GTA Weapons and Cars discussion

[GordonFreeman911]

Feel free to discuss and / or drool over the weapons and cars in GTAIV here.

[Reginald]

There will be no jet-packs, bicycles, parachutes or tanks

TF?

No planes either.

Ah well, the rest will make up for it. :E

[GordonFreeman911]

What?!
No bicycles? That was my favorite part. Also, parachutes are a must.

[Reginald]

This is the sort of thing that will get modded in on the PC release. Or maybe even in DLC?

[GordonFreeman911]

Def in the PC release, but I'll just torrent that.

[Geogaddi]

http://media.gtanet.com/images/4371-gtaiv-screenshot.jpg

Oh god, oh PLEASE.

[GordonFreeman911]

Is that a minigame or is it just Nico using a sledgehammer?

[Raziaar]

That's not Niko.

[Shoes_Buttback03]

Did a new thread really need to be established for this? You couldn't just use the GTA IV thread?

[TCfromBN]

I hope there's a minigun. :3

On a side note, why is it telling me it couldn't create my account over at the social club?

[GordonFreeman911]

Did a new thread really need to be established for this? You couldn't just use the GTA IV thread?

THIS WAS TOTALLY NECESSARY!

[TheAntipop]

What?!
No bicycles? That was my favorite part. Also, parachutes are a must.

?

Do you mean bikes, as in racing bikes, super bikes, etc? Because GTA4 will have them, but like the others, no push bikes or actual bicycles.

Not too fussed about cars meself, but for weapons... ah, that said, nor am I too fussed for any specifics. As long as I can survive with something that works, prefrebly an automatic, then I'm game.

[GordonFreeman911]

I mean bicycles as in the pedal ones.

[Raziaar]

See these are the sorts of things I know not to get my hopes up about when I saw them.

I'm suuuuper hyped for this game, but I know of many of the things that aren't going to be included and so it makes my hype realistic as I'm not expecting all these things and being disappointed when they don't end up in game.

Though I must say I am a bit bummed about the bicycles not being included.

[GordonFreeman911]

I also am bummed about them, but at least it's still GTA, and that's all that really matters.

[TheAntipop]

Oh, I just remembered that you could get bicycles in SA. My bad. Yeah, they were pretty fun - esp. when you became really good at it and could bunny hop really high.

[ShinRa]

Bicycles are for pussies who sell girl scout cookies. Stop bitching you nannys. =]

[GordonFreeman911]

EY **** YOU!

[ShinRa]

**** ME? **** ME? **** MEEEEEEEE?

/leaves

[GordonFreeman911]

I MEANT THAT IN A GOOD WAY!
/looks for ShinRa

[ShinRa]

/comes back

YOU KNOW I REALIZED YOU MIGHTVE MEANT THAT IN A GOOD WAY!

/goes to look for GordonFreeman911

[GordonFreeman911]

/waves OVER HERE!

*waves from a very tall building with a megaphone*

[Reginald]

I wonder if we'll see another increase in motorbike awesomeness. The fastest motorbike in GTA3 was the second fastest in VC. The fastest in VC was the second in SA. The fastest in SA is one of my proudest achievements ever.

I managed an entire lap of the map on 4 star wanted level on the fastest bike without falling off once. :E

[GordonFreeman911]

There should be a fair amount of awesome, after all, it is GTA...

[Cormeh]

I'm slightly disappointed in the lack of bicycles in GTA IV because in San Andreas there were some areas that were truly awesome for just doing tricks and generally dicking around in. It was almost a game in itself what you could perform on bikes when your skill was high enough (youtube for stunt videos :D ).

Cars and motorbikes though, I suppose if they keep to the GTA template everything will be fine. At least don't make sports cars so fragile they're ruined after like, two crashes.

[ĐynastҰ]

Giev Banshee!!

I dunno, its all based in the present day, which is why we've seen cars that look like Ferraris and DB9s, and the weapons will be similar to todays.

Either way, its going to kick ass, you just know it.

[highlander]

/waves OVER HERE!

*waves from a very tall building with a megaphone*

/me attempts too join in


/me runs towards you with pants around ankles

[Tyguy]

as long as the weapons sound real im good to go

[Kadayi]

I quite liked the bicycle in SA (currently replaying), however if R* have dropped the whole stamina/strength aspect then I can see there probably isn't much point in having them in there still save for shit & giggles. Maybe they'll add them in with DLC.

[FishBulb]

Rockstar dropped bicycles because they want to maintain Niko's reputation as a real badass and doing bunny hops on a BMX just doesn't fit the image.

I really can't wait to see how they changed car handling and test out the cover system and blind firing! :bounce:

[WhiteZero]

Looks like Niko is holding a revolver in this pic:
http://www.1up.com/do/slideshow?pager.offset=5&p=&g=&tr=&mt=0&cId=3150593

[Tyguy]

could be

[Apocalypse89]

Rockstar dropped bicycles because they want to maintain Niko's reputation as a real badass and doing bunny hops on a BMX just doesn't fit the image.

And here's the one thing that could possibly kill the GTA series: It starts to take itself too seriously.

I hope I'm proven wrong and that Rockstar end up pulling this off successfully, but just warning everyone.

Anyway, now that the series' graphics are finally good enough to show the cars' badges, I wonder if and how they'll parody real-life car logos and nameplates.

Also, I expect the old "ghetto" areas of the city to have a bunch of awesome muscle cars. We've already seen a few in the trailers...

[The Monkey]

Will there be real supercars in the game, such as Bugatti Veyron?

[Geogaddi]

We don't know, but expect the old supercars to return, such as the Turismo and the Infernus (The latter of which is confirmed).

[Tyguy]

roller skates with rockets!!!!

[Shift]

Wow this sounds awsome, makes me regret selling my 360 :(

When does the PC version come out?

[Tyguy]

random question but the screen shots all look like they were painted....any reason?

[Stigmata]

Could be your monitor, the console's colour palette, or shitty .jpeg compression.

[riomhaire]

There must be banshees. There must be a tank (but only once you've finished the story).

[Qonfused]

And here's the one thing that could possibly kill the GTA series: It starts to take itself too seriously.

This is my only concern about GTA IV.

[Cormeh]

I wouldn't worry about that. The new design approach for IV probably won't cramp the humour that's been consistent in the GTA series. What from radio stations to in world products and services and all of the barmy side characters.

[Ren.182]

Kinda sucks that theres no push bikes in the game, but it's no biggie, as long as there are some slower motorcycles then it wont be too bad :)

Have they said anything about the amount of weapons we can carry? Are we still restricted to one of each weapon type? (i.e only one handgun, one shot gun, one assault rifle etc.. Or can we carry all of them?)

I'm really looking forward to blind firing a rocket launcher. That's going to be so awesome! :D!!

[Reginald]

Request move to new GTA forum?

[Sedako]

Question for whoever:

Any idea if they changed the car generation so that you won't start seeing a lot of the same model of cars as the one that you're currently driving? That's the one thing that's always bugged me.

[Mutley]

Question for whoever:

Any idea if they changed the car generation so that you won't start seeing a lot of the same model of cars as the one that you're currently driving? That's the one thing that's always bugged me.

I never understood that and yeah I found it really annoying. From what I've seen in videos though it's very area orientated, different vehicles in different areas, like SA.

[Robert-]

There are 15 weapons in total, and you can now pick up objects from the street, such as bricks, and throw them

*drool*

[Gargantou]

And hopefully we'll get more weapons in the DLCs.:)

[Robert-]

Yeah, I pray to god that there will be good DLC. I think when I go pick up GTA on Tuesday I'll also pick up some MS points. Just to be on the safe side.


EDIT:

We understand that there are not going to be any ammunition stores

WA-WA-WHAT!?

[Bad^Hat]

As I understand it, you call up your weapons dealer (that Little Jakob guy, I think), he pulls up in his car, and you just buy whatever you want out of the trunk. Alot easier that way, if you ask me, hated having to drive to an ammo store to get more armor in a pinch.

[Geogaddi]

There are also "underground" weapon stores.

[Ren.182]

Sounds better that way, and more realistic. Not like you'd see an ammunation in times square :P

[Robert-]

Yeah, I guess.

[AmishSlayer]

Hmmm, 15 weapons total? I can only think of and guess about 14 unless fists count.

Cars seem to be area-specific and there's a better chance of finding something you're driving as well.

[Reginald]

15 weapon types or 15 weapons full stop?

There were several different types of rifle, pistol, shotgun and SMG in San Andreas.

[AmishSlayer]

15 weapon types or 15 weapons full stop?

There were several different types of rifle, pistol, shotgun and SMG in San Andreas.

Oh shit, forgot about shotguns.

Then I know of all 15 weapons then.

[Raziaar]

Probably a couple different types of pistols, couple different types of smgs, couple different types of rifles, couple different types of shotguns...

[Gargantou]

Cars seem to be area-specific and there's a better chance of finding something you're driving as well.I hated that in GTA3 games(including VC and SA), how like if I got into and drove a limo suddenly there'd be limos everywhere..

[Raziaar]

I hated that in GTA3 games(including VC and SA), how like if I got into and drove a limo suddenly there'd be limos everywhere..

I think that's vastly improved in this version.

[Qonfused]

Hopefully.