Submitted by Fallenone - April 30, 2008 at 4:14 pm -050074.195.59.8
“Being involved in a shootout in a video game has no consequences and that is the wrong message to send to young people.”
Bullshit. These people never played GTA IV. Being in a shoot out with a cop never happens unless it is on your terms, and then it still leads to the same issue. Most time you're shooting at a cop, there are five million cops shooting back at you. Perhaps dying in a video game is not a bad consequence in a game since it obviously doesn't stick, but I've found my self being far more cautious in GTA IV than I have been in the past games. Fleeing from the cops can be easy, but it can be a bitch as well on this game.
Me and Roman decided to go to a bar and have a little beer. Afterwards, I decided I'd drive us back. Needless to say some poor citizens of Liberty didn't go home that night (including Roman by the end of it all since he went to the hospital). Let me tell you, there are consequences for drunk driving, and fleeing from the cops is no fun while drunk.
That just brings me back to the point that I think Rockstar did, in a small sense, program this game to have more of a consequence for doing illegal things far better than previous games that I could survive for half a hour destroying everything and everybody in my path. I will not do that on this game. I may attempt it, but I do not think I'll last for more than 2 minutes with a three star much less four star rating (not even gonna go to five).
Posted 07/09/08 at 12:40am Jack Wessels: @PHOENIXZERO: Do you really think that would stop him?
Posted 07/09/08 at 12:29am PHOENIXZERO: Wonder if Jack ever got the memo that attacking a judge, especially the one who presided over your own hearing will only make him look worse.
Posted 07/08/08 at 11:10pm Shadow Darkman Anti-Thesis of : Dennis you should post that story about JT insulting Judge Tunis. There might be more you could find that Kotaku missed.
Posted 07/08/08 at 08:32pm lordlundar: Jack should realize that when you call everyone crazy, then the only crazy one is the you.
Posted 07/08/08 at 06:06pm DarkTetsuya: @GP I just fear for the safety of your fax machine cause you didn't post it :P
Posted 07/08/08 at 06:02pm PHOENIXZERO: @Krono Yeah, that's probably where it came from. Don't remember if a source was mentioned. Other than it being called a "story" or "study".
Posted 07/08/08 at 06:02pm PHOENIXZERO: Because I was bored and channel surfing. =(
Posted 07/08/08 at 05:59pm GRIZZAM PRIME: PHEONIXZERO, Why the hell are you watching CNN's sodomy butt baby(HLN)?
Posted 07/08/08 at 05:53pm Krono: @PHOENIXZERO: Would that be the AP story about how schools should teach 11+ year old how to avoid abusive datings relationships?
Posted 07/08/08 at 05:34pm PHOENIXZERO: Oh joy, new subject and they bring out Cooper Lawrence who takes a mention about videogames. It's a segment called "Sex Normal for 11-Year-Olds" having to do more so with mental and physical abuse in "relationships" of 11-14 year olds and not sex. >_<
Posted 07/08/08 at 05:28pm PHOENIXZERO: Certainly a stupid segment with their "adolescent psychologist" and a game is different than a movie. Two callers, underwhelming. >_>
Posted 07/08/08 at 05:24pm PHOENIXZERO: CNN has wanted to be Fox Jr since Fox started spanking them in the ratings and Turner was removed from power.
Posted 07/08/08 at 05:11pm PHOENIXZERO: UGH, they have the CT AG on there... He sounds like Jack.
Posted 07/08/08 at 05:09pm PHOENIXZERO: >_> You can call in 1-800-TELL-HLN.
Posted 07/08/08 at 05:09pm PHOENIXZERO: CNN HLN is doing a segment on Beer Pong with their other "morality" blowhard Mike Galanos.
Posted 07/08/08 at 03:47pm Jabrwock: This just in! Jack insults someone. News@11
Posted 07/08/08 at 03:44pm mogbert: I think we can skip that story, we can't cover JT every time he insults someone, we would run out of server space...
Posted 07/08/08 at 03:43pm gamepolitics: nah, intentionally didn't post that... it's just a publicity grab... I only have so much JT tolerance, save 4 more relevant news
Posted 07/08/08 at 02:57pm Xlorep DarkHelm: Dennis doesn't post every little tidbit of information about Whacky-Jacky.
Posted 07/08/08 at 02:52pm DarkTetsuya: freak4all: I just posted that ... but yeah they did
Bullshit. These people never played GTA IV. Being in a shoot out with a cop never happens unless it is on your terms, and then it still leads to the same issue. Most time you're shooting at a cop, there are five million cops shooting back at you. Perhaps dying in a video game is not a bad consequence in a game since it obviously doesn't stick, but I've found my self being far more cautious in GTA IV than I have been in the past games. Fleeing from the cops can be easy, but it can be a bitch as well on this game.
Me and Roman decided to go to a bar and have a little beer. Afterwards, I decided I'd drive us back. Needless to say some poor citizens of Liberty didn't go home that night (including Roman by the end of it all since he went to the hospital). Let me tell you, there are consequences for drunk driving, and fleeing from the cops is no fun while drunk.
That just brings me back to the point that I think Rockstar did, in a small sense, program this game to have more of a consequence for doing illegal things far better than previous games that I could survive for half a hour destroying everything and everybody in my path. I will not do that on this game. I may attempt it, but I do not think I'll last for more than 2 minutes with a three star much less four star rating (not even gonna go to five).