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[MercuryLS]

I'm definitely going to call into the radio station in a little bit.

wait, i'm still catching up on all the info. you can call into the radio stations now? that's fucking amazing.

In R* we trust.

 

[Loudninja]

What'd they say about WKTT: We Know The Truth in the previews? I'm reading the kikizo one and they haven't said a thing about the call in station.



Yep.

Good, thanks Himuro

 

[StriKeVillain]

wait, i'm still catching up on all the info. you can call into the radio stations now? that's fucking amazing.

In R* we trust.

http://www.wkttradio.com/

 

[squatingyeti]

Holy shit @ the new Car controls. This is going to take getting used to. ^_^

But...FUCK YES @ Accelerate and Brake being designated to the triggers! WHOO!

Thank god.

 

[PIMPBYBLUD]

Hey guys, you can swim right?

Yes but not underwater I believe.

 

[newsguy]

So when I stand in the middle of Liberty City's gaudy Time Squares equivalent at the end of my demo, rain pounding the glistening ground while my rockets pound several incoming police vehicles and the game doesn't even stutter, it's...well, quite impressive.

I'm not so worried about framerate after this statement. Rain+explosions+freaking times square usually = sub 15FPS conditions.

 

[Amir0x]

HOLY FUCK

HOLY FUCK

This + reports that framerate is solid =

I AM SORRY I DOUBTED YOU ROCKSTAR FORGIVE ME

 

[WrikaWrek]

This makes me think of Gotham city in batman begins.

 

[Mindlog]

That makes me think of how much goddamn time I'm going to be spending playing the game when it finally releases

 

[Zombie James]

That makes me think of how much goddamn time I'm going to be spending playing the game when it finally releases

April, GTA. June, MGS4. Perfectly spaced out.

 

[WrikaWrek]

April, GTA. June, MGS4. Perfectly spaced out.

So true.

 

[MaizeRage25]

April, GTA. June, MGS4. Perfectly spaced out.

Is a month and a half enough to finish GTA IV if it's 100 hours long?

 

[jibblypop]

This game looks very awesome!

I loved the atmosphere and style of the grand theft auto 3 series but I thought the controls were terrible. Kinda weird and floaty.

If they made the controls tighter for IV and have the same great atmosphere then i am sold.

 

[Death Dealer]

GOTY

 

[Opus Angelorum]

This makes me think of Gotham city in batman begins.

So it reminds you of awesome?

 

[MMaRsu]

- There is no car customization, nor can you store things in cars.

Wtf?? That sucks!!

 

[WrikaWrek]

So it reminds you of awesome?

Basically.

 

[Rezbit]

The look is kind of like Assassin's Creed, except modern. I guess in terms of scale. But yeah, looks awesome!

 

[Dr_Cogent]

The waiting is killing me.

 

[bathala]

great n informative preview from kikizu.

time to check ign.

WTH - a button dedicated to calling a cab? that button might have better purpose

 

[newsguy]

Wtf?? That sucks!!

AH SHIT! See, I don't even want to "pimp my ride." All I wanted to do was get those ugly rims off of my Porsche Damn, that Prius commercial even said "fully customizeable"

 

[Crusade]

For a game like this I'd take framerate over texture quality anyday. Stuttering when you're trying to outrun cops in heavy traffic would ruin the experience.

Absolutely, it would've been nice to have both though

 

[WrikaWrek]

Car customization never did much for me. I hated that i would pimp the car so much and then i would turn it into a wreck so quick and so easily.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I agree. Car customization was awesome in SA even though it was limited. I loved customizing my cars so they'd have NOS.

When they mentioned that the Dilettante was fully customizable in that commercial I assumed you'd be able to do that. But oh well it's not too big of a deal.

 

[rollingstart]

Car customization never did much for me. I hated that i would pimp the car so much and then i would turn it into a wreck so quick and so easily.

yeah, I was a total wuss when it came to things like that.

I had one car all customized up to be perfect, then I just left it in my garage and never touched it because I was worried I would destroy it.

GTA4 should have let you buy insurance on your car or something like that.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

And though the character models perhaps aren't quite what we're used to in regards to fidelity in cutscenes, their incessant animation, typically sharp dialogue, and natural placement/interaction with their surroundings (I watched one characters' tie brush over a table as he sat down, not through it) certainly atones.

From 1up. This has always been my favorite aspect of GTA games. The absolutely fantastic animation. Seeing that carry over to Next Gen will just be phenomenal.

 

[Crusade]

The thing I like about the graphics now is how painterly it looks. Maybe that is just the less detailed textures, but everything has a nice arty look to it now

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

What? I love GTA but the animation has always been canned and awful. :lol

I mean in cutscenes. There's always been a lot of great detail, even last gen.

With the pistol I take out the dealers one by one, going for as many head shots as my thumbs allow. One takes cover behind a plasterboard column. No problem. Locking on with the left trigger I fire the pistol anyway. The rounds chip away at the plasterboard, eventually punching their way through and into the flesh of my unlucky target. Sweet.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Detail Rules Again:

I'm watching a cut scene in a seedy club in Hove Beach, GTA 4's version of New York's Brighton Beach, and named after the UK's very own Brighton and Hove. Hove Beach is where all the Russians hang out in Liberty City.

The same goes for the real Boroughs. Fucking splendid.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

What? I love GTA but the animation has always been canned and awful. :lol

It's the voice work that was the great part of gta3's cutscenes. Just looking at some of CJ's cutscenes and yea the animation is good but not awesome. But paired with the voice works/comedy it makes the cutscenes interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rQz5r2WC-s The way he stop and turn is nice vs normal stuff in games.

 

[newsguy]

From GS article:

but you'll still be able to customise Niko as well as take him for a bite to eat.

I guess eating is still in. As long as it isn't mandatory. I've seen cluckin bell ads all over the city so it may be fun just to go in an hear what the punk kid behind the counter has to say.

 

[newsguy]

You eat to refill your health like in Vice City.

But your health doesn't deplete automatically when you don't eat for a period of time like SA right?

 

[Loudninja]

Ah man no Car customization? Damn.....

But your health doesn't deplete automatically when you don't eat for a period of time like SA right?

Yep, its no longer needed, you only eat if you need health

 

[newsguy]

When I first jumped into the game, I shot one of the cab drivers through the windshield and thought it was cool that he just slumped over in his car. But what I didn’t realize was that all of his dead weight would press down on the gas pedal, which caused the cab to barrel down on me and slam me into a wall.

 

[Loudninja]

Can you at least store vehicles still?

 

[Stinkles]

Looks like the opening cutscene from MGS2.

Only playable.

nomnomnom

 

[SolidSnakex]

Looks like the opening cutscene from MGS2.

Only playable.

nomnomnom

 

[Loudninja]

Leading on from this, it is of course possible to stop in the middle of a bridge and jump off it into the water and swim from island to island. You can swim in any bit of water you see

The whole map s NOT completely open at the beginning

A particularly nasty crash might bend the wheels out of shape, which will constantly skew the direction you drive in

In cover, you can blind fire

Some points

 

[Ploid 3.0]

Looks like the opening cutscene from MGS2.

Only playable.

nomnomnom

For real. He's about to jump onto a tanker actually! Mwhaha can't stinkin wait.

 

[Wollan]

Looks like the opening cutscene from MGS2.
Only playable.
nomnomnom

Saying that, got me to thinking that this part is actually Russia.
I mean, it's an immigrant story..

 

[Scopebob Sniperpants]

Rockstar only needs to post a short mp3 of Lazlo and I'll begin to fap to this. Seriously. I may actually (SERIOUSLY) really really fap to gta4.

 

[Raw64life]

Please let the smooth framerate info be true. It was most certantly not present in the trailers.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

You eat to refill your health like in Vice City.

So is regenerating health out? =(

 

[Wollan]

Release is less than two months from now (here in AU).

 

[Thunderbear]

Please let the smooth framerate info be true. It was most certantly not present in the trailers.

has any GTA game had a smooth framerate? Maybe smooth by GTA standards... I am not geting my hopes up.

 

[dagZ]

have they said anything about co-op?

 

[Future PhaZe]

So is regenerating health out? =(

Huh? Why would we need regenerating health? There are so many opportunities to get into cover or temporary get away from gunfire that you'd constantly be regenerating your health.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

Huh? Why would we need regenerating health? There are so many opportunities to get into cover or temporary get away from gunfire that you'd constantly be regenerating your health.

Yea I don't want regenerating health in GTA. It makes for very tense times. Stuck in a enemy gang area with very little health makes it fun. Maybe a code when you want to be invincible have it so your health regenerate.

 

[RumFore]

Its seems to be early on but the IGN idiots gave away some great potential moments in the game by telling you someone gets "iced" and basically the whole mission. Left nothing to the imagination.

Stopped reading IGN. Whats the best preview out there with no big spoilers?

 

[Agent Ironside]

Rockstar = best musical taste