I never pay the toll. I always blow right through it and keep right on going, the 'one star' rating it gives you is laughable. Not only that, but the simulationism can be largely bypassed. The whole 'manage your friends thing'; once you get them all too 100%, they'll often call you to arrange activities randomly. Turn them down right then, they don't like you as much. Accept, then call them right back with 'cancel plans'. It doesn't affect your standing at all, I've put off going and playing chauffeur to the various and sundries for days. Really, the game has a good life in not just the single, but the multiplayer. Some of the best times I've had have been playing 'free mode' without any defined structure, with sixteen people all shooting at each other. Mayhem. Or, if friendly fire is off, shooting everyone else. Sixteen people with five stars is a lot of police helicopters...
Oddly enough, the comment about the changing of character clothes comes just as I find out that the devs hid the GTA III main character's clothes in GTA IV, and Niko can wear them.
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Date: 2008-05-19 01:27 am (UTC)Turn them down right then, they don't like you as much. Accept, then call them right back with 'cancel plans'. It doesn't affect your standing at all, I've put off going and playing chauffeur to the various and sundries for days.
Really, the game has a good life in not just the single, but the multiplayer. Some of the best times I've had have been playing 'free mode' without any defined structure, with sixteen people all shooting at each other. Mayhem. Or, if friendly fire is off, shooting everyone else. Sixteen people with five stars is a lot of police helicopters...
Oddly enough, the comment about the changing of character clothes comes just as I find out that the devs hid the GTA III main character's clothes in GTA IV, and Niko can wear them.
I've been at this for perhaps far too long.