Grand Theft Auto IV

[Brandwin]

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^ NICE!

Team deathmatch, hmm... I like the names of the other MP modes too. Can't wait to see what's in store.

[ThaGenecyst]

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Grand Theft Auto IV’ Surprise Features: Saturday Appointments And Slow-Mo Driving

Earlier today we posted my hands-on impressions of “Grand Theft Auto IV” at MTVNews.com.

While writing my story I ran out of room (read: forgot) to include two game details I hadn’t heard about before:

*Days Of The Week

*Slow-Mo Driving

Sorry, sorry, folks. Let me make it up to you. I’ll explain both features:

Days Of The Week - “GTA IV” has days of the week. It doesn’t have seasons. It doesn’t have months. But this cutting-edge power-house of a game has days of the week. All seven? Unconfirmed. But I can report it has Thursdays and Saturdays. Let’s assume it has the other five as well.

I discovered this while pausing a two-week-old build of the Xbox 360 version of the game and spotting the word “Thursday” near the map. I asked the Rockstar PR rep who was overseeing my session to explain what exactly this could mean. He told me about a mission called “The Final Interview,” in which the game’s protagonist, Niko Bellic, will need to assassinate a lawyer. Niko will be able to apply for a job at the firm from the game’s Internet cafes, but will only be called in for an interview on a Saturday. That’s when Niko can show up and take care of business. On any other day of the week he won’t have access.

Now don’t you worry, “GTA” has not gone all “Animal Crossing” on you. You won’t need to wait until an actual Saturday or start tinkering with your console’s internal calendar. The days change in the game with the sunrises an sunsets that the series has had for years.

What more will be done with the days of the week? I don’t know. But I’m sure you can dream up plenty of possibilities: Niko going to a football game on Sunday, getting his laundry picked up on Wednesday, watching his favorite TV shows on a Tuesday. Actually, let’s hope for none of that.

Slow-Mo Driving- You can drive slowly in “GTA,” even while driving fast. Yes, indeed, the laws of time and space need not apply as the game will borrow a little from “Max Payne” or “Burnout” and let you drive in slow-motion. I learned this near the end of my demo as I drove a Hummer-like truck through part of “GTA IV”’s Manhattan stand-in, Algonquin. The Rockstar rep suggested that I hold down the B button on my 360 controller. This changed the camera view to an elevated, cinematic perspective. I could still drive in this camera view.

While driving from a cinematic perspective I was then encouraged to click the 360 controller’s left thumbstick. This slowed things down. I was thinking of “Burnout”’s after-touch system and stopped directing my truck. But the Rockstar rep told me I could keep driving. It was a little awkward to steer with the left stick while keeping it clicked in, but it seemed manageable.

I’m not sure why this feature was added. It seems to go against the vibe that I reported in my piece today of Rockstar making “GTA IV” feel less like a game than the “GTA” predecessors. But it will allow the game to be viewed in a more stylish, cinematic context.

I did not have a chance to test the limits of the slow-mo driving, to see if it would help during a high-speed chase or make me more capable of landing a stunt jump. But those seem like safe bets.

After I saw those two features I played the PS3 version of the game and flew a helicopter. But you read about that already. Didn’t you?

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What more do you want to know about “GTA IV”? I played it for two hours, but I certainly didn’t see it all.

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/03/13/grand-theft-auto-iv-surprise-features-saturday-appointments-and-slow-mo-driving/

[Blzer]

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Like the author, I'm not liking the sound of slow-mo driving. Makes evasion potentially too easy.

The adrenaline pill was something entirely different (and funny). If that were in, I wouldn't mind as much. But slow-mo on command? Uh uh.


Days of the week sounds interesting, though. Maybe things will be accessible/inaccessible according to the day, or maybe traffic flow will be heavier on weekdays at specific times.

[CS10029]

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Slo-Mo sounds a little gimmicky. I do like the days of the week idea though.

[Tha_Kid]

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San Andreas had days of the week, why is this news?

[SPTO]

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Well I can tell you slow-mo driving will be right up my alley but I won't overuse it. I have a hard time driving cars in these kinda games....well any game with cars really.

[CS10029]

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San Andreas had days of the week, why is this news?

If it did, I don't think they ever put them to any use gameplay or story wise.

[NYG_Meth]

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If it did, I don't think they ever put them to any use gameplay or story wise.

They definitely did. You could only do the triathlons on certain days.

[CS10029]

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They definitely did. You could only do the triathlons on certain days.

Well then, I obviously fail at remembering things.

[DubTrey1]

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Obviously the slo mo deal sounds a bit gimmicky, but at best - you don't have to use it if you don't want to. That's the beauty of the series. Do what you want mostly, how you want to -

[Brandwin]

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Yeah you don't have to use it, so that's good.

[ezekiel55]

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I have to stop reading this thread...the anticipation is killin me!

[ThaGenecyst]

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Well then, I obviously fail at remembering things.

Likewise... I do not remember that at all.

[callmetaternuts]

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Glad the slo-mo is optional, might be cool to do if youre just tooling around and wanna see what it slike, but i dont want it to be forced on me or be a staple of the game.......

[ThaGenecyst]

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GTA 4 multiplayer modes revealed


Latest PSM magazine from Spain reveal there will be 15 multiplayer modes.

Game Modes:

• Hangmans NOOSE
• Car Jack City
• Bomb da Base
• Bomb da Base II
• Mafia Work
• Team Mafia Work
• Deathmatch
• Team Deathmatch
• Turf War
• Cops N Crooks
• Race
• GTA Race
• Deal Breaker
• Free Roam

The host of the game makes the rules, in "Race" and GTA Race" he decides the vehicles and laps, in Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch he decides the number of peds, the flow of traffic, the intervention of police and the weapons. We tried a match, all of us armed with rocket launchers, half of city lighting up. (or something like that)

Mafia and Team Mafia work, you will play as one of Kenny Petrovics mafia henchmen, competing to complete hits ordered by the boss over your phone before your rivals. In "cops n crooks" A group of players will play as police, other as criminal, the police must make sure they don't escape alive, they can also see the criminals location ont heir GPS while criminals have no clue as where the police are.

Also in the single player mission "hangmans Noose" there will be co-op, the mission you and your friends will be able to escort a mafia man, while ambushed by the SWAT, but it doesn't end there, carjack, turfwar, bomb da base II, free mode, the 100 hours of single player are nothing compared to the 10 years of multiplayer.

Also, there are a total of 15 multi player modes, all accessed through your cellphone. You will be able to CREATE YOUR CHARACTER FOR ONLINE, change his race, sex, skin color, hair, clothing. 16 players online.

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