Thanks for the informatin on the controls... I was the only one in NY who actually liked the original Heli controls. I guess I'll wait and see what its like in the final release. I had forgotten that you guys were doing VC as well as GTA3 (no need for rockstar code names anymore:( ). Well, i'm sure your did a great job and thanks for the response.
I never really played VC that much on PS2 either so like you, I'm not sure what bugs were in the game to start with. I can say that since I tested GTA3 for two months, six days a week, 13 hours a day that the game has very few remaining bugs.
As I'm sure most readers of this site know, big pieces of software like GTA3 and VC are very hard if not impossible to have completly bug free, especially in games where the idea is that anything is possible to do its hard to try everything. For GTA3 we had both the Vienna office and ours working on it for QA testing for a LONG time. Trust me when I say that Rockstar is very dedicated to its testing. We do try to get everything.
When I left the bug database was a testament to how hard we tested the games.
If you could let me know the bugs that your concernd about I can email your thoughts to the people who would know the answers and email you with their responses.
As a little evidence to how much they made me play the game, I can 100% GTA3 in just over one long ass work day. Hey, they bought dinner.
I had the wonderful fortune of being able to work at Rockstar Games as a tester for the GTA Double pack as well as a few other games. I thought I should just share my two cents as I have a lot of hands on experience with the games.
Firstly, in my OPINION, GTA3 is better than VC. Its just my opinion, no linked articles needed. Thats not to say that I do wish GTA3 included motorcycles but the way I see it, motorcycles just aren't part of the game. Much in the same way that children aren't in the game. They are just not there. Understand?
Now down the the details.
In GTA3 the graphics really are much improved even over the PC version. Vienna really did a good just with the graphics hardware of the xbox. Check out the new car models, they even have engines under the hoods. The rims on the banshee are fly. They are different enough that the first time you pull the e-brake and slide through the turn, you notice them. The reflections as well have been improve A LOT. You can see the traffic lights on the top of the cars, and the people on the sidewalks as you drive by. The editable sound track feature is also a plus. Especially when your testing the game for as many hour as I did and can recite the Dormatron commerical in my sleep, All in all the improvements are really worth the look.
One important note is that a lot of care was taken in NOT changing the feel of the game too much. Like I said before, I'm a GTA3 fan so I was quite happy with the results.
VC gets the same type of makeover. The pastel colors never looked truer. I never got a chance to test the final control scheme (I had to go back and finish college) but I'm sure everything got ironed out.
I got to see the game in HD a couple of times and I think those of you lucky enough to take advantage of it will be very pleased.
I never got a chance to see any PS2 version as it wasn't being tested at my office. It was all done by North I believe.
Well I know there was more I wanted to post but I'm sure I'll get a chance when replying to the flames.
Buy the Double Pack, you will be paying my salary.
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I just had to ask... Did you ever take physics? If you did, you would remember that there is not such thing as, "deceleration." I promise, this is not intended as a mean post put my physics professor would flunk you if he heard you say, "deceleration". For clarification purposes, its negative acceleration. Thanks.
I ordered my dreamcast before it came out on amazon. I'm just one of those guys. I still have it hooked up on the rack along side my xbox, ps2,... down to my still running nes and master system. the DC gets plenty of play on a couple of classic games that you could probably get for $10 or download with whatever means you kids use these days. The list is as follows:
1) Soul Calibur - Probably still my favorite fighting game. I mean, you beat people with dope weapons? Respect.
2)Any of the Sega Sport Games. They are all great but my personal favorite since I'm not a big main stream sports fan is, Virtual Tennis. Its one of those games that you play, get good at, and then keep getting better at as you and your friends bet money, beer, etc.
The other person who replyed mentioned many games as well that I played. At this point there are so many others out there that I don't tend to put them on anymore. But enjoy those two, some of the greatest ever made.
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Thanks for the informatin on the controls... I was the only one in NY who actually liked the original Heli controls. I guess I'll wait and see what its like in the final release. I had forgotten that you guys were doing VC as well as GTA3 (no need for rockstar code names anymore :( ). Well, i'm sure your did a great job and thanks for the response.
Nope. Sorry gamecube can't quite cut it for GTA.
I never really played VC that much on PS2 either so like you, I'm not sure what bugs were in the game to start with. I can say that since I tested GTA3 for two months, six days a week, 13 hours a day that the game has very few remaining bugs.
As I'm sure most readers of this site know, big pieces of software like GTA3 and VC are very hard if not impossible to have completly bug free, especially in games where the idea is that anything is possible to do its hard to try everything. For GTA3 we had both the Vienna office and ours working on it for QA testing for a LONG time. Trust me when I say that Rockstar is very dedicated to its testing. We do try to get everything.
When I left the bug database was a testament to how hard we tested the games.
If you could let me know the bugs that your concernd about I can email your thoughts to the people who would know the answers and email you with their responses.
As a little evidence to how much they made me play the game, I can 100% GTA3 in just over one long ass work day. Hey, they bought dinner.
I had the wonderful fortune of being able to work at Rockstar Games as a tester for the GTA Double pack as well as a few other games. I thought I should just share my two cents as I have a lot of hands on experience with the games.
Firstly, in my OPINION, GTA3 is better than VC. Its just my opinion, no linked articles needed. Thats not to say that I do wish GTA3 included motorcycles but the way I see it, motorcycles just aren't part of the game. Much in the same way that children aren't in the game. They are just not there. Understand?
Now down the the details.
In GTA3 the graphics really are much improved even over the PC version. Vienna really did a good just with the graphics hardware of the xbox. Check out the new car models, they even have engines under the hoods. The rims on the banshee are fly. They are different enough that the first time you pull the e-brake and slide through the turn, you notice them. The reflections as well have been improve A LOT. You can see the traffic lights on the top of the cars, and the people on the sidewalks as you drive by. The editable sound track feature is also a plus. Especially when your testing the game for as many hour as I did and can recite the Dormatron commerical in my sleep, All in all the improvements are really worth the look.
One important note is that a lot of care was taken in NOT changing the feel of the game too much. Like I said before, I'm a GTA3 fan so I was quite happy with the results.
VC gets the same type of makeover. The pastel colors never looked truer. I never got a chance to test the final control scheme (I had to go back and finish college) but I'm sure everything got ironed out.
I got to see the game in HD a couple of times and I think those of you lucky enough to take advantage of it will be very pleased.
I never got a chance to see any PS2 version as it wasn't being tested at my office. It was all done by North I believe.
Well I know there was more I wanted to post but I'm sure I'll get a chance when replying to the flames.
Buy the Double Pack, you will be paying my salary.
-------TEMP SIG----------
Because being fat can even ruin a romantic cruse!
1) Soul Calibur - Probably still my favorite fighting game. I mean, you beat people with dope weapons? Respect.
2)Any of the Sega Sport Games. They are all great but my personal favorite since I'm not a big main stream sports fan is, Virtual Tennis. Its one of those games that you play, get good at, and then keep getting better at as you and your friends bet money, beer, etc.
The other person who replyed mentioned many games as well that I played. At this point there are so many others out there that I don't tend to put them on anymore. But enjoy those two, some of the greatest ever made.
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