GTA IV - Official Xbox Magizine Scans and New Info

[Bones01]

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      - According to OXM, GTA IV is currently 66% complete.

      - When Niko pulls out a pistol, a cross-hair with a simple black cross within a circle shows up on the screen. The authors of the magazine believe this is an indication of a possible manual targeting system.

      - Rockstar's humorous take on the number 69 makes an appearance yet again in GTA IV, the editors of the magazine saw a sign for a "69th Street Diner". Another building called "Twitchins", the GTA version of Brooklyn's Domino's Sugar Factory, is in the game.

      - Niko will be able to climb and descend exterior fire escapes and some meetings will take place high in the office buildings of skyscrapers. The authors claim that from on top of them you'll be able to throw people off.

      - Hand to hand combat is also being reworked on for GTA IV and will feel "much more natural" than before.

      - One of the radio stations includes an "Eastern European-sounding" dancing station.

      - Players will be able to change their camera views according to their needs. This however is said to still being experimented on, and that Rockstar want to give better control to players.

      - When selecting your mobile phone, a zoomed-in version of the mobile screen pops up in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, where you can use its address book to pitch for "jobs" with gang contacts among other things.

      - One of the things that makes it easier for Rockstar setting GTA in a fictional New York is that they sometimes get a call from the developers at Rockstar North in Scotland, wanting to know more about a specific building or traffic flow in a certain area, for instance, and using their in-house researchers in NYC they can easily assist the guys back at R* North.

      - Dan Houser is quoted saying that the Liberty City in GTA IV is bigger than any single city they've done before, giving a more clear indication of the physical size of the game. He continues saying that the "detail" of the game is the big thing.

      - He also confirms Central Park to be in the game, though it's fictional name is still unknown to us.

      - Dan says that they're "certainly evolving the way the radio works". He says the same for police behaviour and their reaction to crimes. Nothing further is said about this...

      - Boats will be making a return and the handling is "really nice".

      - The authors of the article say that they have been told that "Fun ridiculous" weapons will be in the game because R* is not going too "naturalistic".

[Black_Smoke]

keep anticipating this game more and more

[Don Jacob]

i got a fund in the bank for this and an xbox 360

[Smoke Break]

      - When Niko pulls out a pistol, a cross-hair with a simple black cross within a circle shows up on the screen. The authors of the magazine believe this is an indication of a possible manual targeting system.

      - Hand to hand combat is also being reworked on for GTA IV and will feel "much more natural" than before.

      - Players will be able to change their camera views according to their needs. This however is said to still being experimented on, and that Rockstar want to give better control to players.

      - Dan says that they're "certainly evolving the way the radio works". He says the same for police behaviour and their reaction to crimes. Nothing further is said about this...

      - Boats will be making a return and the handling is "really nice".

      - The authors of the article say that they have been told that "Fun ridiculous" weapons will be in the game because R* is not going too "naturalistic".

sounds good to me, I always hated that lock on targeting bullshit.

[LyRiCaL_G]

not tryna change this into a ps3 vs 360 thread cuz i couldnt give a fuck which one you got but i hear that the makers have said that they are limited in certain ways cuz the 360 uses dvd9 and blu-ray definately has advantages over the 360 in terms of that shit....the ps3 version may be better ? who knows, all i know is when this game drops, imma have it 1st day with a ps3

pz

[Raphael]

Cant wait

[ToOoOoN!!!]

- Niko will be able to climb and descend exterior fire escapes and some meetings will take place high in the office buildings of skyscrapers. The authors claim that from on top of them you'll be able to throw people off.

  WHAT!? that's gonna be dope as hell! cant wait! i hope they make a pc version

[es-jay]

cant wait for this, is it dropping on 360 first? or on both at the same time?

[daWappla]

They would be stupid if they didn´t make a pc version, I love the gta series but I probably wouldn´t buy a ps3 or a 360 just for gta.

lol at the aiming system...  I mean  I never used the auto targeting system, always played with manual aiming, it´s so muich better.

[Raphael]

cant wait for this, is it dropping on 360 first? or on both at the same time?

at the same time october 16

[E. J. Rizo]

not tryna change this into a ps3 vs 360 thread cuz i couldnt give a fuck which one you got but i hear that the makers have said that they are limited in certain ways cuz the 360 uses dvd9 and blu-ray definately has advantages over the 360 in terms of that shit....the ps3 version may be better ? who knows, all i know is when this game drops, imma have it 1st day with a ps3

pz

i doubt the ps3 version will be better but the fucked up part is that it probably wont be as good as it possibly can for the ps3 due to the limitations to the Xbox360 . . straight from Rockstars mouth... that is really wack... limiting your strenth because of anothers system... but hey its all about money... and there is more xboxs out there than ps3s at the moment

[the.SET]

i think i read that the limitations with the 360 is not with it using dvds, but its that all 360's dont come with harddrives. maybe its a cache thing or something.

[Nutty]

I'm def. pre-ordering this! (PS3)

[Antonio_]

It looks impressive. Can't wait (360).

[Mr. O]

well, there's gonna be another "bann gta" protesters at the front of the game stores.