View Full Version : I got info on GTA: Chinatown Wars
Himuro
07-16-2008, 07:50 PM
I talk to some people inside the industry.
This is what I know.
It has been in development for 2 years.
The character models are sprites. It is NOT top down, however. The entire world and vehicles are 3d.
Believe what you want, but this is what I know.
Peace.
MisterBlanco
07-16-2008, 07:58 PM
I talk to some people inside the industry.
This is what I know.
It has been in development for 2 years.
The world is 3d, the cars are 3d, the character models are layered sprites. It is NOT top down.
Believe what you want, but this is what I know.
Peace.
Yup, and my dad is Sam Houser!!
Himuro
07-16-2008, 08:01 PM
Believe what you want.
Believe him or not. He's got a pretty solid reputation around here.
So you'll know soon enough when the first shots or info is released if he's telling the truth or not.
Ash_735
07-16-2008, 08:21 PM
Two years you say? I'm calling bullshit on that, Two years ago Rockstar Leeds were finished porting LCS to the PS2 and working on VCS for the PSP whilst doing reserving data at the same time for the PS2 port of that.
Slim Trashman
07-16-2008, 08:23 PM
3D sprites eh? Hm, interesting...
What connections do you have specifically if you don't mind me asking.
Himuro
07-16-2008, 08:29 PM
Forgot to mention that it's written by the usual writers.
Slim: I talk to multiple people. Some people who are game journalists, some people who make games, some people who also have connections and we pass each other information.
Two years you say? I'm calling bullshit on that, Two years ago Rockstar Leeds were finished porting LCS to the PS2 and working on VCS for the PSP whilst doing reserving data at the same time for the PS2 port of that.
As far as I know, GTAVCS came out in October 2006. This is a estimate, not an exact number.
Also, porting a game isn't much of a hassle. A team of 1-3 people can port a game in just a few months. For example, the number of people porting Dead Rising to wii is...guess what? 10 people. And that's porting a 360 game to the wii. Porting a psp game to the ps2 is really no hassle at all.
Ash_735
07-16-2008, 09:01 PM
Do you know how big Rockstar Leeds is? It's like a small office building. Trust me they must of been working on VCS to the very end because that was a buggy piece of shit, so either they were rushing the game because they had to hit a deadline (that was delayed in Europe but for other reasons), or, if what you are saying is true, they were distracted by this crappy new game, meaning I have less respect for Rockstar because they bothed up a game because they were fucking around on GTAZ Stylus City.
NamAim1991
07-16-2008, 09:13 PM
Himuro, I've never known you to have insiders info, but I wouldn't think you'd post bullshit fresh from your ass. Least I wouldn't expect it. And i could see sprites working for a DS GTA.
And ash, we don't know for sure that Leeds is devolping it, do we? I don't think that they've specified which branch of Rockstar is devolping this exactly.
Still two years is a long time for something to go without any info on the game being leaked.
Ash_735
07-16-2008, 09:15 PM
Chinatown Wars IS being developed by Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North. Time Wise, Leeds would of been busy with the Stories games and North with IV.
NamAim1991
07-16-2008, 09:20 PM
Ahh... You're right. It is being devoloped by Leeds and North. They don't have either of the devoloper's sights listed on the official sight of Chinatown Wars so i wasn't sure. Still it's had to be in development for a while tho... Rockstar doesn't usually announce their games until they have some stuff to back it up. Least that's what I think.
Skillet
07-16-2008, 09:46 PM
Guess I have reason to believe you on this, Himuro. You're not necessarily one to lie.
mM1k3y
07-17-2008, 02:31 AM
well i guess thats possible but they couldnt work hard on it till gta4 came out, before that they were probly just doin little things on free time
}{oT~dEv1L 666
07-17-2008, 02:38 AM
I talk to some people inside the industry.
This is what I know.
It has been in development for 2 years.
The character models are sprites. It is NOT top down, however. The entire world and vehicles are 3d.
Believe what you want, but this is what I know.
Peace.
So, it features the full Liberty City from IV? And is it an RPG/Tactical game or a traditional GTA game?
Shadow Conception
07-17-2008, 02:39 AM
Well Himuro IS a gaffer, so what he said is entirely possible.
crappy new game.
Whoa dude, you mean you've already played it? What's it like? Is it true the main character can get five stars by making foundationless assumptions about video games he hasn't played, and no one actually knows anything about?
He assumes crappy since it's going to be a DS title.
And generally if the title came out on PSP or a PS2 the public would have been more proud of it's announcement
Ash_735
07-17-2008, 06:27 AM
Whoa dude, you mean you've already played it? What's it like? Is it true the main character can get five stars by making foundationless assumptions about video games he hasn't played, and no one actually knows anything about?
I'm assuming, every other GTA game I've played on Nintendo has been really bad, Rockstar obviously hasn't learnt their lesson.
}{oT~dEv1L 666
07-17-2008, 06:48 AM
I'm assuming, every other GTA game I've played on Nintendo has been really bad, Rockstar obviously hasn't learnt their lesson.
GTA Advance was ok, GTA 2 GBC has bad controls and impossible-to-play graphics, GTA 1 GBC had literally almost empty streets.
Lao Boy
07-17-2008, 07:00 AM
I'm assuming, every other GTA game I've played on Nintendo has been really bad, Rockstar obviously hasn't learnt their lesson.
That was on the GBA though, a lot has changed since then.
claud3
07-17-2008, 07:58 AM
If they have beeing working on this title for two years then they would have made art work and drawings pluse screenshots to find out if it will work what i mean is to find out that the graphics fit the game or not. Does the people you know have any and if so you could post them here and then we might go hey he was right
Himuro
07-17-2008, 08:34 AM
I don't have any screenshots. Neither does my source.
claud3
07-17-2008, 08:41 AM
ok ok then we will wait until rockstar bring some out then. It wont be long as the game is supossed to be out by the end of the year
TwistedArachnid
07-17-2008, 03:42 PM
I dunno how true this is, but I was surfing E3.net last night and came across Gametrailer's thing on it. Can't tell if it was a joke or what, but they mentioned a detective who's client finds her sister is her sister's daughter or something. *shrug*
blaze0785
07-21-2008, 11:30 PM
i got a feeling this game is going to be a good series