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GTA IV Thread - Now More Gay!
Dashui
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Platforms: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC
Release date: Available now
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Take-Two Interactive
News
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony is the second of the two episodic expansion packs for Grand Theft Auto IV. You play as Luis Fernando Lopez, a member of the Northwood Dominican drug dealers and the personal bodyguard to Tony "Gay Tony" Prince.
The Ballad of Gay Tony "injects Liberty City with an overdose of guns, glitz, and grime" and that "players will struggle with the competing loyalties of family and friends, and with the uncertainty about who is real and who is fake in a world in which everyone has a price."
The parachute makes a return, as well as new vehicles and weapons!
The Ballad of Gay Tony will be released October 29th, 2009, as a download or as a combined standalone disc-based package titled Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City featuring both expansions and will not require the original Grand Theft Auto IV to play!
PA Multiplayer Information
PS3 - For PS3 online play with PA, PM Mario G or Dirty, or check the list below.
PC - Check back later for information on a Penny-Arcade STEAM group.
360 - Xbox 360 players should add PA GTA IV to their buddy list if they want to play online with people from Penny-Arcade with ease and without filling up their friends list. If PA GTA IV's friends list is full and you didn't get accepted in time, keep trying.
Check back regularly for more information or openings. If you'd like to be added to the general list of players in the OP, send a private message to Dashui and you'll be quickly added. Please include or send your time-zone and region information so people can see where you're from, although that is optional.
360 PA GTA IV Profile: 85/100
PS3 Player List:
PA / PSN / Headset
NORTH AMERICA
AceRimmer / ZacMatic / Yes
Ah_Pook / Ah_Pook / Yes
arod_77 / arod_77 / Yes
BEAST! / BeastZero / Yes
bloodyroarxx / bloodyroarxx / Yes
bombboy / BombBoyGT / Yes
Bretzy / Bretzy / Yes
Chance / Chance_Splinter / No
Descendant X / DescendantX / Yes
DietarySupplement / pittfurg / Yes
Dirty / DirtySoap3D / Yes
fallaxdraco / Valisk / Yes
GnomeTank / GnomeTank / No
Halibut / Halibut05 / Soon
JMac71 / JMac71 / Yes
kdrudy / KDRudy / Yes
Lord Yod / Azure_Orbs / Yes
Malechai / Malechai / Yes
MistaCreepy / MistaCreepy / Yes
Octavian / TitusPullo13 / Yes
Orangepants / Orangepants / Yes
phekno / phekno / Yes
Radikal_Dreamer / RDreamer / Yes
ReverendToast / ReverendToast / Yes
Reznik / RenegadeGuardian / No
Rookie / TheSuperVillain / No
RoriProfessor / RoriP / Yes
RoundBoy / Round_Boy / Yes
Ryadic / Ryadic / Yes
Sevorak / Sevorak / No
Skexis / Skexx / Yes
Svevin / Kevko / Yes
TheGerbil / TheGerbil / No
Thrif_Ash / Thrif_Ash / Yes
Torso Boy / TragicJones / Yes
Troy / troykark / Yes
Vae / Helchoir / Yes
Wibod / Wibod / No
xwonderboyx / xwonderboyx / Yes
yoshua / yoshuag / Soon
EUROPE
GrimReaper / EvilMonkeySlayer / No
Insanity / Gufnork / Yes
Italax / Italax / Yes
Mangaroo / Yasir_Said / Yes
Mr_Grinch / SirGrinchX / Yes
SOUTHEAST ASIA
langfor6 / langfor6 / Yes
AUSTRALIA
TeeMan / hellisforheroes / Yes
UNSPECIFIED REGION
badpoet / badpoet / ?
DarkCrawler / DarkCrawler90 / ?
Jaef / Jaef / Yes
Kreutz / KaptainKreutz / ?
Magos / Magos / No
MarioG / MarioGuzman / Yes
Nixon / Jeckler / ?
RandomHajile / Random35 / Maybe
WildSpoon / WildSpoon / ?
NORTH AMERICA
AceRimmer / ZacMatic / Yes
Ah_Pook / Ah_Pook / Yes
arod_77 / arod_77 / Yes
BEAST! / BeastZero / Yes
bloodyroarxx / bloodyroarxx / Yes
bombboy / BombBoyGT / Yes
Bretzy / Bretzy / Yes
Chance / Chance_Splinter / No
Descendant X / DescendantX / Yes
DietarySupplement / pittfurg / Yes
Dirty / DirtySoap3D / Yes
fallaxdraco / Valisk / Yes
GnomeTank / GnomeTank / No
Halibut / Halibut05 / Soon
JMac71 / JMac71 / Yes
kdrudy / KDRudy / Yes
Lord Yod / Azure_Orbs / Yes
Malechai / Malechai / Yes
MistaCreepy / MistaCreepy / Yes
Octavian / TitusPullo13 / Yes
Orangepants / Orangepants / Yes
phekno / phekno / Yes
Radikal_Dreamer / RDreamer / Yes
ReverendToast / ReverendToast / Yes
Reznik / RenegadeGuardian / No
Rookie / TheSuperVillain / No
RoriProfessor / RoriP / Yes
RoundBoy / Round_Boy / Yes
Ryadic / Ryadic / Yes
Sevorak / Sevorak / No
Skexis / Skexx / Yes
Svevin / Kevko / Yes
TheGerbil / TheGerbil / No
Thrif_Ash / Thrif_Ash / Yes
Torso Boy / TragicJones / Yes
Troy / troykark / Yes
Vae / Helchoir / Yes
Wibod / Wibod / No
xwonderboyx / xwonderboyx / Yes
yoshua / yoshuag / Soon
EUROPE
GrimReaper / EvilMonkeySlayer / No
Insanity / Gufnork / Yes
Italax / Italax / Yes
Mangaroo / Yasir_Said / Yes
Mr_Grinch / SirGrinchX / Yes
SOUTHEAST ASIA
langfor6 / langfor6 / Yes
AUSTRALIA
TeeMan / hellisforheroes / Yes
UNSPECIFIED REGION
badpoet / badpoet / ?
DarkCrawler / DarkCrawler90 / ?
Jaef / Jaef / Yes
Kreutz / KaptainKreutz / ?
Magos / Magos / No
MarioG / MarioGuzman / Yes
Nixon / Jeckler / ?
RandomHajile / Random35 / Maybe
WildSpoon / WildSpoon / ?
Screenshots
How does it play?
GTA IV takes place in a redesigned Liberty City (Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories). Four boroughs of NYC are represented, as is New Jersey. "Broker" is Brooklyn, Queens is "Dukes", the Bronx is "Bohan", Manhattan is "Algonquin", and New Jersey is "Alderney."
Combat has changed from previous 3D GTA games, and now has a Gears of War-like cover system, and Crackdown-like lock-on/free aiming hybrid targeting.
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- The location will be Liberty City, a completely retooled and more realistic, denser version.
- There will be five boroughs: Dukes (Queens), Bohan (the Bronx), Algonquin (Manhattan), Broker (Brooklyn), and Alderney (New Jersey). The player starts the game in Broker.
- You can no longer simply walk up to a car and jack it, or go to Pay and Spray to remove your wanted level. Some cars need to be broken into via the window and hot wired, older cars may stall, and you need to evade the police's line of sight.
- While the game is not as big as San Andreas, it has more detail and less wasted space.
- The police system has been entirely retooled. You will not instantly become wanted whenever you commit a crime, even in public. If there are no cops around, and someone sees you, they will have to notify the police. When the police are notified, a circular search area will appear on your radar. If you are outside of this area the cops will not be able to find you unless you commit another crime. If you are spotted in the circular area, the police will follow you to that location.
- Since Pay and Spray isn't an effective way of alluding the police, you must use other ways to get rid of wanted level: changing your clothes (especially if they are bloody); switching cars to confuse the police; running into someone's house, out the back, and on to their fire escape, among other things.
- Many interiors are fully decorated and have been given a much bigger emphasis and importance.
- While the game does not have planes, it does have helicopters.
- Holding down the fire trigger half-way will allow you to free aim your weapon, while holding it down completely will lock on to the nearest enemy.
- Niko has a cell phone. With the cell phone, you can call any number that's in the game, including mission leads, various characters, 911, and more. You access multi-player through your phone.
- Car trunks are now usable. You can put bodies and weapons into car trunks.
- Missions have been completely retooled. You won't have a giant arrow over someone's head if they are your target. For example, if you have to kill a target, but he's surrounded by a group of people, you may not know who he is. You can handle this in multiple ways. You can find out his phone number, call him up, see if he responds, and kill him; or you can simply go up to the entire group and kill all of them. The choice is up to you. Of course, if you do the latter, your boss may be upset with you...
- Depending on how well and what you do during missions, you can form relationships with your bosses and clients. If you do well, you will have a good relationship.
- Maintaining character relationships can result in specific rewards. Little Jacob is the man who sells you weapons. Your relationship is maintained through phone contact and loyalty. A relationship with a lawyer can help remove your wanted level with a phone call, for example.
- Trip skip feature from Vice City and Vice City Stories is back. Now you can even use cabs to drive you pretty much anywhere you want. You can skip the cab ride and get to the destination quicker for a cost, or you can view the ride from the first person and enjoy the trip.
- Ammunation is not a good supply for weapons any more. Having good relationships will get you access to more and better weapons.
- There is more emphasis on hand to hand combat in GTA IV.
- You should beware night time in certain burroughs, as you may get jumped by random gangsters and the freaks of Liberty. You can get robbed.
- There is now a GPS.
- The game now has a cover system.
- You can have girlfriends in the game. You can meet women through the internet for blind dates. They will react to how you act, where you take them, and even what you wear. Some are more clingy than others. For example, one may constantly send you text messages. If you ignore her, you could upset her.
- The internet is a feature in the game. You can use it to browse for information, view and send e-mail, and even setup blind dates.
- There will be no turf wars.
- You can now use an ATM or go to the bank to deposit or withdraw funds.
- You can now shoot different body parts and your victim will react realistically depending where he has been hit.
- Rockstar will use the Euphoria Engine, known from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. It will power much of the physics in the game.
- Pedestrians have a memory. They remember your face when they saw you doing a criminal act and run away in terror whenever they see you again.
- The multiplayer will be activated via the cell phone. There are 15 game modes with up to 16 players online for the console version. The PC version supports 32 players.
- Two minutes equals one hour in-game.
- There will be no seasons in the game.
- Every cop car has a working computer, which allows you to search for any criminal in the city, find his where abouts, and any thing remotely related to him or her.
- You can call the police, ambulance, and other services via 911. You can use this to escape from a heated battle or even clear out a police station.
- There will be five boroughs: Dukes (Queens), Bohan (the Bronx), Algonquin (Manhattan), Broker (Brooklyn), and Alderney (New Jersey). The player starts the game in Broker.
- You can no longer simply walk up to a car and jack it, or go to Pay and Spray to remove your wanted level. Some cars need to be broken into via the window and hot wired, older cars may stall, and you need to evade the police's line of sight.
- While the game is not as big as San Andreas, it has more detail and less wasted space.
- The police system has been entirely retooled. You will not instantly become wanted whenever you commit a crime, even in public. If there are no cops around, and someone sees you, they will have to notify the police. When the police are notified, a circular search area will appear on your radar. If you are outside of this area the cops will not be able to find you unless you commit another crime. If you are spotted in the circular area, the police will follow you to that location.
- Since Pay and Spray isn't an effective way of alluding the police, you must use other ways to get rid of wanted level: changing your clothes (especially if they are bloody); switching cars to confuse the police; running into someone's house, out the back, and on to their fire escape, among other things.
- Many interiors are fully decorated and have been given a much bigger emphasis and importance.
- While the game does not have planes, it does have helicopters.
- Holding down the fire trigger half-way will allow you to free aim your weapon, while holding it down completely will lock on to the nearest enemy.
- Niko has a cell phone. With the cell phone, you can call any number that's in the game, including mission leads, various characters, 911, and more. You access multi-player through your phone.
- Car trunks are now usable. You can put bodies and weapons into car trunks.
- Missions have been completely retooled. You won't have a giant arrow over someone's head if they are your target. For example, if you have to kill a target, but he's surrounded by a group of people, you may not know who he is. You can handle this in multiple ways. You can find out his phone number, call him up, see if he responds, and kill him; or you can simply go up to the entire group and kill all of them. The choice is up to you. Of course, if you do the latter, your boss may be upset with you...
- Depending on how well and what you do during missions, you can form relationships with your bosses and clients. If you do well, you will have a good relationship.
- Maintaining character relationships can result in specific rewards. Little Jacob is the man who sells you weapons. Your relationship is maintained through phone contact and loyalty. A relationship with a lawyer can help remove your wanted level with a phone call, for example.
- Trip skip feature from Vice City and Vice City Stories is back. Now you can even use cabs to drive you pretty much anywhere you want. You can skip the cab ride and get to the destination quicker for a cost, or you can view the ride from the first person and enjoy the trip.
- Ammunation is not a good supply for weapons any more. Having good relationships will get you access to more and better weapons.
- There is more emphasis on hand to hand combat in GTA IV.
- You should beware night time in certain burroughs, as you may get jumped by random gangsters and the freaks of Liberty. You can get robbed.
- There is now a GPS.
- The game now has a cover system.
- You can have girlfriends in the game. You can meet women through the internet for blind dates. They will react to how you act, where you take them, and even what you wear. Some are more clingy than others. For example, one may constantly send you text messages. If you ignore her, you could upset her.
- The internet is a feature in the game. You can use it to browse for information, view and send e-mail, and even setup blind dates.
- There will be no turf wars.
- You can now use an ATM or go to the bank to deposit or withdraw funds.
- You can now shoot different body parts and your victim will react realistically depending where he has been hit.
- Rockstar will use the Euphoria Engine, known from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. It will power much of the physics in the game.
- Pedestrians have a memory. They remember your face when they saw you doing a criminal act and run away in terror whenever they see you again.
- The multiplayer will be activated via the cell phone. There are 15 game modes with up to 16 players online for the console version. The PC version supports 32 players.
- Two minutes equals one hour in-game.
- There will be no seasons in the game.
- Every cop car has a working computer, which allows you to search for any criminal in the city, find his where abouts, and any thing remotely related to him or her.
- You can call the police, ambulance, and other services via 911. You can use this to escape from a heated battle or even clear out a police station.
Reviews
Note: Grand Theft Auto IV hasn't been reviewed based on platform, therefore there's no need to list both PS3 and 360 reviews from the same network. These networks, such as Gamespy and IGN, essentially copy and paste their review for each platform, tweaking a word here or there. Both versions of the game are mostly equal, so buy the game on the platform your friends are for the great multiplayer or based on your controller preferences.
Eurogamer In-Depth Version Comparison (HQ Videos and Images)
Kotaku Version Comparison
Gamerankings 360
Gamerankings PS3
Official Xbox Magazine - 9.5/10
Official Xbox Magazine UK - 10/10
Xbox World Mag UK - 98/100
Playstation: Official Magazine UK - 10/10
PlayStation: Official Magazine US - 5/5
Game Informer - 10/10
GamePro - 5/5
Actiontrip - N/A - "Overall, Grand Theft Auto IV is one of the best games ever made..."
MSXbox World - 9.5/10
Videogamer - 10/10
Gameplanet - 10/10 - "Ups: Everything, but more specifically, the attention to detail. Has to be played to be believed. This game is history in the making and it is simply impossible to adequately describe every amazing attribute."
G4 - 5/5 - "Grand Theft Auto IV is not just a great GTA game, but a legitimately great game. Rockstar North has taken the series that defined the previous gaming generation and not only updated it to meet next-gen standards, but raised the bar for all subsequent open-world games."
UGO - A+
Gamespot - 10/10
1Up Video Review - A+
Gamespy - 5/5
Computer and Videogames - 9.5/10
Gametrailers Video Review - 9.8/10
Eurogamer - 10/10
TeamXbox - 10/10
1Up - A+
Kotaku - N/A
IGN - 10/10 - "Grand Theft Auto III was a revolutionary title, one that inspired a whole new generation of 3D action games. Grand Theft Auto IV is just as big a leap forward, though perhaps in subtler ways, and sets a new benchmark for open-world games. Everything in GTA IV works in harmony. The story would be nothing without the city; the city gains realism from the physics engine; the physics compliment the improved AI; the AI would make no sense without the new cover system. And on and on. There is no one major weak aspect."
IGN AU - 9.8/10 - "For a start, making the decision to put the controller down and start writing this review was a big test of self control. The original plan of starting writing the review Saturday morning, soon became, Sunday morning and shortly thereafter Sunday night. Never before have we played a game that’s so hard to put down... Thanks to the most believable characters, the best visuals, the most realistic physics and above all, the most fun to be had of any game yet, Grand Theft Auto IV deserves a place in the collections of anyone even vaguely interested in videogames."
IGN UK - 10/10 - "Expectations were so high for Grand Theft Auto IV that one of the biggest surprises is that it’s managed to meet them. That it’s also gone on to confound these is truly a marvel, and the game’s Liberty City is nothing less than one of the greatest videogame worlds yet conceived. With this game, Rockstar has set out to free itself from the excesses of the series past to emphasise the character of its world, and in doing so has created a high watermark in the relationship between narrative and play. It’s no less than the definitive open world game, and by that measure the definitive interactive experience of this generation to date."
IGN Video Review
Multiplayer
Details
# There are 15 multiplayer game modes in GTA IV.
# Multiplayer supports up to 16 players on consoles, 32 players on PC.
# Your online character is fully customizable. You can alter his race, sex, hair, clothing etc.
# A simple promotion system is in place which unlocks new customizable options for your player.
# In deathmatch-like modes, the round is won not by kills but by who can collect the most money.
# The host has a wide range of options to choose from when creating the server. He or she can choose options such as whether to enable police or pedestians, their density, weather, time of day, spawn location, what weapons, what vehicles, area restriction, and much more.
# The game includes a lobby system, with the lobby being the entirety of Liberty City.
Game Modes
1. Hangmans NOOSE
2. Car Jack City
3. Bomb da Base
4. Bomb da Base II
5. Mafia Work
6. Team Mafia Work
7. Deathmatch
8. Team Deathmatch
9. Turf War
10. Cops N Crooks
11. Race
12. GTA Race
13. Deal Breaker
14. Free Mode
15. Team Car Jack City
# In Race and GTA Race, the host gets to decide which vehicles are involved, and the number of laps to be played.
# In Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch, matches are won by the player or team who secures the most amount of money. Money is dropped by killing another player, and you must collect the fallen cash on the ground.
# In Cops N Crooks, one team play as cops and the other play as criminals. The cops must stop the criminals from escaping. They can monitor the locations of the criminals on their GPS systems, while the criminals don't know where the cops are.
# In Mafia Work and Team Mafia Work, you play as one of Kenny Petrovic's mafia henchmen, and you must complete hits ordered by your boss (over your cellphone) before your rivals.
# The map used in multiplayer is the same map that is used for single player. The host can choose to restrict the playing field or use the entire map for all game modes.
# A single-player mission called "Hangman's NOOSE" features co-op. You and your friends will be able to escort a mobster while being pursued by a SWAT team.
# Turf War has two teams attempting to capture various points on the map. The host can choose the default three points on the map or raise that amount. The team with the most points wins.
Radio Stations
The official website includes icons for 18 radio stations. These radio stations are, including some tracks:
Wikipedia wrote:San Juan Sounds
DJ: Unknown
Genre Latin music
* Gipsy Kings - "Bem, Bem Maria"
* Khriz y Angel - "Ven Bailalo"
* Alexis y Fido - "5 Letras"
* Daddy Yankee - "Impacto"
Liberty Rock Radio 97.8
DJ: Unknown
Genre Classic rock
* R.E.M - "Turn You Inside Out"
* Humble Pie - "Cocaine"
* Queen - "One Vision"
* Elton John - "Street Kids"
* Stevie Nicks - "Edge Of Seventeen"
The Classics 104.1
DJ: Unknown
Genre Old school hip-hop
*Run-D.M.C. - "Sucker M.C.'s"
Jazz Nation 108.5
DJ: Unknown
Genre Jazz
*Miles Davis - "Move"
Radio Broker
DJ: Juliette Lewis
Genre Alternative rock/Indie rock
* LCD Soundsystem - "Get Innocuous"
* Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
* The Boggs - "Arm in Arm" (Shy Child Remix)
* Nickelback - "Rockstar"
* Arctic Monkeys - "Teddy Picker"
* Shy Child - "Summer"
Tuff Gong Radio
DJ: Unknown
Genre Reggae/Dub
* Bob Marley & The Wailers - "Rebel Music"
Massive B Soundsystem 96.9
DJ: Bobby Konders
Genre Dancehall
* Mavado - "Real McCoy"
Summary: The DJ of this station, Bobby Konders, is one part of the group Massive B Sound System, which the station is named after.
Fusion FM
DJ: Unknown
Genre Jazz Fusion
* Roy Ayers - "Funk In The Hole"
The Journey
DJ: Unknown
Genre Ambient/Chill out
* Jean Michel Jarre - "Oxygène IV"
Electrochoc
DJ: François K
Genre: Electro/Dance
* Alex Gopher - "Brain Leech (Bugged Mind Remix)"
* K.I.M. - "By The Time They Reach You (Bag Raiders Remix)"
* Boys Noize - "& Down"
* Louis La Roche - "Love"
* Simian Mobile Disco - "Tits & Acid"
Summary: Electrochoc is an electro and dance music station hosted by François K (François Kevorkian)
IF99
DJ: Femi Kuti
Genre: Funk & Afrobeat
* Fela Kuti - "Sorrow Tears and Blood"
* The O'Jays - "Give The People What They Want"
* War - "Galaxy"
Summary: IF99 is an international funk music station hosted by Femi Kuti, son of African musician Fela Kuti.
K109 The Studio
DJ: DJ Karl
Genre: Disco
* Elektrik Funk - "On A Journey"
* Cerrone - "Supernature"
* Don Ray - "Standing In The Rain"
* Mylo - "in my arms"
Summary: K109 The Studio is a Franco-American disco music station hosted by DJ Karl (Karl Lagerfeld).
Liberty City Hardcore
DJ: Jimmy Gestapo
Genre: Hardcore Punk
* Maximum Penalty - "All Your Boys"
* Killing Time - "Tell Tale"
* Blink 182 - "down"
* Bad Brains - "Right Brigade"
* Underdog - "Back to Back"
* Sex Pistols - "Holidays in the Sun"
* Murphy's Law - "A Day in the Life"
Summary: Libery City Hardcore is a punk and hardcore music station hosted by Jimmy Gestapo, lead singer of New York based hardcore punk band Murphy's Law.
Vladivostok FM
DJ: Ruslana
Genre: Eastern European music
* Ruslana - "Wild Dances"
* Basta - "Mam?"
* Marakesh - "Zhdat"
* Seryoga - "King Ring"
Summary: Vladivostok FM is an Eastern European music station hosted by Eurovision Song Contest 2004 winner Ruslana. The name is taken from Russian city Vladivostok.
The Vibe 98.8
DJ: Unknown
Genre: R&B
* Alexander O'Neal - "Criticize (song)"
* R. Kelly - "Bump N Grind"
* Michael Jackson - "Remember The Time"
* Usher ft Monica - "Slow Jam"
* Ne-yo - "Because of You"
* Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl"
Summary: Nothing is known about this music station at this point, except that it is a R&B radio format.
Beat 102.7
DJ: DJ Green Lantern
Genre: Hardcore hip-hop
* Nas - "War is Necessary"
* DJ Green Lantern ft. Akon, Fabolous & Fat Joe - "I'm So Fly"
* Prodigy - "Dirty New Yorker"
* Tru Life - "Wet em up"
* 2pac - "If My Homie Calls"
* Eminem - "When I'm Gone"
* Kanye West feat. Rakim, KRS-One, and Nas - "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)"
WKTT Radio
WKTT Radio is a Conservative talk radio station located in Dukes. One of their top shows is the Richard Bastion show, who is a parody of right-wing talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage.
In a Grand Theft Auto first, series fans could call in to the Rockstar offices and have their opinions on current issues recorded and go in the run to have it placed on the station in the final game. Rockstar Games announced this on 14 July 2007 and opened a website—WKTTRadio.com—with all the details needed to participate. This website now redirects to the WKTT page on the official GTA IV site.
Public Liberty Radio
DJ: Unknown
Genre: Call In Speech
This is a public radio station that hosts Lazlow's radio show, Integrity 2.0.
Other Music
* "Sleep is impossible" by Birmingham based band Deluka is confirmed to be in the game.
* "Optimo" by Liquid Liquid is used in the "Box art unveiling" trailer
* The Australian band Airbourne has been said to be included on the soundtrack.
* The Norwegian newspaper "VG" recently announced that the band Datarock from Bergen will be contributing with the track "Computer Camp Love".
* Russian song called `?????? ?? ?????` `Nikogo ne zhalko` (`No pity for anyone`), appeared as the background music of the Vlad Glebov teaser trailer. The song was composed by Sergei Shnurov and performed by Leningrad and was one of the soundtracks in the Russian film Bumer.
* "Pruitt-Igoe Theme" by Philip Glass
* "Vagabond" (Liberty City Mix) by Greenskeepers
* "Goodbye Horses" by Q Lazarus
* Stevie Nicks and Smashing Pumpkins songs have also been confirmed.
* The Stooges have been confirmed to be on the soundtrack.
Achievements
Off the Boat (5)- Complete the first mission.
One Hundred and Eighty (10) -Score 180 with 3 darts in a darts game.
Pool Shark (10)- Beat a friend at pool.
King of QUB3D (15)- Beat the High Score in QUB3D.
Finish Him (15)- Complete 10 melee counters in 4 minutes.
Genetically Superior (25) -Come first in 20 singleplayer street races.
Wheelie Rider (30) -Do a wheelie lasting at least 500 feet on a motorbike.
Gobble Gobble (10) -Score 3 strikes in a row in 10-pin bowling.
Driving Mr. Bellic (10) -Unlock the Taxi special ability.
Rolled Over (30)- Do 5 car rolls in a row from one crash.
Walk Free (50)- Lose a 4-star wanted rating by outrunning the cops
Courier Service (10)- Complete all 10 package delivery jobs
Retail Therapy (10)- Unlock the special ability of buying guns from a friend.
Chain Reaction (20)- Blow up 10 vehicles in 10 seconds.
One Man Army (40)- Survive 5 minutes on 6-star wanted level.
Lowest Point (5)- Complete mission "Roman's Sorrow."
Over Fulfilled (10)- Complete all 10 Exotic Export orders.
Manhunt (15)- Complete the Most Wanted side missions from the police computer.
Cleaned the Mean Streets (20)- Capture 20 criminals through the police computer.
Fed The Fish (5)- Complete the mission "Uncle Vlad."
It'll Cost Ya (5)- Complete a taxi ride without skipping from one island to another.
Sightseer (5)- Fly on all helicopter tours of Liberty City.
Warm Coffee (5)- Successfully date a girl to be invited into her house.
That's How We Roll! (10)- Unlock the Helicopter special ability.
Half Million (55)- Reach a balance of $500,000.
Impossible Trinity (10)- Complete mission "Museum Piece."
Full Exploration (20)- Unlock all the islands.
You Got The Message (20)- Deliver all 30 cars ordered through text messages.
Dare Devil (30)- Complete 100% of the unique stunt jumps.
Assassin's Greed (20)- Complete all 9 assassin missions.
Endangered Species (50)- Collect every hidden package in the game.
Under the Radar (40)- Use a helicopter to fly beneath the main bridges in the game that cross water.
Dial B For Bomb (10)- Unlock the special ability of phoning for a bomb to be placed.
Gracefully Taken (10)- Complete mission "I'll Take Her."
Liberty City (20)- After meeting all possible friends, have the ones left alive all like you above 90%.
No More Strangers (5)- Meet all random characters.
That Special Someone (10)- Complete mission "That Special Someone."
You Won! (60)- Complete the final mission.
Liberty City Minute (30)- Complete the story missions in less than 30 hours.
Key To The City (100)- Achieve 100% in the "Game progress" statistic.
Teamplayer (10)- Kill 5 players who are not in your team in any ranked multiplayer team match.
Cut Your Teeth (5)- Earn a personal rank promotion in multiplayer.
Join the Midnight Club (10)- Win a ranked multiplayer race without damaging your vehicle too much and with damaged enabled.
Fly The Co-op (15)- Beat our time in ranked versions of "Deal Breaker", "Hangman's NOOSE" and "Bomb da Base II."
Take It for the Team (10)- Be on the winning team in all ranked multiplayer team games.
Top of the Food Chain (10)- Kill 20 players with a pistol in a ranked multiplayer deathmatch.
Top the Midnight Club (20)- Be first in 20 different ranked standard multiplayer races.
Wanted (20)- Achieve the highest personal rank in multiplayer.
Auf Wiedersehen Petrovic (30)- Win all ranked multiplayer variations, all races, and "Cops 'n Crooks" as both sides.
Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie (10)- Kill a Rockstar developer in a ranked multiplayer match.
One Hundred and Eighty (10) -Score 180 with 3 darts in a darts game.
Pool Shark (10)- Beat a friend at pool.
King of QUB3D (15)- Beat the High Score in QUB3D.
Finish Him (15)- Complete 10 melee counters in 4 minutes.
Genetically Superior (25) -Come first in 20 singleplayer street races.
Wheelie Rider (30) -Do a wheelie lasting at least 500 feet on a motorbike.
Gobble Gobble (10) -Score 3 strikes in a row in 10-pin bowling.
Driving Mr. Bellic (10) -Unlock the Taxi special ability.
Rolled Over (30)- Do 5 car rolls in a row from one crash.
Walk Free (50)- Lose a 4-star wanted rating by outrunning the cops
Courier Service (10)- Complete all 10 package delivery jobs
Retail Therapy (10)- Unlock the special ability of buying guns from a friend.
Chain Reaction (20)- Blow up 10 vehicles in 10 seconds.
One Man Army (40)- Survive 5 minutes on 6-star wanted level.
Lowest Point (5)- Complete mission "Roman's Sorrow."
Over Fulfilled (10)- Complete all 10 Exotic Export orders.
Manhunt (15)- Complete the Most Wanted side missions from the police computer.
Cleaned the Mean Streets (20)- Capture 20 criminals through the police computer.
Fed The Fish (5)- Complete the mission "Uncle Vlad."
It'll Cost Ya (5)- Complete a taxi ride without skipping from one island to another.
Sightseer (5)- Fly on all helicopter tours of Liberty City.
Warm Coffee (5)- Successfully date a girl to be invited into her house.
That's How We Roll! (10)- Unlock the Helicopter special ability.
Half Million (55)- Reach a balance of $500,000.
Impossible Trinity (10)- Complete mission "Museum Piece."
Full Exploration (20)- Unlock all the islands.
You Got The Message (20)- Deliver all 30 cars ordered through text messages.
Dare Devil (30)- Complete 100% of the unique stunt jumps.
Assassin's Greed (20)- Complete all 9 assassin missions.
Endangered Species (50)- Collect every hidden package in the game.
Under the Radar (40)- Use a helicopter to fly beneath the main bridges in the game that cross water.
Dial B For Bomb (10)- Unlock the special ability of phoning for a bomb to be placed.
Gracefully Taken (10)- Complete mission "I'll Take Her."
Liberty City (20)- After meeting all possible friends, have the ones left alive all like you above 90%.
No More Strangers (5)- Meet all random characters.
That Special Someone (10)- Complete mission "That Special Someone."
You Won! (60)- Complete the final mission.
Liberty City Minute (30)- Complete the story missions in less than 30 hours.
Key To The City (100)- Achieve 100% in the "Game progress" statistic.
Teamplayer (10)- Kill 5 players who are not in your team in any ranked multiplayer team match.
Cut Your Teeth (5)- Earn a personal rank promotion in multiplayer.
Join the Midnight Club (10)- Win a ranked multiplayer race without damaging your vehicle too much and with damaged enabled.
Fly The Co-op (15)- Beat our time in ranked versions of "Deal Breaker", "Hangman's NOOSE" and "Bomb da Base II."
Take It for the Team (10)- Be on the winning team in all ranked multiplayer team games.
Top of the Food Chain (10)- Kill 20 players with a pistol in a ranked multiplayer deathmatch.
Top the Midnight Club (20)- Be first in 20 different ranked standard multiplayer races.
Wanted (20)- Achieve the highest personal rank in multiplayer.
Auf Wiedersehen Petrovic (30)- Win all ranked multiplayer variations, all races, and "Cops 'n Crooks" as both sides.
Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie (10)- Kill a Rockstar developer in a ranked multiplayer match.
Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition
A special edition of Grand Theft Auto IV was released for a retail price of 90 USD. It includes:
# A customized Grand Theft Auto metal safety deposit box
# Special game packaging
# An art booklet with never-before-seen concept art
# A selected soundtrack with new material only available with the Special Edition
# A Rockstar keychain for the safe deposit box
# A Grand Theft Auto duffel bag
Xbox Live, PSN & Origin: Vacorsis 3DS: 2638-0037-166
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This is a great way to start a thread.
Here's one!
And another one!
They took me about 10 minutes, so if you're willing to put in the time you can get some pretty amazing videos going. Very very easy to use!
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It was at 98 pages and I need to head out! >_<
It was close enough, right?
Skipping cutscenes and using taxis almost exclusively is tits.
EDIT: Also, shoving people's cars so they get out to fight me then running to the nearest cop and having that person arrested. Then doing it 10 more times so the whole intersection is clogged up and dropping a grenade on it all.
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edit: gained a 10% improvement in fps over the 180.48 drivers, but something is mucked up. My ammo and money overlay information is missing and I have some odd pop in on small items that I wasn't before.
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Bah, this is a huge problem with 360 to PC ports, and shows some really lazy developers. EA's ports have been spot on (and are normally delayed for lots of TLC), and everyone else's ports have been god awful. I've been having constant crash-to-desktop issues in Far Cry 2 and Fallout 3 that are common and have yet to be patched.
I kind of wanted to pick this up, but it has the same fucking symptoms as all the other broken ports of the year. I'm so fucking upset about this; I dumped another $100 into my PC about two months ago to handle all the new games, and now sloppy porting has fucked me out of being able to play them at all.
Left 4 Dead works fine. Mass Effect plays fine. I should probably just go buy Dead Space and pre-order Mirror's Edge PC, because maybe I'll actually be able to run those without a crash to desktop every 20 minutes.
I hope they get these guys get their acts together on PC versions, especially when all three of the games I mentioned here (Far Cry 2, Fallout 3, GTA IV) are historically PC franchises. And I refuse to buy them on a different platform. Which means I'll pretty much stop buying games entirely if they don't clean this mess up.
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/game/14269673/PC/Grand-Theft-Auto-IV
I'd love to read a post-patch article from R* on what was wrong, because this performance issue seems like a really amusing/interesting bug.
This. I find the same thing except that after around 1 1/2 hours of playtime, performance takes a steep dive. Has there been any report of a memory leakage issue? It kind of reminds me of Gothic 3.
Edit: By the way, those tweaks are complete and utter poop, you'd probably be safe to remove the link.
The tweaks work for some and not for others.
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Has anyone been able to fix this yet?
I can only hope the game is patched enough to be stable by Christmas, when I hope to receive it
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Word is that the patch is complete and is awaiting Microsoft's approval.
"Everyone who is capable of logical thought should be able to see why you shouldn't sell lifetime subscriptions to an MMO. Cell phone companies and drug dealers don't offer lifetime subscriptions either, guess why?" - Mugaaz
I had a marginal improvement ~3fps (10%), but I was able to change the renderer to highest.
http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/936/936304p1.html
I would try to put something witty here but... I really don't need to. This is just so bizarre.
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Wait, so basically turning up the resolution also turns up a bunch of other hidden settings?
That...is...retarded.
I don't understand. Rockstar used to be so smart. Their PC ports used to be great. What happened?
1.) More traffic/ped density.
2.) Proper custom radio station support.
3.) Expanded multiplayer.
Just seems like such a pain though, I think I'll wait and see if this mess gets fixed.
Anyway, no more whining, let's talk about plot etc.
Yeah that's pretty incomprehensible, and the interview doesn't give much leeway for it being a misunderstanding.
Although I agree that a lot of the "bad performance" issues probably stem from people trying to max out the game when you're REALLY not going to be capable of it on any hardware. Things like draw distance and crowd / traffic density can be maxed out anywhere from 5-10 times what was running on the 360, and that's excluding the already higher resolutions. I still think that's at least partly Rockstar's fault though. They needed to give some sort of baseline indicator of what the game was originally running on on the 360 so that people could start from there and work their way up to whatever their system can handle.
You should be. It's awesome.
But this PC version seems pretty fucked up so I guess your lack of excitement works out in the end. Apathy ftw.
It wasn't saving settings for me before either. Every three loads or so, it loses the settings I put in.
I also noticed that whatever is outside of my view doesn't render when I'm not looking at, which is fine I guess, but when I turn to look, it takes a second and then the engine realizes I'm looking at it so then it renders the building details in my view. This was most apparent when I was in a cutscene with a mission-giving character when it would pan between his face and mine. Each time it swapped views, the background had to render itself again. While not detracting from gameplay itself, it was distracting.
PS
I still hate the Social Club and GFW getting all up in my face. And mouse speed should still be fixed.