January 23rd, 2008
GTAIV Previews Now Online
GTAIV Previews Now Online
IGN, GameSpot, GameSpy, VideoGamer, CVG , GamesRadar, TeamXbox, and Kikizo have all posted their previews of Grand Theft Auto IV. I have collected all the important information below.
- The sites received a 90 minute demonstration on the Xbox 360 version of the game.
- Frame rate has now been "smoothed out" and the city is now more populated.
- The cell phone network is now called Badger. In previous builds it was called Whiz.
- You can now listen to music while on foot, using the cell phone. The sound quality sounds just like it does on a real cell phone.
- Two minutes in real time is one hour of game time.
- It took about 5 minutes to pilot a speedboat around half of Algonquin.
- Characters clothes are no longer "static" like in previous Grand Theft Autos. They are now dynamic.
- Some of the activities you're able to do are playing pool, eating, darts, bowling and going for a drink. You use your cell phone to access them.
- A new radio station is called "IF99".
- If you fail a mission, you'll be given the option to jump back in using text messages via your cell phone.
- There is a subway system.
- The game will now auto save progress.
- IGN will have a preview of the PS3 build in a couple of weeks.
EDIT:
Thanks to the guys at Kikizo, we now have a pretty good idea of what the map looks like. Note however that a person copied this map down from memory when he seen it in-game. It may or may not be 100% accurate.