[Kotaku Impression] GTA IV: Reinventing a World

[Asif]

Kotaku released this detailed article earlier today. It covered two missions that we all know of already, but there are some tidbits of new information can be found if you read through.

http://kotaku.com/354714/gta-iv-reinventing-a-world



...An alert pops up on the screen "ONE MAN ARMY ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED"
"You're three stars? How'd you get three stars?" Barrera asks of the demo player. "Oh you blew up those cop cars."
...Other neat tweaks include a cinematic mode which slows time to a crawl on the fly and can be used at anytime in the game, making it easier to do things like slip through rush hour traffic at high speeds...
Bellic's health appears in a green bar that wraps around the radar. A blue bar shows his armor, like a bullet proof vest.
...there won't be cooperative multiplayer because it wouldn't really fit in with the game's story.

[C-Bullets]

You got to it before me:mad2: , good read. :P

[smoking12]

All of these previews are the same to me i haven't read anything new in a while.

[.:nemesis:.]

Few bits i've not seen myself...

he suggests Bellic get his hands on a cop car and use the laptop to find out where he usually hangs out...

When he taps into the cop car's computer a screen comes with tons of options including one to search for suspects either by name or photo. Using a pop-up QWERTY keyboard, he taps in the name and gets an address to go to which is added to the car's in-board GPS.

Nice addition for re-con on a mission.

In this latest GTA your wanted level corresponds to the place in which you commit the crime.

Maybe makes a difference if your out of sight.

There is, it seems, a moment of breathless anticipation as Bellic jumps from the car and runs past rows of gas pumps. He turns to see dozens of police cars descending on his still smoking car. And then the world explodes, the image on the screen literally blurs as the car, the gas station and all of the police cars near it turn into a blooming fireball.

Is this the scene from the first trailer ?

You can also bribe the cabbie to break traffic laws to get you to your destination faster.

That should be fun to do.



Thanks for posting this Asif :)

[LordLeverette]

http://geraconquista.awardspace.com/conquista.php/ ingles/One%20Man%20Army/100/false

I'm really wondering how cinematic mode will work. It works anytime, anywhere?

[UnknownProjects]

Summarized Info

An achievement name was said.
"ONE MAN ARMY ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED"

The wanted level cheat is indeed back, so now we have an idea that we will have the standard gta cheats back in IV


"An alert pops up on the screen "ONE MAN ARMY ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED" before the demo player quickly gets rid of it and uses a cheat to rid himself of his escalating wanted level."

The game takes place over a couple of month's

"The games intertwined storyline takes place over a number of months in the city with two minutes of gameplay translating to an hour in the game world."

More info on the cinematic mode, and you can bride the taxi driver's to break traffic laws!

"Other neat tweaks include a cinematic mode which slows time to a crawl on the fly and can be used at anytime in the game, making it easier to do things like slip through rush hour traffic at high speeds, cab rides which can either be enjoyed from beginning to end or, for a small fee, skipped entirely. You can also bribe the cabbie to break traffic laws to get you to your destination faster."

More hints/info on the better car damage model!

"The third man is taken out with a shot to the leg. As he falls to the ground, he appears to weakly flail. The man's body finally crashes into the roof of the car, crushing it flat."

Info on the hud, where health is, and items that can be picked up have a "glow in the dark" look.

"A target's health is shown in the targeting reticule when you lock-on, while Bellic's appears in a green bar that wraps around the radar. A blue bar shows his armor, like a bullet proof vest. As Bellic's adversaries die the items they drop glow in the dark showing where to find ammo, weapons and cash. And when Bellic finally, inevitably, dies in the heat of battle the world fades to black and white."

NO COOP IN MULTIPLAYER!

"The game will, Rockstar has said, feature multiplayer, but they're not quite ready to talk details on what that will entail. They did tell me that there won't be cooperative multiplayer because it wouldn't really fit in with the game's story.

'There's really only one main character, so it wouldn't fit," Barrera said."

Will update maybe if i left some things out!

[.LiLe.]

Damn good find asif, I knew there was going to be a achievement about killing cops. I like that achievement banner LordLev

[Ash_735]

The Black And White death thing is from Kane & Lynch. :P Though that was more Invert Black and White.

[scott]

Ash, a lot of games have used B&W for when you die, take CoD4 for example (single player). :P

[Asif]

As some magazines said, there would be blood splatting the edge of the screen before it turns to black and white.

[Yam Trigger]

I'm pissed off about no co-op.

[boink]

No co-op, now we just gotta hope that multiplayer sandbox is in..

[NikoteenBellic]

The highlihgts almost strike me as bad news. The demo player unlocked and achievement, but was also using cheats? Fuck that. Im all for cheats, but not when I want to beat the game legit and earn every dollar and pip of health. I think the achievements should be deactivated once a cheat is entered (saints row) so that people can still have fun passing the controler around with friends with infinate ammo.

No co-op? If the 2 player mode in San Andreas was online; would it be co-op? I don't mind not playing missions with friends as long as I can still reek havoc with them. I will be really pissed if the only multiplayer is another saints row.