Grand Theft Auto IV [Xbox 360][PS3]

[adi32]

Από την ημέρα κυκλοφορίας του trailer για το επερχόμενο Grand Theft Auto IV από την Rockstar, οι φήμες για το περιεχόμενο του παιχνιδιού έχουν οργιάσει. Το trailer μπορεί να μην ξεκαθάρισε πολλά πράγματα, ωστόσο αρκετά νέα στοιχεία διέρρευσαν και παρουσιάζουν ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον.

 

Όπως δήλωσε στο Game Informer ο Dan Houser (εκ μέρους της εταιρίας) το παιχνίδι θα προσφέρει πολύ μεγαλύτερη ελευθερία σε επίπεδα κίνησης και παιχνιδιού. Ο τίτλος θα λαμβάνει χώρα στην Liberty City (Νέα Υόρκη) το 2007 και πρωταγωνιστής θα είναι ο Niko Bellic, ο οποίος αναζητά το... Αμερικάνικο όνειρο.

 

Ο ανιψιός του Niko, ο Roman, τον πείθει να μπει για τα καλά στην «χλιδάτη» ζωή, κάτι που αποδεικνύεται όμως πως συμβαίνει για λόγους κάλυψης.

 

Ο Roman είναι η πρώτη επαφή του παίκτη μέχρι να αρχίσει να μαθαίνει την πόλη και να επικοινωνεί με τον κόσμο. Στο GTA IV, ο χαρακτήρας θα μπορεί να κάνει κλήσεις κατά βούληση, εκτός από το να απαντάει απλά σε αυτές.

 

Τέσσερις από τις πέντε βασικές περιοχές της Νέας Υόρκης και ένα μέρος του New Jersey έχουν μεταφερθεί στο παιχνίδι και προσφέρονται για εξερεύνηση: Broker (Brooklyn), Manhattan (Algonquin), Queens (Dukes), Bronx (Brohan) και New Jersey (Alderney).

 

Ακόμα, οι NPCs θα συμπεριφέρονται πιο ανθρώπινα και ρεαλιστικά, χωρίς να στέκονται απλά στην πόλη και να την διακοσμούν. Στον τομέα του ήχου, πολλοί σταθμοί θα συνοδεύουν μουσικά τον τίτλο, ενώ και πολλοί γνωστοί ηθοποιοί του Hollywood αναμένεται να προσληφθούν για να δώσουν τη φωνή τους στους χαρακτήρες.

 

Για to multiplayer κομμάτι δεν έχουν γίνει γνωστές ακόμα αρκετές πληροφορίες, απλά διαψεύστηκε ότι θα έχουμε να κάνουμε με μίας μορφής MMORPG mode. Τέλος, σε αντίθεση με το extra content που θα προσφερθεί αποκλειστικά μέσω του Xbox Live για τους κατόχους Xbox 360, υπάρχει έντονη φημολογία ότι η έκδοση του PS3 θα έρχεται εξ αρχής με περισσότερο περιεχόμενο.

 

 

 

Πηγή: http://www.gameover.gr

[savvvas]

Grand Theft Auto IV (also known as GTA IV or GTA 4) is the upcoming eleventh installment of the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, announced for release by Rockstar Games on October 16, 2007 in the United States for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.[1] The game will run on the RAGE game engine, which also powered Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis.[2] The game is being written by Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser. It will include online play, but will not be a MMORPG. GTA IV has been nominated for a 2006 Golden Joystick Award in the One To Watch For 2007 category.[3]

 

According to Janco Partners analyst Mike Mickey, a financial consultant for Take-Two Interactive Software, around 150 game developers are working on Grand Theft Auto IV. He also found that Rockstar Games is "fully capable of ushering in an entertainment experience categorically superior to the prior cycleʼs GTA product". This is more than Grand Theft Auto: Vice City which debuted in 2002, and which had about 130 people listed in the credits (not including voice actors and motion-capture actors). The game will be set in a redesigned Liberty City in the year 2007.

 

Debut trailer: "Things Will Be Different"

The first trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV was released on March 29, 2007 at 22:00 UTC. At the time the trailer was released, Rockstar's servers for the trailer's official website became almost immediately overloaded.[4]

 

The trailer is 1:03 in length and features the main protagonist Niko Bellic, who has a brief monologue: "Life is complicated; I killed people, smuggled people, sold people. Perhaps here, things will be different." The trailer ends with the "IV" and fades out to the Rockstar logo.

 

The trailer features several New York City landmarks, including locations and structures resembling the Coney Island Cyclone, Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building and the MetLife Building (branded as "GetaLife"). The trailer uses a similar cinematic style to Godfrey Reggio's 1982 documentary film Koyaanisqatsi and used Philip Glass's original music from the film (a section of the track "Pruit Igoe") as well as emulated time-lapsed filming.[5]

 

Rockstar has stated that all the trailer's footage is in high-definition 720p, generated real-time by the game's RAGE engine, running on an actual game console.[6]

 

In-game content

Plot

Niko Bellic is an Eastern European immigrant in his mid-thirties, who has come to Liberty City to pursue the "American Dream". Niko was persuaded to move to Liberty City by his cousin Roman, who claimed in e-mails to Niko that he had two women, four hot tubs and fifteen sports cars; but he was telling a lie to hide his own failures. At the beginning of the game, Niko arrives in Liberty City by boat.[7]

 

Roman is the only person Niko knows in Liberty City to begin with, and is one of his major connections in the first part of the game. Niko is a tough character, whereas Roman is friendly. Roman is heavily in debt and a lot of people are after him - he needs Niko's support, hence the reason he deceived Niko into traveling to Liberty City. They are constantly bickering. It is later revealed that Niko has also been avoiding other, as yet undisclosed, problems at home.

 

According to Dan Houser, "Virtually none" of the characters from the previous games are returning, as a lot of them are dead anyway.

 

Locations

Rockstar has recreated four of the five boroughs in New York, as well as part of New Jersey. Broker is the GTA IV equivalent of Brooklyn, Manhattan is now called Algonquin, Queens is now Dukes, the Bronx is Bohan, and New Jersey is Alderney (after the Channel Island of the same name). The map is smaller than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, but more detailed. It has also been mentioned that bridges are going to limit players to access other boroughs when first starting the game. [1]

 

The GTA IV equivalent of the Statue of Liberty is called the "Statue of Happiness", and DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is known as "BOABO" (Beneath the Offramp of the Algoquin Bridge Overpass).

 

A Staten Island-esque area will not be featured in the game for the reason that Rockstar believes it won't be fun to play there and Dan Houser also states that that there won't be any "dead spots" or "irrelevant space" within Liberty City.

 

Pedestrians are a lot more intelligent, realistic and diverse, using mobile phones, cash machines, eating snacks, reading newspapers and interacting with each other through laughter and threatening remarks. Pedestrians and traffic flow will also be different depending on the time of day.

 

Gameplay

An Xbox 360 demo of Grand Theft Auto IV published in the May 2007 issue of Game Informer reveals that the storyline begins with Bellic standing inside the taxi depot (which Roman operates in the borough of Broker in a converted industrial garage), working at a cluttered desk in a shabby environment. Bellic walks to a brownstone house in Broker, where he pushes open the door and pulls out his pistol — the living room, however, is not occupied. He then moves onto the kitchen, which he also finds to be empty.

 

He pushes his way through the back door and smashes the window of a red four-door car using his elbow. The broken glass falls onto the street and the seat of the car, as Bellic unlocks it from the inside. He hotwires the car and sets off to his next destination. The camera angle behind the car is closer to the vehicle than in previous GTA titles, which enables more detail on the car to be seen. After selecting a radio station, Bellic navigates to a section of the BOABO arriving at a dockside. Pigeons can be heard in the sky, and waves can be heard rustling in the water.

 

Bellic then pulls out his cellphone, which has options for Phonebook, Messages, Organizer and Camera on its LCD screen. He selects Phonebook, and he is then presented with another set of options: City Contact, Docks Friend, and Cab Contact. After a brief conversation, he informs the receiver to meet him at the docks.

 

The May 2007 issue of Game Informer reveals that after the initial load sequence, no such occurrences persist. Additionally, the player will not be able to fly planes[8], unlike previous installments in the Grand Theft Auto series - helicopters, however, will be flyable and there is also a confirmed airport. [9]

 

Details are also revealed that demonstrate how variations in the terrain cause the way the character walks to change. The way the player moves is controlled by a physics engine instead of purely pre-written animations, therefore enabling character movements to be more realistic. The engine used is the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine, or RAGE.

 

The player will also be able to perform a variety of new actions such as climbing telegraph poles and pushing people who bump into him, and calling a woman for a date. [10]

 

Bellicʼs outfit can be changed throughout the game, however it will not be possible to customize his physique as in San Andreas.

 

After the initial loading sequence, there will be no loading screen when entering/exiting interior or crossing islands.

 

Episodic content

During Microsoft's 2006 E³ press conference on May 9, it was announced that Grand Theft Auto IV would be available for the Xbox 360 and that Rockstar will offer exclusive episodic content via Xbox Live for the Xbox 360 version. This had been confirmed by Rockstar, announcing two extra, exclusive episodes.[11] After the press conference, Rockstar Games' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, posted a press release announcing Grand Theft Auto IV will be released simultaneously for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms. On February 28, 2007 it was announced that exclusive episodic content will be introduced starting in 2008.[12]

 

Peter Moore, head of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division announced that Rockstar Games is working on two downloadable packs for GTA IV exclusively on the 360, which will probably be available within months of the game's release date. Moore described downloadable content as "epic episode packs," and not just extra cars or characters. A press release during the conference said that the packs would add "hours of entirely new gameplay" to the game.[13] The official Xbox website states that these episodes will last a minimum of at least 10 hours long.[14] There have been no details on pricing of the downloads revealed. The nature of exclusivity on these episodes is still in vague detail.

 

Controversy

Jack Thompson

American anti-video game activist and Florida lawyer Jack Thompson stated he would take various measures to prevent the sale of the game by Rockstar to minors.[15] On March 16, 2007, Rockstar's parent company Take Two Interactive filed a lawsuit against Thompson in Florida in attempt to block him from trying to declare its games (or any game) a public nuisance. It would be a crime to sell games declared to be a public nuisance, effectively banning such games, a violation of First Amendment rights.[16] (Take Two Interactive's lawsuit can be read here.) Thompson responded by countersuing, accusing Take Two Interactive of violating federal RICO statutes (charge later dropped), committing perjury, obstruction of justice, and conspiring against him with third parties to deprive him of his civil rights.[17][18] (Thompson's countersuit can be read here.)

 

On April 20, 2007, both parties reached a settlement and agreed to drop their respective lawsuits. Under the terms of the settlement Thomspon is barred from suing to block the sale or distribution of any future games published by Take Two Interactive or any of its subsidiaries. He will no longer be able to bring his accusations regarding Take Two Interactive's games directly to the publisher or any of its business associates. He will be restricted to communicating through Take Two's attorneys on any future matters. Thompson will still be able to maintain his outspoken stance against the publisher's titles, as well as still being allowed to act as counsel in lawsuits brought against Take Two Interactive by other parties.

 

For their part, Take Two Interactive agreed to drop its contempt of court lawsuit against Thompson regarding alleged improper conduct during the Bully court hearings in Florida[19][20], which, if found to be in contempt, would have resulted in Thompson seeing jail time.[21][22][23] (The settlement can be read here.)

 

New York City officials

After the release of the first trailer, New York City officials were appalled with the choice of their city as the inspiration for the setting of Grand Theft Auto IV, and said that a game like GTA does not represent the city's crime levels accurately.[24] A spokesman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg said "The mayor does not support any video game where you earn points for injuring or killing police officers".[25] However, Jason Della Rocca, executive director of the International Game Developers Association, accused New York City of hypocrisy, for criticizing video games but not other forms of entertainment, such as books, films and television shows, which use New York City as the setting.[26]

 

 

PHOTOS:

>http://www.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/frame_lead.php?pid=933036&img=2&sid=undefined

[Ulukai]

Από τους New York Times (φαίνεται να είναι in game ( ; ) screenshot):

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/nyregion/thecity/13auto.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

(Click pic to enlarge.) Παρατηρήστε τη σκιά του τρένου πάνω στα κάγκελα, τη λάμπα κάτω από τη γέφυρα, τα skylines...

Looks good eh?

[privateer]

 

Interview: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/791/791512p1.html

[tsakonas]

ta spaei.......f@k me

[Επισκέπτης]

αμαν!!

απιστευτη λεπτομερια για τα δεδομενα των GTA8)

[MusU]

gu1yz chekarete to link...exei arketo prama gia meleth

 

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/grandtheftauto4/news.html?sid=6171459&tag=topslot;title;

[privateer]

GTA IV episodic content confirmed as exclusive to 360

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=77863

[privateer]

1) When you move, there is a slight vibration with every footstep when you run

 

2) The HUD has been removed- no health or armour indicators, it is all visual- and if you have armour, you actually have a bulletproof vest which visually deteriorates

 

3) Flame thrower and rocket launcher are still in the game

 

4) Explosions are larger than ever, and there is a mission in the game based on creating an awesome chain reaction of car explosions- apparently this looks awesome

 

4) Cars don't explode unless you blow them up - I.E they wont explode if you just keep crashing or hitting them - you have to rocket launch into them

 

5) Niko doesn't get tired- you can run forever, it just wont be as fast as previously.

 

6) more RPG elements, I.E - for a mission, you must catch the train at 7pm, and if you don't, you don't get to do that particular mission (they just gave this as an example, the scenario isn't confirmed in the game yet)

 

7) Gore is back and better, bullet wounds show, blood appears where you shoot people, they limp if you shoot them in the leg, and hold their arm if you shoot their arm. Apparently when you run someone over it is disturbing (but they gave no more detail)

 

No eating, girlfriends, keeping fit- but your skills do improve over time (driving etc)

 

9) Secret vehicles and “plenty of goodies” at 100% completion- no more details given (either not revealed or simply not known yet)

 

10) Land size is bigger than the 3 cities (not country) in SA put together

 

11) graphics are better than Saints Row - draw distance is literally as far as you can see

 

12) new trailer will be on the internet 28th of June

 

http://www.xboxliveaddicts.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18356

[ProEvoFan]

otan leei episodic ti enoei akrivos?

[p3tran]

otan leei episodic ti enoei akrivos?

 

εννοει οτι τα δυο ΜΕΓΑΛΑ επισοδεια που θα ακολουθησουν τους επομενους μηνες το GTA IV, θα βγουνε μονο στο 360 και οχι στο ps3

[savvvas]

2) The HUD has been removed- no health or armour indicators, it is all visual- and if you have armour, you actually have a bulletproof vest which visually deteriorates

http://www.xboxliveaddicts.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18356

 

Δεν κατάλαβα! Πως θα βλέπεις τελικά πόση ζωή θα έχεις??

[ProEvoFan]

εννοει οτι τα δυο ΜΕΓΑΛΑ επισοδεια που θα ακολουθησουν τους επομενους μηνες το GTA IV, θα βγουνε μονο στο 360 και οχι στο ps3

 

pali de katalava..otan les episodeia? poia megala episodeia....

[p3tran]

απορω τι δεν καταλαβαινεις!!

 

το oblivion το εχεις υποψην σου? ξερεις οτι εχουνε βγει ΜΕΤΑ το game διαφορα πραγματα να κανεις download που επεκτεινουν το game?

ωραια.

 

οταν λοιπον λεμε μεγαλα επισοδεια, φαντασου κατι σαν το shivering isles για το oblivion.

νεο στορυ, τοποθεσιες, γραφικα, ηχοι, πλοκη, χαρακτηρες.

 

 

ε, αυτα τα δυο επισοδεια, που θα βγουνε 4 μηνες μετα την κυκλοφορια του gtaiv το πρωτο, και λιγο πιο μετα το δευτερο, θα ειναι exclusive στο 360 (δηλ. δεν θα βγουνε στο ps3)

[S2Katana]

Δεν αμφισβητω τις πληροφοριες σου, αλλα απλα I just don't buy it για το τριπτυχο GTA-Sony-PS3...

 

Εκτος και αν ειναι ''προφορτωμενα'' στο PS3 και απλα γινει μετα release και στο XBOX.