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★★★★★
Love the game - always have - and now, it's on my Kindle! Which I love!
This review is for the Kindle Fire HD - it runs very smoothly. No lagging or glitches. Music is just like I remember it.. the graphics are like eye candy :) very nicely done!!
1) At first, I thought there was a glitch. I uninstalled it from the device (because my screen timed out, thought it caused an issue), and then downloaded it again, to find out, it wasn't a glitch, it was just lack of directions in the game, on how to use it in the Kindle, for walking.
the issue:
*- to walk; place your finger on the screen, it makes a circle, use it to walk with. (yeah, simple, some probably figured that out sooner, but I was trying to make sure I didn't mess anything up while playing the first part - so I only touched minimal, and when it asked you to get out of the car, walk to the hotel door, it didn't tell you how to (for the Kindle & I'm used to game controllers) so I'm sitting there clicking on Tony trying to move him, pinching, swiping, anything, so figured it was due to my screen timing out, caused a glitch in downloading, so uninstalled it then reinstalled it..once it was running again, I figured it out by accident, it wasn't a glitch, all you have to do is just touch the screen and that circle comes up .. and that was my "well duhh" moment) x) ...easy.
2) It took awhile to download (but I had my screen to black out/lock at a certain time; once I turned that to an hour - it downloaded in about 5 to 7 minutes, just as stated)
3) haven't tried shooting yet so not sure how that goes. (haven't found my weapon yet)
4) I have noticed that you can't get the hookers in your car (I like getting them in there, taking them to a place and bashing their brains in/killing them with my fist, baseball bat, chainsaw, whatever - yeah, call me psycho - whatever; we all play this game for a reason!!) :) but in this version for Kindle, haven't figured that out yet (how to get them in the car) even if I can, but until then, running them over is okay, I suppose. -> yeah, I did this within the first 10 minutes of playing. Noticed this right off. x)
5) driving within the Kindle takes some getting used to. It gives you two choices, with arrows, or with circle. It's harder for me using the circle. :)
6) it gives you options to set your buttons as you want, big, small, wherever you'd like. :) that's nice!
7) it's just like the version that I have for computer and PS2. Even the music. (expectation; controls)
It's a must get for any GTA fan!! :) <3
My Tip: Plug your device in to be charged via wall. Set your device to timeout at an hour, and let it sit until it's finished. Don't do anything else with it. - it will help the download of this game. Once download is complete, set the timeout back to what you want.
To help on lagging or something like that (I didn't have lagging, but from experience with new games, I did this anyway): I recommend, once you've downloaded the game, start the game, let it run through the opening credits and music. Once you see 'play game', exit out, then restart the game and then play it as usual :) - if that still doesn't work, try shutting down things and even restarting your Kindle.
(I'll update, as necessary, once I get more involved in the game) - Sept. 4th, 2013.
September 2013 · Software · verified purchase