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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2007 4:58:36 GMT -5
Niko Bellic is the main character. - Multi-player will be included, but no details yet. It will not be MMO. - The game has been in development since early 2004. - Variations in the terrain cause the walking animation to change. The physics have also improved and character movements are more realistic. - Liberty City is the only location in the game and it takes place in 2007. - The Xbox 360 version was the version shown to the magazine editors. - There were no planes in the skies of the demo that the magazine editors saw, and it seems that there will not be airplanes in the game. Other forms of air travel should not be ruled out. - The MetLife building now bears the name Getalife, the Statue of Liberty is now the Statue of Happiness, and DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is called BOABO (Beneath the Offramp of the Algonquin Bridge Overpass). - Dan Houser of Rockstar Games said that New York City "is an environment we felt had never been done to the level we were envisioning it in a video game. From looking at all of the locations, this was the one that really stood out to us, and really had that impact. It has all of these iconic things that you couldn't put into a game before." - Within Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar North has recreated four of the five boroughs that make up New York City, as well as a section of New Jersey. In the GTA universe, Brooklyn has been transformed to Broker, Manhattan has mutated into Algonquin, Queens is now Dukes, The Bronx is Bohan, and New Jersey has become Alderney. - It's a smaller geographical mass than San Andreas, but not an inch of this world is wasted or dedicated to vast stretches of country or desert. It's a tightly packed metropolis that captures the eye with its decades of world-class architecture, sun-blocking towers, and extraordinary walks of life. - The city is brought to life with an amazing level of realism. Sunlight glistens beautifully off of glasswork, illuminates the intricate detailing of century old brick, and even reveals just how realistic an ordinary bag of trash can look. As the sun begins to set, the city takes on a whole different appearance. Buildings that were once eye-popping attractions slowly become ominous obelisks. As any New Yorker will tell you, there's a big difference between New York during the day and New York at night. Liberty City will perfectly capture that quality. - Niko Bellic's home is in Eastern Europe, and he likely may never have traveled to Liberty City if it wasn't for his cousin Roman. With life not working out in the homeland, "Bellic turns up in Liberty City because he's been receiving e-mails from his cousin Roman, that read like: 'I live this amazing life, it's the American Dream come true. I have two women. I have four hot tubs. I have fifteen sports cars," Houser elaborates. "And [Bellic] believes it." His bid to flee his past for what he thought would be the greener pastures of America couldn't be any further from the truth. Roman has been lying to him. He isn't rich. He isn't popular. And he's actually in a load of trouble. He lied to his cousin to hide his own failures in life. - Roman, Niko's cousin, is the only person that he knows in America. He serves as one of his main friends, motivations, and connections at the start of the game. Unlike San Andreas, players won't get a chance to see Bellic in his homeland. You will see his life unfold from the moment he steps into Liberty City. - Niko is a "tough character" while Roman is a "friendly buffoon." - The story unfolds in a number of different ways. R* is giving people more freedom, more choice and more sense of control over their destiny - the structure of the storyline is quite different to previous games. - The targeting system details have not been released.NEW TRAILER:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2007 4:59:17 GMT -5
- As expected, there's no more pop-ups of buildings and trees as we've seen in the past due to the completely overhauled graphics engine. - Bridges may keep you from accessing other boroughs at the start of the game, but this hasn't been definitively determined yet. - Dan Houser, creative VP and co-founder of the company, states that it's not a block for block recreation. Also, Houser said that there won't be any "dead spots" or "irrelevant space" in the city. - A new character named Elizabeta has been confirmed. - Loading screens are a thing of the past when crossing islands or entering interiors. They won't be there. - Niko Bellic, the main character, is in his mid-thirties age-wise. You won't be able to customize his physique, but you will be able to change his clothing. - Houser stated that there will not be any old characters returning. This is a new, different Liberty City. Some brands and possibly radio personalities will return, but not characters. - A Staten Island-esque area will not appear in the game because Rockstar Games decided that it would not be a fun location to play in. - The mob will be featured in the game, just not as lead characters. "Almost none" of the characters from the previous games are returning. - Houser stated that no one has attempted to recreate a location of this size with the kind of detail they are going for.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2007 4:59:39 GMT -5
- According to the magazine, GTA IV was currently 66% complete at the time they had their demonstration. - 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. 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 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 camera views whilst in a car according to their needs. This however is said to still being experimented on, and that Rockstar wants to give better control and "immediacy" to players. - 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 IV in a fictional New York is that they sometimes get a call from the developers at Rockstar North in Scotland. They call because they want to know more about a specific building or traffic flow in a certain area, for instance, and using their in-house researchers in NYC can help to easily assist the guys back in Scotland. - 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 behavior and their reaction to crimes. Nothing further is said about this. - For confirmation, boats will be making a return and the handling is "really nice." - "Fun ridiculous" weapons is said to be in the game, because R* is not going too "naturalistic."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2007 5:00:04 GMT -5
It is possible to view the bus schedule at bus stops in the game. You will most likely be able to ride the bus around the city for a small fee. - When the main character, Niko Bellic, pulls out a weapon in the game, the camera positions itself over the shoulder and a crosshair appears at the center of the screen. The translation claims that it is possible to remain locked on to a target and strafe left or right to avoid shots. - Niko, the main character, will not be able to get in a car and immediately start driving like in previous games in the series. You will have to perhaps "hot wire" the car. You might also have to sneak up to the car and break the window. These are sketchy details, though, so don't go around thinking this as complete factual information. - Niko can freely climb several things such as telephone poles and fire escapes. No word if you will be able to climb walls like in San Andreas, though. - If you were looking closely in the trailer, you could see down into the grating of a sidewalk panel. Light will shine down into these areas, and the subway or sewer is most likely below. Here is that trailer shot: - Though the translation for this next bullet point might have been bad, people are claiming that Philip Glass, the composer of the music heard in the first trailer, will be involved in the production of the game soundtrack.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2007 5:00:25 GMT -5
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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Post by Andrew on Nov 4, 2007 6:46:09 GMT -5
This will prob be locked, But reading that and rembering when i first played games like GTA 3 and GTA Vice City, doing the missions , Going for joy rides ect,Makes me really, really want this game ;[
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2007 6:50:55 GMT -5
I dont care if it gets locked i just wanted to post some info
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Post by Random Weddle on Nov 4, 2007 12:59:41 GMT -5
I am looking foward to the game, but it's not my most wanted game out there.
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Post by chumped on Nov 4, 2007 13:13:07 GMT -5
Its in my top 3 Most Wanted games, with Fable 2 and Resident Evil 5.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2007 13:27:18 GMT -5
I've lost all hype for it since the delay was announced, but once new information starts to show I'll be hyped again.
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Post by kanekilledvince on Nov 5, 2007 0:14:54 GMT -5
Thank you for posting this Hulkamania. +1.
I could make a huge long post about the game, but instead i will just emphasize how much i don't want this thread locked and look forward to it being updated.
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Post by Phantom on Nov 5, 2007 14:53:03 GMT -5
thatnk for the info, should be a great game. +1
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Post by taihyll on Nov 5, 2007 21:07:33 GMT -5
i hopeits gameplay and styleisnt like the getaway and other realistic takes on the gta style.
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Post by kanekilledvince on Nov 5, 2007 23:53:39 GMT -5
i hopeits gameplay and styleisnt like the getaway and other realistic takes on the gta style. Same here, but I reckon that it will be much more realistic. Realism = Death of GTA.
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Post by taihyll on Nov 6, 2007 0:05:02 GMT -5
Ya i lost hope when i heard allof the toned down stuff, the wholenew style. All other realistic/massively detailed gta spinoffs have been just terrible. I was more excited for the cartoony female fake screenshot that cameout then what we have now. I liked GTA because it was a comedic spoofon action movies/games now it lookslike it is becoming what it spoofed. Oh well will jsut have to wait and see how it is I guess.I amdissapointed about them massivelyreducing the size.I loved howbig San Andreas was and wished it was bigger.
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Post by chumped on Nov 6, 2007 0:22:21 GMT -5
Ya i lost hope when i heard allof the toned down stuff, the wholenew style. All other realistic/massively detailed gta spinoffs have been just terrible. I was more excited for the cartoony female fake screenshot that cameout then what we have now. I liked GTA because it was a comedic spoofon action movies/games now it lookslike it is becoming what it spoofed. Oh well will jsut have to wait and see how it is I guess .I am dissapointed about them massivelyreducing the size.I loved howbig San Andreas was and wished it was bigger. Dude, the setting in GTA IV is bigger than all of San Andreas combined.
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Post by Overnight Sensation on Nov 6, 2007 9:50:09 GMT -5
It's not comming out for PS2 is it?
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Post by Graze on Nov 6, 2007 12:38:54 GMT -5
It's not comming out for PS2 is it? Nope, time to upgrade to a 360 or Ps3
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Post by hurricane on Nov 6, 2007 14:00:15 GMT -5
Ya i lost hope when i heard allof the toned down stuff, the wholenew style. All other realistic/massively detailed gta spinoffs have been just terrible. I was more excited for the cartoony female fake screenshot that cameout then what we have now. I liked GTA because it was a comedic spoofon action movies/games now it lookslike it is becoming what it spoofed. Oh well will jsut have to wait and see how it is I guess .I am dissapointed about them massivelyreducing the size.I loved howbig San Andreas was and wished it was bigger. Dude, the setting in GTA IV is bigger than all of San Andreas combined. Supposedly it's smaller geographical. But there aren't any terrains its just straight city. So it'll seem humungous.
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Post by Overnight Sensation on Nov 6, 2007 18:37:30 GMT -5
It's not comming out for PS2 is it? Nope, time to upgrade to a 360 or Ps3 My brother has a 360 but is stingy and doesnt let me play it, Ill RKO him. But im too poor to buy a 360 or PS3 for myself sadly
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