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  GTA IV ruined by bowling game Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-14 16:39 -0500
    Re: GTA IV ruined by bowling game Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-07-15 15:58 -0400
      Re: GTA IV ruined by bowling game Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-15 15:16 -0500
        Re: GTA IV ruined by bowling game Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-07-16 20:22 -0400

#46681 — GTA IV ruined by bowling game

The game is completely unresponsive during a bowling game.  Looking 
through a walkthrough, bowling is required to win the game.  Maybe I'll 
go back to GTA III.  The paddles I bought for my computer from Logitech 
worked for a bit, but I haven't been able to get them working recently 
and gave them away.  Can't believe Logitech failed me.  Their mice are 
great.

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#46703

On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:39:49 -0500, Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>The game is completely unresponsive during a bowling game.  Looking 
>through a walkthrough, bowling is required to win the game.  Maybe I'll 
>go back to GTA III.  The paddles I bought for my computer from Logitech 
>worked for a bit, but I haven't been able to get them working recently 
>and gave them away.  Can't believe Logitech failed me.  Their mice are 
>great.

As far as I remember, at no point is bowling actually required.

(It is strongly hinted by the game that you take Michelle to the
bowling alley on your first date, but you don't actually HAVE to do
that).* Your allies will sometimes suggest bowling as an activity when
they call you up to hang out, but -again- you can do pretty much
anything else (or nothing at all). It's never required to engage with
the bowling mechanics of the game.

With that out of the way, I never really had any problems with the
bowling mini-game. It didn't allow a wide-range of actions, but I
could pick up the ball and chuck it down the lanes without any
problems. Sometimes I even managed to hit a pin or two! My biggest
issue is that bowling is quite possibly one of the most BORING sports
ever created (it even makes darts look exciting! ;-) so I avoided it
in GTA for that reason more than anything else.




* Bowling is an objective on the First Date mission (the one where you
take Michelle on an evening's outing and that introduces the game's
dating mechanics to the player) but it's actually optional. You can
take her to a bar, or strip club or pretty much anything else, and if
you keep her out long enough, eventually she asks you to go home. You
won't win any points with her if you do that, but... well, if you know
how the story progresses that in the long run it's for the best. And
IIRC the mission itself is optional anyway. 

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#46706

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:39:49 -0500, Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> The game is completely unresponsive during a bowling game.  Looking
>> through a walkthrough, bowling is required to win the game.  Maybe I'll
>> go back to GTA III.  The paddles I bought for my computer from Logitech
>> worked for a bit, but I haven't been able to get them working recently
>> and gave them away.  Can't believe Logitech failed me.  Their mice are
>> great.
> 
> As far as I remember, at no point is bowling actually required.
> 
> (It is strongly hinted by the game that you take Michelle to the
> bowling alley on your first date, but you don't actually HAVE to do
> that).* Your allies will sometimes suggest bowling as an activity when
> they call you up to hang out, but -again- you can do pretty much
> anything else (or nothing at all). It's never required to engage with
> the bowling mechanics of the game.
> 
> With that out of the way, I never really had any problems with the
> bowling mini-game. It didn't allow a wide-range of actions, but I
> could pick up the ball and chuck it down the lanes without any
> problems. Sometimes I even managed to hit a pin or two! My biggest
> issue is that bowling is quite possibly one of the most BORING sports
> ever created (it even makes darts look exciting! ;-) so I avoided it
> in GTA for that reason more than anything else.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> * Bowling is an objective on the First Date mission (the one where you
> take Michelle on an evening's outing and that introduces the game's
> dating mechanics to the player) but it's actually optional. You can
> take her to a bar, or strip club or pretty much anything else, and if
> you keep her out long enough, eventually she asks you to go home. You
> won't win any points with her if you do that, but... well, if you know
> how the story progresses that in the long run it's for the best. And
> IIRC the mission itself is optional anyway.

Alright, that's good to know.  I'll have another go at it.  I like it a 
lot - GTA V feels very generic to me, here you are playing Russell Crowe 
or Archie Bunker with a daughter who likes getting boned and a son who 
is the opposite of the mafia and a wife that appears to be cheating on 
you.  I'm stuck on GTA III on the boating missions, because I can't seem 
to floor it enough.  Was doing quite well in GTA IV, found out who 
Michelle was really working for.  And I'm sure I've boned her a few 
times, the walkthrough writer must not have considered things very well.

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#46729

Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:39:49 -0500, Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> The game is completely unresponsive during a bowling game.  Looking
>>> through a walkthrough, bowling is required to win the game.  Maybe I'll
>>> go back to GTA III.  The paddles I bought for my computer from Logitech
>>> worked for a bit, but I haven't been able to get them working recently
>>> and gave them away.  Can't believe Logitech failed me.  Their mice are
>>> great.
>> 
>> As far as I remember, at no point is bowling actually required.
>> 
>> (It is strongly hinted by the game that you take Michelle to the
>> bowling alley on your first date, but you don't actually HAVE to do
>> that).* Your allies will sometimes suggest bowling as an activity when
>> they call you up to hang out, but -again- you can do pretty much
>> anything else (or nothing at all). It's never required to engage with
>> the bowling mechanics of the game.
>> 
>> With that out of the way, I never really had any problems with the
>> bowling mini-game. It didn't allow a wide-range of actions, but I
>> could pick up the ball and chuck it down the lanes without any
>> problems. Sometimes I even managed to hit a pin or two! My biggest
>> issue is that bowling is quite possibly one of the most BORING sports
>> ever created (it even makes darts look exciting! ;-) so I avoided it
>> in GTA for that reason more than anything else.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> * Bowling is an objective on the First Date mission (the one where you
>> take Michelle on an evening's outing and that introduces the game's
>> dating mechanics to the player) but it's actually optional. You can
>> take her to a bar, or strip club or pretty much anything else, and if
>> you keep her out long enough, eventually she asks you to go home. You
>> won't win any points with her if you do that, but... well, if you know
>> how the story progresses that in the long run it's for the best. And
>> IIRC the mission itself is optional anyway.
>
>Alright, that's good to know.  I'll have another go at it.  I like it a 
>lot - GTA V feels very generic to me, here you are playing Russell Crowe 
>or Archie Bunker with a daughter who likes getting boned and a son who 
>is the opposite of the mafia and a wife that appears to be cheating on 
>you.  I'm stuck on GTA III on the boating missions, because I can't seem 
>to floor it enough.  Was doing quite well in GTA IV, found out who 
>Michelle was really working for.  And I'm sure I've boned her a few 
>times, the walkthrough writer must not have considered things very well.

*Sproing*!

Russell Crowe as Archie Bunker!   I think you just broke my brain in
significant ways, it may take several weeks to reset.  

Not responsible for anything posted in the mean time, you are.

Xocyll

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