The GTAIV Kickass Hype/Discussion Thread (56k) - KEEP IT HERE OR BE SUSPENDED!

[QUOTE="ReverseCycology"]

The first thing I will do in the game is to attack a pedestrian.

Jandurin

I mean, it's Grand Theft Auto, not Grand Assault Mayhem. :o

:lol: OK, as a compromise I will steal a car and immediately hit a pedestrian. :D

:lol: OK, as a compromise I will steal a car and immediately hit a pedestrian. :Ddhjohns

[QUOTE="dhjohns"]:lol: OK, as a compromise I will steal a car and immediately hit a pedestrian. :DJandurin

:lol: That is why I love GTA4. I can use my "skillz" and drive up on the sidewalk. And totally act like it was intended. :P

Just 18 days left! That's 432 hours! Or 25,920 minutes! Or 1,555,200 seconds!

Good lord, the wait is torture.....

Thanks to everyone who voted in the last poll!

Looks like the majority are doing the sane thing. Anyway, new poll added thanks to EuroMafia's suggestion. Please vote! :)

Thanks to everyone who voted in the last poll!

Looks like the majority are doing the sane thing. Anyway, new poll added thanks to EuroMafia's suggestion. Please vote! :)

lol at the poll. 1 vote?

I voted in the new poll. Nice choices the very best! It was a tough choice as gunning down J. Thompson looks awfully appealing.dhjohns

Vote again! I changed the poll. I changed the last option... cause maybe people don't wanna kill JT immediately. Maybe they wanna... you know, toture him a little first, if we get the option to do so. :)

lol at the poll. 1 vote?

i-like-pie

I just made it a minute ago.

Yeah, but you need to get used to the controls first.EuroMafia

Yeah, but I'll probably play with a few pals, so we'll all have to get used to the controls and physics at the same time. Should be crazy. This game is insane. 100+ hour single-player game, that also contains massive replay value, and then a fully-featured muiltiplayer. Hell, more than fully-featured, since there's supposedly "more" than 15 different modes.

And the multiplayer "lobby" isn't actually a lobby, it's Liberty City. You wait for other players to join in the city itself, while messing around. This is the best value since the Orange Box.

In fact, Hilary Goldstein on the recent Three Red Lights podcast (which I recommend anyone looking forward to GTA4 listen to) was basically creaming himself over GTA4 multiplayer, and actually said that Rockstar could have probably gotten away with selling GTA4 for $90 and it'd be worth it.

He's also doing the GTA4 review along with David Clayman. They joked about how they gave Jade Empire a 9.9 and got some crap for it, but it does seem like GTA4 is gonna get a huge score from IGN. I predict no less than a 9.8, honestly. And if you listened to that podcast, you'd agree.

I'm gonna car jack a taxi, cruise around then do some taxi missions (whatever it's called)

[QUOTE="EuroMafia"]Yeah, but you need to get used to the controls first.Zeliard9

Yeah, but I'll probably play with a few pals, so we'll all have to get used to the controls and physics at the same time. Should be crazy. This game is insane. 100+ hour single-player game, that also contains massive replay value, and then a fully-featured muiltiplayer. Hell, more than fully-featured, since there's supposedly "more" than 15 different modes.

And the multiplayer "lobby" isn't actually a lobby, it's Liberty City. You wait for other players to join in the city itself, while messing around. This is the best value since the Orange Box.

In fact, Hilary Goldstein on the recent Three Red Lights podcast (which I recommend anyone looking forward to GTA4 listen to) was basically creaming himself over GTA4 multiplayer, and actually said that Rockstar could have probably gotten away with selling GTA4 for $90 and it'd be worth it.

He's also doing the GTA4 review along with David Clayman. They joked about how they gave Jade Empire a 9.9 and got some crap for it, but it does seem like GTA4 is gonna get a huge score from IGN. I predict no less than a 9.8, honestly. And if you listened to that podcast, you'd agree.

I'm very strongly considering booting the game up and going straight to Cops 'N Crooks for a quick game or two before starting up the single-player. It just sounds like the funnest piece of multiplayer that I'll have played in a long time, even moreso than the likes of TF2, if that's possible. It has the absolute perfect premise for a multiplayer mode in GTA, and every MP hands-on raved about it.
Zeliard9

GTA multiplayer is going to be like Heat all over again. And that is AWESOME. THis is seriously the first time any of us will ever play a multiplayer game in the open world gta universe and setting. This will be awesome mainly due to the living breathing city, cops still around, peds everywhere, traffic. If it were just you and 15 people on an empty map it would suck so hard but this is going to be awesome.

This game honstly may have the best chance at getting a 10 out of all the games in 08. It has everything. The full package and all the previews are raving.blues3531

I introduced someone who had never played a GTA game before to it by making some bet which resulted in him having to play through the first island of GTA3. Suffice to say, five minutes into the game, he was hooked. The first thing he did was grab a h**ker in his car, then saw a diablo car and tried to nick it. The diablos then proceeded to beat him. He managed to kill one of them, but had only 3 hp left and the other one was about to kill him when the h**ker he had picked up gave him "the most savage dropkick" my friend had ever seen, thereby saving his life and killing the Diablos. He described this scenario with utter excitement over and over again................

I love how GTA just appeals to anyone, casual gamer, regular joe or even hardcore gamers. :)

In regards to the first thing I shall do in GTA, I shall pick up a car and see what speed I can get up to and how long I can accelerate for before I fly through the windshield :D

GTA multiplayer is going to be like Heat all over again. And that is AWESOME. THis is seriously the first time any of us will ever play a multiplayer game in the open world gta universe and setting. This will be awesome mainly due to the living breathing city, cops still around, peds everywhere, traffic. If it were just you and 15 people on an empty map it would suck so hard but this is going to be awesome.

blues3531

While not exactly the same, Crackdown let you have some fun in a crazy open world. I think GTA4 will be much better, but Crackdown was a lot of fun for this type of activity!!

New character vid just went up.

Playboy X

New character vid just went up.

Playboy X

JayPee89

New character vid just went up.

Playboy X

JayPee89

Edit: all updates today: http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=updates

lol at the poll. 1 vote?

i-like-pie

I just made it a minute ago.

since this is the sticky, i'll put it here:

Why do so many people say that GTA4 wont "feel" right on a 360 controller? has anyone ever played GTA on the wonky triggers of the sixaxis? do they realize that you have to be able to delicately pull the left trigger to aim/lock on? it seems to me that the 360 triggers will be the way to go

Thanks for all the nice comments. What else do you guys think I should add? I'll put the Liberty City map in the OP with a spoiler tag I think...

[QUOTE="EmilioDigsIt"]Very Best, you want to let me borrow some money for that Special Edition?

Nice job, here.
the-very-best

lol, I know... $150 bucks, insane. But it's GTA... and if GTA's taught us anything, it's that we should rob a bank and then go buy the special edition.

thats cool but i would rather just drive around

[QUOTE="JayPee89"]

New character vid just went up.

Playboy X

EuroMafia

Edit: all updates today: http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=updates

Thanks!

I like him. I like how he equates himself with Jesus. That's gonna go down well.

does anyone know anything about the Collector's edition and if it will be any good?TheDarkDisciple

Here you go (from the OP):

Special Edition? What?
The normal edition of GTAIV retails for $59.99 in North America, AU$119.95 in Australia (Target has $20 off if you preorder), and £49.99 in Europe. The normal edition simply consists of the game. The special edition consists of:

• A customised metal safe deposit box.
• A Rockstar keychain for the safe deposit box keys.
• A limited edition Rockstar duffel bag.
• Production artwork in the Grand Theft Auto IV Art Book.
• Selected soundtrack CD from Grand Theft Auto IV.
• A specially packaged version of the game.

The special edition will retail for $89.99 in North America, AU$149.95 in Australia (Target has $20 off if you preorder), and £79.99 in Europe. This is a picture of the special edition of GTAIV:

since this is the sticky, i'll put it here:

Why do so many people say that GTA4 wont "feel" right on a 360 controller? has anyone ever played GTA on the wonky triggers of the sixaxis? do they realize that you have to be able to delicately pull the left trigger to aim/lock on? it seems to me that the 360 triggers will be the way to go

Awinagainov

Just different opinions.

I personally don't like the Xbox controller for GTA games, I always play the old GTAs on my PS2 (although I do have SA on Xbox as well).

I like the sixaxis controller myself, so that's just one reason GTAIV would "feel" better on PS3 for me.

[QUOTE="EuroMafia"][QUOTE="JayPee89"]

New character vid just went up.

Playboy X

the-very-best

Edit: all updates today: http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=updates

Thanks!

I like him. I like how he equates himself with Jesus. That's gonna go down well.

Niko's reaction is friggin' hilarious.

Radio that'll be playing the most in my ride goes to... tum tum tum... Radio X

Not a bad line up =P

Oh boy I just pre-ordered today and I turned down the offer for the special edition but damn does it look nice. :o

Still...that $30 could go towards a whole nother game. :(

[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="EuroMafia"][QUOTE="JayPee89"]

New character vid just went up.

Playboy X

fuzzysquash

Edit: all updates today: http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=updates

Thanks!

I like him. I like how he equates himself with Jesus. That's gonna go down well.

Niko's reaction is friggin' hilarious.

Playboy X looks like somebody I saw his pic here in GS, Im going to call him playboy X, Im searching for the pic thread in off topic, lol.

[QUOTE="Awinagainov"]

since this is the sticky, i'll put it here:

Why do so many people say that GTA4 wont "feel" right on a 360 controller? has anyone ever played GTA on the wonky triggers of the sixaxis? do they realize that you have to be able to delicately pull the left trigger to aim/lock on? it seems to me that the 360 triggers will be the way to go

the-very-best

Just different opinions.

I personally don't like the Xbox controller for GTA games, I always play the old GTAs on my PS2 (although I do have SA on Xbox as well).

I like the sixaxis controller myself, so that's just one reason GTAIV would "feel" better on PS3 for me.

Yup, just personal preferance. I'm more comfortable with the PS3 controller for this since I have clocked in soooooooo many hours on each GTA game so far on it and will clock a hell of a lot more on this one so, if I'm going to spend an incredible amount of time on this game, controller comfort and personal preferance factors majorly into which console I get it for.

:D

Click on it to make it bigger. It's an amazing pic. Look at the draw distance, how you can see individual cars from that high up. And the water looks beautiful, too, and reflects amazingly. The lighting in general is fantastic. I don't know how anybody can complain about these graphics.

When you take into account the huge scale of the game as well as the great amount of detail, you've got your console graphics king right here.

dragon_master are you outta ya mind! :evil: GTA will be out of this world GOOD! :D

:D

Click on it to make it bigger. It's an amazing pic. Look at the draw distance, how you can see individual cars from that high up. And the water looks beautiful, too, and reflects amazingly. The lighting in general is fantastic. I don't know how anybody can complain about these graphics.

When you take into account the huge scale of the game as well as the great amount of detail, you've got your console graphics king right here.

Zeliard9

You know, honestly, up to now, I've been hyped for GTA4 because of the gameplay features and have never actually been impressed massively with the graphics but, just now, as I looked at that picture, I was actually amazed.................

In the UK, there are virtually no more first pre-order copies left so I'm praying my preorder is in the first batch and I don't have to wait for the second.

Niko's reaction is friggin' hilarious.

fuzzysquash

:lol:

God, Niko's gonna be such a great character.

Look at the detail in that black and white pic in the background, by the way. Craziness.

Who cares about download content,even Rockstar knows barely anyone will complete the game which is why the credits are in the beginning.

That image with Niko kiccking the dude of the building is sweet! I always had to resist the urge to jump off buildings in SA. The sound when you land on the floor is just awesome though.

Anyway, people, did you know there is only 16 days till GTAIV? 16 days, people! That's nothing!

Regarding reviews, the first reviews of Grand Theft Auto IV are expected to arrive within the next couple of weeks, and today OPM UK announced that their review will begin reaching subscribers of the magazine around April 22nd. Official Xbox Magazine have already announced that their review will go on sale on April 19th. Meanwhile a number of other reviews are also expected from the likes of IGN and GameSpot at around the same time.

Also, just the list of updates that someone posted before in clickable form thanks to GTA4.net. The official GTA IV website has been updated with a bunch of new screenshots and content, including the launch of the new multiplayer section. Here is the full list of updates:

• Bean Machine
• Electrochoc
• Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster
• Liberty City Gun Club
• Liberty City Hardcore
• The Men's Room
• Middle Park

• Playboy X
• ZiT
• Multiplayer section launched
• Music section updated
• Screenshots section updated
• New wallpapers - outdoor series
• MySpace profile themes

That image with Niko kicking the dude off the building is sweet! I always had to resist the urge to jump off buildings in SA. The sound when you land on the floor is just awesome though.

Anyway, people, did you know there is only 16 days till GTAIV? 16 days, people! That's nothing!

Regarding reviews, the first reviews of Grand Theft Auto IV are expected to arrive within the next couple of weeks, and today OPM UK announced that their review will begin reaching subscribers of the magazine around April 22nd. Official Xbox Magazine have already announced that their review will go on sale on April 19th. Meanwhile a number of other reviews are also expected from the likes of IGN and GameSpot at around the same time.

Also, just the list of updates that someone posted before in clickable form thanks to GTA4.net. The official GTA IV website has been updated with a bunch of new screenshots and content, including the launch of the new multiplayer section. Here is the full list of updates:

• Bean Machine
• Electrochoc
• Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster
• Liberty City Gun Club
• Liberty City Hardcore
• The Men's Room
• Middle Park

• Playboy X
• ZiT
• Multiplayer section launched
• Music section updated
• Screenshots section updated
• New wallpapers - outdoor series
• MySpace profile themes

I love the wallpaper section. These ones especially:

cool updates, I like this pic :D

Slightly old article but:

UK gamers who didn't pre-order Grand Theft Auto IV might have a hard time getting their hands on the title when it's released April 29. MCV reports that major retailers across the UK are struggling to keep up with early demand for Rockstar North's upcoming game, and anticipate shortages around the time of release.

A representative from UK retailer Play.com states that GTAIV is already the best-selling title on PS3, according to their records, but hopes to have enough copies in stock on launch day to accommodate customers who didn't pre-order. GAME, meanwhile, is already anticipating shortages, with a message on their website alerting customers that pre-ordered any later than April 6 that they may not receive the title on launch day. Fearing a similar shortage, Gamestation has stopped taking pre-orders altogether. We're not entirely sure, but we think Rockstar may be on to something with this "Grand Theft Auto" business.

SOURCE

Rofl, if you don't order before 6th of April, you might not recieve a launch copy :P

Gamestation is one of the most popular game retailers in the UK and they have stopped taking preorders!

cool updates, I like this pic :D

fuzzysquash

i had that pic as my background on my ps3 XMB he he :D

does anyone know if the back of the boxart has been released?Awinagainov

this maybe, though I asume it's fake, anyone could have made it using those pics.

This is the first time I've posted in this thread. :|

Where is my hype? I think I need to catch up with these updates.

Who cares about download content,even Rockstar knows barely anyone will complete the game which is why the credits are in the beginning.

killzowned24

I care. Thats one person. Your arguement = Phail