GTAGaming.com writes:
One of our members, PHiLCORE, has posted a very informative Q&A for GTA IV concerning technical limitations and features as well as some extra bits of information.
Something that stood out was that if you're not liking the sound of the new control scheme from what you've heard so far, you can switch to the classic control scheme by pausing the game and scrolling to Controls and toggling Classic Mode on.
Read the GTA IV Technical Q&A. Thanks, Phil!
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We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now
Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.
This site supposed to be for news.
These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.
Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.
There’s never a bad time to relive its magic, and with rumours of a potential Grand Theft Auto IV remaster making the rounds, why wouldn’t you?
Not sure tbh.. I'd say 3 was the most overrated. It's pretty rough to go back to, it was quite rough even trying it just after Vice City. Lack of humour and vehicles that had the weight of polystyrene with top speeds to match.
VC & the stories games (even LCS) were all fun. I remember there being a lot of praise for GTA 3 on TV and in game mags, saying it was a Dreamcast killer of a game or words to that effect, and honestly after playing it on PC I didn't think it was that special and kind of dull, had the odd moment of fun but hardly anything. I heard they cut online multiplayer at the last moment for PC, shame because it could've made all the difference.
Would've loved to have seen what kind of cartoony GTA style game they could've done on Dreamcast as a competitor, I bet something along the lines of Simpsons Hit & Run would've worked well.
@numberz How can the game that defined a generation and was copied by everyone be overrated? Was a asinine comment
For me 4 was better than 5 was more realistic and the physics was on another level! 5 was a major let down in that department!
@blacktar you have your opinion i have mine. I found the game dull, and it is for the most part. It set the foundation for the much superior SA and VC however.
You say GTA III is overrated because it's rough to go back to and rough to play after Vice City. Your entire opinion is in hindsight. Of course it's rough going back to it today. It came out over 20 years ago. That doesn't take away from the fact that it pioneered a lot and was a paradigm shift for a lot of trends in game development today. Vice City in a lot of ways is just a more refined version of III. It was San Andreas that took the big leap forward from a design perspective. If III doesn't release, who knows if the open world genre would be what it is now. How can that be overrated?
Not at all. My most played game of all time. Truly stunning accomplishment in gaming and with PC graphics mods it just took it to levels beyond anything that came before and possibly even after.
People who moan about it generally tend to be people who played it on under powered consoles and couldn’t handle the more realistic car physics. It was the slightly more realistic approach that made it stand out more. Absolutely love it. In fact I always said Vice city was my favourite of all time. But after going back to the remaster I realised 4 was actually the best.
I'm no critic and I consider it the best games in the franchise after recently replaying every entry it's story when paired in conjunction with it's DLC was and still is amazing.
Lol. Fun fact. That dlc cost a certain green colored console 50 million for exclusiveness. Un heard of back then. Just to point out the hypocrisy of the 3rd party exclusive agenda going on.
Anyway how the dlc better then the base game by a mile. Lol imo
San Andreas holds a special place in my heart. Honestly, I couldn't get into IV at all. Didn't even finish it. I had some pride in playing it at first because I'm originally a New Yorker, but it just didn't do it for me.
To each their own.
Gta sa for sure. To this day my favorite. My least fav is gta 4 easily. Gta 4 made me feel like the dude in next friday trying to take the cd back talking about i cant get jiggy wit this.
Maybe looking back it would be 3 but 3 did so damn much for gaming in general. . My first gta was of course the top downs so the series has came a long way.
Yeah I remembered falling asleep playing the last mission in GTA4.. the most boring protagonist (out of all the voiced protag), and the town is too small.
Not really
Overrated
Boring
Liberty City despite being a reimagined version for the HD era lacked any variety
Lacked the GTA fun charm overall
Niko was bland compared to past protagonists like Tommy, CJ or Victor
GTA 2 was the best, lol my only owned GTA game. Vice city was alright when I rented it back then. I cant really say which is the best cause those the only 2 games i played but GTA 2 was fun on PC back in the day. Closes game to it that I enjoyed was SR3 and I dont care what people say. That none serious tone was fun enjoyable.
Like hell it is. San Andreas was far better, much more fun and a better game overall.
Nah, it's a masterpiece in attention to detail and the amount of immersive systems at play. But it really isn't very fun, ESPECIALLY when compared to the previous games in the series. Like tons of things are just wonky and actively kneecap lots of experimentation, or is just lame. Like why do I take huge damage when falling into water, why can I only stand in very specific large trucks when they are moving but not smaller trucks and vehicles, why is the melee combat such a massive down grade from GTA SA and GTA IV, why is the euphoria nowhere near as reactive, why is being drunk using a rasterized animation of staggering rather than the far more entertaining euphoria GTAIV and RDR used when you were drunk, why do npc vehicles barely react to you popping there tires even at high speed, etc etc.
I've always loved playing around in GTA games world. Like the campaigns are great but the majority of my time was always spent just playing in the open world. Yet GTAV is the only game in the series I never really returned to after beating it, it just lacks that fun factor the others have, I spent more time in GTA SA remastered than GTAV
It's one of my least favourite GTA games. It's clunky, the ai is exploitable, it's far too long and the writing is absolutely awful.
This is a nice run down more developers should do this. Granted it's already available via the booklet but still wouldn't hurt.
Oh yeah and for those who claim that the Xbox360 version runs at a higher res.
"Xbox 360
1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480iPAL 50 and PAL 60 are supported
PS3
1080p, 720p, 576p (16:9 wide screen), 576i, 480p (16:9 wide screen),480iOnly PAL 60 is supported"
Both out max at 1080p yet the end result is,.. well we all know which looks better and if not am sure my friend sammy mantra will have no problem telling you. So i know many claim the Xbox360 runs at a higher res but clearly it is not so.
KEEP YOUR SLIGHTLY BETTER GRAPHICS. ILL ENJOY GETTING THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS AND DLC. PS3 SUPERIOR IN GRAPHICS SLIGHTLY, 360 SUPERIOR IN FEATURES. ILL TAKE THE FEATURES THANKS MUCH. ILL LOOK FORWARD TO KILLING ME a r* employee outa love and getting points for it, all while listening to my own music :)
What HD resolutions does the game support (PS3/XB360)?
Xbox 360
1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i
PAL 50 and PAL 60 are supported
PS3
1080p, 720p, 576p (16:9 wide screen), 576i, 480p (16:9 wide screen), 480i
Only PAL 60 is supported
Note: to enable 1080p on the PS3 the user must select custom under display settings on the PS3 dashboard and only tick the 1080p box. This will force the game to boot in 1080p. If the display settings are set to automatic the game will boot in 720p, NOT in 1080p.
They show all the settings and features of both versions of GTA4..
Why cant I use the original PS2 car controls or I don't like the current control scheme.
Pause the game > Controls > Classic mode - toggle this option.
Where can I access the SIXAXIS menu?
It is located in the pause menu > Controls > selecting SIXAXIS brings up a submenu which allows the player to enable motion controls for various actions.
How do the SIXAXIS features on the PS3 controller work?
When in a helicopter you can control the pitch and roll of the craft.
When on a bike you can use pitch and roll to pull of wheelies and stoppies as well as leaning.
When on a boat you use it to steer and control the trim of the engines.
When in a vehicle you can use the pitch and roll to control the orientation of the vehicle when in mid-air.
When using weapons you can use it to quickly reload by pitching the controller up and down in quick succession
The game is too bright / the colours are washed out / there's too much glare.
Pause the game > display options once in the sub menu you will need to turn the saturation to it's lowest level and adjust the brightness and contrast to the desired level before readjusting the saturation level to the required level.
How much HDD space will the PS3 version take up?
3500mb
Notice from this Q and A the Xbox 360 version does not install on the harddrive. This is probably why the PS3 version has better load times. Somebody confirm this..
Peeps, I believe there is no upscalling in the PS3 version of this game...if it was it would support 1080i...it does support 1080p...so do we really know the reviews new this and set it to go 1080p instead of 720p? The Xbox 360 version could also be upscalled to 1080p....or even native....somebody will have to do some pixel counts...
Its going to be very interesting in the next few weeks.
ACHIEVMENTS R FOR GIRLS!!..SISIES!!, all this time i've been wondering whats so great about these meaningless achievments, all these BILLY-PIPERS(xbox owners) r like those small kids in nursry who get awarded smily face stickers for doing their work...SO CHILDISH(wen ur a kid its a different thing but when ur grown up its stupid)