First Review Out & First Gameplay screenie

ShaneU · 14-04-2008 12:33pm #1

http://cid-3085454822782b0d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/FULL-HUD.jpg

review starts here: http://cid-3085454822782b0d.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public

Basq · 14-04-2008 12:39pm

Finally.. an in-game screen. Looks different to say the least!

Looks like there's more of a preview than a review.. unless there's more to that article. Seems to be only the first page.

Oh.. and because they're held in public storage space and with a lot of demand, they may not be up there long so have them backed them up to my webspace:

Gameplay Screenshot
Review

ShaneU · 14-04-2008 12:47pm

The green and blue around the radar are the health and armour bars if anyone is wondering.

GrumPy · 14-04-2008 12:49pm

Graphics in both videos, and in game screenshots are horrendous. But rockstar have always had crappy graphics tbh.

Basq · 14-04-2008 12:52pm

Irish GrumPy wrote: »

Graphics in both videos, and in game screenshots are horrendous. But rockstar have always had crappy graphics tbh.

Thought the in-game screen looks fuzzy alright.. but wouldn't say it was horrendous graphics.

Standard enough really but the gameplay will hopefully make up for a graphical shortcoming.

Stephen · 14-04-2008 12:55pm

Cheers Basquille, the original links were blocked by websense

Keep in mind that these are pretty poor quality scans from a print mag, look at the dots and stuff on the review page.

ShaneU · 14-04-2008 12:59pm

Stephen wrote: »

Cheers Basquille, the original links were blocked by websense

Keep in mind that these are pretty poor quality scans from a print mag, look at the dots and stuff on the review page.

you need to zoom in, they're hi-res

Basq · 14-04-2008 1:08pm

Yeah. but they're still scans from a magazine. They'll always be fuzzy due to the print quality!

** awaits a magazine displaying in full 1080p **

Benzino · 14-04-2008 1:11pm

So it's confirmed, GTA IV will definitly live up to the hype, not that we needed confirmation.

danbhala · 14-04-2008 1:21pm

torture

The Freeman · 14-04-2008 2:00pm

is that just the first page to a review thats coming out in the upcoming offical xbox magazine is it?
(work proxy)

was there a score given yet?
and also when is the review out?

and with regards to the grahics being below par, the developers already confirmed that 70% of the previous trailer footage was in-game with the hud turned off, so i wouldn't bother taking low-res screenshots taken from a seemingly average camera off a print in a magazine to heart(think of it as the differance from a cam movie compared to high def;))

estebancambias · 14-04-2008 2:09pm

Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! Please please please somehow let time speed up.

Royale with Cheese · 14-04-2008 2:21pm

The Freeman wrote: »

is that just the first page to a review thats coming out in the upcoming offical xbox magazine is it?
(work proxy)

was there a score given yet?
and also when is the review out?

If you can open the original link, just change the number at the end of the url from 1 to 2 for the second page of the review, then to 3 and so on. Think there's 9 pages altogether. You have to go back to the original link to change the url though, doing this while looking at one of the scans just brings up the same scan again.

Actually it's probably just easier to go back a folder and then all the scans are right there in front of you.

They gave it 10/10 surprisingly enough, no idea when the mag is out.

danbhala · 14-04-2008 2:29pm

Here's some links to each page of the review

The Freeman · 14-04-2008 2:44pm

danbhala wrote: »

Here's some links to each page of the review
http://url.ie/bl6

http://url.ie/bl7

http://url.ie/bl8

http://url.ie/bl9

http://url.ie/bla

http://url.ie/blb

http://url.ie/blc

http://url.ie/bld

http://url.ie/ble

lads!! your legends chuurs!;)

The Freeman · 14-04-2008 2:48pm

danbhala wrote: »

Here's some links to each page of the review
http://url.ie/bl6

http://url.ie/bl7

http://url.ie/bl8

http://url.ie/bl9

http://url.ie/bla

http://url.ie/blb

http://url.ie/blc

http://url.ie/bld

http://url.ie/ble

lads!! your legends chuurs!;)

The Freeman · 14-04-2008 2:50pm

danbhala wrote: »

Here's some links to each page of the review
http://url.ie/bl6

http://url.ie/bl7

http://url.ie/bl8

http://url.ie/bl9

http://url.ie/bla

http://url.ie/blb

http://url.ie/blc

http://url.ie/bld

http://url.ie/ble

lads!! your legends chuurs!;)

Stephen · 14-04-2008 3:32pm

DAMN YOU WEBSENSE!!

/shakes fist

Basq · 14-04-2008 3:48pm

I'll put them up on my webspace in a moment for you Stephen.

EDIT: No-one else getting the 1st page for each of the links above? I've opened them all and it's the same page for them all.

Bros123 · 14-04-2008 6:12pm

basquille wrote: »

I'll put them up on my webspace in a moment for you Stephen.

EDIT: No-one else getting the 1st page for each of the links above? I've opened them all and it's the same page for them all.

Yes all I'm getting is the first page as well.

ShaneU · 14-04-2008 6:15pm

here's all the pages, there's a few more in-game shots in there too

http://cid-3085454822782b0d.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public

Rowley Birkin QC · 14-04-2008 6:21pm

Same here...

Bros123 · 14-04-2008 6:21pm

ShaneU wrote: »

here's all the pages, there's a few more in-game shots in there too

http://cid-3085454822782b0d.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public

Thanks!!!!!

A-Trak · 14-04-2008 6:37pm

Thanks Shane.

Kept getting page 1 on the other links and feared the interweb had made a mug of me again. (It's happened before.)

Not really looking forward to the lies I'll have to concoct to the Mrs for the time spent playing this game.
Ho hum, it'll be tough.

Stephen · 14-04-2008 7:06pm

Home now and went through the first links posted, which fortunately still work. This game is going to be ****ing epic.

estebancambias · 14-04-2008 7:12pm

Stephen wrote: »

Home now and went through the first links posted, which fortunately still work. This game is going to be ****ing epic.

Well said.

stevenmu · 16-04-2008 2:21pm

New review out in the UK OPM with more details (and another 10/10 for those who care about such things), hi-res scans about half way down the page.

http://www.gtagaming.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102031

Royale with Cheese · 16-04-2008 2:48pm

Can somebody link directly to the scans? gtagaming is blocked here in work.

Ok no need anymore, got them in the end.

Zonda999 · 16-04-2008 4:07pm

stevenmu wrote: »

New review out in the UK OPM with more details (and another 10/10 for those who care about such things), hi-res scans about half way down the page.

http://www.gtagaming.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102031

Whoa, the graphics look savage IMO.So lookin forward to this.Better live up to the hype.....

jayteecork · 16-04-2008 7:10pm

Guys this is the "official" Xbox 360 magazine.
Ignore the score, Microsoft bankroll the magazine, and this really is make or break thing for the 360. They have 50 million invested in the downloadable content alone.

Benzino · 16-04-2008 7:22pm

jayteecork wrote: »

Guys this is the "official" Xbox 360 magazine.
Ignore the score, Microsoft bankroll the magazine, and this really is make or break thing for the 360. They have 50 million invested in the downloadable content alone.

Do they bankroll the Playstation magazine as well??

The Freeman · 16-04-2008 9:39pm

jayteecork wrote: »

Guys this is the "official" Xbox 360 magazine.
Ignore the score, Microsoft bankroll the magazine, and this really is make or break thing for the 360. They have 50 million invested in the downloadable content alone.

its already made it dude.

jayteecork · 18-04-2008 4:05pm

Still doesn't seem to be any links to reviews of independent sites online.

I'm paying no attention to those official reviews at all.

Zonda999 · 18-04-2008 10:31pm

Hadnt seen that image before.Really liking the idea of a less cluttered game screen

Zapp Brannigan · 18-04-2008 11:03pm

That looks pretty sweet!

Basq · 18-04-2008 11:05pm

Yep, looks fantastic alright.

Still can't wait for some in-game footage all the same.

Creamy Goodness · 18-04-2008 11:10pm

i really disliking that first screen shot, it looks terrible.

the second one with niko crouched by the car is much better although it's taken from a unfinished version as there is no detail on the mp5 he's holding.

Trapattoni · 19-04-2008 1:13pm

I think its looking pretty good ---some people expect toooo much me thinks!

Read the article and have to say it sound brilliant ---window cleaners , people joining in fights etc ..... has got to be good!

Zonda999 · 19-04-2008 3:10pm

I just noticed there that Niko has a 4 star cop wanted level.Thank god they hav'nt got rid of that feature.I loved seeing how far i could get with 6 stars in SA.My god, i must have taken down about 100 choppers once.....That said, the police AI should be a big improvement this time round. They were always fairly stupid in the other games

Creamy Goodness · 19-04-2008 3:15pm

Trapattoni wrote: »

I think its looking pretty good ---some people expect toooo much me thinks!

Read the article and have to say it sound brilliant ---window cleaners , people joining in fights etc ..... has got to be good!

expect too much?

what are you on about, the first screen looks like that counterstrike level with the hostages inside the house - can't think of it's name - the second is much more like it as it actually looks like it's supose to, but the mp5 has no skin on it from the looks of it.

i'm not expecting too much and if i am it's not my fault they've hyped this game to the absolute maximum.

i agree the police AI better be better especially with the cell processor in the ps3.

First Review Out & First Gameplay screenie

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