Grand Theft Auto IV

[Flawless]

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Grand Theft Auto IV Extended Preview
Rockstar shows us 45 minutes of chases, shootouts and hot dogs.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/807/807831p1.html

With people scattering everywhere, Niko grabs the evidence, puts away his weapon and heads off to find an escape. Jumping into the nearest vehicle, he speeds away as cops flock to the scene. Unlike previous GTA games where you simply must stay hidden for a bit to escape, you must now flee the scene and get outside of the cops' search radius.

Based on the severity of the crime(s), the police will search a circular area of a given radius. Every time you're spotted, the search area re-centers on your location and you have to go that much further to finally get away. Switching cars and such helps in that while you'll still have to exit the search zone in order to rid yourself of wanted stars (of which there still appears to be six), the cops will have a harder time recognizing you and you'll be more likely to drive past them.

More Previews:

Gamespot

1UP

Teamxbox

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[GSW]

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sick!

[Dipstick]

Re: Let's talk about... Grand Theft Auto 4

Grand Theft Auto IV Extended Preview
Rockstar shows us 45 minutes of chases, shootouts and hot dogs.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/807/807831p1.html

More Previews:

Gamespot

1UP

Teamxbox

...

October can't get here soon enough.

[Flawless]

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Now this is an amazingly detailed preview. Must read.

http://games.kikizo.com/news/200707/115_p01.asp

A cab can be hailed at any time as Niko whistles to get its attention - (one time when we hailed one, a passer by was hit by the cab - the animation, as always, was superb)

Like in all windowed building in the game, the outside world and its traffic can be seen and heard from inside the café - (here we see the underneath of a raised subway rail), and the traffic hum sounds like real traffic. We touched on this in our last preview but seriously - wow. It starts and stops so when the traffic is stationary, there's heavy noise like large trucks rumbling against a backdrop of extremely varied car horns and perhaps smaller parking traffic. You don't even need to see outside to know it's a living world, though you can do that too of course, thanks to seamless connection between interior and exterior environments all modelled in one consistent game world that never loads, never takes a technical short cut, and never feels cheap. It doesn't sound like a game, it doesn't even sound like a movie; it sounds like New York. And the detail on every vehicle is amazing; the grille at the front of a big truck we saw is shiny and reflective, and every mirror on every vehicle appears to reflect the world - useful, when often-paranoid Niko is always looking over his shoulder in the rear view.

[WTF]

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Wow...

[NYG_Meth]

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http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/807/807831p1.html

[Bacardi151]

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another preview

http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/previews/124888.shtml

[ExtremeGamer]

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Rockstar says the 360 version has the complete experience. Games are identical other than downloadable content.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/26/rockstar-only-gta-iv-on-xbox-has-complete-experience/

[Beantown]

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Nice.

[ODogg]

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When will this game be out??

[Dipstick]

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When will this game be out??

October if I'm not mistaken.

[ODogg]

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October if I'm not mistaken.

Combine this with the 3 football games and I may have no reason to buy anymore video games until sometime next year.

[Dipstick]

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Combine this with the 3 football games and I may have no reason to buy anymore video games until sometime next year.

I don't know. If they can get MGS 4 into stores before the end of the year,I'll pick it up has well. Either way,my wallet is going to be a little lighter.

[JohnnytheSkin]

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Rockstar says the 360 version has the complete experience. Games are identical other than downloadable content.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/26/ro...te-experience/

Well I guess that makes my purchasing decision easy. I was tempted by the HDD install and the possible "timed" exclusive for the added content, but I guess I'll pick up the 360 and notch a few hundred more Achievement points.

[Flawless]

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GTA IV delayed to Q2 2008

http://ir.take2games.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=258238