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ShadowGUN
09-19-2008, 04:49 PM
Info:


True GTA game - sandbox gameplay, open-world environment, gritty crime narrative.
- M-rating
- Isometric camera angle
- Cel-shaded polygons w/ black borders
- good touch-screen implementation - "tasteful" minigames, streamlining interface
- UI based on a PDA - hub for email, contacts, map, music player, GPS, stat-tracking
- stats uploaded to Rockstar Social Club website via Wi-Fi
- finger-sized icons
- missions designed for shorter periods of play, arcade quality
- aiming with control pad, auto targeting with R button
- subtle autosteer
- if you fail a mission, you can jump back to the action sequence
- chain gun, flamethrower
- good portion of Liberty City is modeled in the game (different routes than console games)
- no probems with load times, draw-in or frame rate
- lots of pedestrians, cars, etc on screen
- Wanted system - objective is to disable police cars any way possible
- real-time weather effects, 24-hour day/night cycle
- lots of radio stations to listen to (more instrumentals than vocals)
- 800,000 lines of hand-optimized source code (hey, the people like the info, right?)
- no details yet on multiplayer/Wi-Fi features

And screenshots (http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=3857).

Funny I was expecting the game to be similar to the first 2 games. It does looks interesting.
Shawn Hopkins
09-19-2008, 08:54 PM
I don't know that people will be willing to go back to topdown GTA at this point. This game has the potential to confuse and frighten the average consumer who will be expecting something familiar.
Invidente 7
09-20-2008, 12:03 AM
I don't know that people will be willing to go back to topdown GTA at this point. This game has the potential to confuse and frighten the average consumer who will be expecting something familiar.

But there isn't other way of adapting GTA to the DS, and therefore I genuinely believe that Rockstar deserves an applause for bringing this fine series to the DS :cool:

I surely hope this game is a wildfire hit and convinces more companies to bring more mature-themed games to the DS, since all I've seen lately for the DS is more and more family games :confused:
Galaxy 9000
09-21-2008, 12:09 PM
Nintendo systems don't usually get M rated games. The developers would rather it be on a sony system, or microsoft system.
Wonderwall
09-21-2008, 12:18 PM
since all I've seen lately for the DS is more and more family games :confused:

Not just DS, but for the last decade Nintendo in general has been seen that way.
Goodfellow
09-21-2008, 01:40 PM
Being someone that recently purchased and attempted to play the PS1 GTA games, I'll pass on this. I couldn't control those for crap, and this one looks no different.
Shawn Hopkins
09-21-2008, 01:47 PM
Being someone that recently purchased and attempted to play the PS1 GTA games, I'll pass on this. I couldn't control those for crap, and this one looks no different.

Me too. People say they are classics and I like the gameplay ideas in them, but I found it way too hard to drive.
Jin Kazama
09-21-2008, 07:32 PM
aiming with control pad, auto targeting with R button

So that means moving with the stylus, then. Ugh. The only game that's ever done that right was Phantom Hourglass. In other games, it's more of a hindrance than anything else.
Goodfellow
09-22-2008, 01:22 AM
Me too. People say they are classics and I like the gameplay ideas in them, but I found it way too hard to drive.

I found it impossible to do anything. Driving, shooting, walking, running, hell, I couldn't even figure out where I was located half the time.
ShadowGUN
09-22-2008, 08:17 AM
GTA2 did manage to fix some of the first game controls. I thought it was pretty good.
Some more info (http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=3932) including the main character name, Huang Lee, and his mission in the game.
Invidente 7
09-22-2008, 10:06 PM
GTA2 did manage to fix some of the first game controls. I thought it was pretty good.
Some more info (http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=3932) including the main character name, Huang Lee, and his mission in the game.

GTA Advance was a huge improvement on the old style gameplay since you could finally drive, walk around and engange in gunfights easily (and I know since I finished the game) and if the upcoming GTA DS can improve those controls I'm sooo getting this game :evil: