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Grand Theft Auto IV thread of hype and stray bullets
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The best sixaxis implementation was, for me, in Need for Speed Carbon. You could slightly increase your sharpest turn with a sharp tilt to the left or right...felt very natural.
Hey, is there a way to repair cars I wonder? Now that the paint shop is gone...
Hey, is there a way to repair cars I wonder? Now that the paint shop is gone...
FrenchMovieTheme
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wow that tracklisting sucks fucking ass so far. i remember SA's tracklisting being awesome. hopefully that is just a small portion of the songs that will be in the game. although i guess it doesn't matter for 360 owners (i haven't decided on whether to buy it for 360 or ps3 yet)
So I have a question, why is this game so hyped exactly? Besides having GTA in the title of course. I'm interested in IV and will probably pick it up considering I have every GTA iteration but what I know so far doesn't have me too excited.
The graphics look great but so do those of a million other games. GTA was just late in this respect. Now for my concerns, questions. NY is the setting. Now I've played through True Crime NY many times so I'm afraid that the city map in GTA4 will bore me quite a bit considering it's set in NY too. Territorial wars, haircuts, body building removed...3 of the funnest "mini games" in SA. It feels like a de-evolution gameplay wise. I could be wrong, but reading the front page didn't indicate much gameplay variety from 3 or VC that could replace everything cut from SA's gameplay. So can anyone tell me what's the most exciting thing about GTA4 and what to look forward too?
The graphics look great but so do those of a million other games. GTA was just late in this respect. Now for my concerns, questions. NY is the setting. Now I've played through True Crime NY many times so I'm afraid that the city map in GTA4 will bore me quite a bit considering it's set in NY too. Territorial wars, haircuts, body building removed...3 of the funnest "mini games" in SA. It feels like a de-evolution gameplay wise. I could be wrong, but reading the front page didn't indicate much gameplay variety from 3 or VC that could replace everything cut from SA's gameplay. So can anyone tell me what's the most exciting thing about GTA4 and what to look forward too?
Willy Wanka
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I can't say I'm that excited about the soundtrack yet either but everything else sounds fucking amazing and they haven't even given us the full multiplayer details yet. My expectations for this game may well be exceeded by the final game and that's no mean feat
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SapientWolf said:
These types of games aren't disc extensive. People forget that. Audio compression is better on the 360 than it was on the Xbox 1 as well.
Shadowlink
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So they have been watching us playing with that San Andreas multipler modHimuro said:
, does this confirm that cops and robbers is in?Grimm Fandango
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Well it took me all night (takes me 10x longer than others on Photoshop) but I made two options for a possible GTAIV-esque avatar.
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I guess I'll mull it over a night's sleep.
I guess I'll mull it over a night's sleep.
Son of Godzilla
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I don't know how it's possible to watch any of the trailers and come away with this impression. And seriously, fuck territoryl wars. That was the most mundane waste of time ever.Klone.K said:
Bluecondor
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bobbytkc said:
I loved taking over territory in GTA:SA. I do agree that the gameplay mechanic behind it was a bit mundane. I would have liked to see more of an economic impact behind taking over territories (kind of like when you took over businesses in the Godfather).
But - R* has already said that they don't want this to be a criminal empire builder sim, which is understandable.
Goldrusher
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A few new details I haven't read in this thread... (or it got lost in all the avatar nonsense)
Niko is an old soldier who spent time in third-world prisons.
His looks were inspired by a favourite driver from Rockstar Games' car service.
There are 14 radio stations in the game, not 18 as was previously suggested.
When GTA IV was first being planned, Aaron Garbut (Rockstar North's art director) unveiled an enormous map featuring Liberty City surrounded by countryside the size of New York state. This "megamap" seemed the logical step after San Andreas, but R* soon decided to change their focus, and work on creating a larger GTA experience instead of just a larger map.
(EGM)
Also...in New York City (on North 5th and Bedford Ave, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn) a new mural appeared:
(PGTA)
Niko is an old soldier who spent time in third-world prisons.
His looks were inspired by a favourite driver from Rockstar Games' car service.
There are 14 radio stations in the game, not 18 as was previously suggested.
When GTA IV was first being planned, Aaron Garbut (Rockstar North's art director) unveiled an enormous map featuring Liberty City surrounded by countryside the size of New York state. This "megamap" seemed the logical step after San Andreas, but R* soon decided to change their focus, and work on creating a larger GTA experience instead of just a larger map.
(EGM)
Also...in New York City (on North 5th and Bedford Ave, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn) a new mural appeared:
(PGTA)
InterMoniker
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Yeah thats the kind of stuff that will make this game so different from the previous games. So many possibilities.Loudninja said:
Himuro said:
That's huge. I read the EGM bullet points but hadn't realized it meant they actually help you. That's amazing. Being the sniper I am, I'm letting the cops do the grunt work while I pick guys off from the comfort of a breezy building top.
About the multi, the GTA SA multi was fairly bare bones. I want that cops and robbers mode no matter what. It would make a 100 hour game 1000 hours for me and all my buddies getting this day 1.
Tr4nce said:Yeah, I will miss the more rural area's as well...
- No more eery nightly strolls through the forest
- No more riding on hills or mountains
I'm probably weird for saying this, but I loved exploring the countrysides more in San Andreas than the cities. I'd steal a car, get the police going, then cruise the long highways. So much fun.
speculawyer
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Probably in the minority. The GTA games tend to have very good sound tracks and if you don't like what you are listening to then just switch the station!Greg said:
notjackbauer
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did we already talk about this?
from the videogamer.com preview:
I haven't heard anything about this from any other site. If true, I know this will piss some people off. I'm over it already- the soundtrack will be so awesome regardless.
http://www.videogamer.com/ps3/grand_theft_auto_4/preview-791-3.html
from the videogamer.com preview:
I haven't heard anything about this from any other site. If true, I know this will piss some people off. I'm over it already- the soundtrack will be so awesome regardless.
http://www.videogamer.com/ps3/grand_theft_auto_4/preview-791-3.html
Oh, I definitely enjoy the music on its own - fantastic song selection and everything... I just hate when the music drowns out everything else out. In a game like GTA, so much detail is put into the environment and the interactions between all the people, and I just always felt like the music distracts from that.speculawyer said:
notjackbauer said:
I could have sworn the PSP version would mix the DJ stuff inbetween custom tracks? Or was that Saints Row?
Sucks for both 360 owners and PS3 owners really. The implementation that I saw in the SR demo of the 360 was really cool...having your own tracks blare from the car that you walk away sounded cool. Having the soundtrack overlay the entire game is just lame.
newsguy said:
The possibility of this will also be missed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abj7ABGkFxc
Himuro said:
Exactly. What keeps people coming back is the fact that you can play the game and anything can happen. I'm bummed that you won't be able to see planes come down, but with the Euphoria engine, I have no doubt this will be the most random game in the series. Each preview mentions unique little things that happenned in their demo or hands-on. You may not have planes coming down, but one preview talks about a cop car in chase that wiped out an entire squad when it came off a cliff.
In the R* demos there were always different outcomes to the exact same missions. Some examples from the Rivas mission (the first mission demoed).
-He was impaled by falling logs while being chased.
-He gets to the final destination (a bridge) and you kill him there.
-He jumps out of his car mid chase and his car hits a bunch of peds and explodes
-He's getting to the final destination, gets out of the car, car explodes and sends his dead body flying off of the bridge. The R* rep was even surprised and asked the other rep if he actually flew off the bridge.
And there are tons more of these moments I've read but this post would take too long to type up.
speculawyer
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Oh man that is cold!X26 said:
I love it!
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