Grand Theft Auto IV

[acies]

Well it's obviously it's not a GTAIV screen shot, as we all know there doing New York, why would they include anything from Paris?? That's 3635 miles away.

[Corris Veteran]

Well it's obviously it's not a GTAIV screen shot, as we all know there doing New York, why would they include anything from Paris?? That's 3635 miles away.

Yes, because its impossible to get on a plane these days and travel places over long distances, and that we know everything that's going to happen in this game.

Yes they may have only said NY, but it doesn't mean they arn't hiding other things, wile I strictly think it will be only New York, there's nothing wrong with keeping an open mind to other things that could be in it.

[acies]

Yes, because its impossible to get on a plane these days and travel places over long distances, and that we know everything that's going to happen in this game.

Well this is a game, base in one city and they have already said there'll be no planes in GTA4 because if they were to do realistic speeds you'd be across the map in a matter of seconds. Which obviously means we won't be able to fly to paris.

Yes they may have only said NY, but it doesn't mean they arn't hiding other things, wile I strictly think it will be only New York, there's nothing wrong with keeping an open mind to other things that could be in it.

Yea, I am sure they're hiding tons of stuff, and I have no clue what it is. I just don't think were going to be seeing the pyramids of Egypt in there.

[Huleboeren]

Grand Theft Auto IV Preview in Official Xbox Magazine

Posted by Adriaan at 22:16.

Another magazine preview of GTA IV showed up today, this time it's the latest issue of the Official Xbox Magazine in the UK. The demo given to them was the same introductory preview given to previous magazines, containing an interview with Dan Houser, Vice President of Creative for Rockstar Games.

Below is a summary of new information from the article. We suggest reading the information from OPM and Game Informer first if you haven't done so yet.

* According to the magazine, GTA IV is currently 66% complete.

* When Niko pulls out a pistol, a crosshair with a simple black cross within a circle shows up on the screen. This could be an indication of manual aiming being available in the game.

* Rockstar's humorous take on the number 69 makes an appearance yet again in GTA IV, the editors of the magazine saw a sign for a "69th Street Diner". Another building called "Twitchins", the GTA version of Brooklyn's Domino's Sugar Factory, is in the game.

* Niko will be able to climb and descend exterior fire escapes and some meetings will take place high in the office buildings of skyscrapers. It's said that from on top of them you'll be able to throw people off.

* Hand to hand combat is also being reworked on for GTA IV, and will feel "much more natural" than before.

* One of the radio stations includes an "Eastern European-sounding" dancing station.

* Players will be able to change their camera views whilst in a car according to their needs. This however is said to still being experimented on, and that Rockstar want to give better control and "immediacy" to players.

* For confirmation, boats will be making a return and the handling is "really nice".

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* When selecting your mobile phone, a zoomed-in version of the mobile screen pops up in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, where you can use its address book to pitch for "jobs" with gang contacts among other things.

* One of the things that makes it easier for Rockstar setting GTA in a fictional New York is that they sometimes get a call from the developers at Rockstar North in Scotland, wanting to know more about a specific building or traffic flow in a certain area, for instance, and using their in-house researchers in NYC they can easily assist the guys back at R* North.

* Dan Houser is quoted saying that the Liberty City in GTA IV is bigger than any single city they've done before, giving a more clear indication of the physical size of the game. He continues saying that the "detail" of the game is the big thing.

* He also confirms Central Park to be in the game, though it's fictional name is still unknown to us.

* Dan says that they're "certainly evolving the way the radio works". He says the same for police behaviour and their reaction to crimes. Nothing further is said about this...

* "Fun ridiculous" weapons is said to be in the game, because R* is not going too "naturalistic".

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New GTA4 Details from Official PlayStation Magazine Italy

Posted by adamcs at 17:35.

The latest issue of the Italian OPM contains an 8-page Grand Theft Auto IV preview with some new artwork and a few tidbits of info.

* During the demo, Niko was seen approaching a bus stop. When he reached it, an icon appeared on-screen that enabled him to control the bus schedule. Is it possible to use the bus service similar to how you can with trains?

* When Niko pulls out a weapon, the camera positions itself above his shoulder, and a view-finder appears at the centre of the screen. It's possible to lock a target and move laterally to avoid incoming shots.

* Stealing a car can no longer be done simply by opening the door and driving off. Now it involves Niko approaching the car sneakily, breaking the glass with his elbow, using the injection cables to start the car, and only then can he use it.

* Niko can freely climb wherever possible (telephone poles, fire escapes etc.)

* Philip Glass, the author of the Grand Theft Auto 4 trailer music, will be involved in the production of GTA IV's soundtrack.

* The graphical improvements are clearly evident when walking over a grating on the sidewalk. You can see what is underneath it, and the light trickles realistically around the iron bars (see example below)

Thanks to GTA-Series.com for the news and article translation.

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[idioot]

Stealing a car can no longer be done simply by opening the door and driving off. Now it involves Niko approaching the car sneakily, breaking the glass with his elbow, using the injection cables to start the car, and only then can he use it.

What if you are in a hurry and the cops are after you etc. :no:

[Meshuggah]

Then you're screwed just like in real life :p

[Huleboeren]

What if you are in a hurry and the cops are after you etc. :no:

Aww cmon, the cops were no challenge in the old games.

Now you have to think - do you stand up and fight? do you try and hijack that car, hoping you will make it in time? do you run further, hoping you can lose the donut-eating cops?

Changes are welcome to me :D

[Huleboeren]

More GTA IV details from Official PlayStation Magazine Australia

Posted by Adriaan at 10:14.

Yes, the calm before the storm is certainly over and it looks like we're right in the middle of a real Nor'easter. The Australian edition of the Official PlayStation Magazine went out to subscribers recently, and as such offered them an exclusive preview on GTA IV. As we've said before, not many revelations will break through for a while, but a small amount of information did come through that weren't known to us before.

* During the demo, when Niko passed an ATM machine a message appeared on the screen indicating a button to press in order to access his funds. Nothing more official is discussed about this, though it would appear that you'll likely be able to deposit and withdraw money from the various ATM machines across the game.

* As part of GTA IV's new physics, you'll be able to hear/feel the base of vehicles passing by with their radio turned on.

* Rockstar says that the usual GTA driving controls have been tremendously tweaked and enhanced.

* When selecting a contact on your mobile phone, a list of several commands are made available to the player, such as "meet me here" etc.

* Playing the single player game through co-operative mode is not possible, however there will be a co-op mode in addition to all the other unknown multiplayer modes.

* According to Dan Houser, VP of Creative for Rockstar Games, they haven't yet figured out if GTA IV is going to spark off another set of GTA games connected to it, and they're currently just focusing on this single game. He does say he "would have a certain confidence" setting GTA outside the United States, such as England in the future.

* When asked about a San Andreas Stories for the PSP, he replies saying that they don't have any plans for that at the moment, suggesting that they likely haven't started at all on another GTA PSP title.

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I like the idea of ATMs and coop modes :yes:

[Jimmy0]

All of this news just looks great! I seriously cannot wait for this game.

Shame I won't be able to play it right away. :(

[Huleboeren]

All of this news just looks great! I seriously cannot wait for this game.

Shame I won't be able to play it right away. :(

How come?

What can possibly be more important than GTA? :D

From same article, but with extras :s

New GTA IV Details In OPM Australia

17:28 PST | Jordan |

A GTA fan named Wehmer has the details on the new Grand Theft Auto IV preview in OPM Australia. Rather than copying and pasting a bullet point list from another website, I read through the entire article myself and found several very interesting things that other sites are not mentioning:

# The editors of the magazine saw pedestrians reading newspapers, people gesturing as they talked on public phones and people sitting and chatting at bus stops. Some of them even visibly flicked dust off of their trousers.

# When pedestrians get too close to Niko (the main character), he "pushes them aside."

# As a car passed by the main character, the controller vibrated to the bass emanating from inside.

# You can be mugged by other criminals.

# You can bribe characters.

# Niko has the opportunity to deposit and withdraw money via an automatic teller machine (ATM).

# In the demo presented to the editors, Niko entered an apartment, gun drawn. The apartment had multiple rooms including a loungeroom and kitchen. Niko exited through a back doorway/window into an alley where "piles of litter, weeds and homeless guys huddling around fires in barrels" were present.

# In the demo, Niko was struck by a car. He realistically fell to the ground and then got back up.

# We finally got an answer as to why a trailer for the game was released earlier than any other trailer for any other GTA game ever. Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games said that the company feels that they are showing stuff "earlier than [they] normally would do purely because [they] have got to get enough people excited enough to want to go out and buy the new consoles." Later, he says "we are trying to make things that will make a large number of people go out and buy the machines. We have to do that by showing stuff early because it's a big purchase to people."

# Houser took a "shot" at the PlayStation 3 and Sony by saying "because of the games out there at the moment, I wouldn't go out and spend $600 on one of those machines yet. There's not enough interesting software unless you happen to really like having an expensive box that shows off graphics on some really uninspiring games." He didn't mention the PS3 by name.

# Houser said that the goal for the game is to "create a game that feels like the ultimate gangster crime experience and on the other hand, it's to create a game that feels like the ultimate living in a modern city experience."

# The eating and body-building features from San Andreas will not be in GTA IV because Rockstar "wanted to focus on physics more and they got kind of conflicting."

# Elements of terrorism will be in the game, but there will not be a Ground Zero for the World Trade Center. I am in no way saying that you play a terrorist. If you are a politician or you work for one and you are reading this, you better not be an idiot.

# Houser was asked about a possible PSP title called GTA: San Andreas Stories coming soon, but all Houser had to say was "no real plans at the moment" and that they are "doing some other things" with the handheld device...

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[Jimmy0]

How come?

What can possibly be more important than GTA? :D

Because the PS3 is my brothers, and he moves out September 1st, which leaves me right out of luck. lol ;) I will have to wait till Christmas or possibly later until I will be able to get my own, then GTA will be bought. :)

Edited May 12, 2007 by Jimmy0

[digitalsoft]

i actually cant wait for this now!! stealing a car so much more realistic and catching a bus lol, hopefully same for taxis. i think i'll have to get a PS3 for this just to relive the days of staying up late playing gta3 but this time IV :D

[HideAndGoatse]

I really really hope there is a "free roam" mode in the co-op selection, because just running around the city with your bud is freaking sweet! In GTA:SA there was a co-op mode but some people didn't know about it, I guess rockstar just put it in at the last minute or just for fun because it really sucked. You were on one screen and you couldn't put codes in for the second player!

I really want to get a ps3 for this game because its only good if you play on the same system it was released for, plus the controller, buttons, and codes are all best mapped on the ps2/3 controller.

I also hope there is an "online world" were you could select a server, get on in a selected part of the city and play multiplayer games or just drive around with everyone in your car. It would be just like Multi Theft Auto for the computer, amazing!

[IceBreakerG]

I really want to get a ps3 for this game because its only good if you play on the same system it was released for, plus the controller, buttons, and codes are all best mapped on the ps2/3 controller.

Umm, how are the buttons best mapped on a ps2/3 controller? The buttons on the Xbox 360 are in the exact same location and the only other differences, besides rumble and the xbox guide button, are that the 360 controller has functional triggers and the left analog stick is above the D-pad instead of below it. But hey, I guess it's a preference. You have yours, I have mine lol (trust me, I've used enough game pads lol).

[sundayx Veteran]

haha the new car jacking sounds interesting. gona be hell fun

[Huleboeren]

I really really hope there is a "free roam" mode in the co-op selection, because just running around the city with your bud is freaking sweet! In GTA:SA there was a co-op mode but some people didn't know about it, I guess rockstar just put it in at the last minute or just for fun because it really sucked. You were on one screen and you couldn't put codes in for the second player!

I really want to get a ps3 for this game because its only good if you play on the same system it was released for, plus the controller, buttons, and codes are all best mapped on the ps2/3 controller.

I also hope there is an "online world" were you could select a server, get on in a selected part of the city and play multiplayer games or just drive around with everyone in your car. It would be just like Multi Theft Auto for the computer, amazing!

Yeah, the second player had no abilities whatsoever :/

But it was better than no coop

You DO know the X360 controller has the exact same buttons as a PS3 controller, right?

Triangle = Y

Circle = B

X = A

Square = X

R1 = RB

L1 = LB

R2 = RT

L2 = LT

PS Button = Xbox button :p

Select = Back

Start = Start

d-pad/analog/etc are the same.

No missing buttons..

I hope Sony gets their new rumble controllers out in time for Rockstar to put it in..

[Huleboeren]

Small Details from GamePro Germany

Posted by Adriaan at 22:05.

The German edition of GamePro recently provided a full preview on GTA IV to readers in that country, but as you'd expect most of the information is already known to us. It did, however, provide a small amount of information, listed below:

* There will be several different animation sets for breaking into a car, so far we know one of them includes Niko breaking the glass of the window with his elbow, then starting the car using the injection cables. We know there probably isn't a lot of different other ways Niko can do this, but we suspect it will involve dynamic animations, and for instance Niko sometimes becoming suspicious in the middle of hotwiring a car, looking around to see if anyone suspects what he's doing, then continuing. Rockstar previously said they want the animations to look less "canned", so this would fit well with that goal.

* According to the article, Rockstar are using less non-realistic elements than previous GTA games, such as arrows and markers assisting and indicating things to the player. We already know the in-game mobile phone will play a big part in replacing some of these things, so perhaps we might see other helpful gadgets such a GPS system, though that is just speculation.

* One of the ideas going into development is to give every street in the game a name, which could be displayed on-screen when you enter it by foot or car. This feature is yet to be decided on, along with the previously revealed information piece about Rockstar still deciding whether the entire city will be accessible from the start, or if different areas will be inaccessible by way of cordoning off bridges and such.

* When R*'s Dan Houser was asked about the differences between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, he replied saying that it is their goal to have none, and that there are no platform preferences, both are difficult to develop on. For now, we take this as to have nothing to do with the extra downloadable content.

* Speaking of which, he further says that they're not sure what exactly will be offered through additional content downloads. He says that maybe some things will be free, and others offered at a price.

By all means we'll only do things [through downloads] that really serve the game. Simply pulling 5 dollars out of someone's pocket - that's too cheesy for me."

Free content? on Marketplace? No waaay :/

Id love names for each street. But their names must be visually visible from a distance :s

and I hope they keep it like the old games, where you progressed, which opened new areas

Edited May 16, 2007 by Huleboeren

[Jimmy0]

I hope they keep it like old and have certain parts of the city locked in the beginning, I like having only one section and then getting so far in the game and unlocking a whole new part of the city.

[soniqstylz]

Id love names for each street. But their names must be visually visible from a distance :s

Meh, that would be like True Crime.

Although I would be interested to see what street names they come up with.

"Um, I'm at the corner of 69th and.... 69?! How does a street cross itself? Niko! I'm at the nexus of the universe!!!"

[Dark Ride]

GTA: Somalia ? :blink:

[RO74R]

GTA: Somalia ? :blink:

LMFAOOOOOOOOOO

[acies]

I was just thinking of stuff I'd like to see in GTAIV, one of which would be some kind of mp3 player in game, so you could listen to the radio outside of the cars and such...

[Huleboeren]

I was just thinking of stuff I'd like to see in GTAIV, one of which would be some kind of mp3 player in game, so you could listen to the radio outside of the cars and such...

That would be nice - and it would act as real in-ear headphones, so you cant hear anything outside :D

[Jimmy0]

Nice idea acies, perhaps having this 'mp3 player' that plays music off of your PS3's hdd would be cool too.

[acies]

Actually I am guessing that the phone you have in GTAIV (which is also a camera) could possible play radio/music.

Nice idea acies, perhaps having this 'mp3 player' that plays music off of your PS3's hdd would be cool too.

Boooo!! Hissss!! :shifty: