GTA IV: Reinventing a World

Amy · February 12th, 2008, 12:45 AM

I posted this on my site, but for those that dont go there, check this shit out..

Tucked away in a secluded bungalow in West Hollywood's Châteaux Marmont, a hotel as famous for those who stay there as it is infamous for those who have died there, a world reimagined comes into focus.

Standing hands akimbo, a nonplussed expression planted firmly on his almost cel-shaded face, Niko Bellic could easily be a touched-up still. But it's no bullshot. The world around Bellic is bustling with activity: Bits of trash float on a digital drift of wind, people walk by, cars cruise in and out of the shot, an almost familiar skyline fills the hazy background. A palette of city sounds laid over this living diorama completes the effect.

"We decided we wanted to go back to the basics and reimagine the world," Jeronimo Barrera, Rockstar Games Vice President of Product Development, says. "The results have been incredible."

Grand Theft Auto IV is, its creators tell me, the biggest leap forward in experiential sandbox gaming to ever come to the franchise, larger even than the one that brought the once 2D top-down series into the third dimension.

"In many ways it's a bigger leap going from San Andreas to GTA IV than it was going from 2D to 3D," Barrera says.

That shift isn't delivered in one mighty leap, he adds, but rather in a collection of tweaks and changes made to the basic nature of the franchise.

"It was about hitting reset and reworking a bunch of things," he said. " We reworked everything from locomotion to targeting."

GTA IV: Reinventing a World

Link to the rest of the story.. Enjoy.

MyNameDidntFit · February 12th, 2008, 06:29 AM

I so can't wait for it to hit the shelves...

Well written article too.

Amy · February 13th, 2008, 03:16 AM

Heres a site thats got some mission previews, no video just a written article.

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV - Missions, Walkthrough, Guide

Twist · February 13th, 2008, 03:56 AM

thats good to hear, i was worried it'd be the same old thing as Vice City and San Andreas...I liked both of them when they first came out but they didn't really change much other than the location which kinda bored me eventually. Will be interesting to see when it comes out...

Magnetism · February 13th, 2008, 07:21 PM

I can't wait for this game to come out! It looks so much cooler than the previous versions of the game with alot of the features have been reworked to improve on them and not just the locations altering as stated above by Twist.

I was hoping that it was going to have some kind of online multiplayer mode like a kind of Sims simulation but looks like that isn't present in this version.