why there is no topic about this?
anyway some facts about the game
- The game is set in 2008, In Liberty City.
- A big part of the game is delivering story in new ways and allowing the player to plot their own destiny
- The map is smaller than San Andreas, But a lot more detailed.
- The Statue of Liberty is called The Statue of Happiness.
- Rockstar have been working very hard on the targeting system - expect it to be a big improvement from previous games.
- There will be NO planes. Rockstar have said they want the game to be realistic.
- You will use your cell phone to call contacts.
- DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is 'BOABO (Beneath the Offramp of the Algonquin Bridge)'.
- GTA IV contains 4 parts of New York (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx) and a part of New Jersey. Which have been renamed in the game to 'Broker', 'Algonquin', 'Dukes', 'Bohan' and 'Alderney'.
- Realism has been upgraded, in terms of Pedestrians not walking around like mindless zombies.
- No loading screens... this is due to a longer loading time at the start of the game.
- Multiplayer won't be MMO style, but will fit better to the single player experience
- Bellic arrives in Liberty City as he has been receiving emails from his cousin, Roman. At the start of the game, he is the only person you know.
- Pedestrians are a lot more realistic, and do things such as smoke, sit on benches, read, go shopping, eat, and more...
- While making the game, Rockstar consulted crime experts and ex-policemen and found that being a criminal is much more difficult now than it was during previous decades, so they have tried to reflect this in the game. Expect to see people getting arrested as the police are a heavy presence.
- As Rockstar North are approaching the recruitment of voice actors in a different way. We probably won't hear any recognisable voices in GTA 4 because they are looking for voices that suit the attitude of the characters - This approach is also being carried over to the soundtrack, where R* are looking for music which works well with the modern day Liberty City.
- The visual effects of the game will be massively enhanced - the rising and setting sun will reflect off glass and light up details on buildings; the streets will have potholes and rubble.
- Variations in terrain are reflected in the way people walk over it.
- Various Gaming Sites have played the Xbox 360 version and the PS3 Version, and say the graphics are not representative of the final version. The final version will look better than the screenshots suggest.
- The protagonist Niko Bellic is in his mid-thirties, and although not customisable, you will be able to don him with new outfits and such. Rockstar said they got Niko's physics just right and found it was difficult to implement character customisation with regards to this.
- Staten Island, the only area of New York not recreated in Liberty City was left out due to Rockstar deciding it would not be a fun location to play in.
- There are no "dead spots" or "irrelevant space" in the game.
- The mob will be featured in the game, though they won't be lead characters.
- 'hardly any' of the characters from previous games will return.
- Missions will offer an increased amount of realism, and will be longer and more varied, some will even have multiple possible outcomes.
- Bridges will keep you from accessing other boroughs at the start of the game.
- What comes as a big relief to us is that there's no more pop-ups of buildings and foliage as we've seen in the past thanks to the completely overhauled graphics engine.
- Dan Houser stated that no one has attempted to recreate a location of this size, and with so much detail, ever before.
- The Artificial Intelligence of the NPC's has received a huge overhaul, pedestrians do a wide variety of things which were mentioned in the GameInformer article, and they even react to events such as a gun being pulled on them.
- Shooting is said to be much more precise and fluid than in previous games.
- Niko can use his mobile phone to do things such as set up deals and ambushes
- Rockstar haven't yet decided how to make use of Sony's SIXAXIS controller for the PlayStation 3 version of the game.
- Planes were not included in the game because there isn't enough room for them, and you would traverse the city too quickly. As we confirmed before though, we will be able to pilot helicopters.
- Rockstar have promised a wider range of side-missions to partake in while not playing through the main storyline.
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