Grand Theft Auto IV Trailer

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  Is that not the point of a teaser trailer? : Nick Breckon
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    ah i missed the teaser part, i thought that everyone was waiting for some real info/gameplay, not a bunch... : donlo
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      What exactly was bullshotty and hyperbolistic about it? I don't understand whats got your pantaloons in a... : thaperfectdrug
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        correct me if im wrong, but is this just a CG rendering of what GTAIV will be like? it says it contains n... : donlo
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          From a Rockstar rep: "we can confirm that all footage in the trailer 'Things Will Be Different' was captu... : thaperfectdrug
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            so there IS gameplay shown, wtf, poor description shack. : donlo
            • no gameplay as in, the normal view from someone actually playing the game. that's usually what normal peo... : pyide
        • it's in engine. all their trailers have been : JINKY
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  I thought it was great. It set a fantastic mood. I love the concept of the character; even his brief fe... : Chris Remo
  • Is this Jason Bergman hijacking Remo's account? : GodZilly
  • Agreed. Vice City and San Andreas didn't really do much for me but this trailer has got me all excited. I... : aeg1x
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    Completely. They could have done a complete cock tease with no footage, there was plenty of meat in this ... : node
    • That's my thoughts too, I'm surprised people are complaining about this considering the recent teaser tra... : yoshimi20
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  Do you even know what bullshot means? : abrasion
  • 1. an attempt to elicit through deception a forceful and prolonged excretion of seminal fluids. : jujubees
• it's grand theft friggin' auto...what kind of gameplay do you think there will be? : flasher 907

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  waht? the textures look low resy in a lot of places : gjspear
  • I think what he means is an excellent use of art work and good artistic quality (not technical quality) w... : abrasion
• And here I was thinking Valve only used mid-res textures. Surely not as 1999 like id (terrible textures i... : GreatGooglyMoogly

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  I don't think many doubt that it's NYC, just that'll it actually be called NYC in game rather than Libert... : flooq
  • That's how it is in every iteration of the series. If you guys paid attention since GTA 1. They start out... : arsonide
• Umm maybe it was the Statue of Liberty that gave it away? : Ziz

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  why is this +inf? : carazy
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    Because it's an excellent run-down of the trailer? : Athlon7
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      No it's an opinion, not a run down and it's not excellent. : abrasion
      • Agreed.. Low poly? ugh its an open world.. : et72
  • good question. : Sgt_Boomstick
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    seriously, theres more opinion than fact in this post. its not bad, its just not informative. : eggnoodles
    • it's interesting, hence the tag is called interesting and not informative. : Steve Gibson
  • Agreed, this is about as informative as anyone's assesment of the trailer. No special insights here. : Fred Garvin
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  I thought the three islands in GTA 3 offered a good amount of variety, the last island did have some upsc... : Porkasaurus
  • you wont get informative by posting real information, lol : ease_one
• ok, that does it. i'm not gonna buy this teaser. : SlamDunk
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  There's a sign that says "Visit Vice City! Only 300$!" or something to that effect. http://img99.image... : Modica Sol Solis
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    That, or a tiny billboard in the background of a scene is just there to add flavor. That's quite an assu... : Clone42
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      yeah but with a price and everything? : JINKY
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        and in the upper left another 300 with FlyUS : JINKY
        • I stand corrected. Maybe there's something to this... : Clone42
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    That is an amazing spot. : abrasion
    • ahhh, the things you can do with 30" monitors and a good image scaler : dedgecko
  • and we'll also be able to buy sports wear at mega mart : kill9
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  what is with all these "camps" and your "theories" about how the game is going to turn out? i remember a... : kill9
  • I woulda've been completely happy if they used the same engine as San Andreas, but got rid of the 'spawni... : Tauru
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  Damn, some of you are all defensive. I was just posting an opinion, hence the "I" part in "I like it". La... : AroundTheFur1380
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    i think people reacted more because your comment got INF'd, which obviously is out of your control : derean
    • Makes sense, I didn't even realize it was until I looked to the top of the homepage and saw somebody with... : AroundTheFur1380

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• it should do fine my friend who has a AMD Athlon XP 2600+, 2GB RAM & 6800XT says it ran fine. : Shadowdane
• Try VLC or MPC. It could boil down to inneficient codecs. : Athlon7
• Yea, the 6800 won't actually accelerate WMVHD (I have one as well). This kinda pissed me off considering : Longinus00
• mine either. A64 3200+ and a 6600GT and it's choppy as shit. this sucks. : edgewise
• I have almost the same specs... can't see any of the HD trailers. Good codecs or not, it just doesn't ke... : spyrext
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  i encoded a 480p trailer earlier today: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/videos/gta4_trailer1_480p.wmv ... : Shadowdane
  • You do the community a great service, sir! : spyrext
  • Thanks! This played fine. The 720p played better in MPC than VLC, but it was still so choppy it was unwat... : suqur
  • thank you and i'd like to thank your mom too while i'm at it. : flasher 907
• Make sure the second monitor is disabled : shack_konto
• runs choppy for me unless i use MPC. 2500+/9800 pro : JINKY

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• Vice City was my favourite :( : Sgt_Boomstick
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  Liberty City ftw , VC=hole , SA= even bigger hole : hippolove
  • You are so wrong you almost wrapped around to being right again. Almost. : Fred Garvin
• bradsh I would kiss you but I value my health and reputation : aeg1x

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  it would be awesome to get in a plane and fly to another city to wreak havoc there too : infallible
  • You could do that in San Andreas. : natural born chaos
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  I beleive this is exactly what will happen. : abrasion
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    why, exactly? : pandastrong
    • increase of graphics detail and a new engine means they may not 'tap out' all they can first try - they'l... : abrasion
• Scanned the sky in this minute trailer and didn't see anything!! THE SKY IS FALLING! : soggybagel
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  Didn't see any guns, explosions, either. This means they won't be in there!!!! : thaperfectdrug
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    You kid but I read on another forum that the reason they showed that blue car on the bridge is because th... : Porkasaurus
    • Because we all know every rumor on an internet forum is true. : invalidat10n
    • I heard they got rid of the Ammu-Nation and you have to buy yer riffles at the Wal-mArt. : thaperfectdrug
  • It's a walking simulator! : ThomW

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  I'm wondering just how much of NYC, Rockstar has modeled. : gl2 drivers
  • It looks like they modelled a lot of it. And most of it looks geographically correct. Though it appea... : dedgecko
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  The ship in the harbor reads Liberty City as its origin. : silent prophet
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    Yes, and...? I'm sure it's going to be called "Noo Yolk City" or something, but it's get every major, c... : stuka
    • And Liberty City has always been NYC. They've just really gone for it this time. : SiW73
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  pretty sure everyone recognizes that it's supposed to be NYC. it's more weird that people think they ... : pyide
  • Yep. It seems obvious to me. I don't understand where some of these opinions come from. : SockMonkeh
  • Well, they did have GTA London. : Chris Remo
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  In the Mexican tradition, NYC's mayor should ban this then. : dlr(2)
  • but then of course Bloomberg should start an campaign to trade illegal firearms for x360's and PS3's so t... : dedgecko
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  it sais "Liberteen" in one scene, and in another it has "Liberty City" on the back of a boat. im pretty s... : hobosapien
  • No one has pointed out that the ferry terminal sign says "LIBERTY" above it with the letters "L" and "T" ... : stenchy

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  Be sure to use BB Code next time :D : r_picmip 5
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    Yeah, I can't remember all the different competing standards for every board I frequent-- if only there w... : blenderfish
    • DON'T CLICK --> BBCode won't work either. : mrfunky3000
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  If they have a Philip Glass radio station I will shit myself with happiness. : sgtsanity
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    was that Phillip Glass in the trailer, it sounded sooo much like the Fog of War music. : Sgt_Boomstick
    • It was his score for Koyaanisqatsi. It's actually the only audio in the film, and is very much worth watc... : sgtsanity
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      I think the composer for Fog of War is one of Philip Glass's associates. : Fail_Safe
      • Philip Glass actually composed the Fog of War soundtrack. Additional music was supplied by Errol Morris's... : sgtsanity
      • no, Phillip Glass did the soundtrack. Its one my favourite soundtracks of all time. That being said, it k... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    I want to listen to John Cage's '4:00' while I cruise for ho's! : deathofrats
    • It's 4'33" :D : sgtsanity
• Yeah, it's from the Pruitt-Igoe section. What a great score. : Nick Breckon
• For the lazy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirH8PADDgQ : SatansFist
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  IT SOUNDED like Philip Glass' MUSIC!!! I'm NOT an idiot! I thought the reference was spot on! : spyrext
  • my fave is Mishima a life in four parts w/ the kronos quartet... totally fantastic : mankeroo
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  whoa! Shackers know who Phillip Glass is and his work no less... awesome. I suggest his opera 'Ahknaten'... : dumptruck
  • I love his music for working on homework. It's complex enough to keep my brain ticking even when I'm stuc... : sgtsanity
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    laff, I just watched that trailer for koniswtfbullshit... I don't think I'd stay sane after watching t... : dedgecko
    • i was glued to the screen. it's really something else, visually and aurally. though not as mind blowi... : pyide
    • http://www.ghettoeveryday.com/videos.html Ditto. : slipi

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• NO ITS NOT : Smellsy
• over 200 people uploaded this video, lame : shack_konto

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• this guy made GTA3 for me : MikkleThePickle
• Agreed ,it really was one of the most unique things to come and nothing since. : hippolove

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• my decision comes down to which console is cheaper. : pyide
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  It was announced 360 would be getting exclusive content through Live during e3 and who cares about SIXAXI... : h o s t i l e
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    the ps3 is getting exclusive content too : Maarten Goldstein
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      One probably gets the Santa Claus outfit and the other gets the Easter bunny. : h o s t i l e
      • And you'll have to pay for it. : aeg1x
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  By the time this comes out ill probably have a PS3 but I'll get it for 360 for achievements and because I... : marmite
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    Yeah, achievements and the controller are also a huge plus for me : tcs
    • Ps3 is getting the equivient of achievements. Resistance already has them but they actually unlock thing... : Boxelder
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  360 controller wins bigtime with comfort and rumble. Live isn't a huge factor since we have no idea if it... : derelict515
  • 360 controller is a little more comfortable, but the Sixaxis isn't uncomfortable. Difference is negligab... : Boxelder
• SONY PEOPLE, STOP MENTIONING BLUE RAY IT IS POINTLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a ridiculous argument. T... : abrasion

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• alan wake* : humbleone
• Alan Wake? : MaxPete82
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  Derek Smart! : Fail_Safe
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    Derek Smart!! : ctlaltl33t
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      Stop right there. : Johnny Law
      • BIGGIE SMALLS! : manlyman
• Alan Partridge? : thaperfectdrug
• Wake Island? : r_picmip 5
• Funny, i was thinking, "I could definitely see playing some Max Payne in that city", and then you go and... : AxeMan808

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• Koyaanisqatsi: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085809/ : Kurashu
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  Don't use the term Koyanoqaatsi and reeks in the same sentence : ( I loves my qatsi movies! : Athlon7
  • True, silly me. Mind you, I love this movie too! =P Anyway, the first part of the teaser has the same ... : Kurashu

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• Provide content? It's a teaser trailer. The game comes out in 7 months. So it won't be long before we ... : kingdepork
• ITs more like the expectations of a console vs a pc. : Rageaholic
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  Dude there's more than 4 people on the shack - those saying STALKER looks shit are probably jaded cocks. ... : abrasion
  • give me some credit at least, there is a few more than "four"; but nevertheless, you are correct, so sorr... : NoCopy
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  I'll say this, Stalker is best looking game on the PC right now. Much better than doom3/hl2. I will also ... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • is there maxed out screens of it anywhere? (not that anyone could play it like that.) : thebigbeefsandwich
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  This is a teaser. I'm surprised they showed as much as they did. : warcrow
  • It's all relative too I'd imagine. EG the stalker graphics are shit compared to other FPS'... and GTA4's ... : brome
• People always forget. GTA games aren't better because of the graphics, they're better because of the stor... : blackrit
• I think part of the "Stalker looks like ass" thing comes from seeing so much of upcoming FPS titles that ... : Vincent Grayson

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• Vodka gives your Crackdown-like jumping powers! : manlyman

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• i think a lot of people got their hopes up for stuff like going in every building, probably more details,... : Shadowdane
• character models are low poly and there's clipping. Still overall impressive. : Sixcos

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  It actually showed more than I thought it would, I was half expecting something like the Halo 3 trailer. : yoshimi20
  • This was far better than the Halo 3 trailer. : abrasion
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  I guess I'm glad I didn't hear about it till today. I honestly don't know what people were expecting, Roc... : MaxPete82
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    In the same boat. : Tawler
    • Well crackdown set a bar for the 360, some pretty good gameplay with limited co op enjoyment. this wil... : dedgecko
• I am glad they showed the environment. Now how about scale? : byorn

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• hah yeah I spotted some of these. love the in-game humour gta uses. can't wait to play this game and test... : niceguynick
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  The GetaLife Building was the first thing I noticed and I started to keep en eye out for more parody ads.... : Fail_Safe
  • Cluckin Bell was in San Andreas, now with more guano! : skankcore
• What the fuck is petrol? I thought this was Liberty City?!@1 : SockMonkeh

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• i want to be able to do a backflip on a bike without falling off >:( : JINKY
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  didn't SA fix all those problems? I hope they wouldn't go backward with those. i guess they could for so... : pyide
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    Well I figured they would make a smaller world and I (think) I'm right - this game is toning it down map ... : abrasion
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      I doubt they'll scale back what you can do much. I think they'll be trying to make the game even more fre... : derelict515
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        I'd take bets it will be scaled back - it's their first next gen game. : abrasion
        • what about gta3? ps2 was next gen at some point. isn't that their first next gen game? /troll i guaran... : skankcore
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  You didn't die from water in SA so I expect them to keep that ability. : Porkasaurus
  • Same for Vice City Stories. : Kerath

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  Yeah, until you see five people in five identical cars all adjusting their rear view mirrors at the exact... : Carfaz11
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    Heheheh...crackdown did a good job avoiding this so I'm guessing Rockstar will do the same. : thaperfectdrug
    • I definitely got a "living city" vibe from Crackdown. That game owns. : Cygnus X-1
  • I saw that more in Vice City than either GTA3 or San Andreas. I think they'll do it up right. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I don't really see how that's AI and not just a random animation. : MaxPete82
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    Oh no, that's AI. The car doesn't have AI, the character does. So if you have a short character for examp... : Porkasaurus
    • OH MY GOD RADIANT AI WILL BE SELF -AWARE!!@#!2 : SockMonkeh

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  I tried SA the other day, and holy christ that camera auto-panning back all the time was irritating. : Balboa
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    Yeah it's really hard to go back. If they do do auto aim then I hope they at least copy Crackdown with th... : marmite
    • i can only hope theyve done alot of crackdown copying : bradsh

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• I want to do drive-bys in the Hamptons. : MaxPete82

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• God damn right. : tomservo
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  I assume that wasnt a teaser trailer in the same vein as this, released 6 months ahead of time? : scottythejock
  • Yep - but the SA one was (for it's time) probably even more epic - the explosions, music, environment - t... : abrasion
• Yeah I was flipping out after seeing that. So much expected and WASN'T disappointed. : thejm4n
• GnR hands down the best usage of a song in a game trailer : spiderfill
• GTA 3 E3 Teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OCE7XSiiEk : scottythejock
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  The original SA teaser was very long key (and similar to this one). http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/5273/... : thaperfectdrug
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    low key. wtf is a long key??? : thaperfectdrug
    • That would be me of course! : The Key
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  God, I love that game. : warcrow
  • You're a wickety-wack warcrow wigga! : thaperfectdrug

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• Yeah the lighting, such a simple thing which GTA was 'behind' in has finally caught up and it looks great... : abrasion