Rockstar releases seven new screenshots of Grand Theft Auto IV. As usual, the directing and photography of the images is absolutely perfect and classy as hell. Two more months to go...
update: Two images added.
I'm really getting excited for this. That said I'm not saying the gameplay was good in the previous ones because it wasn't, but GTA can suck me into its world for several days like no other. It always felt like being right in the game.
Sorry might be imagination as I've been to Amsterdam this WE but I've always felt very attrackted to places that have that GTA flair. It's no substitude to a real town (and far away from one like A'dam, especially when you're trippin) but it's the closest you can get on consoles/pc.
Do EA disallow developers from using the 360 HD for any kind of caching/installing? It's really disappointing that we pay extra for the thing and then it's not used to improve performance of games.........
Commented on 2008-02-29 05:13:19 In reply to KORNdog
Posted by KORNdog
nope, no media from the ps3 version have been shows AT ALL. except of course to the media. us peasants have yet to see anything from the ps3 version of the game. although rockstar say they're exactly the same. but who knows.
Yep. No media has been shown from the PS3 version. Getpwned is just acting like a typical fanboy, trying to find some fault with a PS3 version. If IGN says they are the same (Hilary Goldstein wrote the article, the same man that completely tore apart the PS3 version of Assassin's Creed for minor framerate drops, so when he says two versions of a game are similar, they are similar), and Gametap says the only difference is "softness/hardness"(Whatever the hell that means) then there are no non-nitpicking worthy differences.
Commented on 2008-02-29 05:15:26 In reply to Grimbarian
Posted by Grimbarian
Do EA disallow developers from using the 360 HD for any kind of caching/installing? It's really disappointing that we pay extra for the thing and then it's not used to improve performance of games.........
What does EA have to do with this? Rockstar and Take-two are the ones developing and publishing this game. And the HDD has been used to improve some games, for example Halo 3 and the replay vids. That really improves the experience. Not to mention MS kind of forces you to own the HDD to have BC.
Doh sorry I guess EA are on my brain with all this Take2 buyout bollocks! Obviously I meant MS :)
What I mean is that on the PS2 for example running games off the HD massively improved performance, we should be able to install games to the 360 HD and run them from there for improved performance........
Commented on 2008-02-29 05:34:09 In reply to Grimbarian
Posted by Grimbarian
Doh sorry I guess EA are on my brain with all this Take2 buyout bollocks! Obviously I meant MS :)
What I mean is that on the PS2 for example running games off the HD massively improved performance, we should be able to install games to the 360 HD and run them from there for improved performance........
PS2? The only PS2 games that utilized the HD was FFXI in the states and maybe Xenosaga in Japan. Unless you mean PS3. If that's the case, then yeah, installs do improve performance. Case in point is UTIII. Fewer ocurrences of pop-up(one of the main pitfalls of UE3) are a result of an install. MS is only starting to come around with requiring an HD or allowing for an install to improve performance. I believe Borderlands may be one of the first. But still, non installation games like CoD 4 load incredibly fast on the PS360 so it shouldn't be too bad in that department.
Yes PS2, using HD Advance, obviously that wasn't a Sony supported method of installing games but the point I was making was that the performance increase was significant.
And yes I've heard PS3 installs help, apparently PES2008 is improved by installing to HD, at least it somewhat negates the feeble efforts Konami put into optimising the code for their "next gen" version.......
Wow, looks very good, can't wait. Screen n° 4 is pure greatness!!
So excited to find out the story, and to explore the city. Never was hyped for a GTA like this before since GTA2+3.
Commented on 2008-02-29 15:53:59 In reply to Megido
Posted by Megido
...i just can't stand the hip-hop thing :P
I loved the HipHop thing, tbh thats my era of HH and it was great to blast out tunes from the 80's to the early 90's, classic! Tbh HH probably can't stand you either....;/
Commented on 2008-03-01 00:13:11 In reply to aphex187
Posted by aphex187
I loved the HipHop thing, tbh thats my era of HH and it was great to blast out tunes from the 80's to the early 90's, classic! Tbh HH probably can't stand you either....;/
p.s. im guessing your thing is thrash/Rock?
I listen mainly to rock and metal, yes but i also listen to other kinds of music. Hip-hop just never caught my interest. I find it lacking musically and the themes most commonly used just don't speak to me at all. But it's all a matter of taste.
The fact is that SA was/is, in my opinion, a bad game for other reasons as well. I did not mean to bash your taste in music or anything.
Commented on 2008-03-01 05:59:13 In reply to jackdoe
Posted by jackdoe
Yep. No media has been shown from the PS3 version. Getpwned is just acting like a typical fanboy, trying to find some fault with a PS3 version. If IGN says they are the same (Hilary Goldstein wrote the article, the same man that completely tore apart the PS3 version of Assassin's Creed for minor framerate drops, so when he says two versions of a game are similar, they are similar), and Gametap says the only difference is "softness/hardness"(Whatever the hell that means) then there are no non-nitpicking worthy differences.
Interesting conspiracy theory, but I think you're mistaken.
1. If Rockstar have indeed only shown the 360 version, that would imply 100% that the 360 version looks better.
2. As I recall, there were a ton of jaggiez in a batch of screen release a week or so ago, but only in that batch. How come there are no jaggiez in any of the other batches, including these (of the 360 version, no less)?
3. People who have seen both have stated that the ps3 version has jaggiez.
4. 99% of cross-platform games have jaggiez on PS3, but not on 360 (DMC is a recent example, as is the future Condemned 2, etc. etc.)
See? Easier than you thought.
No fanboy here. Just the facts. I'll have you know, I plan to own a PS3 soon (or whenever God of War 3 hits). But what does being a "fanboy" have to do with the simple truth of the matter?
After playing X360 and then getting the PS3 a few months after launch, I was finally relieved to discover that not all games have to have jaggies while looking good (motorstorm, ratchet, resistance.......all look amazing with no jaggies).
then you have a problem with your tv's input. because i have no jaggies in any 360 game, no not even PGR3 which was reported to be the jaggiest game there is. Full AA for me, call me lucky? I think not.
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Commented on 2008-02-29 02:12:41Sorry might be imagination as I've been to Amsterdam this WE but I've always felt very attrackted to places that have that GTA flair. It's no substitude to a real town (and far away from one like A'dam, especially when you're trippin) but it's the closest you can get on consoles/pc.
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Commented on 2008-02-29 03:23:49
Commented on 2008-02-29 05:13:19 In reply to KORNdog
Commented on 2008-02-29 05:15:26 In reply to Grimbarian
Commented on 2008-02-29 05:23:56What I mean is that on the PS2 for example running games off the HD massively improved performance, we should be able to install games to the 360 HD and run them from there for improved performance........
Commented on 2008-02-29 05:34:09 In reply to GrimbarianWhat I mean is that on the PS2 for example running games off the HD massively improved performance, we should be able to install games to the 360 HD and run them from there for improved performance........
Commented on 2008-02-29 07:20:04And yes I've heard PS3 installs help, apparently PES2008 is improved by installing to HD, at least it somewhat negates the feeble efforts Konami put into optimising the code for their "next gen" version.......
Commented on 2008-02-29 10:01:17So excited to find out the story, and to explore the city. Never was hyped for a GTA like this before since GTA2+3.
Commented on 2008-02-29 12:26:31 In reply to sexmachine1the waiting hurts
simply overated i say
Commented on 2008-02-29 13:20:07 In reply to samhain81simply overated i say
Then yeah,it's overrated,just as any other game out there.
Commented on 2008-02-29 15:53:59 In reply to Megidop.s. im guessing your thing is thrash/Rock?
Commented on 2008-02-29 16:34:47
Commented on 2008-03-01 00:13:11 In reply to aphex187p.s. im guessing your thing is thrash/Rock?
The fact is that SA was/is, in my opinion, a bad game for other reasons as well. I did not mean to bash your taste in music or anything.
Commented on 2008-03-01 05:59:13 In reply to jackdoe1. If Rockstar have indeed only shown the 360 version, that would imply 100% that the 360 version looks better.
2. As I recall, there were a ton of jaggiez in a batch of screen release a week or so ago, but only in that batch. How come there are no jaggiez in any of the other batches, including these (of the 360 version, no less)?
3. People who have seen both have stated that the ps3 version has jaggiez.
4. 99% of cross-platform games have jaggiez on PS3, but not on 360 (DMC is a recent example, as is the future Condemned 2, etc. etc.)
See? Easier than you thought.
No fanboy here. Just the facts. I'll have you know, I plan to own a PS3 soon (or whenever God of War 3 hits). But what does being a "fanboy" have to do with the simple truth of the matter?
Commented on 2008-03-05 05:32:46
Commented on 2008-03-05 20:00:39Now I heard everything.
After playing X360 and then getting the PS3 a few months after launch, I was finally relieved to discover that not all games have to have jaggies while looking good (motorstorm, ratchet, resistance.......all look amazing with no jaggies).
Commented on 2008-03-07 16:57:23