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04-09-2008, 06:36 PM
|  | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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 : 78 th | | | Kotaku Gets Hands-On With GTA IV Multi-Player
And ohhhhh boy does it sound hot! Have a look for yourself there pard.  Quote:
To start playing a multiplayer game you bring up Niko's cell phone in the single player campaign and, using the in-phone menu, select multiplayer. So you can drop into one of these sessions whenever you want.
While you can't play as Nikko, the campaign's main character, you can customize your own character, creating someone by choosing male or female and then selecting among four different heads, four torsos, four legs and several types of glasses and hats.
All but one of the multiplayer modes supports up to 16 players. (The co-op missions only support up to four.) The host has an amazing array of options that they can control. While setting up a game, the host can choose to modify the routine, like re-spawn times, weapon selections and friendly fire, or the unusual, like the time of day, the weather, how heavy the traffic is or how many people are on the street. You can even control police presence in your matches.
While the game allows you to select parts of the map to play in, choosing specific boroughs, smaller neighborhoods, or areas like the airport, it doesn't prevent players from roaming the entire city during any given match. Instead the respawns and weapon drops only occur in those areas.
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04-09-2008, 06:57 PM
|  | Best Stuff On Earth | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York City
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: 85 th | | | DO WANT!
When is the PC version coming out? |
04-09-2008, 07:06 PM
| | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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: 78 th | | | I dont think anyone knows yet...I'm sure they'll milk the console ports for a while before letting the pirates get involved. Arrrggg! |
04-09-2008, 07:12 PM
|  | Time to inform your next of kin | | Join Date: Dec 2006
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| | | If it comes out this summer, It'll get my attention until left 4 dead comes out.
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04-09-2008, 07:14 PM
|  | sR Resident Gun Nut | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: College Station, TX
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| | | You know you say pirates only hit the pc games, but somebody i know happens to have several pirated versions of xbox 360 and ps3 games. so.. yeah.
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04-09-2008, 07:19 PM
|  | is at basic trainin! | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC
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: 43 rd | | | but pirating is WAY more prevalent on the pc
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04-09-2008, 07:20 PM
| | sR Resident Gun Nut | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: College Station, TX
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| | | I blame China.
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04-09-2008, 07:25 PM
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| | There were also 11 other sites that were playing the preview along with Kotaku. I guess they all could have slightly different takes on the subject, but probably pretty much the same since they were all playing at the same time: I get my GTA4 info from The GTA Place - GTA IV Latest News
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04-09-2008, 08:11 PM
| | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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: 78 th | | | Awesome post Akabaloo!
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04-10-2008, 09:16 AM
|  | Jack pwns my FACE | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Well above sea level.
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| | | dang.. didn't really care about it that much before, but after reading that article the multiplayer aspect of it looks to be worth getting the game in itself!
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