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[Satan]

As you can see from the trailer, Rockstar is taking us to Liberty City (a fictional city based on New York city). There are several references to Liberty City on buildings and objects, as well as several distinct features that make the city a replica of New York, including the Statute of Liberty, Empire State Building and the Brooklyn Bridge. Also from the cars that might be seen during the trailer it seems the action will be set in the modern day.

The day-night cycle has also undergone a major enhancement in this next-gen rendition, with shadows and rays of light moving along with the sun. The cars and pedestrians have a decent amount of detail, and if all the footage shown is in-game stuff.

An Rockstar official confirmed for Gamespot that GTA IV will use RAGE engine. "We would like to let the trailer speak for itself," he said. "However, we can confirm that all footage in the trailer 'Things Will Be Different' was captured directly from 720p gameplay running real time in our RAGE engine on a next-gen gaming console." Rockstar has used the RAGE or Rockstar Advanced Game Engine for their Table Tennis for the Xbox 360. Still, the end result may not be so detailed in Grand Theft Auto IV, due to the game's "slightly" more numerous population that's to be expected. But even with less smooth characters, it should still be a great leap forward from the last generation of GTA titles (GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas). And judging by the trailer, Rockstar did its homework.

What about the storyline? Beside the trailer, Rockstar didn’t reveal any information. As you may know already the trailer introduces a character in Grand Theft Auto IV - a nasty looking guy with a Russian accent. "Life is complicated. I killed people, smuggled people, sold people. Perhaps here, things will be different.". he said. It’s still unclear if he is the main character of the game or just a member of a team.

The gameplay is also still a mystery. The previous games of the franchise were focused on a single player experience, but recent installments have dropped enough multiplayer modes to suggest that expanding beyond solo play is an interest of the series' development team.

GTA IV is due to be launched stores in North America on October 16, 2007 and in Europe on October 19, 2007 and it will be available for the PlayStation3 and Xbox 360. No word about a PC version.

A few weeks ago, new details about the game emerged. Starting 2008, Rockstar will introduce exclusive episodic content downloads for Grand Theft Auto IV.

Also in September Microsoft confirmed that the game's publisher Take-Two will provide "exclusive access to two downloadable, epic episodes of Grand Theft Auto IV via Xbox Live, each with hours of entirely new gameplay". Expect them within months after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV.

[lighteden]

haiz.. why won't it be on PS2?

[vueyt]

Originally Posted by lighteden

haiz.. why won't it be on PS2?

Because the PS2 will not be able to cope with the graphics, and since the ps3 is out... the popular games will of course be made for PS3 rather than PS2. Which is done to attract people to buy the PS3... which is wayyy too expensive for me lols.

[tobsmonster2]

Its also going to be on xbox 360 dont forget, which i am a very proud owner of Im 100% gonna buy it.

[al7aam]

i'm not rdy for that move This game to kids

[lighteden]

i wish there will still be games for ps2... you see my ps2 is still not spoilt and here come ps3... it lik the period when ps2 was out then ps1 stop making new games..

[tobsmonster2]

xD there will still be games for PS2 for the next couple years, however, most PS3 games will remain PS3 only because sony wants people to buy PS3's instead of sticking to their old PS2's, furthermore, they can't 100% rule out PS2 games as most PS2 owners aren't financialy ready for PS3 so they will have to keep the PS2 alive for a while xD

[lighteden]

hmm... i agree but there will be least game =(

[GunBoundCheater]

I think a lot of people will not buy the PS3 at such a high price, whatever game comes out for it. Like many others I will wait a while until the prices drop (when Sony realises they could make more money by selling more at a lower price instead of less at a high price). I know the PS3 has some amazing features but I am not prepared to pay 425 pounds on a games console.

About the GTA game though, I'm sure it will be amazing like the previous PS2 versions

[Satan]

I'm 200% Sure this game will be awesome. If the ps3 was cheaper I'd buy it ;(

It's worth it though, I've played CoD3(Call of duty) and it's just amazingly realistic.