New GTAIV Screens Bring The Realness - Kotaku Comments

New GTAIV Screens Bring The Realness

stuff.and.co — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:25:57 MST

"Heróis do mar, nobre povo..."

It would be hell nice if there's a portuguese mafia character in there =)

stuff.and.co

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joelface — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:03:36 MST

looks amazing.

joelface

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MedelliaObscured — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:14:04 MST

hmmmm....i need to see a vid or at least a screen shot of how the game is going to be like third person RE4 style or just third person view? something all i have been seeing is cutscenes.

MedelliaObscured

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Jonn — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:05:02 MST

@atbin16: Now try it again with actual periods.

Jonn

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DigiMish — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:09:37 MST

@Witzbold:

I definitely agree with you regarding SA. The game setting and size was awesome, but the plot was meh. I know they were trying to go all authentic and stuff, but it just came off as a joke. In GTAIV, the character is not actually a super, hit-me, bad-ass, and I can actually correlate with him.

... well being Russian helps a lot :)

DigiMish

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knoyd_mcbennet — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:53:57 MST

i just hope the obscene level of detail is enough to distract my craving for airplanes

knoyd_mcbennet

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Witzbold — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:47:25 MST

@Campion: Basically I just hated the setting.

Back growing up my friend and I had to deal with enough of that kinda shit when I would visit him in the bad part of town.

@VipingViper: I really could care less what they based it off of.

Witzbold

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ftrunks2k — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:21:59 MST

Niko doesn't even look half as cool as CJ did. I'm really hoping we can customise this guy as much as CJ cos if we can't, that's gonna really suck.

and I totally agree with VIPINGVIPER, the homage was excellent and still thee best GTA game to date content and story wise.

ftrunks2k

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sandwiches — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:01:17 MST

And if it was exclusive, it still wouldn't sell 360s in Japan.

sandwiches

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DaiMacculate — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:58:19 MST

@VipingViper: To be fair, being in Japan Witz probably hasn't watched BoonDocks, which has some of the same criticisms of "Gangsta" culture in it that he is probably basing his opinion on. I though SA did a pretty good job of showing the life and humorizing it without glamorizing, but obviously some don't agree.

DaiMacculate

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crashlanding — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:40:49 MST

@EnigmaNemesis:
It could sell 5 million in one day but it won't change one persons opinion.

GTA SchmeeTA, I'm not on this hype train either. Somebody call me if GTA IV does anything new, other than look more pretty;)

crashlanding

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Billkwando — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:35:17 MST

Having never played GTA for more than 5 minutes (but Crackdown and Saints Row I have) I'm happy to see that the graphics are not hideous for once.

It looks pretty good. Great, in fact.

Billkwando

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EnigmaNemesis — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:35:47 MST

@Seoulfood:

These screenshots look no different than all the ones they were showing for the past year.

@kingclip:

Oh, then bash the piss out of it when it launches and sells 5 million in less than two weeks, and say how horrible it is.

EnigmaNemesis

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hop3less — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:54:05 MST

GTA has NEVER, EVER, been about graphics or 60fps.
I'll gladly take this, they do look slick.
Let's hope it plays as well as San Andreas.

hop3less

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Akmed — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:43:17 MST

this is a totally new map, right?

Akmed

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DigitalHero — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:39:33 MST

I'll be buying this game. I've liked all the GTA's after III.

DigitalHero

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kingclip — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:24:58 MST

Let the hype machine begin. It's not going to be Halo-esque, but it's gonna be close.

And, like Halo, we'll all take about how great/shitty the game will be before we play it.

Not that I'm not greatly looking forward to this game, but I do it with some skepticism. I still think GTA III was the best of the PS2 versions. Vice City just lacked to same feel for me and SA seemed like 20 pounds of stuff in a 10 pound bag.

kingclip

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Seoulfood — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:11:50 MST

I dunno... I honestly must cry shenannigans, simply because this is so many steps up from the trailer that JUST came out.

I mean. If they did make such a graphical leap in such little time, then awesome!!!!!

but these pics seem a bit too nice.

Seoulfood

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Harteex — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:59:39 MST

@Mr Bentley: It's possible to compress things much more if you just put some more time into it.
Check out this for example, it's pretty amazing: [www.theprodukkt.com]

Harteex

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Flanker — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:54:18 MST

@Ashurahori: "às aaaaaaarmaaas..."

On-topic, it is nice to see the flag of Portugal there. At least I'll be able to understand damned culture jokes, being familiar with Portuguese culture in genereal. Can we expect a Portuguese mafia of sorts in 'Leftwood'? Would be awesome!

Flanker

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Seestoff — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:49:09 MST

Also, I wonder what people and movies are they basing this one after. Stealing and homage is like, GTA tradition.

Seestoff

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Seestoff — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:46:44 MST

I'm slightly gonna miss the crappier graphics of the older GTA's- no wait it's gone.

Seestoff

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VipingViper — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:45:23 MST

@Witzbold: You do realize that one of the characters was an homage to Eazy-E?

And the game takes place on the West Coast? In 1992? San Andreas had the best hip-hop video game story of all time. They got it right, just like The Boondocks did, though I'm sure you hate that as well.

VipingViper

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VipingViper — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:41:22 MST

@Witzbold: Gangbanger bullshit? SA was just as awesome as any other GTA.

VipingViper

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bubuli — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:32:16 MST

@holytramp - Is easily scared by gawker artist adverts: LOL

bubuli

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sir_blazeAlot — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:22:54 MST

@badasscat:

Even in the older games with the expansive environments I would rarely get any stuttering with the frames, sure occasionally but you make it sound like a common occurance....dayum, I hope they just give up on the SHITBOX3FIXME version-I bet that is the real reason it is delayed.......they are busting their asses to get the game onto the DVD disc.

sir_blazeAlot

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Campion of Drymouth — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:16:52 MST

(And why has that handy auto-preview feature, which would help me figure out if I wanted to use square brackets or pointy ones, disappeared?)

Campion of Drymouth

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Campion of Drymouth — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:15:34 MST

Witzbold, I've asked this around Kotaku Comments before, and never really got a satisfying answer... [i]Why[/i] do you dislike the story and characters in San Andreas so much?

Campion of Drymouth

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MrsXBob — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:13:50 MST

@trav23: You're kidding, right? It's clearly one solid model with a zip texture on it.

You believe the hype of 'next-gen' wayyyy too much. It's an absolute waste of time and technological resources to even bother testing such a thing on a character model.

MrsXBob

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Darth Navster — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:12:29 MST

@Mr Bentley:

Quick Google search:

[thepiratebay.org]
(Ads oin site may be NSFW)

According to the above link, San Andreas was under 4 GB. Sounds like they have some wiggle room with regards to the DVD-9 format for GTA IV.

Darth Navster

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badasscat — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:10:07 MST

Don't hold your breath for rock solid frame rates. Rockstar has never seemed to care much about that, and it seems like that's continuing if the trailer is anything to judge by. (I've watched the hi-def version.)

The game looks good, but it means nothing if they're doing it at 10-15 fps.

badasscat

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Bentles — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:53:15 MST

It's impressive that this will fit on a 360 disc considering GTA:SA practically filled the format in the last generation. Don't expect any "extras" for the 360 version on release, I suspect they are doing deals with Satan just to compress what they have in the v1.0 game without worrying about extra content. Personally I hope the PS3 version goes all out for hi-def graphics and sound, considering all the extra capacity available. And no, I am not expecting extra content on PS3 either.

Loving the graphics but if it is at the expense of frame-rate then I'll not be so happy. GTA games were always great though despite the choppy frame-rate from time to time, but this is a whole new generation and I want a flawless product pur-lease. And the textures on the characters aren't so hot, are they? Nevertheless, it's a GTA game and I am sooo looking forward to adding it to my collection (of GTA games).

Bentles

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Streeks1984 — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:42:01 MST

Can't wait until this game is out my ps3 will working on overtime.

Streeks1984

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Alcochetano — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:40:47 MST

@JP_Neptune: That could potentially be the most awesome (and LOL worthy) thing to hit videogames. EVER!

Alcochetano

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trav23 — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:06:47 MST

it's a little hard to tell in the pics here, but at [www.gta4.net] you can see that the individual teeth in his zipper are modeled, not just an alternating light/dark texture, which hit me as one of the most "wow" detail bits.

trav23

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cactaur — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:05:38 MST

@Witzbold: Isn't the main character also a gangster, albeit an eastern european one. I'm guessing its the relative 'freshness' at work here.

cactaur

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Eman311 — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:50:25 MST

Looks amazing.

Eman311

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Witzbold — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:43:42 MST

@DaiMacculate: The direction the gameplay took and the size of the city was great.

I just hated the story and characters.

Witzbold

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Witzbold — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:43:04 MST

Witzbold

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DaiMacculate — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:33:59 MST

@Witzbold: Sorry you didn't enjoy SA, I loved it, although I thought it was a great example of last-gen tech kind of peaking, disappointing because it was so close to true greatness but had issues.

Of course, I still laugh my ass off at Friday (same writer as SA), so perhaps I'm just behind the times and such.

This game is the reason I bought a 360 (that and the at-the-time-unannounced NG2), nuff said.

DaiMacculate

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TheDollHouse — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:22:34 MST

I just preordered the game yesterday. I love it! This game is a total female orgasm. This looks like hours of fun.

TheDollHouse

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JP_Neptune — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:20:56 MST

So there is a portuguese community in that city huh? I wonder if on GTA IV there are groups of "portuguese mafia" and such.

JP_Neptune

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2playedout — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:19:02 MST

It sure does look very nice but I have 2 issues with it. The low resolution road and jacket in some of the shots and the fact that everything is using muted grey/blue hues. I think the real world contains more than greay, blue, and dull red. I hope its all a filter like in Gears of War, cause I like it when games use tons of color (thats why I liked Vice City the most).

2playedout

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Akmed — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:16:02 MST

wow... just wow.

Akmed

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Frank — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:15:18 MST

@Ashurahori: Presumably with more content than the PS3 version.

Didn't stop me from pre-ordering the PS3 SE though. A fifty million dollar bribe (to someone else, hint hint) can help change people's minds real quick.

Frank

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Ashurahori — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:13:00 MST

@Carroceiro: Bora cantar o hino. XD

Ashurahori

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Ashurahori — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:12:42 MST

@theexcitingone: You do know that GTA4 is also coming out on the 360, right?

Ashurahori

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teh_joe — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:06:16 MST

this and MGS4 are reasons i would buy a PS3.

teh_joe

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TT — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:59:02 MST

@cdr: first screen is just a drawing it seems...

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strix — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:58:19 MST

Looks beautiful. I hope rockstar nails the gameplay down as well.

strix

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cdr — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:55:37 MST

Graphics look so much nicer in that first screen than in any other.

cdr

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Carroceiro — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:55:37 MST

Hey, look! The flag of Portugal (my beloved country) is in Liberty City. That's nice.

Carroceiro

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Big_Adam — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:32:47 MST

My word that looks nice.

I have reason to buy a new xbox now!

Big_Adam

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XbhaskarX — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:56:52 MST

The dude on the phone is art not a screen, right?

XbhaskarX

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Infradead — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:56:37 MST

I missed every single GTA after the original top-down one... Think it's about time I made up for it! Looks awesome.

Infradead

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atbin16 — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:47:35 MST

they are not entirely new..... they were actually in a magazine for preview few months ago... but the quality of them used to be rubbish because they used to get scanned.... now theyv released the uncompressed digital format

atbin16

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tehFluffz — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:44:59 MST

Gorgeous screens, can't wait to see this game in motion.

tehFluffz

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altgod — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:44:48 MST

I'm pretty happy with the way this game is looking. I actually expected it to look a lot worse.

altgod

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Jooptang — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:43:15 MST

I'm sorry but how far away is this game from release?

Jooptang

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Witzbold — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:42:57 MST

Id like to title the picture of Niko with the glock "WARFACE"

Witzbold

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silkylove — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:39:36 MST

Does "unpolished" mean those aren't bullshots? If so, then silkylove is well pleased.

silkylove

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Cruithne — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:39:26 MST

Man is my finger not on the pulse, I loved San Andreas, then again Windwaker is my second favourite Zelda, after Minish Cap.
But yeah, these look sweet.

Cruithne

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holytramp — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:38:23 MST

Mmm truck humping.

Can't wait for it's release already *impatient and fidgety*

holytramp

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Witzbold — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:33:50 MST

Holy shit that does look nice!

You know one thing I noticed about GTA4 was the nice facial expressions the characters have. Plus the main character is totally cool.

Sure beats that gangbanger bullshit that SA was.

Witzbold