[QUOTE="MultiplateOwner"][QUOTE="dru26"][QUOTE="AvIdGaMeR444"] I knew this would happen! RockStar won't admit it...but I'm 100% sure that the reason GTAIV is going to be smaller than San Andreas is because of the space limitations of DVD9. Using 720p and having a huge streaming world with no load times is the culprit. It worked last gen because of lower resolutions....but to have a streaming game with no load times and be 720p in a huge environment this gen?
I'm betting RockStar is having to cut major corners just to get this game to fit on DVD9. "But AvidGamer, your argument is void because Oblivion is huge and it only took half of a DVD9". Yeah, well Oblivion had low res textures constantly in the distance...there was long load times to enter towns, and even when the game was "streaming" out in the open, it was constantly saying "loading" and having to load as you were moving around. Also, there was major fade in from foliage and such. Also, Oblivion had the same music loop over and over and had the same 4 or 5 voice actors for different people.
GTAIV will have many more voice actors, whether it be random people you hit, or the main characters. Also, GTAIV will have much more diversity in music.
DVD9 is "technically" enough space for this gen...but barely. Look at it this way...
1) GTA 2 was bigger than GTA
2) GTA 3 was bigger than GTA 2
3) Vice City was bigger than GTA 3
4) San Andreas was bigger than Vice City
5) And now...GTA IV is SMALLER than San Andreas.
Seems very fishy to me...RockStar has actual competition now as well from Saints Row and Crackdown...and GTA IV is gonna be smaller? I bet RockStar wanted to make GTA IV bigger than San Andreas, but they just couldn't because of DVD9 limitations.
Sorry lemmings, but if you think about it...this makes sense...GTA IV is "dumbed" down for the DVD9.
RossRichard
Motorstorm has 8 tracks, the worst ranking and stat tracking I've seen in a racing game, and no upgradeable vehicles only useless skins. The game which touted 15gb of Blu-Ray necessity, has less features then Super Monaco for Genesis. I own a ps3, but I must be the only one that realizes the space is not being used properly.
first off have u played the game.have u seen how huge thouse maps are? have u seen how there are many diffrent routes for people to go threw. have u seen the best graphics for a racing game this ge.\
the maps are 10x the size of anything in geow.
and it would never cost them 100 million to k=make a ps3 game, nor would it take them that long to make it. if only devs where like insomninac and team ninja
You can lie to your friends, you can lie to your momma, you can lie to yourself. But I have a PS3 and I spent a lot of time with Motorstorm. You are straight up on something if you think the maps are 10x bigger than the maps in Gears of War. Best graphics for a racing game this gen? Its close with PGR3. Forza 2 is coming out though.
And the 100 million to make a game, well there is a reason why nobody has even come close to completely filling a bluray disc yet. Ever wonder why?
ohhh ohhh i know maybe becausee this is the first 5 months ps3 has been out and devs havent had enuff time to fully optimized the ps3, and the blu ray disk.
could that be the answere, please tell me im right.
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