Grand Theft Auto IV

[WARLOCK]

Originally Posted by oxfordfreestyl

I knew that it was NYC, but wasn't Liberty City already loosely based from NYC?

i don't know, i always got more of a chicago vibe from liberty city.

another interesting point i'm really curious about is what time this game will be set in since it's based on newyork. is this going to be pre or post 911, and will the twin towers be there? if they are i wonder if rockstar is going to be edgy enough to let you do something like fly a plane into them.

[E. Writer]

E. Writer was not pleased.

I was expecting some huge, great, 5 min long trailer or some ****, that is not what I got...

Oh well, I'm still excited about the game.

[Conflicted]

The cop cars in the trailer do say LCPD on the side, meaning Liberty City Police Department.

And yes, Grand Theft Auto III was based on New York City, but I never really saw the similarities. (from playing Liberty City Stories for the PS2, I can't tell it's New York)

I just wonder about the entry-ability of buildings. Will all building be enter-able, or just a select few? How will it perform on the new systems with loading times? (If any)

So many questions!!! What all cars are in the game?! I saw an ugly white truck, two kinds of cabs. A white police car, and a Chrysler 300m? And the blue car and the car on that one street.
The building seem a bit more life-size. Everything's alot bigger and it doesn't look like you can jump to their roofs, like some buildings in San Andreas. (even the tallest building didn't look half the size of Times Square)

[ODIN]

I'm glad I didn't get my hopes up. After all the hype from the tv ads for the past week I was expecting a let down. The trailer was dissapointing but the graphics were incredible. It also looked like alot of the screenshots in the trailer were from all the past GTA games. The beginning part with the train looked like GTA3 by Marcos Bistro. Practically every shot looked like it was referencing all the other GTA games which I liked. I'm looking forward to seeing which former GTA characters are going to have cameos in the new one. Not to mention the voice actors who will be involved. I hope they bring back Phil Cassidy again.

[oxfordfreestyl]

The only thing in 3 that made me think of New York was the bridges to 3 seperate parts of the city. ****, i'm feeling so nostalgic right now i might go buy 3 just because i can.

[Negative Creep]

For those that didn't already know, here's a little GTA knowledge for the rest of the class...

GTAIII - was based in Liberty City (aka NYC).

GTA: Vice City - was based in Vice City (aka Miami).

GTA: San Andreas - was based in Los Santos (aka Los Angeles), San Fierro (aka San Francisco), and Los Venturos (Las Vegas).

GTAIV - should be based in Liberty City (aka NYC).

And from the video that I just saw on the new May 2007 OXM disc for Spider-Man 3, it looks as though GTA might have the better looking NYC in its game.

Originally Posted by Conflicted

So many questions!!! What all cars are in the game?! I saw an ugly white truck, two kinds of cabs. A white police car, and a Chrysler 300m? And the blue car and the car on that one street.

It all depends on what timeframe they're centering the story around... but I can guarantee that they'll never have actual car makes and models in their GTA games... manufacturers don't want to see their precious cars being totaled or carjacked.

[E. Writer]

Originally Posted by OME6A

Now class, how do we get someone who's trying to get out of the mob to come back into it? Kidnap someone close to them.
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I've heard that somewhere...from a movie, or tv show, not sure, but I've heard it.

[BoyEngland]

It would be nice to be able to destroy real cars though, or even do them up. I think Saints Row was fine when they used similar models of real cars but didnt name them after real cars. I hope more parts of the cars in GTAIV will be desturctable too. Maybe crack the windows where they were hit this time instead of the same old spot.

By looking at the trailer, I would say it is set present day, or at least close to it.

I like the look of the game though, for some reason I have a feeling the "world" will be absolutely huge. Not just because it's a possibility.

[BoyEngland]

Sorry for the double post, but there is new info and this thread needs a bump.

Grand Theft Auto IV - GTA4 World Premiere Preview Reaches Subscribers (News)

Name: Niko Bellic ("Eastern European Immigrant" American dream goings on)

Setting: Liberty City (Broker = Brooklyn, Algonquin = Manhatten, Dukes = Queens, Bohan = Bronx, Alderney = New Jersey)

- Apparantly you move to LC because of your cousin who opperates a Taxi firm in LC. This is where you start. It also sounds like you start with at least one weapon ("Pistol"). Your cousin ("Roman") is in huge debt (I think with the Mafia or some crap) and lied about LC being nice to get you to move there.

- Pedestrians go about daily activities such as reading books, sitting, smoking, etc. (Saint's Row FTW!)

- You have a cell phone to call contacts you make along the way. (Saint's Row yet again!)

- There are no planes on the game because it is all one huge city. They also say there most likely won't be any countryside or desert. (All the sand was stolen )

- The city is smaller than San Andreas but much more detailed.

- You can pick and choose who to do missions for and "spend your time with" (wtf does that mean?!) but you will still need to complete missions as before. (They tell you what to do and how to do it)

- You now have "more control over your destiny".

It is said that all of this information was taken out of the May issue of Game Informer Magazine (10-page spread) and is detailed upon the 360 version of the game.

They say there will be more information as people post on their forums, the list has already doubled in size within the past hour from what I have seen.

Once again, sorry for the double post but the last post was over a week ago and we needed a bump/new info.

[OME6A]

Originally Posted by BoyEngland

It is said that all of this information was taken out of the May issue of Game Informer Magazine (10-page spread)

It is true. Behold, GTA IV GAME INFORMER PREVIEW PAGES - The Last Boss

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