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offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2007-04-11 02:28 [#02071131]
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Lots of new intel in the Game Informer exlusive. I will cut
and paste it here rather than link to it, so as to increase
my Though rating.
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# Niko Bellic is the main character.

# Multi-player will be included, but no details yet.

# Variations in the terrain cause the walking animation to
change. The physics have also improved and character
movements are more realistic.

# Liberty City is the only location in the game.

# The Xbox 360 version was the version shown to the magazine
editors.

# There were no planes in the skies of the demo that the
magazine editors saw, and it seems that there will not be
airplanes in the game. Other forms of air travel should not
be ruled out.

# The MetLife building now bears the name Getalife, the
Statue of Liberty is now the Statue of Happiness, and DUMBO
(Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is called BOABO
(Beneath the Offramp of the Algonquin Bridge Overpass).

# Dan Houser of Rockstar Games said that New York City "is
an environment we felt had never been done to the level we
were envisioning it in a video game. From looking at all of
the locations, this was the one that really stood out to us,
and really had that impact. It has all of these iconic
things that you couldn't put into a game before."

# Within Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar North has recreated
four of the five boroughs that make up New York City, as
well as a section of New Jersey. In the GTA universe,
Brooklyn has been transformed to Broker, Manhattan has
mutated into Algonquin, Queens is now Dukes, The Bronx is
Bohan, and New Jersey has become Alderney.

# It's a smaller geographical mass than San Andreas, but not
an inch of this world is wasted or dedicated to vast
stretches of country or desert. It's a tightly packed
metropolis that captures the eye with its decades of
world-class architecture, sun-blocking towers, and
extraordinary walks of life.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2007-04-11 02:31 [#02071133]
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# The city is brought to life with an amazing level of
realism. Sunlight glistens beautifully off of glasswork,
illuminates the intricate detailing of century old brick,
and even reveals just how realistic an ordinary bag of
trash
can look. As the sun begins to set, the city takes on a
whole different appearance. Buildings that were once
eye-popping attractions slowly become ominous obelisks. As
any New Yorker will tell you, there's a big difference
between New York during the day and New York at night.
Liberty City will perfectly capture that quality.

# Niko Bellic's home is in Eastern Europe, and he likely
may
never have traveled to Liberty City if it wasn't for his
cousin Roman. With life not working out in the homeland,
"Bellic turns up in Liberty City because he's been
receiving
e-mails from his cousin Roman, that read like: 'I live this
amazing life, it's the American Dream come true. I have two
women. I have four hot tubs. I have fifteen sports cars,"
Houser elaborates. "And [Bellic] believes it." His bid to
flee his past for what he thought would be the greener
pastures of America couldn't be any further from the truth.
Roman has been lying to him. He isn't rich. He isn't
popular. And he's actually in a load of trouble. He lied to
his cousin to hide his own failures in life.

# Roman, Niko's cousin, is the only person that he knows in
America. He serves as one of his main friends, motivations,
and connections at the start of the game. Unlike San
Andreas, players won't get a chance to see Bellic in his
homeland. You will see his life unfold from the moment he
steps into Liberty City.

# Niko is a "tough character" while Roman is a "friendly
buffoon."

# 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.

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I am REALLY going to miss cruising out in the country. :_-(
Everything else


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2007-04-11 02:34 [#02071134]
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um, sounds insanely great.


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offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-11 02:44 [#02071135]
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sounds like GTA3 with tweaks and a new engine to me. my
expectations were too high. i guess having GTA then London
1969 then GTA 2 in the future i just expected a change of
scenery. oh well.


 

offline blaaard from Imatra (close to sky) (Finland) on 2007-04-11 02:47 [#02071136]
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yeah sounds good.... i wonder how "a new level of freedom"
will translate though....

haven't played any computer games lately... but i think the
more sophisticated a pseudo-realistic 3d environment is, the
more obvious the borders and limitations will become... the
first few hours or days at best you're sitting there
exploring, constantly discovering new stuff.... the game
tries to give the illusion of no limitations.... until you
bump against that gameplay wall where everything gets
repetitive.... the fights become boring and all the same...
i think mgs3 is a great example of this... also san
andreas...

what a waste of time? hmm


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-11 02:50 [#02071137]
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i agree with you completely


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2007-04-11 03:05 [#02071139]
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must not let gta ruin my studies (again)


 

offline zero-cool on 2007-04-11 04:32 [#02071149]
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WHAT SMALLER THAN SAN ANDREAS?????? FUCKKKK

it should not be set in todays time, it should be in like
late 1970's to early 1980's


 

offline zero-cool on 2007-04-11 04:33 [#02071150]
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aha you dog, that makes 2 or 2 million of us?


 


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