It seems that not a single day goes by without some new GTAIV information finding its way to our inbox, and the latest news from the guys over at videogamer has it that the game will take you about 100 hours to complete -- give or take a few bitch slaps that could distract you along the way. That's according to what an unnamed Rockstar "spokesperson" told them during a recent interview:
"If you're not in a rush and you answer the phone when it rings it'll take about 100 hours to complete. It's harder to distinguish between main and side missions - there are loads of both. But there are more main missions than side missions. It's not as clear cut as it used to be because of the phone."
Not sure if I'm keen on the idea of answering the phone every couple of minutes (think they included prank calls and telemarketers?), but this isn't the 1980's any more, and beepers are so yesterday's tech. But that's not the only good news to come down the pipeline, as the European gaming site Cynamite.de has word from Take-Two that the game isn't going to arrive in multiple flavors. Looks like the same uncut version will be found throughout the lands -- foreign, as well as domestic. Can I hear an Amen?
With all this supposed gameplay at our disposal on day one, I have to wonder when we'll even have the time to think about downloadable content, let alone, play any other games that hover around that release date. It's becoming abundantly clear why EA is in such a hurry to buy out Take-Two. GTAIV is about to take over our lives -- if the ratings boards don't rape it first.
[Thanks, Jonathan!]
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2:37 PM on 02.28.2008
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that sounds like a long time to complete this though. I usually get bored after about 15 hours with a game.
I play games to get away from my cell phone for a short amount of time...I don't want to have to stop somewhere in a game to pick up a virtual phone call every fucking 2 minutes and listen to some jerk-off spout orders.
*drive drive drive "Gonna do this mission... oh look what's that over there? Let's go kill it!*
*50 hours later*
"What was I doing?"
just 42 flags left to find.
(not really)
these rumours basically mean it's gonna be long, nothing more
It's true. Read it on CNET.
And I don't think I've ever liked someone longer than 100 hours.
Good news all around.
I haven't been this excited over a game since Oblivion.
now bow your heads
or I'll bow them for you
That's what every man has to keep telling himself all the time, get over it.
I'm just 45 hours into my first run through Mass Effect and I've only just arrived at Virmire :-)
( allready scored the Completionist achievement though, so that means I finished the majority of all subquests :-) )
Hopefully the multi player will be awesome, loads of people running round, shooting stuff and robbing cars = WIN