Monday, October 19, 2009

Weekend Non Gym Session 18/10/2009

Weekend Non Gym Session 18/10/2009

I woke up really late today around 10 am. I was hesitate to bring Little Foot for a walk but had do it, nonetheless. It was really hot at 11 am, seeing that Little Foot is unlikely to be walked in the evening, I decided to walk him just then.

Here are the stats of the walk:

Sunday, 18/10/2009, Light cardio session
25 mins walking Little Foot around the part for 4 times
* Resulted in 150 calories burned and about 2.4km walked(estimated)

I have recently completed Grand Theft Auto 4 ("GTA4") on the PC, here is a short review of the game. The game length was pretty long, I managed to complete in a shorter time thanks to the ability to take taxi anywhere in the game.

Unfortunately, GTA4 was badly optimized console ports. It took my really powerful machine to run this properly. Without further ado, here are some screenshots for viewing pleasure:

1. Title screen shot
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2. Loading shot
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3. Map mode
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4. Meeting Dwayne in the fast food restaurant
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5. Talking to Dwayne
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6. Taking a taxi in Liberty City
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7. Driving through the bridge
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8. Need to pick up trash too in the game
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9. Riding a motor boat (from the back)
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10. Front shot of the boat
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11. Driving Jimmy P around with his goons
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12. A good race car from a gay
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13. Roman getting married with Mallorie
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14. Statue of Liberty (Happy island?)
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15. End game
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16. What to do when you completed your game?
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17. Check out the stats then
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*Please note that I use the usual keyboard and mouse combo instead of my gamepad. This made the game a lot easier when in combat situations.

Pros:
1. Action pack, lot of stuff you can do ingame etc, playing darts, bowling and what not.
2. Good graphics, great sound effects and sound track
3. Good story (could have covered more stories about Nico Bellic's past)

Cons:
1. Easy to pick up but extremely hard to master
2. Uses Game for Windows Live (sometimes a hit and a miss)
3. Terribly optimized, brought my powerful PC down to its knees at times.

My verdict for this game is 8.8 out of 10. I definitely would recommend anybody who enjoys the previous Grand Theft Auto games to give this a try since it is available on the cheap for 2nd hands.

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