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Grand Theft Auto IV thread of hype and stray bullets
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Death Dealer
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Kibbles said:
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IGN also said it's got "less aliasing issues".
Considering all the released screenshots have been X360, I'd imagine that's where that pic came from as well.
MrTroubleMaker
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Dabanton said:
thanks! looks like it should work well.
Death Dealer
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Another website that played them back to back ?Dabanton said:
Which one ?
squatingyeti
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Sylar said:
Sorry, but it wasn't all directed at you. However, you did mention you couldn't play on a 360 pad. How does anyone know what a game that used to be designed around one controller, and now could be designed around 2, will play on either?
My point exactly. You can't assume anything. Of course the old GTA played great with one controller, it was designed for it.dabanton said:
Goldrusher
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Dabanton said:I think people are stuck in the mindset that's it's still going to control like the old GTA's
here's the Xbox 360 pad layout for GTA:IV looks pretty good and natural.
Natural ?
When walking, you use the right trigger to shoot. However, when driving, it's the left bumper ?
When you want to cycle your weapons, you use the d-pad, but in a car it's suddenly X.
Running is A, but acceleration is the right trigger.
:/
I prefer this:
It's not consistent with the foot controls, but triggers for foot actions and bumpers for left/right hand actions makes sense (since you'll be shooting with your left hand, I'd imagine). Plus, with triggers being the only analog option on the 360, it's worth a little inconsistency for better driving control.Goldrusher said:
Dabanton said:I think people are stuck in the mindset that's it's still going to control like the old GTA's
here's the Xbox 360 pad layout for GTA:IV looks pretty good and natural.
I know it's silly to judge without experiencing it for myself, but all of the hands-on previews I've read have pegged the "pull left trigger halfway for free-aim" (not listed here) as being awkward. I'd have gladly sacrificed quick access to cab-calling and put free-aim on the left bumper.
Death Dealer
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Ok thanks. I hadn't read that preview.
Really? You only say that because you have a PS3. And everyone knows Sony fans are horrible, horrible soulless demons from a separate dimension entirely.
God, I'm really looking forward to experimenting with the new combat system. If it it's like Uncharted, like suggested, I should be pretty decent at it. The old GTAs were always screwing me over. I hope they keep the Jack Thompson character in the game, but law is a tricky thing.
God, I'm really looking forward to experimenting with the new combat system. If it it's like Uncharted, like suggested, I should be pretty decent at it. The old GTAs were always screwing me over. I hope they keep the Jack Thompson character in the game, but law is a tricky thing.
Yeah, I hope you can customize controls, because the trigger sensitive free aim has me worried. I hated that kind of control in Perfect Dark Zero where how much you zoomed into your sniper rifle depended on how much you pulled the trigger. I'd gladly give up the "call cab" button for a dedicated free aim.
Someone start a "Dedicated Free Aim" petition. OR at least, Custom Controls petition.
Someone start a "Dedicated Free Aim" petition. OR at least, Custom Controls petition.
SolidSnakex
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zaidr said:
All we know about the controls so far is that you can change them to the classic control set if you don't like the initial controls (the one Dabanton posted). No ward on full customization.
Doytch said:What what? Link?
Don't think Wikipedia counts as a reputable source, but whatever: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTA_IV#Jack_Thompson
zaidr said:
I kinda liked that zoom method in PDZ. Plus there's only two settings for the trigger in GTA IV - half and full. Personally I'm loving the look of the control config - reminds me a little of a mixture between the original GTA III on Xbox and Saints Row. Saying that choice is always welcome, although I doubt they'd want to implement new control methods this close to release.
General_Herpes
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squicken said:
God damn. If you can't tell just by looking at a game that it is or isn't true 720p, then why the fuck should it matter? For fuck sakes, you aren't playing a comparison chart, you're playing videogames.
General_Herpes said:
CoD4 looked soft. These screens so far look soft. I can't tell if it's rez or an artistic choice. I prefer a sharpness to my games, the type of sharpness provided by increased resolution, so I'd like to know.
Also, you seem kind of angry. If we were closer together I'd give you a big hug and a shoulder to cry on.
General_Herpes
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squicken said:
Okay, true. Maybe that was a bit vitriolic given the topic at hand. You're alright by me.
I could be wrong here, but I think you're mostly looking at art direction as the main offender, not resolution. I think if there was a situation where you could pit a 720p version of say, PGR3, up against it's not-so-720p retail version, most of us would be hard-pressed to tell the difference.
SIP YEK NOD
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kylej said:
I'm more worried about the reflection off the spokes on the wheel in the one pic. what if it doesn't perfectly reflect the outside world, how will you know what is coming from directly behind you when you are laying beside your wheel? HOW WILL YOU KNOW!?!?!?!?!
Alex P said:
It'll be really interesting to see what they do with MP. Can't wait. I only slightly enjoyed GTA 3, quit VC after an hour, and never tried SA. But for some reason I'm so buying into the hype of GTA4. I'd be furiously fapping with the rest of you if it wasn't for some of the talk about the quality of the gunplay.
Sorry for double post, but interesting factoid type article about the GTA series. lolz @ atari
http://www.developmag.com/interviews/135/IP-profile-Grand-Theft-Auto
http://www.developmag.com/interviews/135/IP-profile-Grand-Theft-Auto
Alex P said:
You speak with conviction. Please tell me where you're getting your info from. Cops and Crooks could be the mode to make this game of the forever, but I'm not getting my hopes up until it's 100% confirmed.
I know it's an odd comparison, but there's some relevance here. Did anyone play Midtown Madness 3 on the original xbox? There were a few variants of a cat and mouse game type and the cities were quite large. Looking for opponents by communicating and cutting them off was an awesome experience, and though it wasn't a great game MM3 was some of the best fun I had online last gen.
Son of Godzilla
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I for one have never understood EGM's business plan. I mean, it's not enough that they give away free subscriptions by the barrel full, they have to give them away free online too? I realize that half the mag is ads, but they can't be that lucrative can they? I still think the idea of banning scans when any schmuck with a Zinio account can read the thing is a bit silly.
THE ABOVE POST IS ONLY VAGUELY RELATED TO GTA4, I APOLOGIZE, AS HONESTLY, I STILL CAN'T COPE WITH HOW AWeSOME THIS SHIT SHALL BE.
THE ABOVE POST IS ONLY VAGUELY RELATED TO GTA4, I APOLOGIZE, AS HONESTLY, I STILL CAN'T COPE WITH HOW AWeSOME THIS SHIT SHALL BE.
Goldrusher
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newsguy said:
I'm more interested in what Hangman's Noose is about.
Ballistics
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Can we stop all this fanboy shit. It's getting old. And if you just can't help yourself, can you give everyone a reason why (and how) one game is going to be better on another system.
And this in-game screen shot isn't, it's just a cap from a video, that just happens to be behind Niko. And I've just checked and it's not even him.
And this in-game screen shot isn't, it's just a cap from a video, that just happens to be behind Niko. And I've just checked and it's not even him.
Goldrusher said:
That's right, I remember that mode being named but no info. In the EGM podcast one of the guys who saw some multiplayer stuff was hella excited which in turn gets me moist. You could tell he really wanted to talk about it but R* had his balls in a vice grip. Regardless he mentioned info is coming soon.
GTA4.net has some new info. The new info is from a 16 page GTA Special/Preview from Edge Magazine and someone from the forums over there posted the following:
http://www.gta4.net/news/index.php
* In GTA IV there are strip joints and, more unexpectedly, comedy clubs, which have been incorporated in a manner that is "enough to make your head spin." Edge aren't allowed to say anything else about it at the moment.
* Jets and planes fly through the airport, and have visible pilots inside them. The tester drove alongside a jet, only to have a 4-star wanted level appear!
* One encounter face-to-face with a cop got the response: "I'm a cop... and you're a dickhead!"
* On the subject of multiplayer... Houser wasn't able to go into much detail, but he did mention being able to get together online in the game with no other goal other than to use it as a meeting place: "I'll meet you in a car and we'll hang and just drive and listen to music, chilling in the car, with your 3D model sat next to me," he says.
* The car paint jobs are noticable from newer cars being gleaming and spotless, to old cars being rusted and dull.
* Bulletholes and dirt are permanent on cars.
* Interior walls can be greatly damaged, "ripping chunks out of the plaster with gunfire."
http://www.gta4.net/news/index.php
* In GTA IV there are strip joints and, more unexpectedly, comedy clubs, which have been incorporated in a manner that is "enough to make your head spin." Edge aren't allowed to say anything else about it at the moment.
* Jets and planes fly through the airport, and have visible pilots inside them. The tester drove alongside a jet, only to have a 4-star wanted level appear!
* One encounter face-to-face with a cop got the response: "I'm a cop... and you're a dickhead!"
* On the subject of multiplayer... Houser wasn't able to go into much detail, but he did mention being able to get together online in the game with no other goal other than to use it as a meeting place: "I'll meet you in a car and we'll hang and just drive and listen to music, chilling in the car, with your 3D model sat next to me," he says.
* The car paint jobs are noticable from newer cars being gleaming and spotless, to old cars being rusted and dull.
* Bulletholes and dirt are permanent on cars.
* Interior walls can be greatly damaged, "ripping chunks out of the plaster with gunfire."
Zombie James
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Tr4nce said:
Comedy clubs? Sounds like an awesome idea, wonder if you can cap the guy in the knee if he sucks
On that note I hope there's a movie theatre, could be used as a mission replayer (ala saints row), cutscene viewer, and have a few short movies (made with in-game assets of course, I'm not tlaking live-actino or anything) you can watch (complete with ads at the beginning like the ones you can see on the official site)
Imagine the spoof movies you've heard on the radio in past GTA's coming to life in GTA4 like exploder
On that note I hope there's a movie theatre, could be used as a mission replayer (ala saints row), cutscene viewer, and have a few short movies (made with in-game assets of course, I'm not tlaking live-actino or anything) you can watch (complete with ads at the beginning like the ones you can see on the official site)
Imagine the spoof movies you've heard on the radio in past GTA's coming to life in GTA4 like exploder
BobFromPikeCreek
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I just jizzed so hard. I've wanted this since before GTA 3. SA kinda had that, but it was really weak having to share a screen.Tr4nce said:
proposition
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One thing that's always kind of annoyed me about GTA trailers is that they never actually show the gameplay. You always see some pretty scenes from the game and maybe a couple of gameplay sequences with a detached floating camera and no hud but never what you'll see when you're actually playing.
deejay8595
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Confirmed GGOAT!!!...All I ever wanted in any GTA game on the console....Tr4nce said:
BobFromPikeCreek
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I really, really hope they put the Dodo in as the only plane again. That'd be pretty funny.
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