GTA IV: preview article

[lovekeiiy]

My buddy at rockstar sent me a link to a preview article on the game. You may be interested. Here's the link: http://www.gta4.net/news/3857/game-i...s-subscribers/

[KEEZY]

Good read, thanks! I'm excited to see how this game turns out.

[Peench]

Some very interesting tidbits in that article Botmann. Thanks for sharing! I like this one:

After an initial load sequence, the game will never load again. Not even during exterior-interior transitions (and vice versa).

It is also nice to see little things that Rockstar has done being noticed. Oftentimes it is the little things that make a game that much more realistic. I am certainly more intrigued about GTA4 now.

[GoatMother]

found this at avs

Originally Posted by JackBau3r

I CANNOT believe the graphics for this type of game!

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[lovekeiiy]

if those are game play pics, hot damn. I see driving on sideways being that much more fun, LOL.

[Peench]

Those do look pretty hawt! Amazing how far its come eh?

[KingAndyXVII]

Haha ! old skool i love it, i remember driving around in the pick-up truck and whenever you entered it that crazy song about a big hairy woman came on

[Gordon]

Hmm.. the graphics look quite similar to 2 Days 2 Vegas.

[Jon Liu]

I like the original GTA and GTA 2, with the bird's eye view! That's the last time I really got into the GTA series. This game still intrigues me, but I am not sure if it's a keeper for me yet.

[Wondermonkey]

I get bored with the GTA series really easily. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt though. Man, I see enough of NYC though...

[Peench]

I heard a rumor that Wondermonkey is featured in this version of GTA. Is it true?

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by Peench

I heard a rumor that Wondermonkey is featured in this version of GTA. Is it true?

Maybe on the old 42nd street. Since they cleaned it up, I'm no longer allowed to represent. They tried to make me wear pants! Honest to god PANTS!

[Peench]

How dare them! That's just insane.

Well I'll be looking for ya!

I like some sandbox games, but at the same time, I like some direction in my games too. I like to feel like I'm in control of the story but also to have the story told to me and unfold before my actions. I had some issues with the old GTA's (played em once they made it to the Xbox) in that I got bored.

I think I liked Crackdown partly because there were bosses to take out, but also because there were other things to do that made me explore the city. Orb hunting and the other activities available became huge. There was a little of that in Saints Row as well which held my interest.

The new way to get things done (hang out with people and hope they give you something to do) may be fun, but I hope there isn't too much down time. I guess I'm not much into the second life sim type games where there really isn't direction and I have to decide what to do with myself. I have a hard enough time doing that every day in real life to have to grapple with that in a game!! haha.

[D_Litch]

Originally Posted by Jon Liu

I like the original GTA and GTA 2, with the bird's eye view! That's the last time I really got into the GTA series. This game still intrigues me, but I am not sure if it's a keeper for me yet.

GTA 3 allowed you to go into bird's eye view. It was kinda vomit-inducing.

[grife]

gta 2 with its constant in and out zooming was pretty vomit inducing as well. great game the first one was for the demo, we had challenges on who could score the highest number of crimes in the 5 minutes of the demo. that was too fun.

I have to say im a sucker for the sand box style being able to just go out and beat people with a giant black double ended dildo like in GTA:SA just really made my day.