TVG writes:
"Where to go after San Andreas? To make matters even worse for Rockstar Games, it's the next-gen debut of GTA; to say expectations are virtually insurmountable would be a monumental understatement. Still, it seems Rockstar North is supremely confident of re-inventing the open-world experience they established on the last generation of consoles, arguably the most noteworthy genre of that era.
Perhaps one of the most visually impressive touches is the enhancement made to the cinematic camera option. Prevalent in previous GTA titles, the ability to quickly switch to the cinematic camera without flicking through the various different shots means that what was essentially a useless feature now has a genuine purpose. From the able demonstrations of Rockstar's driving skills it also appears that Rockstar North has tightened up the cinematic camera angles on offer, removing those that were completely unplayable, to ensure playing with funky camera positions is actually quite viable this time around
Despite seeing a lot, Rockstar are deliberately holding back on a lot of GTA4, fearing that they gave too much away in the lead-up to San Andreas release. Hinted at towards the end of the demonstration, Rockstar's representatives teased towards the multiplayer options and claimed we'll know more with the next build when it's finally time for us to go Hands On with the behemoth that is GTA4 "
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."The JOEY has Spoken"
Well the only new feature that I really wanted was a online multiplayer aspect and that has been confirmed to be in some shape and form. Other than that I don't know what else R* can bring to the franchise to make it even more fresh...
EDIT: @Exhaust
Well yes, yes I have. In fact I've even submited the news...
its going really good or that its going really bad. They can't hide forever.
No crap they're holding back a lot, the game's not out yet, the hype is so high, why would they release more when they can release less and every GTA junkie will gobble whatever they throw at them up? Either this is going to be game of the year material, or a next gen rehash of GTA i.e. Halo 3 being Halo 2.5, this could be San Andreas 1.5.
i liked gta3, and my favorite is Vice City, i really didnt like san andreas it seemed very much like the same, and didnt like the story, but that sold well, so alot of people liked it, so i hope gta4's story is good.