, collect weapons from downed enemies.
05 Nurture Your Relationships
Building relationships in GTAIV is an integral part of the game. Without properly
building relationships with the people you meet, you're missing a huge part of the game.
Be sure to take up your friends' requests to hang out with them, and try to cater to what
they like to increase their fondness of you. You should also reciprocate with calls of
your own to hang out. As far as women are concerned, you should definitely pay
attention to your relationships with them, but be responsible! There's nothing a woman
dislikes more than an overly-aggressive man. Well… most of them, anyway.
06 Explore!
Liberty City might not be as vast as San Andreas, but there's a lot more to see, believe it
or not. There are few areas of Liberty City, if any, that are empty. There's something
happening everywhere, and there's a lot to see. Take the time to explore the various
boroughs and find out what they have to offer you. Not everything is immediately
available, of course, but enough is from the beginning that you'll find things worth
seeing if you take the time to look.
07 The Cops Are the Enemy
Remember -- you're playing as a hardened criminal, not a law-abiding citizen. You do
anything wrong and a cop sees it, and you're gonna be in trouble. GTA games are
notoriously fun when you have it out with the cops, but don't get out of control,
especially when you're in a mission or you haven't saved in a while. You can kill
whoever you want and do whatever you want as long as it's not excessive and not in
front of a cop. You break either of those rules, and you're in for a chase of varying
degrees. Remember that it's better to be killed than to be arrested. Being killed will
make you lose cash, but you'll retain your arsenal. If you're arrested, you'll lose your
weapons… and your pride.
08 Save Often
Whether or not you have auto save enabled or not, you should still manually save often
by visiting your safe house from time to time. Auto save is a great feature, but don't trust
it. Before you shut off your game after a lengthy session, be sure to do a "hard" save
before shutting your game off. It's better to be safe than sorry.
09 Mini-Game Madness
There are numerous mini-games in GTAIV that should be explored. In fact, many of
them, such as bowling and darts, are introduced to you as part of the relationship
mechanic of the game, and are great places to bring friends and dates alike. But they're
also just fun to play. Take the time to stop by the pub and chuck some darts, or go to Memory Lanes and bowl some frames. As with all GTA titles, it's the stuff that's not
mandatory that gives the game its depth and replay value.
10 Make Cash
Finally, we'll leave you with this pearl of wisdom. Money isn't exactly hard to come by,
but there's not millions of dollars just lying around and waiting to be picked up. If you
need cash, there are two great ways to make it. The first is to do jobs for your friends,
such as doing cab rides for Roman or delivering drugs for Little Jacob. The second,
more annoying and difficult way to collect money is to kill citizens on the streets. The
amount of money they carry is random (if they're carrying any at all), and this is a great
way to draw unwanted attention to yourself, but hey… desperate times call for desperate
measures.
Stealing cars is a fundamental aspect of the game (you know, hence the name of the
game). However, there are smart and not-so-smart ways to boost cars, and it's important
that you keep the proper methods in your head as you play. Generally, you'll want to, at
all costs, avoid cops. That means that if a cop is in your vicinity, you'll want to wait for
the cop to leave before stealing a car. Stealing cars around a cop will automatically draw
attention to yourself. Also, preference should be given to stealing parked, abandoned
cars as opposed to manned cars. This avoids the chance that you commit any more
crimes as you steal the car, which will generally not be desirable. Breaking a window
and hotwiring a car is easier than stealing a manned car and killing the driver in the
process, after all.
02 Be Healthy
Niko won't heal himself, so if you take damage during a mission, that damage will stay
with you indefinitely until you do something about. The easiest way to cure what ails
Niko is to feed him something. Find a hotdog vendor on the streets, or head to a fast
food joint or a restaurant. At these places, you can find various foods that will heal
Niko. By following a regimen of eating regularly, you'll allow Niko to stay at his
healthiest for the duration of the game.
03 Use Armor
Armor allows you to effectively double the amount of damage you can take from
firearms. And since damage in the game will be mostly dealt with firearms, it's
incredibly important that you wear armor when it becomes available to you. You can
buy it for a pretty penny at some shady establishments throughout Liberty City, but
you're better off finding it at random locations in the city and revisiting those locales as
you need to re-up on spent armor.
04 Stay Strapped
Staying equipped with weapons at all times will increase your likelihood of survival
tenfold. It's important to try to have a variety of weapons at your disposal, too, so you
can approach situations from various angles. For instance, having a baseball bat, pistol,
uzi and shotgun will allow you to kill enemies in all sorts of useful ways, from the
monotony of a melee attack to the pleasure of a multiple-kill shotgun blast. Remember
that if you're arrested, you'll lose your weapons, but they're easy enough to replace. You
can use earned cash to buy them, or better yet, collect weapons from downed enemies.
05 Nurture Your Relationships
Building relationships in GTAIV is an integral part of the game. Without properly
building relationships with the people you meet, you're missing a huge part of the game.
Be sure to take up your friends' requests to hang out with them, and try to cater to what
they like to increase their fondness of you. You should also reciprocate with calls of
your own to hang out. As far as women are concerned, you should definitely pay
attention to your relationships with them, but be responsible! There's nothing a woman
dislikes more than an overly-aggressive man. Well… most of them, anyway.
06 Explore!
Liberty City might not be as vast as San Andreas, but there's a lot more to see, believe it
or not. There are few areas of Liberty City, if any, that are empty. There's something
happening everywhere, and there's a lot to see. Take the time to explore the various
boroughs and find out what they have to offer you. Not everything is immediately
available, of course, but enough is from the beginning that you'll find things worth
seeing if you take the time to look.
07 The Cops Are the Enemy
Remember -- you're playing as a hardened criminal, not a law-abiding citizen. You do
anything wrong and a cop sees it, and you're gonna be in trouble. GTA games are
notoriously fun when you have it out with the cops, but don't get out of control,
especially when you're in a mission or you haven't saved in a while. You can kill
whoever you want and do whatever you want as long as it's not excessive and not in
front of a cop. You break either of those rules, and you're in for a chase of varying
degrees. Remember that it's better to be killed than to be arrested. Being killed will
make you lose cash, but you'll retain your arsenal. If you're arrested, you'll lose your
weapons… and your pride.
08 Save Often
Whether or not you have auto save enabled or not, you should still manually save often
by visiting your safe house from time to time. Auto save is a great feature, but don't trust
it. Before you shut off your game after a lengthy session, be sure to do a "hard" save
before shutting your game off. It's better to be safe than sorry.
09 Mini-Game Madness
There are numerous mini-games in GTAIV that should be explored. In fact, many of
them, such as bowling and darts, are introduced to you as part of the relationship
mechanic of the game, and are great places to bring friends and dates alike. But they're
also just fun to play. Take the time to stop by the pub and chuck some darts, or go to Memory Lanes and bowl some frames. As with all GTA titles, it's the stuff that's not
mandatory that gives the game its depth and replay value.
10 Make Cash
Finally, we'll leave you with this pearl of wisdom. Money isn't exactly hard to come by,
but there's not millions of dollars just lying around and waiting to be picked up. If you
need cash, there are two great ways to make it. The first is to do jobs for your friends,
such as doing cab rides for Roman or delivering drugs for Little Jacob. The second,
more annoying and difficult way to collect money is to kill citizens on the streets. The
amount of money they carry is random (if they're carrying any at all), and this is a great
way to draw unwanted attention to yourself, but hey… desperate times call for desperate
measures.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
First Crime - Hijack vehicle
Hijacking car is simple. All you have to do is walk up to a parked car (or a car going slowly) and
press the corresponding button on your controller set-up that will allow you to boost the car.
Once in the car, be especially mindful of your surroundings. Try not to boost cars around cops so
you don't draw attention to yourself, and be careful of aggressive crime victims who will fight back if their car is stolen. Because of this, you'll want to make a point of getting out of dodge as
soon as any given car is stolen.
GTAIV introduces a complex and in-depth vehicle system, where all vehicles handle differently.
Not only do various makes of car differ from one another, but the amount of damage they take
will also affect how they handle. You can actually stall out cars that take too much damage, and
if they take the ultimate amount of damage, they will be set ablaze. That's your cue to run the
hell away before the car explodes, likely taking you with it to the next world.
As an aside, parked cars are usually easier to steal, but will require some extra effort. Most
parked cars will need to be broken into, which takes time and draws attention to yourself. Cars
stolen like this also need to be hotwired (which requires some simple button-tapping). Also be
weary of stolen cars with alarms, as these will draw even more unneeded attention to yourself,
especially when you're driving around Liberty City with your alarm blaring.
Knowing GTA 4
Grand Theft Auto IV, like all prior GTA games, has you living a life of crime. There's really no
avoiding it. Some crimes are considered so minor in Liberty City (like running red lights) that
you won't get in trouble for those. In fact, you can get away with just about anything that doesn't
involve rampant killing (especially with firearms, which tend to draw cops' attention).
But there are many crimes in GTAIV that are necessary and much more difficult to get away
with. Main character Niko Bellic, a dangerous ex-soldier from Eastern Europe, has committed
his fair share of crimes back in his homeland. But when he comes to America, a whole new
group of crimes become necessary to commit just to guarantee his day-to-day survival. This is
when the nitty-gritty of GTAIV truly comes into play.
The game is mission-based, and almost every mission will have you commit a crime of some
sort. You may have to boost a car, deliver some drugs, or even murder one or more people to get
the all-valuable payout at the end of any mission. These missions come from contractors, usually
friends of yours or friends of friends that need the assistance of a ruthless man like Niko. At the
end of every mission, varying amounts of money will be rewarded. Committing these crimes is
simply a means to an end for Niko.
There are also numerous side quests (such as "jobs") and relationships to nurture, both with
females interested in Niko as more than friend, and with friends you meet along the way that will
help you or hurt you depending on how you treat them. This adds a whole different layer to the
GTAIV experience that requires attention to detail.
Ultimately, your progression through GTAIV is measured in-game by a percentage meter that
can be viewed via the game's statistics. The more you do, the more you manage to accomplish,
the higher your rating will become. That's the idea.
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