Grand Theft Auto IV- Ruling the Streets!

For sure a lot of you out there are already highly anticipating Grand Theft Auto IV! For the video game franchise known as Grand Theft Auto, GTA 4 is the 4^th generation’s first. All in all it would be the 9^th game. The release of the game is slotted to be on the 29^th of April this year (2008), which is on a Tuesday. The game is releasing worldwide. The video game will be playable on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. For those of you who cannot wait for the game to come this April, you can avail of pre- order services. These services are only available for Europe and the US.

The setting of the game is Liberty City, a redesigned one. The setting was heavily based on cities New Jersey and New York City. If you are asking which game engine it runs on, Grand theft Auto IV is powered by RAGE game engine. The same game engine made Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis run. The writer of the game is Dan Houser. He is a co- founder of Rockstar. Many things are expected out of GTA IV. Naturally, players go for better gameplay and graphics. Whether the game satisfies the expectations is yet to be seen.

Until you get your hands on Grand Theft Auto IV though, here is some information you may want to know. First, what is the plot? The game revolves around the main character named Nikolai Bellic (Niko). He is an Eastern European with age undisclosed but believed to be between 28- 32 years old. He enters Liberty City for greener pastures. Actually, the persuasion of moving to the city came from Roman, a cousin. Roman portrayed his life to Niko in lies involving 15 sports car, 4 hot tubs, 2 women, a mansion, and a generally amazing lifestyle.

In Grand Theft Auto IV, Niko is a tough guy that got dragged in to Roman’s trouble. Later in the game, some hints are revealed about Niko’s own home problems. As a player you then takes on the events of Niko’s life and leads him to succeed in mission after mission. According to the writer Dan Houser, characters in previous GTA games will not be returning on GTa 4. Besides, he added, almost all of them are dead already. As for the setting, Liberty City has 5 boroughs. 4 of those are of New York City while the other is of New Jersey.

Still according to the writer, this time the game will have no irrelevant spaces. The graphical rendition of the whole place will be more detailed. For the GTA game, this single city is the biggest ever. As for the gameplay, GTA fans may notice the heavy missions. This time around, a player has more freedom to stray away from the mission and still enjoy the game. Plus, all these exploring outside missions will become more relevant to the overall story line. So until Grand Theft Auto IV releases, all you fans out there just sit tight!

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