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 Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 19:14 Post subject: GTA : London |
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| Code: | It seems that the next big trend in video games is going to be the rendering of real-life cities rather than the creation of new worlds. Gone will be the Liberty and Vice Cities of years gone by, as games will be set against more familiar backdrops.
According to a story on theinquirer.net HellGate: London, the Diablo 3 vision of the original game's creators, will only mark the beginning as more and more new titles will attempt to realistically render well-known cities and bring them to your PC or console.
The biggest such title to appear, according to the website, is GTA: London, the next installment in the GTA series which if true, would see the franchise heading in a new direction as the past few titles have focused on fictional locations.
The idea of rendering existing cities and locations for video gaming purposes is, of course, not new and many titles have already attempted it with the disappointing Driv3r and the not-too-bad Getaway being two recent examples. It is however, the power promised by the next-generation of consoles and PCs that will provide developers the necessary tools to create the very large environments required for accurate depictions of real-life worlds. The idea is to make gamers feel familiar with what they see, adding a fantasy fulfillment aspect to gaming such as saving the city you live in for example.
GTA: London will have a brand new engine built for the PlayStation 3 hardware and is expected to offer multi-threaded support and all the visual beauty that the G70 can handle. The game will feature most of London's hot-and-not-so-hot spots including the West and East ends the City probably the orbital Motorway 25 (also known as the world's largest car park) and a few other tourist spots.
GTA: London is expected to appear during Q4, 2006 (a full year away) and no PC or XBox 360 versions should be expected for at least 6 months following that. |
taken from megagames.
If this is true, w00t!!1 |
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 19:42 Post subject: |
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i hope it isn't true, there has already been a GTA London, an addon for GTA1. And since all the new GTA's have been about cities that don't exist but they have made the look like some city, like vice city->Miami, Los Santos->Los angeles and so on. And it woyuld too be a boring name "GTA London" sounds stupid.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 19:45 Post subject: |
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That's actually a set back i think. GTA SA featured three cities and some rural areas and now only one city. I also remember playing an add-on for the first gta, wasn't that also in London? And driving in London in Midtown Madness 2 was also kinda boring compared to San Francisco.
I was hoping that the next installment would be set in the South, like the movie The Big Easy in New Orleans.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 20:03 Post subject: |
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It's using a whole new engine,etc... (read the text plz)
| Code: | | The game will feature most of London's hot-and-not-so-hot spots including the West and East ends the City probably the orbital Motorway 25 |
The addon for the first gta was called "GTA London: 1969".
P.S. YOu guys do remember the 3 "cities" in gta 1,the 3 cities that were converted to 3 new games(liberty city,san andreas,vice city) so the next step is obviously a new and improved version of gta london : 1969)
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 20:05 Post subject: |
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| maxiepaxie wrote: | It's using a whole new engine,etc... (read the text plz)
| Code: | | The game will feature most of London's hot-and-not-so-hot spots including the West and East ends the City probably the orbital Motorway 25 |
The addon for the first gta was called "GTA London: 1969". |
So this is gonna be teh pwnage you thing? ^^
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 20:10 Post subject: |
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| deelix wrote: |
So this is gonna be teh pwnage you thing = > k ? ^^ |
Yes I do,some more,dutch, info :
| Code: | | Naast de tipgever van Rockstar zelf is er ook nog een anonieme bron die nog wat specifiekere informatie liet ontglippen. Deze bron weet te melden dat het drie-eilanden systeem vervangen zal worden door een "noord, oost, zuid, west" systeem. De hoofdpersoon in Grand Theft Auto: London zal een ex-gangster zijn. |
Free translation:
An insider has given us some more specific info:this game will use a new "north,east,south,west" system instead of the "three islands" system.
The main character will be an ex-gangster... |
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tere911
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 20:34 Post subject: |
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GTA london 1969 sucked badly... cuz you have to drive on the other side of the road... that major sucks... GTA Amsterdam would fucking pwn 
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m00nb0y
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 21:18 Post subject: |
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Wouldnt be fun with a london again, hate driving on the wrong side of the street.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 21:19 Post subject: |
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The problem in london is the right hand driving
It was inpossible to drive(in the expanson pack)
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 21:20 Post subject: |
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my guess for the next GTA is, it will be a fake city based on the midwest of the states. they did already the east/westcoast (gta3, vc, sa). it will probable based on chicago or detroit imo. well, thats what i hope. cant wait to go berzerk in highland park
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 21:26 Post subject: |
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You guys know what would be soo cool, that it would be in the whole southern Finland, And you would be like a russian guy escaping to FInland from the russian mafia.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2005 21:36 Post subject: |
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Great news! Now lets hope they include multiplayer this time.
"Why don't you zip it, Zipfero?" - fraich3
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| Posted: Sat, 31st Dec 2005 00:26 Post subject: |
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| KrutojPoc wrote: | | Krille666 wrote: | | You guys know what would be soo cool, that it would be in the whole southern Finland, And you would be like a russian guy escaping to FInland from the russian mafia. |
You cant escape from russian mafia, that would be very short game  |
or very bloody  |
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| Posted: Sat, 31st Dec 2005 01:56 Post subject: |
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meh, the whole GTA series has gotten too predictable. It will take more than just pretty graphics to suck me into the next GTA
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| Posted: Sat, 31st Dec 2005 13:19 Post subject: |
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| maxiepaxie wrote: |
| Code: | | The game will feature most of London's hot-and-not-so-hot spots including the West and East ends the City probably the orbital Motorway 25 |
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yea but all of london sucks so who cares? 
I don't particularly care if I can play a game and look at life-like monuments. It's equally as good to just make up places. |
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| Posted: Sat, 31st Dec 2005 14:23 Post subject: |
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| Macknu wrote: | | Wouldnt be fun with a london again, hate driving on the wrong side of the street. |
this made me chuckle ... i take it you stop at stop lights/signs too? hahah the whole point is to go 100mph dipping through traffic! who cares if ur "supposed" to drive on the left now...
All haters step back its not about where your killing hordes of civilians but how freaking cool it looks and how much theyve amped up the fun factor.
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| Posted: Sat, 31st Dec 2005 14:57 Post subject: |
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I think it's gonna be awesome. Imagine London (although only one city) big and extremely detailed with rural areas surrounding it as suburbs. The missions can be in a 'snatch-like' theme, and this guy from GTA:VC (the brit, I don't remember his name) will reappear.
Last edited by exon on Mon, 2nd Jan 2006 06:36; edited 3 times in total
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| Posted: Sat, 31st Dec 2005 15:08 Post subject: |
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like i read out from gamebiz that 60% is done - thereby physics and graphics engine is done!
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