For those of us with a PS3...Who is going to buy this on Friday? And to those with an Xbox......kidding ...what did you think of it?

'The Ballad of Gay Tony' sounds like it could be fun but wish that Rockstar would just release San Andreas on the PS3 instead, I miss playing that game so much! Damn non-backward compatability of PS3's

..The Ballad of Gay Tony injects Liberty City with an overdose of guns, glitz, and grime. You'll play as Luis Lopez, assistant to legendary nightclub impresario Tony Prince (aka 'Gay Tony'), and quickly learn you live in a world of competing loyalties where everyone has a price . . .

(Game GTA Summary)

I love GTA

I have a PS2 so I have those games. I dunno if I will get a PS3.

Bought mine yesterday, and it is sweet!

It comes out here tomorrow
Gonna pick it up after my morning coffee. Really looking forward to it

connorhawke said:

Bikes are easier to control, and I love the new weapons.

Here's the soundtrack listing - Vice City FM & K109 are my favorites. Songs from GTA IV are not in the game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...soundtrack

luv4u said:

I don't know what you're waiting for. GTA IV and Episodes are great games(though not as great as San Andreas, IMO).

luv4u said:

I think the PS2 game (Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories) is different to this new one (Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City). Well I at least hope so because I couldn't really get into that PS2 one.

You really should get a PS3, for me the only downsides are that it is uglier than the PS2 and most models are not backwards compatible.

I think I'm going to get mine next week now otherwise I know I'm going to waste this weekend just playing but I'll probably cave by Saturday and rush out and buy a copy lol

AshK said:

Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories were originally PSP games that Rockstar ported to the PS2.

Check out the Episodes trailer;

I've now been playing it all day. My eyes hurt but it's so much fun

connorhawke said:

LOL, I convinced myself I had permanently damaged my eyes the day after I brought my PS3;I played Call of Duty ALL day and than my vision was just weird for the next twelve hours or so. Can't really describe it...it was kinda like being stoned but unaware of it.

Urgh, I have no self-control; going to go buy my copy now

Never got into GTA.


I have been playing the shit out of Zen Pinball though.

The bikes are a lot of fun, although it's harder to run people over. I love that you can call your crew for back-up now, and the experience level part is very cool . I'm already hyped about the next proper GTA.

I don't need t play no video game. I live GTA every day of my life. I should sue them for making a game about me! I pull a fool out his car and crash it in to a police car get out and take his car from him.

AshK said:

I like how some of the missions are tied into GTA IV. I just did one with Niko and Playboy X.

lol How far are you into it now?

I just did Stubbs first mission, where you blow up the convoy at the airport. I always take my time playing GTA, because I like to explore and play around with shit. I spend @ two months on each game, especially San Andreas which is so huge.

uPtoWnNY said:

I practically spent a summer on San Andreas. GTA 4 I got tired of after a month though. San Andreas is soooo good, I miss it

AshK said:

Why not fire it up again? I will once I'm done with Episodes.
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AshK said:

My PS2 went to console Heaven. I was thinking of replacing it but I keep hearing that there may be a PS3 update to make the PS3 backward compatible...that and I'm just kinda cheap.

I still have my PS2, so I go back and forth between the two consoles. I rock the PS2 GTAs all the time - SA, GTA III, Vice, LCS, VCS - shit never gets old for me.

uPtoWnNY said:

The new PS2's are quite small, like the size of a dvd case so will eventually pick one up. I quite like GTA 2 lol, I remember playing amazed at the step up from GTA1 , and then along came 3 and I almost fainted lol

AshK said:

GTA III is one of those 'Hall of Fame' games(like Pac-Man, Defender, DOOM, Madden, Tekken, etc.) It took gaming in a whole new direction.

I just found out, when playing TLAD, you can save cars/bikes at Niko & Luis safehouses. Same applies when playing BoGT - you can save at Johnny & Niko safehouses.

I don't know if I'd put Tekken on that list, as much as I love it. Mortal Kombat would be on there for sure.

Looks like Rockstar has another classic on the way - Red Dead Redemption;

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...Redemption

Yeah they've been on about that for a while, you should sign up for Rockstars emails/newsletters they keep you up to date on releases, exclusive content etc