It's The Small Things That Matter Most (GTAIV)..

[assfag]

Post the little things you have noticed in GTA4 that some people might not know about.

"When watching TV, the commercials play at a slightly louder volume than the programs do (even though you don't fiddle with the volume), and then the volume goes back down a bit when the program resumes ... just like in real life."

"Sometimes people will use their cellphone to report you to 911 for the specific crime they saw/heard you commit"


"A few days ago it was raining, so I moved Niko under an awning-ish thing and just sat there looking at the graphics. Next thing I know, like three civilians run under the awning and this one girl starts shivering. Eventually there were like 8 people under it (it's by the expensive safehouse in the middle island) until the rain stopped. Thought that was just awesome."

"While you're driving and the phone rings, the radio will get distorted make that sort of fuzzy beeping noise just like IRL."

[rand0m]

The metal plates on the road give a very satisfying clank noise when you drive over them ... oh wait ...

[dazevas]

When i play the game it sounds normal but once i start shooting its like FUCKKKK!!!! its so loud.

[assfag]

The metal plates on the road give a very satisfying clank noise when you drive over them ... oh wait ...
Has Rockstar even commented on this yet? LOL at them for bragging about something so simple and stupid and then forgetting to include it.
When i play the game it sounds normal but once i start shooting its like FUCKKKK!!!! its so loud.
Oh yes the realistic, life-like audio? Most people know about that.

[dazevas]

Oh yes the realistic, life-like audio? Most people know about that.

I sense sarcasm?

[TMOON]

The A.I is awesome, I noticed the raining thing as well. Also people with umbrellas, and you can knock them out of their hands, to bad you cant pick it up though!. Yesterday I was walking by some hot chick, and she randomly screamed RAPE!! and started running down an alley, other people started running and then some random dude started to punch the shit out of me.

Another thing, the camera on the cell phone. There was some girl leaning against a wall drinking a coffee, I zoomed in on her real close and she said "go ahead creep take the picture" I was like wow... Anyways I took the picture and what I want to try now is, use the police in car scanner to scan my cell phone for the name.. If that works, this game is gold.

[Total Madman]

If you take camera phone pictures in the strip club then the bouncers beat the shit out of you, just like those 6 times I did it in real life.

[TMOON]

If you take camera phone pictures in the strip club then the bouncers beat the shit out of you, just like those 6 times I did it in real life.

haha thats awesome, and whats more awesome is that I was at some titty bar last night and my friend answered a phone call and the bouncer flipped out and told him to put it away. I was drunk and couldn't comprehend why he flipped out over a cellphone, until I woke up this morning haha.

[Dane]

I was on one of the bridges going really fast. Then i smashed into the back of a truck. It's backdoor went open and barrels from inside it started to fall and roll out on the road.

A taxi ignored my call because it already had passengers and Nico said "Well, I can see my invisibility skills still work".

I flew off a road in my car and smashed into a beton wall with high speed. Then I saw that the impact had formed a hole in the wall. Not just texture, but an actual hole. It was also awesome when I saw that enough speed would crash the beton side of the bridges and send you falling down.

[Papero]

A taxi ignored my call because it already had passengers and Nico said "Well, I can see my invisibility skills still work".

I

Just walk up to the taxi and hold Y, Niko throws out the passenger and the the taxi driver stays. No need to call.

[Dane]

Just walk up to the taxi and hold Y, Niko throws out the passenger and the the taxi driver stays. No need to call.

I know, but this one was going with good speed. It's funny how the taxi drivers don't give a fuck what happens though.

[OrangeC]

Ive been so caught up with the storyline missions that i only got to see the people with unbrellas during the rain, but i would love to check these out.

Speaking about the rain, i was walking down a sidewalk when i heard loud thunder and the controller vibrating, kinda scared me for a second there.

[TomVanDamme]

I'm suprised I didnt catch this earlier but last night I shot someone in the face through their windshield and they fell face forward and layed on the horn, it was pretty neat. This game really is about all the little details

[The Messiah]

I'm suprised I didnt catch this earlier but last night I shot someone in the face through their windshield and they fell face forward and layed on the horn, it was pretty neat. This game really is about all the little details

I did that & the car kept driving forward.

[clutch-monkey]

fairly obvious but i've hijacked a helicopter and had someone clinging to the door, spent a moment trying to swat him against a building til he fell off :lol:

[Total Madman]

I just carjacked somebody, and they leapt onto the back bumper and held on until they lost their grip. Awesome.

[dcam0326]

When you shoot someone in a certain place, sometimes blood will spurt out in a stream if you watch. Shoot someone in the upper thigh and watch the fun fly!

Also, sometimes if you shoot someone in the stomach they will walk away gripping it and throw up blood.:wave:

[willsk84food.]

Light posts actually make contact with stuff. I was driving and I bailed out of my car which then hit a post. The post came down and smashed some random cars windsheild. It was cool.

Also I was trying to shoot at a taxt that just ran into a light post. I was still aiming at the driver when the pole came down and smashed me on the head knocking me to the ground... I lol'd.

You can't climb over barbed wire fences.

[midevilwarrior]

If you kill a hooker, you can get your money back.

[rand0m]

Everything about the RPG, especially how at low angles it will bounce and go apeshit, sometimes hitting what i was originally aiming at.

[Itsamadhouse12]

is it true you can get STDs?

[assfag]

some fairly cool observations here, keep 'em coming!

from gamefaqs

"The Squeek of the brakes
How The Wall Cracks when you hit it
The Slack In the Tries when they go flat
the sound of the tires on Wet Road
the little blood puddle after you kill someone
the foot prints in teh sand
the HUGE amount of money when you blow up a Armored Car.

i had just come out of the hospital. i wandered to the road and saw a fat cop in his mac stop and pull out his gun, pointing it at a bush ( i was out of earshot)

im thinkin wtf is he doing. next thing, a guy comes out of the bushes (right in front of the hospiutal i might add) zipping up his fly and puts his hands in the air. the cop, still with gun pointed at him, leads him down the road. after a hundred yards or so, the perp decided to leg it, at which point the cop tries to run after him. unfortunatly the cop, as i said, is fat, and runs out of breath quickly, leaning over and resting his hands on his thighs whilst tryin to catch his breath. the perp got away"


Also I noticed,

When inside a car, if you tap Y you will leave the car on and exit the vehicle. But if you hold Y then you will shut the car off and then get out.

People will also throw trash out their windows.

You can toss some items from dropped grocery bags as well as toss the empty bottles from soda you buy, say at the vendor you just bought it from.

There are valets/doormen who stand outside some high end apartment complexes.

I was bored and burning out in my Banshee for about 5 minutes and then the tires popped because I ran the treads down so much haha.

Try to avoid cops when driving drunk because they will notice and chase you, even if you're parked, lol.

You can drive inside of most accessible buildings

If you stand on the NPC's bowling lane and if you hit the ball, the ball will go into the gutter.

Speaking of bowling, the pin physics are god-awful and not even close to how pins react in real life, while when you are playing pool, the balls have realistic and accurate physics.

Niko steers hand-over-hand. even when your car isn't moving.

You can use the same prostitute as many times as you wish, just move the car immediately after she finishes and park again.

[Iaretehpwn]

I called 911 and got the police to come to where I was. Well, the police chased down the first black guy they saw. Realistic? I think so!

[FlyinG ShoosteR]

if you do a burn out for a while, you grind the rubber on your tires all the way down to the rims.

Flying through the windshield after a sudden impact.

Cars stalling after the engine gets too messed up.

[Total Madman]

Cars stalling after the engine gets too messed up.

That happened to me on a mission when I had to give chase to somebody. It's later in the game when you follow a motorcade of goons and have to kill them all, including the main target. After a minute or so they all pull into a gas station, so I roared up across the street and started a damn war. The main target took off in his car, so I hopped back into the driving seat all like "fuck yeah, car chase BITCH!", only for Niko to sit there trying to start the engine. Needless to say, the target got away and I had to sit down for a while.

[mesaywee3]

I was driving by a gas station and some guy was filling up his tank. I drive outta eyesight but than I hear a loud explosion behind me. I than reversed to see what it was and I saw the guy filling up his tank on fire with his car blown up.

[Super Beefy]

So far two things I noticed,
1. Under a bridge in Alderney City, I found a car that was rocking, and I heard like a tapping noise. I'm guessing there was someone trapped in the trunk of the car.
2. If you crash your car just right, you can get the wheel to bend inwards.

[mukawalka]

without ever playing the game, I noticed that there is a

~~The Official GTA4 Discussion Thread~~

but hey thats just me. its kinda a secret that the developers put in the game. if you wanna be cool,
you DONT POST ANOTHER GTA4 TOPIC!

*head asplode*

[assfag]

have you tried crying about it? seriously it can help...

[mukawalka]

everynight... I feel better, but next time I check there is another GTA4 topic. its a mad cycle. :squint:

[assfag]

its no biggy pal move along

[staek?]

"While you're driving and the phone rings, the radio will get distorted make that sort of fuzzy beeping noise just like IRL."

Everything I hear this I think my phone is going to ring.

[k_tull88]

Just all of the thought and time that went into the TV stations is amazing. I watched it for like a half an hour the other day. It's legitimately funny, and I don't have a easily satisfiable sense of humor.

There's so much to love and notice about GTAIV. It's the best game of all time, I think.

[OrangeC]

Is there any way to ride the rollercoaster or ferris wheel in the park?

[defiance134]

if your car breaks down, you can call "911" on your cell phone and your car starts running again. doesnt put out the fire or anything tho

[Dane]

The american space marines suits in the tv cartoon closely resembles Master Chiefs suit from Halo.

In the apartment you first live in there is some graffiti on the wall in the hallway that says "Anal Burns"

People you shot will sometimes get up and try to limb away.

You can give the homeless money.

[thermopyle]

Why don't you assholes STOP making me want this game so bad!

I gave this shut up years ago, and can not afford to waste money on a new console to play this, no matter how much you're making me want to.

Stop stop stop it.

[Total Madman]

Why don't you assholes STOP making me want this game so bad!

I gave this shut up years ago, and can not afford to waste money on a new console to play this, no matter how much you're making me want to.

Stop stop stop it.

Ha ha! FAG. GTA kicks ass.

[Leesin]

Once when i knocked some guy out, he was laying still for about 30 seconds, then he tried to get up and everytime he got onto his legs they would just wobble and he'd fall back down, he did that for a while then he just didnt try getting up anymore.

[dcam0326]

If you zoom in on a stripper (preferably while shes dead) and look at the money strapped to her thigh with a sniper, you can see that they are $69 Bills, with funny details. Now that's a small detail.

[Dane]

If you zoom in on a stripper (preferably while shes dead) and look at the money strapped to her thigh with a sniper, you can see that they are $69 Bills, with funny details. Now that's a small detail.

Rockstar figured out that there were gonna be perverts like you who would kill strippers to zoom in on them :lol:

[dcam0326]

Rockstar figured out that there were gonna be perverts like you who would kill strippers to zoom in on them :lol:

...NO! I just... uhh...








shit.

[Awsom-O]

There are some pretty cool things you can find, i was driving at night and both my headlights were knocked out, i passed an oncoming car and he started flicking his head lights on and off, i thought it was pretty sweet

[duke_nukem]

Hold x while driving and your lights turn on.

[Liberator13]

There are some pretty cool things you can find, i was driving at night and both my headlights were knocked out, i passed an oncoming car and he started flicking his head lights on and off, i thought it was pretty sweet

Now that's pretty badass.

[fIght_thaNe]

When you walk into people and make them stumble they will grab onto stuff to brace themselves if their standing next to something.

[Spankt]

I was shooting stuff in the apartment building, (practically the only place without getting a wanted level.) and i noticed that bullets ricochet off of pots and pans, you can shoot out your tv, and if you shoot the radiator, it leaks water.

[duke_nukem]

There are a few big fuel tanks near building sites that if you shoot them they shoot out fire that inturn sets you on fire.

[i2Pimp]

If you're in a company truck, or car, and you pass a truck/car of the same company, they'll beep at you , like you would to a friend IRL.

If you hit a parked car, or try to steal one, the alarm will sometimes go off.

After stealing a parked car once, my alarm was going off and I was going down a street and I noticed someone blinked their lights at me, after going down the road a cop is standing at a red light and starts going after me.

Yeah and if you pass a cop with your alarm going off, they'll go after you.

Sanchez's (dirtbikes) have a kick start, just like IRL.

After doing a hardcore mission, like say i take out a mob boss and kill 30 of his men, some radio stations will talk about it through the radio.

[SatanTheSith]

If you're in a company truck, or car, and you pass a truck/car of the same company, they'll beep at you , like you would to a friend IRL.

If you hit a parked car, or try to steal one, the alarm will sometimes go off.

After stealing a parked car once, my alarm was going off and I was going down a street and I noticed someone blinked their lights at me, after going down the road a cop is standing at a red light and starts going after me.

Yeah and if you pass a cop with your alarm going off, they'll go after you.

Sanchez's (dirtbikes) have a kick start, just like IRL.

After doing a hardcore mission, like say i take out a mob boss and kill 30 of his men, some radio stations will talk about it through the radio.

****SPOILER****




After the apartment and cab place gets burned down, they talk about it on the radio.

[dcam0326]

There are some pretty cool things you can find, i was driving at night and both my headlights were knocked out, i passed an oncoming car and he started flicking his head lights on and off, i thought it was pretty sweet

yeah i noticed that too

also, there are the occasional disagreements between the CPU civilians in which they get into hardcore car accidents. Once i was walking down a sidewalk and a car came around a corner hit my badass sports car that I won in a race and another car swerved to avoid him and went into a building. The drivers both died and one passenger survived until i killed him because I was pissed about my car.

Another time I was going out with my girlfriend, Kate or something, and we were walking and a car came out of nowhere and sandwiched her between it and another car and she died. :lmao:

[Total Madman]

OK.... I was just stopped at an intersection just off the exit from the bridge that takes you into Broker, and a car went flying past on its roof in a ball of flames, followed by 2 police cars with sirens blaring. It was mental.

[rand0m]

This is a weird one.

Anyone tried the cheats yet? (ive completed to game so don't bitch), anyhow, when you 'spawn' the Jet Boat thing, if you do it in the streets it just sort of appears in the air then falls down.

So I started to spawn it on top of cars, and like a big one ton something boat would, it crushes the cars, so if you keep spawning it on top of a car you can really smash the cars to pieces, small things like the way the bonnet will shape around the engine block never fail to amaze me, along with everything else getting pretty messed up in the process.

[Hectic]

You can steal cars and kill people in this game, it's pretty cool!

[paranoia]

when you're driving to a misson with someone in the car they will have a conversation with you, and if you fail the mission and do it again, the conversation will be different.

[Tueur]

I stole someones car.. but got distracted for a second. The guy pulled me out of the car and drove away swearing.

I was running down the sidewalk, and knocked over a cop.. the cop got pissed and tried to arrest me.

Cops don't just come around when you commit a crime, unless theres a cop in the vicinity. People actually call 911. Ever notice how sometimes it takes a second for cops to start chasing you? People take out their phones and call the police. Same goes for ambulances and shit.

I got in a fight with some guy, and decided to take out my phone and call 911. I started calling, and the guy's like "Okay, alright alright!" and he ran away.

[522viper]

I just carjacked somebody, and they leapt onto the back bumper and held on until they lost their grip. Awesome.

Yeah, that happened to me too, it was LULZ.

I was going really fast in the Super GT and hit a guard-rail, and flew out like 100 feet or something.

[Godzilla14]

I notice that at night the tide rises and goes back to normal during the day.

[The Messiah]

I drove a limo off a jump & landed on my roof. The car alarm went off.

[BraineateR]

the yellow cabs have a sign on the roof which reads: WTF

I jacked a car and the guy tried to open the door and get his car back, I hit the gas and he was being dragged with the car because he was still holding the handle. I made a hard turn and sandwiched him between my car and another car. It was awesome

When you point your gun at people in a car they get scared and try to duck away.

[Sezril]

There are a few big fuel tanks near building sites that if you shoot them they shoot out fire that inturn sets you on fire.

I had an enemy do this to himself at the end of Jimmy Pegorino's first mission. Killed him, too, hahah.

[fIght_thaNe]

When your falling to your death you can shoot your gun off in a fit of rage even when the camera goes all cinamatic and your upside down.

[BassGuitar25]

When a car hits you at a slow speed and Niko hunches over and puts his hand on the car. It works from a lot of different angles.

...Also when you get drunk... Seeing Niko stumble around and interact with objects is satisfying.

[Xerosnake90]

People speak different languages in the city, at least one. I ran into some random guy and he said he was sorry. I was an ass and did it again and he spoke to me in german. I forgot what he said but it was definetely german seeing as I myself am german.

You can kill people in more ways than just shooting them. Alot of times you can just push them to their death. Try pushing them into water, into cars, or my favorite, into an oncoming train.

[cbm]

in one of the neighborhoods, theres a pregnant woman sitting on her porch

im no sick fuck either.

[Rhegwyn]

I shot a guy in the head earlier, and his toupee fell off. I'd seen hats and glasses fall off before, but never a guys hair piece. I found it amusing.

[cloudfox]

Anyone else notice how much better Niko's English gets as the game progresses? He learns sarcastic phrases and shit like that.

[Delta05]

It's not very special but I was watching a fight between two dudes and some cops pulled over told them to freeze and said some other stuff and put them in the back of the car and drove off, I was pretty impressed.

[clutch-monkey]

if you kill someone and run them over your tire leaves tire marks in blood, just noticed it before. and the sirens have two settings which is sweet

[Jenovah]

I was walking along the street when a guy and a girl walked by me, I accidentally pushed the guy and he replied with "Double-u-tee-eff man!"

I then proceeded to shoot his girlfriend in the head after which he ran away while saying "I'm going to put this in my blog!" That gave me a big laugh!

In Broker there is a set of swings that is bugged, if you bump into it with a car you get hurled about 1000 feet away, great fun just to see how smashed up the car gets!

Also, you should go on the internet and try www.littlelacysurprisepageant.com, epic lulz will ensue!

[Tueur]

I was walking along the street when a guy and a girl walked by me, I accidentally pushed the guy and he replied with "Double-u-tee-eff man!"

I then proceeded to shoot his girlfriend in the head after which he ran away while saying "I'm going to put this in my blog!" That gave me a big laugh!

In Broker there is a set of swings that is bugged, if you bump into it with a car you get hurled about 1000 feet away, great fun just to see how smashed up the car gets!

Also, you should go on the internet and try www.littlelacysurprisepageant.com, epic lulz will ensue!

Where in Broker?

[Rhegwyn]

Where in Broker?

Right here (http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/4503/car1mapoq2.jpg)

Here's a Vid (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-J6FWAA1pew)

It works best in Free Roam. In single player you usually fly out of the windshield. It also works with bikes and mopeds.

[k0n_]

Also, you should go on the internet and try www.littlelacysurprisepageant.com, epic lulz will ensue!

I got 5 stars, the cops was outside shooting at me and I got busted and lost all my weapons. :mad:

[mtspace]

Right here (http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/4503/car1mapoq2.jpg)

Here's a Vid (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-J6FWAA1pew)

It works best in Free Roam. In single player you usually fly out of the windshield. It also works with bikes and mopeds.

Nice glitch, i had a shit load of fun with this trying to see how many "trips" i could get out of the one car.

BTW if you wanna do it in single player, just reverse into the swings.

[Dane]

If you go inside The Statue Of Happiness you will a giant beating human heart. I guess she's alive! It's kinda creepy.

[Xerosnake90]

If you go inside The Statue Of Happiness you will a giant beating human heart. I guess she's alive! It's kinda creepy.

Everyone knows that.

If you bend the back or front end of your car, sometimes the metal will push against your tire, causing it to get stuck. Your car will now move sluggishly and the tire will slide against the pavement leaving skidmarks.

If you have a cop car and you get it damaged enough, turning on the siren will cause it to screech because the circuits are damaged.

[SatanTheSith]

Everyone knows that.

If you bend the back or front end of your car, sometimes the metal will push against your tire, causing it to get stuck. Your car will now move sluggishly and the tire will slide against the pavement leaving skidmarks.

If you have a cop car and you get it damaged enough, turning on the siren will cause it to screech because the circuits are damaged.

Everyone knows that.

[dcam0326]

I saw a cop actually pull another car over, walk up to the car and do a normal cop routine, after talking to the driver he went to the back of the car and searched the trunk. He then proceeded to go back and tell the driver,"I pulled you over because your car is *something something that I couldn't hear*. Then he got in his car and they both drove away, it was very cool.

[zodg1lla]

How you can hear other people's cell phones ring, and they pick up the phone and have actual conversations.

p.s. anybody wants to play PSN : zodg1lla -- feel free to hit me up

[OLIAX]

Yesterday I was walking by some hot chick, and she randomly screamed RAPE!! and started running down an alley, other people started running and then some random dude started to punch the shit out of me.


:lol: that's fucking awsome


Cars stalling after the engine gets too messed up.

call 911 when your car stalls and the engine will spring back to life (NOT counted as a cheat)

oh and the icecream van has various musical sirens one of which is scarborough fair (my little brother told me this) and the faster you go the faster the music goes if you reverse the music plays backwards

[DaDigits]

I bumped into a biker dude and he started beating the shit out of me. I was about to pull out a gun when a cop runs up and points a gun at the biker dude then calls for back up on his radio and a squad car comes and picks the biker dude up.

Scratches on your car appear at the place it was scratched instead of just appearing to show general damage.

[Hûçål]

Play the first 5 notes of "Shave and a Haircut" on your car horn, and sometimes, another car will finish the song for you.

[Xerosnake90]

Play the first 5 notes of "Shave and a Haircut" on your car horn, and sometimes, another car will finish the song for you.

What the fuck is 'Shave and a haircut'? That what you call when people knock on the door such as 'Dun, dun dun dun dun, dun dun' ?

[Hûçål]

What the fuck is 'Shave and a haircut'? That what you call when people knock on the door such as 'Dun, dun dun dun dun, dun dun' ?

Yeah.. You've never heard it called that? It's "Shave and a haircut, two bits"

[Xerosnake90]

Nope, that's why I'm like 'wtf is that'? Lol, I'm gonna try that next time I play.

[clutch-monkey]

does the swing cannon work for helicopters?

[Xerosnake90]

does the swing cannon work for helicopters?

go try it out =D

[clutch-monkey]

i think i shall soonish :D