Grand Theft Auto IV

[Stumbleweed]

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Femi is the DJ for IF99 in the game.

Woah, crazy.

...And that makes 3 people here who know who Fela Kuti is.... heh.

[Beantown]

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Baltimore is another place they could have it.

And there is plenty of crime and drugs and stuff in Baltimore.

[J_Posse]

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I actually think Washington, D.C. should be the destination for the next GTA "spin-off" game.

But, I'd actually prefer for them to set it in a different country. Why limit the series to London, England and various cities in the United States?

[Flawless]

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GTA IV: Building a Brave New World
An in-depth look at the story, the creation of Niko, and the monumental task of creating the most realistic city ever seen in a videogame.

March 28, 2008 - Grand Theft Auto IV, coming to PS3 and 360 April 29, is arguably the most anticipated game of the year. And with good reason. Rockstar is offering gamers a chance to explore the most authentic city ever seen in a videogame, complete with compelling storyline, and a hefty multiplayer. But what went into making such a massive game? We spoke with VP of Creative, Dan Houser and Rockstar North Art Director Aaron Garbut to get an in-depth look at the creative process.

The two provided so much information we had to split the discussion into two separate pieces. Today, you'll learn about the origins of GTA IV's story, what makes Niko the best character Rockstar has ever created, learn about the new dynamic relationship system and find out what went into building Liberty City. On Monday, we'll give you the full scoop on the gameplay additions and improvements.

[DTX3]

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Id be shock if this game doesnt get a perfect score.

[eDotd]

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Yeah, it doubles the workload, but for the person playing the game, it makes the experience 10 times more engaging in some ways.

I love you Rockstar.

Oh and:

Touching back on relationship stuff, when I was doing a mission with Packie, at one point a woman t-boned us, we get out of the car, she's yelling at us and Packie gets out and just shoots her. And I thought that was great, that idea that this specific character is somebody that anybody who's a threat, he's just going to take out.

Lmao

[NEW_ORLEANS]

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Grand Theft Auto: New Orleans or that idea about the gta in the '70's would be cool.

[HealyMonster]

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I actually think Washington, D.C. should be the destination for the next GTA "spin-off" game.

But, I'd actually prefer for them to set it in a different country. Why limit the series to London, England and various cities in the United States?

im thinking it would be cool if they went into the future. maybe not flying cars everything is different future but maybe like 20 years in the future. there would stilll be awsome new technology and they could play current songs on the "oldies" station and they can creat a whole storyline. sandiego or anywhere else could work. just have a back story on how it got corrupt.

[jfsolo]

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In terms of how the story is structured, it's still a crime game and he's still a criminal who works for other criminals, because that's the nature of being a criminal. That's what the world we're trying to depict is, but we're trying to make some aspects more subtle and more sophisticated

Giving you things to discover about people seemed like an interesting thing to play with. So with the friends, for example, the more you hang out with the particular guy, they keep giving you more of their life story and their self-perception and maybe when they're drunk they give you a different version and all that stuff. So there's a lot of depth there for people that want to discover that stuff. If you're not interested, don't hang out with them. You won't get the rewards of discovering [things] about them, and you won't get the gameplay rewards that some of them give you as well.

A classic one is here we are on Broadway and Houston and if you walk up to 14th Street you'll get stopped maybe five times by someone going, "Hey, man, do you like hip-hop? Buy my CD of hip-hop." We've gotta put that in the game! So you walk down the street and some guy comes up and goes, "Do you like hip-hop?" That triggers another scene, and that guy's kind of a ridiculous character but Niko's friendly to him because he doesn't know any other way to be and that leads into another mission. Lots of touches like that where you're not really looking for a mission but you stumble upon it and it smashes the difference between on-mission and off-mission, it condenses it down, but it also lets you use a lot of characters that feel very New York-esque and that you couldn't otherwise find a place for in this gangster story.

I know a lot of people go in for the "shooting helicopters with stinger missiles" aspects of the game, but I think this game may end up being even a bigger treat for those of us who like story /character development and other elements that one thinks of as being done in a RPG rather than in a sandbox/action game.

I agree with those who suggest that this game might ruin it for all other games that come out in the near future.

I know its different genres with different focuses, but the development teams for all the sequel games: Fallout 3, Deus Ex 3, Fable 2, Mass Effect 2, Bioshock 2, etc., are going to have to take their game to a whole nother level to not seem completely amateurish in comparison.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Id be shock if this game doesnt get a perfect score.

Agreed.

Game deserves like a 100

[supremeslang]

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Baltimore is another place they could have it.

And there is plenty of crime and drugs and stuff in Baltimore.

Sad, but true.

[CS10029]

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IGN has announced they will be changing there scoring from a 0-10 system, to a 0-100 system. This change will go in effect April 29th and run until April 30th.

[DubTrey1]

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Every single game coming after GTA IV will need to really revisit the way they develop thier games. No matter what they are. This game will rob your time away from basically every genre of game, FPS, sports etc.

To put it one way -

A Whole.....Nuva......Level.....

[ProfessaPackMan]

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After reading that article,it's clear that R* has gone ALL OUT to make this game be literally be remembered for YEARS.

And by all the work they've done...I think they already succeeded that part.I wouldn't mind if this ended up being the last GTA.

And some people forgot Baltimore is NOT that big at all and I for sure that DC aint that big either LOL.

Hell I could drive around DC on 495 twice in like 2 hours and Baltimore on 695 in like an hour LOL. Area would be small as sh*t LOL

[Vast]

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Every single game coming after GTA IV will need to really revisit the way they develop thier games. No matter what they are. This game will rob your time away from basically every genre of game, FPS, sports etc.

To put it one way -

A Whole.....Nuva......Level.....

Co-sign!!! To say that rockstar went all out for this game is seriously an understatement.

Its actually an insult. Im blown away by the amount of work these guys put in.

On a side note, im going to try and stop searching for info on this game so i can finally be surprised by the content in the game.

Hi my name is Vast and im a game info whore.