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ScRaMbLe, Mon 21 Apr 2008, 7:30 AM EDT
The fourth installment of the popular series by Rockstar features improved graphics, new features, and new gameplay. Players take on the role of Niko Bellic, a rough-around-the-edge chap from Eastern Europe. Niko has arrived in America, in Liberty City -- a land full of promise and opportunity...
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Game Info:
The fourth installment of the popular
series by Rockstar features improved graphics, new features, and new
gameplay. Players take on the role of Niko Bellic, a
rough-around-the-edge chap from Eastern Europe. Niko has arrived in
America, in Liberty City -- a land full of promise and opportunity. His
cousin convinced him to emigrate, to join him in his mansion and life
of luxury, but as soon as he steps off the boat, Niko discovers the
truth about the American way. Still, the wealth, the comfort, the bliss
of the good life, it all really is here ... And it's all for the
taking.
GTA IV reinvents the series with a renewed version of Liberty
City detailed to the last pothole and rooftop vent. There are now four
boroughs to explore plus extra area outside of Liberty City proper.
With the ability to climb obstacles, drive cars, steer boats and pilot
helicopters, the world of GTA is more accessible than ever before.
Screenshots:
Features:
- Niko can use a mobile phone to recieve calls and
phone his contacts in order to arrange missions. He can also use it to
call taxis and purchase weapons. The options presented on the phone's
LCD are Phonebook, Messages, Organizer, and Camera. The phone can also be used to access multiplayer.
- Pedestrians perform realistic actions. They smoke cigarettes, read
books and newspapers, drop litter, talk on mobile phones, walk in and
out of buildings, and generally act like any normal pedestrian in a
real city would.
- GTA IV features fifteen multiplayer modes,
which can be accessed through the mobile phone. Multiplayer supports up
to sixteen players, and the game modes include Deathmatch, Mafiya Work,
Cops n' Crooks and Free Mode.
- It is possible to surf
the internet in GTA4 via internet cafés. It is available from any
computer in the game, and provides a hub for all sorts of interactivity
within Liberty City. There are over 100 in-game internet websites.
- In GTA IV, you will gain a police wanted level for any crime that you
commit, providing there are witnesses present. The police can only
chase you if they know where you are, and they need to see you to know
where you are. If you escape the search area marked on the radar
without being spotted, your wanted level will disappear.
- In terms of scale, GTA IV is about the same size as GTA: San Andreas,
but the map size is considerably smaller. This is mainly due to the
fact there is no desert or countryside in Liberty City. Liberty City in
GTA4 is the biggest single city that R* have ever created.
- In GTA IV, the line between on- and off-mission has
been blurred, and the story is less linear. It is also possible to do
more than one mission at a time. For example, some missions take place over several days and may involve waiting for phonecalls or attending interviews, and you
are free to carry out other business during the waiting period.
- The story can be told in a number of different ways. Rockstar are
trying to give people greater freedom and sense of control over their
destiny. You now have a lot more choice in what you want to do.
- Niko has the ability to climb and descend telephone poles, and exterior fire escapes.
- Every street in Liberty City contains a street sign with a name on it.
- Cars feature GPS navigation systems, which identify the best routes to take during missions, and highlight them on the radar.
- Developing relationships with characters is an important aspect of the
gameplay. Maintaining good relationships will provide different rewards
to Niko. Niko can socialise with other characters in order to maintain
a good relationship, for example they can go bowling together, they can
go to the cabaret, go to comedy clubs, and go drinking together.
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