Grand Theft Auto IV Discussion

[3PointJ]

Getting it on 360....We get exclusive Downloadable Content courtesy of Bill Gates and co. paying lots of money :D

Only crap thing is, it is released in Australia on 29th, I have to go away for work for a week.....ON THE 29TH!!!

[beefers1]

have it delivered to your home, or buy it at the place you're going to.

[Garryson01]

I preordered mine for £2 (roughly $4). Will be going to get it straight from work! Cannot wait, 7 days to go!

I think this will be the best gta game ever. Remember, its taken them 3 years to develop, there has been no demos either.

I have completed SA 3 times since 2006, it isnt my favourite GTA (which is Vice City) but I love the diversity in the game.

It was obvious that Liberty city was going to be the first choice because if you look at the first game on new consoles, they have always started with liberty city. I personally, would love them to do another GTA london because I loved driving a rigged car into buckingham palace and blowing it up.

In terms of planes, i'm really not that bothered. Planes were good in SA because they served a purpose of being the fastest way to move between cities. In GTA 4, they are just not needed, it will be a lot more fun driving everywhere because of all the twist and turns..

It is common knowledge that in previous games, Rockstar have held things back for future games. For instance, it was obvious there could have been planes in GTA 3 but they waited till VC to have planes (and helicopters).

I have already told my girlfriend that I will not be able to see her next tuesday night as I want to get as far into GTA as possible. Because of work and girlfriend commitments, I have 2 nights free and then 1 hour a day on the other nights, it is going to take me a lot longer than previous GTAs to complete it but I cannot wait!

Russ

[beefers1]

there has been no demos of any GTA games since GTA2. also: i'll still miss the absence of planes. now i'll have to keep San Andreas. also also: it's not uncommon for a company to take longer to develop subsequent games than they do to make the first couple. also also also: in GTAIII, there's a flyable dodo.

[Jack.Sparrow]

If you really want planes, I'm sure *shudder* cheat codes will enable you to fly around. There's always been a flying cheat code (I think, I know there was for GTA III and VC)

[beefers1]

cheats are just not the same thing. i never use them. but, i guess there're will be notable improvements to the game, which makes it worth getting, kind of.

Also: in SA there's a nice mix of city and country, and it's a shame they hadn't brought that back to GTAIV.

[Jack.Sparrow]

With SA, I found I was driving around a lot in the city and flying to locations in the country side so I don't know if I'll miss it all that much.

6 days to go.

[beefers1]

if the PC version does come out, i'll get it, but, like i said, i'll still probably play SA quite a bit. but i do think that GTAIV is worth getting, only for it's graphics, though.

[Jack.Sparrow]

I'm getting it to see what else they've changed. I've read a fair bit about it and some of the things sound fairly cool to pass up.

1. No loading screens after the first one (SA loads when you enter a building)
2. ATM's and mobile phones that you can actually use.
3. Climbing power lines
4. The new cars and physics engine
5. Size of the map (which is comparable to SA in terms of area)

That's all I remember off the top of my head.

[dxj]

Yeah the Mobile Phone is going to be a big-ish part of the game (or was during development)
Car no long blow up when shot, they just stop working (hope this hasn't been mentioned,if so, then sorry for repaeting)
stealing a car is no longer going to be so simple.
Nico has to smash the window and hot wire, chances of being caught doing this increase.

[Garryson01]

Originally Posted by dxj

Yeah the Mobile Phone is going to be a big-ish part of the game (or was during development)
Car no long blow up when shot, they just stop working (hope this hasn't been mentioned,if so, then sorry for repaeting)
stealing a car is no longer going to be so simple.
Nico has to smash the window and hot wire, chances of being caught doing this increase.

They really do wanna teach kids how to be criminals eh

I'm not neccaserily gonna like that, it takes all the fun out of stealing a car when you get caught doing it!

[dj_kiwi]

I have been waiting for this since GTA:SA, i will be buying a PS3 JUST for this game!

I cant wait !!

[beefers1]

[quote=Jack.Sparrow;1446945(SA loads when you enter a building)[/QUOTE]

on the PC version of SA there are no load screens anyway, except the one at the very beginning, when you first start it up.

[Jack.Sparrow]

Could you walking into buildings, gyms, pizza places, burger shots etc without the screen blacking out?

I'm not neccaserily gonna like that, it takes all the fun out of stealing a car when you get caught doing it!

You could get caught stealing the cars in any of the GTA games if you did it infront of a cop.

[beefers1]

but stealing cars in SA is a much faster process.

the screen blacks out momentarily, if that's what you want to call it, but for less than a second when you enter a building. You can't even call it a load screen.

[Garryson01]

Originally Posted by Jack.Sparrow

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You could get caught stealing the cars in any of the GTA games if you did it infront of a cop.

the difference in GTA 4 will be: you may start the carjacking with no police arround but by the time you finish, a cop will be with you!

[dxj]

Originally Posted by Garryson01

the difference in GTA 4 will be: you may start the carjacking with no police arround but by the time you finish, a cop will be with you!

I believe the by-standers now report you to the police for your illegal doings.