Grand Theft Auto IV Teaser Trailer Countdown!

Originally posted by chris01621
Could that be the direction their taking it now, real cities???
I like the idea of that, but how much would it be like all the others, like True Grime.

I cant wait to see some definitive info on this...

No. It's clearly "Liberty city" (look for the clues) GTA would not work if everything was 'real', it's a parody by nature.

Edit- they see ALL has provided the details.

[edit on 9-4-2007 by Xeros]

A GTA format where you can play as a white guy, or a black woman, or what ever. One where you can chose your look before the game starts and it changes to who you are.

This game is going to be so sweet, I can barely wait.

I feel like Cartman on that episode of Southpark when he couldnt wait for the Wii, so he froze himself to make time go by faster.

I think that Rockstar should do GTA: Space or GTA: Universe, where rather than going from city to city, stealing cars, you could go planet to planet stealing different UFO's.

How awesome would that be?

Uhg, that would be horrible. It wouldn't be Grand Theft Auto anymore, it would be a completely different game. Wait till Spore comes out, that should satisfy you.

I am a firm believer that they will make a 3D version of GTA2 which was set in the future.

Hover cars, boards, bikes and boots (rather than the boring jetpack).

Maybe have to wait a while for that though....

Here is a preview of the preview.

www.gta4.net...

The protagonist's name is Niko Bellic - an Eastern European immigrant who has come to Liberty City to live the "American Dream."

The game is set in Liberty City in 2007, but it is bigger than the Liberty City we saw in GTA III.
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The GTA 4 equivalent of the Statue of Liberty is called the Statue of Happiness
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In Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar have recreated 4 of the 5 boroughs in New York

Check out the rest!

[edit on 20-4-2007 by asala]

Your link won't work for me but what you quoted sounds cool.
I'm assuming if you "hang out" with people, that will involve some mingame or something.
Sounds like you have a cell phone too, get contacts to put in your phone.
What I would really like to see is that they have learned some things from "Bully" and you can interact with the city and surroundings more, like riding the fairground rides.

Can't wait to see more on this...

Rockstar have now spent over 3 years developing the game, and Dan Houser compares the leap from GTA III to GTA IV, to the leap from GTA to GTA III.

I'm giddy for this game. It sounds F-U-N.

Looks good though i hope improvements are just visual, i'd like a long game with lots of tough missions

Well if you still cant click the link Chris than here is the full thing quoted for ya.

Full Summary of the Preview

* The protagonist's name is Niko Bellic - an Eastern European immigrant who has come to Liberty City to live the "American Dream." The game is set in Liberty City in 2007, but it is bigger than the Liberty City we saw in GTA III.

* The GTA 4 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 Algonquin Bridge Overpass).

Game Informer
* In Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar have recreated 4 of the 5 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. The map is smaller than San Andreas, but considerably more detailed. No countryside or desert, we are led to believe.

* Pedestrians are far more realistic in GTAIV than in previous GTA games - they sit on benches, smoke cigarettes, read books and generally act like any real pedestrian would in the middle of a street.

* The screenshots in the preview are not representative of the final quality of the graphics, Rockstar insist. The game will only look better as the release draws closer..

* Niko was persuaded to move to Liberty City by his cousin Roman, who claimed to be living a wonderful life there with two beautiful women, fifteen sports cars, and lots of money etc, but he was infact telling a lie in order to hide his own failures. Roman is the only person you know in Liberty City at the beginning of the game, and he becomes one of your major connections at the start. 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. They are constantly bickering.

* The demo (which was played on Xbox 360) begins with Bellic standing inside of the taxi depot, which Roman operates in the borough of Broker in a converted industrial garage. Roman works at a cluttered desk in a shabby environment, and at this point the graphical improvements are extremely evident. Bellic walks to a brownstone house in Broker, where he pushes open the door and pulls out a 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 onto 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 with a terrific view of the city skyline. 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 it's 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 reciever to meet him at the docks.

* As Bellic walks, you can feel the weight behind each step he makes. Variations in the terrain cause realistic changes in the walking animation. The physics have also improved and character movements are more realistic.

* In previous GTA games you were like a slave because you had to constantly take orders from people when doing missions. There is still an element of that in Grand Theft Auto 4, but you can also choose how you want to spend your time, for example "I want to hang out with him and her. I want to hang out with this guy because he always has fun things to do." Call him up and maybe you can hang with him. Maybe he'll answer. You have a lot of choice over what you want to do.

* In GTA 4, Rockstar is giving its players more freedom, more choice, and more sense of control over their destiny - the structure of GTA4's storyline is quite different to it's predecessors as it can be told in a number of different ways. You can talk to people in person, by cell phones, and there are a bunch of other ways of giving the player information. In general it's a different experience, with new ways of interacting with the characters and the game world.

* Rockstar consulted crime experts and ex-policemen when making the game, and they learned that being a criminal is a lot harder these days than it was during the 80s and 90s (for example) and they have tried to reflect this in the game. This means you can expect to see a lot of people getting arrested - the police are a heavy presence in Liberty City.

* There are no planes in GTA IV because there is only one city, and Rockstar want the game to seem realistic. That means there will be no rollerblades, no unicycles, probably no jetpacks and indeed no planes. Rockstar are giving choice and variety which feels right for the character. However there will be motorbikes.

* Rockstar North is approaching the recruitment of voice actors in a different way. This means that we will probably hear less familiar voices in GTA 4, as R* are looking for voices which suit the attitude of the characters, and are not just looking for big names. A similar approach is being done with the soundtrack - Rockstar are looking for great music which works with the 2007 Liberty City.

* After an initial load sequence, the game will never load again. Not even during exterior-interior transitions (and vice versa).

* Both versions of the game (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) will likely be identical, but the Xbox 360 version will have exclusive downloadable episodic [sizeable] content. Rockstar have now spent over 3 years developing the game, and Dan Houser compares the leap from GTA III to GTA IV, to the leap from GTA to GTA III.

* GTA IV will have multiplayer, but it's not going to be a massively multiplayer online game, says Dan Houser. They are trying to make something that is interesting, fun, progressive and which goes along nicely with the single-player game.

Apparently the PS3 will now have "exclusive" downloadable episodic [sizeable] content too. This might not be the best source, but it's all I could find on my sloooooow computer at the moment - Click!

Thanks Sardinion, thats does sound even better, I would love to have planes in it though.

I won't miss the countryside, I hated doing those first Carla missions In gta sa and the rest was only good for the races. Oh some cool street races with, hopefully Fully moded cars will be in this one.

Talking to everyone face to face was in Bully, but this will be alot more improved I hope...

[edit on 20-4-2007 by chris01621]

Originally posted by chris01621
Talking to everyone face to face was in Bully, but this will be alot more improved I hope...

OFF TOPIC, but I'm curious: Give me a quick review of Bully.
It looked like it could be promising, but then it hasn't gotten any buzz at all.

Bomb?

Originally posted by Essedarius

Originally posted by chris01621
Talking to everyone face to face was in Bully, but this will be alot more improved I hope...

OFF TOPIC, but I'm curious: Give me a quick review of Bully.
It looked like it could be promising, but then it hasn't gotten any buzz at all.

Bomb?

I posted a thread awhile back for it, I didn't get too many replies but there is alot of info in there...

www.belowtopsecret.com...

[edit on 21-4-2007 by chris01621]

Thanks chris!

I may have to give it a whirl...

The game sounds bad a**.. And to whoever said that should have GTAUFO!! Wow, you really have something there.. Seriously, you would probably be the only one with it.. That would be lame bro.. But they should make a state or world wide gta ONLINE!!

New GTA trailer is coming on June 28th people. Yet another countdown...

www.gta4.net...

This just in, the second trailer of Grand Theft Auto IV will be releasing on Thursday June 28th. The title is "Looking for that special someone". Check out the new artwork below...

[edit on 12-6-2007 by sardion2000]

New trailer coming in approximately 4 hours!

Dun.. Dun.. Dun..

I want to see a little bit of what the gameplay action is going to look like. Been waiting awhile to see this one.

I don't really care about the Gameplay as long as it's as tight as San Andreas. I'm more intrested in the storyline and the humor of the GTA games.