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ChiffaN
02-08-2010, 05:54 AM
Just wanted to know what you guys think of it. Personally for me it's currently THE BEST game of all time on the iPhone. Just spent the whole weekend with it and was again amazed by the sheer amount of things to do there - from tank driving to racing to rampaging. And I'm not even talking about the good old bigilante and other standard mission stuff.
NineSwords
02-08-2010, 06:23 AM
I have the same problem I had with it on the DS. I really wanted to like the game. I even gave it another chance on the iPhone, but I just cannot seem to get comfortable with it. The controls are sluggish, the targeting system is crap, the minigame mechanics are annoying, the missions are too non substantial because they wanted them to be as short as possible for the mobile device. And a personal dislike for the Triads setting.

From the sheer amount of content in this game you're perfectly right. You get a lot. The pricepoint is for a iPhone game qite high, but on the DS I payed 40 for the same game.
ChiffaN
02-08-2010, 06:33 AM
The only real problem I have is with the targeting system. The controls work perfectly with digital buttons and lane-auto-align - I have 0 problems in that respect. I like the minigame mechanics very much, they add even more variety to the gameplay. And the missions - I actually like that they made them this short - otherwise I would run into problems when playing and losing progress often. On the other hand there is a lot of them - think of it as having the same old mission split into 5 or 6 mini-ones.
neomaximus002
02-11-2010, 01:10 PM
Now that if shuffles my personal GTA playlist I love it. Forgot how much fun the older GTAs were :P
Matthew
02-11-2010, 01:44 PM
Just giving you guys a head up that it will be on sale for $7 during the weekend in celebration of Chinese New Years!
Raoupp
02-13-2010, 04:30 AM
I'm still on the fence with this one. I really did not enjoy Payback and Car Jack Street on the iPhone and I heard the controls on GTA are even worse than on these titles...
ChiffaN
02-13-2010, 11:04 AM
Believe me, comparing Gta CW to Payback and CJS is insulting the franchise. The controls work and the minor difficulties don't affect the gameplay that much. You won't regret spending the cash on GTA
shigzeo
02-15-2010, 11:02 AM
Wow, it's the best selling game at the USA App Store after a good week of grabbing dosh from users!
Raoupp
02-16-2010, 03:16 PM
Ok. I finally purchased it and you were right. This is absolute blast. I can't put it down.
shigzeo
02-16-2010, 08:59 PM
Ok. I finally purchased it and you were right. This is absolute blast. I can't put it down.

Unless it is an RPG, where ChiffaN might give accolades to a Japanimation type (I am joking here as I realise that they can be fun), I would trust his reviews implicitly.
mattll
02-17-2010, 05:52 AM
i think it is the game-app with the biggest content on the store from the games i played
even those minigames could be sold as a ga
NineSwords
02-17-2010, 06:26 AM
i think it is the game-app with the biggest content on the store
even those minigames could be sold as a game

I'd say The Quest easily dwarfs GTA from a content POV.
ChiffaN
02-17-2010, 06:47 AM
NineSwords,

yeah - it does. So do games like Palm Heroes or The Battle for Wesnoth - but all of them are much less casual ones.
ChiffaN
02-17-2010, 06:50 AM
Unless it is an RPG, where ChiffaN might give accolades to a Japanimation type (I am joking here as I realise that they can be fun), I would trust his reviews implicitly.

Shiggs,

you might be surprised but I actually am not a fan of Japanimation type games. It's a mystery to me why most of the RPGs on the AppStore aare of that variety - probably because they are more suited for the consoles and not the full PC controls? Regardless I try to be objective in all of my reviews.
shigzeo
02-17-2010, 09:00 AM
Shiggs,

you might be surprised but I actually am not a fan of Japanimation type games. It's a mystery to me why most of the RPGs on the AppStore aare of that variety - probably because they are more suited for the consoles and not the full PC controls? Regardless I try to be objective in all of my reviews.

I know - and am doubly glad that you cover them as I... could not be so objective. That said, Zenonia was fun, but I would not put it on the map with any of the great Japanimation RPGs on consoles - I think people just really want the look without the substance... I am so bad.
whatever
02-18-2010, 06:15 PM
What are you guys enjoying the most in GTA? It's just so multi-faceted. Sometimes I actually try and complete missions, sometimes I play Crazy Taxi, sometimes I try to hijack ammo trucks, sometimes I trade drugs, and sometimes I just go on a rampage. That's the best part about this game - there's so many things to do!