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Grand Theft Auto 4 LIVE Play
May 28th 2008 15:16
The single-player campaign is loads of fun, but for the first time Rockstar has expanded online. The online option is probably the coolest improvement for Grand Theft Auto 4.
Executing Online
Before launching into Xbox LIVE, check out what accomplishments Rockstar has implemented in going LIVE with GTA 4.
* Same World, Same Everything: You'll find Liberty City laid out the same online as offline with the same graphics, enemies, lighting, etc. This can be easily taken for granted, but Rockstar spent many dedicated hours matching online and offline play.
* In-Game Access: You can access any of the game's multiplayer modes by using NIko's cell phone no matter where you are or what you're doing.
* Party Mode: Set up a dedicated group of buddies and join matches together against other pre-made parties.
* Option Time: You can find tons of options ranging from weather, traffic, weapons, and time of day, when creating a multiplayer matched tailored to your tastes.
* Ring, Ring: You can use your cell phone out of match and call a friend or enemy in complete privacy no matter where you are in the game.
Liberty City's Game Types
Grand Theft Auto 4 offers 10 adversarial game types and 3 cooperative missions. Although, most of the adversarial matches could be played across Liberty City, you can limit the scope of the map.
* Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch: Rockstar awards the person or team with the most money the victory instead of the person or team with the most kills. With each kill, though, you get instant cash since each victim drops his loot behind. These cash-drops create the difference between victory and defeat, and at the same time, causes chaos as all the players try to collect their due and enemies try to take advantage to attempt to claim the cash, as well.
* Mafiya Work and Team Mafiya Work: After dropping into the world, you'll be contacted and given a random objective via your cell. Once you've completed the task, you'll earn a bundle of cash and you receive another phone call
* Car Jack City and Team Car Jack City: You have to hijack all the cars that are marked on your map and deliver them to a predetermined locataion. You'll be awarded a cash reward upon each delibery of the car; you get the full reward no matter what the condition of the car is. Just watch out when in multiplayer mode or working in a team because the other players will be gunning for you or waiting for you at the delivery point so they can get the cash reward.
* Cops 'n Crooks: There is one team of criminals that are in a race to escot a randomly chosen "boss" out of the city. The whole time a team of cops will be trying to eliminate the boss before the criminals reach their destination. The trick is that the cops can only see the boss's location, but the criminals can only see the location of the drop off.
* Turf War: This one is similar to Cops n' Crooks, but requires each team to capture all of the 3 available bases, earning case for each bas. Watch out for armored car assaults, rooftop defense teams, snipers, and other creative offensive and defensive plays.
* Race and GTA Race: Pick any vehicle and track to race to the finish. You can choose "Race" for a purer test of racing and driving skills, or "GTA Race" which includes the use of weapons.
Co-Op Time
Although there can be up to 16 players in the adversarial modes, you can only play up to 4 in the Co-Op mode. The cooperative missions combine the mission-style of single player campaign with the team-based tactics of the multiplayer matches.
Source: Ryan Treit
Every multiplayer match plays out completely different than the match before it as players and teams begin to take advantage of the endless creativity provided by Liberty City.
Executing Online
Before launching into Xbox LIVE, check out what accomplishments Rockstar has implemented in going LIVE with GTA 4.
* Same World, Same Everything: You'll find Liberty City laid out the same online as offline with the same graphics, enemies, lighting, etc. This can be easily taken for granted, but Rockstar spent many dedicated hours matching online and offline play.
* In-Game Access: You can access any of the game's multiplayer modes by using NIko's cell phone no matter where you are or what you're doing.
* Party Mode: Set up a dedicated group of buddies and join matches together against other pre-made parties.
* Option Time: You can find tons of options ranging from weather, traffic, weapons, and time of day, when creating a multiplayer matched tailored to your tastes.
* Ring, Ring: You can use your cell phone out of match and call a friend or enemy in complete privacy no matter where you are in the game.
Liberty City's Game Types
Grand Theft Auto 4 offers 10 adversarial game types and 3 cooperative missions. Although, most of the adversarial matches could be played across Liberty City, you can limit the scope of the map.
* Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch: Rockstar awards the person or team with the most money the victory instead of the person or team with the most kills. With each kill, though, you get instant cash since each victim drops his loot behind. These cash-drops create the difference between victory and defeat, and at the same time, causes chaos as all the players try to collect their due and enemies try to take advantage to attempt to claim the cash, as well.
* Mafiya Work and Team Mafiya Work: After dropping into the world, you'll be contacted and given a random objective via your cell. Once you've completed the task, you'll earn a bundle of cash and you receive another phone call
* Car Jack City and Team Car Jack City: You have to hijack all the cars that are marked on your map and deliver them to a predetermined locataion. You'll be awarded a cash reward upon each delibery of the car; you get the full reward no matter what the condition of the car is. Just watch out when in multiplayer mode or working in a team because the other players will be gunning for you or waiting for you at the delivery point so they can get the cash reward.
* Cops 'n Crooks: There is one team of criminals that are in a race to escot a randomly chosen "boss" out of the city. The whole time a team of cops will be trying to eliminate the boss before the criminals reach their destination. The trick is that the cops can only see the boss's location, but the criminals can only see the location of the drop off.
* Turf War: This one is similar to Cops n' Crooks, but requires each team to capture all of the 3 available bases, earning case for each bas. Watch out for armored car assaults, rooftop defense teams, snipers, and other creative offensive and defensive plays.
* Race and GTA Race: Pick any vehicle and track to race to the finish. You can choose "Race" for a purer test of racing and driving skills, or "GTA Race" which includes the use of weapons.
Co-Op Time
Although there can be up to 16 players in the adversarial modes, you can only play up to 4 in the Co-Op mode. The cooperative missions combine the mission-style of single player campaign with the team-based tactics of the multiplayer matches.
Source: Ryan Treit
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