It wasn't pretty, but it was the 'real' GTA IV intro [update]

by James Ransom-Wiley on Apr 23rd 2008 11:45AM

Update: Yikes! Video's been yanked. (~~Additional gameplay footage still standing ... for now.~~ Nope, it's now gone too!)

Maybe proof is all you want. Or maybe it's a dirty, tainted fix you're after. Whatever the case, Grand Theft Auto IV is real -- like, "really, really real" -- and now in the hands of a few (probably not yours). If you prefer to take your first impression from the outside looking in, press 'Play' now.

Skip past the break for some additional gameplay footage.

Tags: grand-theft-auto-iv, gta-iv, gtaiv, PS3, rockstar

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well, it obviously isn't the 360 version because you can't hear the fan and you don't see the red glow reflecting off the screen. so even without the Playstation intro, it's a dead giveaway.

Troll

You forgot that there isn't a custom soundtrack going either

The 1st video that was pulled showed that it was indeed the PS3 version.

well obviously blah blah blah, noisy fan, blah blah blah, red ring, blah blah blah, stupid xbots.

Dude, give it up. Buy it on the PS3. Let other people play what they want. You sound like a child.

ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh snap!!!

Well it's obvious that skidawg is a PS3 owner. He was able to post first because he wasn't busy playing any games.

You mean busy playing GTA IV ?

Grand.Theft.Auto.IV.MULTI5.PAL
is in the wild.

6.3GB with 5 languages on dics (english,german,french,etc.)

It looks like all that bulls**ting on "not enough space on DVD!" was as always simply PS3 fanboys bulls**ting...

Actually, my 40GB PS3 is quite loud (when the fan turns on).
Maybe it's broken . . . but it was like that from the day I brought it home from futureshop.

You realize that if it's a P2P file, it's likely been WinRARed...

@Worst Review Ever

Awesome xD

TROLL

anyone want to watch gameplay video: http://toru.ee/view/5f4d48a3dac6 and check next to it for more..

@Farseer (GDI)
totally agreed with you!!

gta4 has leaked all over teh intraweb so you gotta avoid spoilers now for a week :(

Yeah the internet effing spoiled Portal for me.I knew all the quotes before even buying the game.

Its a hard lesson to learn, I've done that many times myself before learning to watch for *spoiler alert*

I'm not a GTA fan, but I definetly going to try and enjoy this game.

Looks good...

=p

Mi hermano este juego va estar aperisimo men.

You got to try it out. I mean its ok to like Mario in a bee suit and beat up hookers too right ?

oh wait....

Si me gustan estos juegos hermano... lo que pasa es que no tengo mucho tiempo para jugar juegos tan largos.

Tengo que estar todo el dia en la computadora haciendo los diseños para mi trabajo, y en las noches que tengo tiempo de jugar, me la paso jugando otros juegos que aun no he terminado.

=(

Dung SoH joq jIH DichDaq SoH nuqDaq SoH.

¡Espero que disfrutes GTA4 en su nuevo ps3, cabrón!

Moi, j'aime les poptarts.

J'aime les Poptarts aussi! Poptarts est tres delicieux!

Right, i'm staying off the net for a week now. I want this spolier free. See you on the other side!

yea im with you. i didnt care about Smash Bros spoilers cause there wasnt much story to spoil but i want this one to be fresh for me. im going to try my hardest to avoid all GTA news outside of maybe an intro vid.

There goes G4s world exclusive gameplay videos..

Look how buttery smooth it is. It must be the PS3 version.

Look how that idiot got the PS3 version instead of the 360 version. =P

Lol fenix...

Actually you cant tell what system this is on so shutty! lol Anyway its a win win, the game looks phenomomenal and Im sure it is running near identical on both. Except we get achievements and great online and controller and DLC and yada yada yada...oops sorry bout that. But yeah, they are prolly both going to be virtually identical. Rockstar FTW!

Fenix,

Joystiq shows what system it's on at the top of the article.

25 Comments by James Ransom-Wiley Apr 23rd 2008 11:45AM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Video

So what if it's the PS3 version, I am sure the 360 version will look good as well, although I am wondering about the articles and interviews (Houser especially) about the not as smooth framerate on the 360 version. But who cares? This game is going to sell millions on BOTH systems.

And that Fernando guy who said that Mario Kart will sell more than the PS3 version of GTA4, that made me ROTFL for at least 20 minutes. Once even the casuals see this game they will just like b4, want to play. It happened at my house the 1st time I was playing GTA3 during a party, everyone crowded around the screen and the women were dying to play which was very surprising too me. It sucked too because I had to explain over and over what button did what, very time consuming.

Mario Kart Wii will sell more than the PS3 version of GTA... the install base of the PS3 is the half of the Wii userbase.

If GTA sells to the 100% of the PS3 install base (which is impossible for any game) it will sell 12 million.

Mario Kart only needs to sell to the 50% of the userbase to reach that amount.

But I will not say anything more... we will find out by the end of May, with the numbers official numbers for both games.

You know what Mr. Fernando, I DON'T CARE if your Wii's Mario Kart outsells potato chips, I'm not buying it. Why does it matter to you so much if a Wii game (that looks no different than the previous generation) sells more than this NEW GTA game on a NEW machine with NEW hardware?

If Mario Kart sells more than the PS3 version of GTA4 then I will stop playing videogames, or give up on humanity, either one will do.

Fernando

Amigo, calmado loco. Porque te traumas con lo de eso de Mario Kart vendiendo mas que PS3 GTAIV?

As far as Ive seen nobody has ever really come out and said the opposite. You win buddy =)

Fenix, fue por esto:

"And that Fernando guy who said that Mario Kart will sell more than the PS3 version of GTA4, that made me ROTFL for at least 20 minutes."

Ademas, tengo varias apuestas hechas aqui en Joystiq... ya gane algunas por las ventas de Gran Turismo.

=p

Who cares which system the video is on? These arguments are petty as hell.

OMMFG!!! That additional gameplay footage = WINNNNN!!! Cant wait to see it in HD!

I was hyped to play this game b4 I even saw it in motion. Now, the level of hype has just shot thru the roof. The car physics look really good, and the Euphoria engine looks great as well. Countless hours are going to be spent playing this game. I have MGSO beta to play too, but I don't know how long it will take to tear me away from this.

Wow, man you said it. It just looks so fluid and alive. Euphoria engine FTW! Im in love =( but I cants get none till Tues...

This looks really nice, but I didn't see many people walking the streets.

Looks sweet. Can not wait!

So is Nico going to scream comically anytime his car does something crazy?

Who thought that wasa good design choice?

I think there is a passenger in the car with him/

If you startle the passenger and steal the car quick enough, the passenger cannot get out until you stop. It has been that way since GTA3, so where have you been?

any time u jack a car w/ a passager they will scream there heads off
at ur driving, because they are scared, this has been a staple since
GTA III. You have to be fast to catch them in the car, whats really
fun to to drive the car at the beach of wall and bail and let the
poor soul take it like a champ.

kobeer,

Exactly, one of my favorite things to do in Vice City was to drive up to the top of the parking garage with a passenger and jump out of the car just b4 it launches off the top of the building, they would screem their heads off until SPLAT they go on the street below, quickly a crowd gathered around and I would lob moltofs and use the sniper rifle for some target practice.

I cannot wait to find those quirky little spots where you can stay for hours and cause total mayhem even with 5 stars. Every GTA has 'em, including the top down 1st 3 (GTA London expansion)

You know, if I hadn't played the game and done the exact same thing as you, I'd find that comment very disturbing and want to write a skewed, uninformed newspaper article about video games destroying our nation's youth.

I can't articulate exactly why, but somehow, wanting to do something like that in GTA versus wanting to do it in real life is very different...and almost entirely impossible to explain to someone who hasn't had lots of experience with video games.

The 360 ISO for this game is already being bandied about the torrent sites with a strict warning not to connect to XBL. Unreal!

Why the fuck does Take 2 give a damn if footage of the game is leaked? Seriously, who gives a flying fuck?
It will do even more to hype up their game yet they already have youtube pulling vids due to the stupid copyright infringement. How taping a game you have, it putting it on the internet is copy right infringement is beyond me. All it is footage. So who cares?
Unless of course Take 2 has something to hide and doesnt want people to see the game before they buy it.

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