Sorry for all the Game Informer mentions lately, but it seems as if the beast just won't die. The latest news from good ol' GI is actually some really good stuff. And by stuff I mean junk. OK, here are the details on Grand Theft Auto IV that have been revealed:
* The protagonist's name is Niko Bellic, which we believe is Croatian or Serbian.
* Multiplayer is set to be announced.
* You can use a cellphone to call your contacts.
* Apparently there are no planes because there is only one city in the game.
* You have a lot of choice over what you want to do. You still have to take orders from people during missions, but you can also choose how you want to spend your time, e.g "I want to hang out with him, or her... I want to go see this guy 'cause he always has something to do..."
* The story unfolds in a number of different ways. R* is giving people more freedom, more choice and more sense of control over their destiny - the structure of the storyline is quite different to previous games.
* The demo which Game Informer played was for the Xbox 360 version of the game.
The item that gets me juicy? Multiplayer. Make it happen and make it work, Rockstar, and I'll love you long time. [Update 1: New scans added! -Niero]
[Via GTA4.net]
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2:56 PM on 04.10.2007
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Either way a serb or croat will be amazing for this story!
Can't...breathe...hopefully not like San Andreas two player multiplayer!
You get to play one of my countrymen. We were the ones that put the term "Ethnic Cleansing" into the English lexicon after all.
GTA getting its true street cred I guess.
Does this mean we should assume no flying at all? That really sucks, would could be cooler than skydiving during multiplayer battles?
No planes?
No little cities??
:(
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Wonder if its worth picking up the magazine just for the article?
I hope to play missions involving body-snatching, organ-trafficking, aiding drug mules, smuggling sex slaves from indonesia, threatening soccer players families and maintaining a successful oxycotin-dealing business in a shitty suburb on staten island.
Niko's gotta be a croat or bosnian; serb's are always the bad guys, cause seriously who like a serb?
Dont we all remember what happened during the Balkan War during the Red Star Belgrade match? -- and yea yea lots a talk about footie in this game too. (sleazy, corrupt managers, bookies and rigged bets)
Worry about the planes etc in the next game,
you know its coming.
i always thought'd be amazing if they played up the fact the game is a parody of our culture by making the game cell shaded and more cartoonish, but highly stylized. something more akin to the amazing cover art would be awesome. who could argue with the rampant violence and gratuity if the characters weren't really trying to be realistic? i mean, keep in more realistic physics and stuff, but take a step back and paint a truly satirical picture within the game. i always felt that way with the last-gen versions since they couldn't make truly life-like characters anyway, so why did they bother? maybe the next-gen capabilities of the new systems will change my mind, though.
on the multiplayer note, i expect a wonderful blend of saint's row aiming mechanics and match types (along with fresh ones, of course) coupled with crackdown's co-op. anything less will be a flat out shame. if the psp versions can do multiplayer, 360 and ps3 sure as hell better do it... and much better, too!