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* שמה של הדמות הראשית הוא Niko Bellic

* יהיה מולטי-פלייר, אין עוד פרטים כרגע.

* ליברטי סיטי היא המיקום היחיד במשחק.

* אחרי הטעינה הראשונית של המשחק, לא יהיה צורך בטעינה במעבר בין איזורים שונים, אפילו בין אזורים פתוחים וסגורים.

* הגירסה של הXbox 360 היא הגירסה שהראו לעורכי המגזינים.

* בדמו שהראו לעורכים לא נראו מטוסים בשמיים, וכפי שזה נראה לא יהיו מטוסים במשחק. לעומת זאת הם לא שוללים סוג אחר של תחבורה אווירית.

טקסט מהמאמר (חלקי):

יכול להיות שלחלק מכם זה יהרוס את ההפתעה, אז תקראו על אחריותכם ואל תאשימו אותי

The new Liberty City is a bustling metropolis that is dense on the streets and intimidating vertically. Many of New York City's iconic sights find new homes here, and may look striklingly similar, but are twisted to fit into the Grand Theft Auto world. The MetLife building now bears the name Getalife, the Statue of Liberty is now the Statue of Happiness, and DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is called BOABO (Beneath the Offramp of the Algonquin Bridge Overpass).

"We live here," notes the game's vice president of creative Dan Houser. "We've been here for a number of years. Even the guys in Scotland spend lots of time here with us. It was an environment we felt had never been done to the level we were envisioning it in a video game. From looking at all of the locations, this was the one that really stood out to us, and really had that impact. It has all of these iconic things that you couldn't put into a game before."

Within Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar North has recreated four of the five boroughs that make up New York City, as well as a section of New Jersey. It's a smaller geographical mass than San Andreas, but not an inch of this world is wasted or dedicated to vast stretches of country or desert. It's a tightly packed metropolis that captures the eye with its decades of world-class architecture, sun-blocking towers, and extraordinary walks of life. In the GTA universe, Brooklyn has been transformed to Broker, Manhattan has mutated into Algonquin, Queens is now Dukes, The Bronx is Bohan, and New Jersey has become Alderney.

The city is brought to life with an amazing level of realism. Sunlight glistens beautifully off of glasswork, illuminates the intricate detailing of century old brick, and even reveals just how realistic an ordinary bag of trash can look. As the sun begins to set, the city takes on a whole different appearance. Buildings that were once eye-popping attractions slowly become ominous obelisks. As any New Yorker will tell you, there's a big difference between New York during the day and New York at night. Liberty City will perfectly capture that quality.

Even the texturing of the Algonquin streets, which are filled with crater-like potholes and occasional glimpses of the brick used in a world gone by, are greatly veined in design and something that you can't tear your eye from. The visual makeup of the city "was something we could capture real well and really understand the minute aspects of its personality," adds Houser. "Trying to put that into a video game is something that we think is unique to the video game medium. It was a way that, we could capture some aspects of the experience of living here that you couldn't put into a film, you couldn't put into a TV show, and you couldn't put into a book - because you are actually wandering about and meeting some of the freaks that you meet on the streets here. And that's what it's all about - meeting the same kind of freaks you'd meet on the streets, the angry yuppies you'd met there. A big part of New York life is walking around the streets and meeting lunatics. That's something that we definitely tried to put into the game. We are trying to give it that life and difference between the neighborhoods and the difference between the kinds of people. We are trying to capture the Capital of the World aspect of New York. There are lots of non-American characters in the game."

One of these foreigners is Niko Bellic. His home is in Eastern Europe, and he likely may never have traveled to Liberty City if it wasn't for his cousin Roman. With ife not working out in the homeland, "Bellic turns up in Liberty City because he's been receiving e-mails from his cousin Roman, that read like: 'I live this amazing life, it's the American Dream come true. I have two women. I have four hot tubs. I have fifteen sports cars," Houser elaborates. "And [bellic] believes it." His bid to flee his past for what he thought would be the greener pastures of America couldn't be any further from the truth. Roman has been lying to him. He isn't rich. He isn't popular. And he's actually in a load of trouble. He lied to his cousin to hide his own failures in life.

While he may make you contemplate strangling your own flesh and blood, Roman is the only person that you know in America. He serves as one of your main friends, motivations, and connections at the start of the game. Unlike San Andreas, players won't get a chance to see Bellic in his homeland. You will see his life unfold from the moment he steps into Liberty City.

And given Romans situation, you have your work cut out for you right off the bat.

"Roman is heavily in debt. Lots of criminals are trying to get heavy with him," comments Houser. "Niko is a tough character. Roman is more of a friendly buffoon. He needs your support, and equally Roman is a high energy optimist that will try to make things happen. It seems like a good dynamic, but they are constantly bickering. Early on it seems like your motivation is to simply make a go of it in a new world, and then we discover, as the game unfolds, that maybe Niko has been avoiding other problems at home."

The demo we were fortunate enough to see, running on an Xbox 360, begins with Bellic standing inside of the taxi depot that Roman runs out of the borough of Broker in a converted industrial garage. The game's newfound graphical muscle dances across the screen. Roman's desk is cluttered with garbage and paperwork, the walls desperatly need a new coat of paint, and the windows of the depot appear to never have been cleaned. The sun is shining brightly outside, but you wouldn't know it from the light that is passing through the windows - a dirty, yellowish hue that barely gives off enough illumination for operations to be conducted. The only life that this office has is a radio belting out music in ear-piercing mono, and Bellic, standing tall, confident, and ready for action.

While Bellic could do his cousin a favor by tidying up the place, he has other business to take care of. As he leaves the office, you feel the weight behind each step he makes. Variations in the terrain are met with realisting changes in the walking animation. As Bellic turns and maneuvers his body in different ways on his walk, you can see that his movements are fueled by an incredible physics engine.

"The physics are going to be pretty amazing." Houser interjects. "We are trying, like all things with this game, to push the physics forward. Physics is an area where games can get much better. If you are into third person action games, physics need to be amazing. The feeling of controlling your character needs to be amazing. The feeling of running around that enviroment, climbing over things, needs to be a lot more that it has been. The animations can't feel canned and predictable. One of our biggest goals early in developement is that it should feel different that any other game. It shouldn't be "Oh here's a really good looking, but stiff character."

Bellic is anything but stiff, and it would appear that he isn't the most sensitive or honest lad around either. His walk concludes at a brown stone. Despite the two people - friends, possibly neighbours - having a conversation on the stoop next foor, Bellic pushes the door open - again a motion fueled by the sense of weight and a realistic accompanying animation. It becomes obvious that this isn't Bellic's house as he quickly clings to a wall and pulls out a pistol. One quick look around the corner reavels that the living room, furnished with '70s browns and greens, is not occupied. Bellic slowly slides into the room with his pistol drawn high.

ועכשיו לחלק העסיסי ;D

קרדיט לdemologik על הסריקות.

אין מטוסים? ליברטי סיטי? מה חזרנו לgta liberty city?

אני מאוד מקווה בשבילם שזה לא נכון, זה המחשב שאני אישית הכי מצפה לו. אם זה מה שהולך להיות אז הם יכולים גם לא להוציא אותו.

ליברטי סיטי הייתה קטנה משמעותית לעומת הערים בSA, למה הם חוזרים לעבר?

תודה רבה..

אל תדאג יפתיעו במשחק הזה הם לא יתנו לעצמם לפגוע במחירות בגלל שהם התעצלו לעשות מטוסים

משחק מאוס

מה הם כבר יכולים להפתיע? גרפיה יותר טובה, זה כלום לעומת משחק מעניין יותר.

מצידי שישארו עם הגרפיקה הקודם רק שיחדשו משהו, ואני לא מתכוון לזה שיעלימו מטוסים.

מה הם כבר יכולים להפתיע? גרפיה יותר טובה, זה כלום לעומת משחק מעניין יותר.

מצידי שישארו עם הגרפיקה הקודם רק שיחדשו משהו, ואני לא מתכוון לזה שיעלימו מטוסים.

חחח שמע נראה לי העלילה תיהיה יותר מפותחת מאשר משחקים קודמים..

אין מטוסים? ליברטי סיטי? מה חזרנו לgta liberty city?

אני מאוד מקווה בשבילם שזה לא נכון, זה המחשב שאני אישית הכי מצפה לו. אם זה מה שהולך להיות אז הם יכולים גם לא להוציא אותו.

ליברטי סיטי הייתה קטנה משמעותית לעומת הערים בSA, למה הם חוזרים לעבר?

: נראה לי שאתה שוכח שזה לא המשחק המלא, וזה שאין מטוסים בינתיים לא אומר שלא יהיו בכלל. בינתיים זה ספקולציות.

חוץ מזה פעם אחרונה שבדקתי NY היא עיר די גדולה.. ;D אל תשכח חלקים מאזורים כמו ניו-ג'רזי, מנהטן וכו'.

ובכלל... מולטיפלייר!! :D

במאי הולך לצאת מגזין שנקרה "Official PlayStation Magazine " ויהיה בו מידע+תמונות בלעדיות מהמשחק.

http://www.gta4.net/news/3854/opm-gta-iv-preview-coming-soon/

פששש תודה על החדשות

תודה על החדשות

תודה על החדשות, אבל זה לא מה שציפיתי שיהיה ב-GTA הבא... :-\

אז למה כן ציפית? mini-game בסגנון Hot Coffee שמשתמש במנגנון של השלט PS3? כי עדיין יש תקווה ;D

הם לא טיפשים.

הם עוד יפתיעו.

חכו ותראו.

אני לא מאמין הם הרסו את GTA!!!!! יא אללה רק אם יהיה מטוסים זה יהיה איכשהוא סביר......... מפה יותר קטנה מSAN ANDREAS?!?! מההההההההההה סן אנדראס מפה קטנההה אז עכשיו עוד יותר קטנה! בלי אזורים הררים כיפיים כאלה !

איזה בעסה יא אללהההההההה ביאסו אותי..... נחכה לתמונות וסרטונים נוספים מהמשחק... התסריטאים שכתבו תתסריט אידיוטים כזה תסריט לא מעניין משו סטייל המנקה הרוסייה שלי שתשלח מכתבים לבן דוד שלה שהכל פה מצופה זהב מה זה הבול שיט הזה סיפור לא מענייןןןןןןןןן :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :s07: :bash: :(

אם כל האיזור הוא עירוני בנוי - גם אם זה יהיה יותר קטן מסאן אנדראס לא תיהיה בעיה

אני הייתי יותר עסוק בליהיות מודאג לבעלי המחשב בלבד באם בכלל תצא גירסה של זה לPC (כי כרגע מפורסמת גירסאת PS3 וXBOX כמה שראיתי).

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