6. Game Feature Ideas and Discussion
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6.1 Police
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RBT's and Being Pulled Over
| rebalrouser
| Discussion about having the choice to actually pull over and receive a ticket from the police.
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Effects of 9/11 Wearing Off
| Magic_Al
| A Comparison of Police Vehicles
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Police Tactics
| Rello
| A discussion asking if we will see much more believable tactics used by the police.
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Being pardoned by cops upon finishing a mission...
| bored_killed
| Opinions on whether or not the heat should remain on you after the completion of missions.
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Cop Spawning, Let us get away!
| MITCHELL23
| Ideas about law enforcement not continuously spawning at higher wanted levels.
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N.O.O.S.E., What do you think it means?
| Royal55
| Discussion of the acronym seen on swat uniforms in the second trailer.
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6.2 Weapons
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Weapon System (Hold 2 Guns)
| GodBen
| The balance between gameplay and realism is addressed with regards to how many weapons the character is capable of carrying at one time.
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New Weapons
| nouseforausername
| General speculation about what new weapons there may be.
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Weapon Pick Up Animation
| Roy the Pirate
| How will weapons be picked up in GTA IV?
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Aiming Style Revealed?
| Himuro
| Possible Aiming Style Revealed For GTA IV
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To silence or pick off, Weapon customization
| mastermind01
| Ideas on adding scopes, suppressors, etc. to guns.
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GTA Comical Weapons
| tony-resta
| Ideas on some of the more comical "weapons" returning.
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Piecing together a weapons list
| Japp
| An updated weapons list with pics and additional info.
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6.4 Communication
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That Blasted Cell Phone!
| PyroHazard
| A topic discussing the idea of using the calling feature to dial up random/hidden/advertised numbers in IV.
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Better Communication With Allies
| swimfan3210
| Discussion about ways to communicate with allied NPCs
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Liberty City TV
| Vive La France
| Ideas on Liberty City having watchable TV stations.
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The Cell Phone
| xNewtype Acex
| More cell phone discussion concerning the confirmation of it's extended uses.
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6.5 GTA clone-inspired features
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Best Features From GTA Ripoffs
| Gregatron
| A thread discussing the best features found in "GTA-inspired" games and how they might be worthwhile if used in GTA IV.
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6.6 Ped activity
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When Peds Attack
| The Director
| A thread discussing ideas on ped behaviors in IV.
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Peds will make this game
| uzi 9mm
| Another thread discussing new ped behaviors in IV.
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Advanced AI, What can we expect?
| GTA IV X
| More thoughts on the AI of peds.
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Prostitutes?
| Quinny-SWFC
| The role of prostitutes in IV.
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Funny things Peds can say
| MotjoBoss
| Peds Say the Damnedest Things!
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Pedestrians, Will we see clones?
| xxtremeguyxx2001
| Discussion over ped clones and if they will occur less frequently in IV.
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6.7 Monetary System
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Money Money Money!
| petergta
| Suggestions on having more opportunities to spend cash in the game.
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Harder to get money
| MysteryGamer
| How money is earned or how difficult it may be to obtain is discussed here.
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ATM
| soydog2
| Discussion over the introduction of ATMs to the game.
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Investments: The Liberty city stock exchange?
| silvermanblue
| An idea of being able to use money to invest in stocks, etc.
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Making use of Banks
| d00d
| Discussion about making banks interactive and useful in the game.
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Buying, A worthy feature.
| Mokiesmoky
| More discussion on ways to improve on spending money in GTA.
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Banks In GTA IV?
| Bill"DaSexBomb"Clinton
| The usefulness of banks is discussed.
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6.8 Story & Theme
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Rags to Rags, No riches for Niko
| Geomy
| A discussion about what Rockstar may have in mind for the character when they speak of the game being largely about 'survival'.
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Rags to Riches Story
| gtafanactic
| Thoughts on what Niko's status may be in the end based on choices you make.
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Realism
| ThePinkFloydSound
| A topic addressing what kind of realism IV will likely offer and how it will enhance the game.
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Storyline Missions VS. Self-Enriching Missions
| FatSkinnyGuy
| Ideas about mixing linear-based missions with open-end missions throughtout the game.
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What you think the 'episodes' will be?
| CreebA
| A poll asking what you think the episodic content will be.
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Choice and Consequence
| geomy
| An in-depth look at the kind of freedom IV may offer based on the interviews with Rockstar found in the first round of magazine previews.
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New Consequences!
| tony-resta
| Discussion stemming from a peice of info found in OP2M UK preview, June 2007.
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GTA IV Themes
| GTA IV X
| Thoughts on the overall theme in IV.
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Mafia!
| petergta
| A Discussion on the role of the mafia
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6.9 Multiplayer
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What multiplayer modes would you like to see?
| Bren_34
| Given that that non-MMORPG multiplayer has been confirmed, ideas for different modes are discussed.
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6.10 Character Functions
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Skyscrapers and throwing people off
| GTAGhosts
| Discussion stemming from the revelation of this feature.
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Improved Hand-to-Hand Combat
| JohnnyDrama
| Discussion of improving combat based on other R* games like The Warriors and Bully.
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You should be able to piss on things
| The Director
| Hot Lemonade, anyone?
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Climbing Like In SA
| Marmolade
| Topic about the advancement of the climbing feature given the improved character physics.
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Limping When Injured
| DonJuan
| Ideas about the character limping after taking damage.
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Your Display Screen
| shiznit
| Ideas on the HUD, radar, menus, subtitles, etc.
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Health/Armor Meters
| Claude GTA3
| Numbers vs. bars, which do you prefer?
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More Meters Than Just Health/Armor
| soleil
| Could more meters be useful for showing the state of the character?
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Health Bar...Should there be one?
| Syphir420
| Discussion over the significance of the health bar in the HUD.
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Injurys on your person, Scars/Bruises
| Roy the Pirate
| The idea of Niko showing damage temporarily/permenantly after battles.
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6.11 Misc.
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Seasons
| Ronyx248
| A discussion about the possibility of a change of seasons in IV.
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Replays
| spyro_ie
| A discusion about having a robust replay feature to playback sequences of action in the game.
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Cutscenes
| geomy
| Stemming from the GI interview with Dan Houser, A discussion about there no longer being cutscenes in between the gameplay in IV.
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Media In LC- News Vans, Etc.
| bored_killed
| Ideas about the media playing a bigger role in the game.
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More things To Do At Safe House
| Mr. Murray
| Ideas for various activities to do in safehouses are discussed.
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Sports Events
| jshell
| Ideas on sprting events transpiring in the game are very briefly discussed.
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Live Events
| crackhead91090
| Thoughts on parades, concerts, sports etc.
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More Sports?
| Mithos
| Discussion on sports to play in GTA IV
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Inventory
| geomy
| Discussion of a possible inventory besides weapons
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Girlfriends
| rebalrouser
| A discussion about the return of the dating feature and if it will offer anything different over that in SA.
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1 Day = 24 Minutes?
| sladek
| A discussion about the ratio of GTA time to real world time and if a GTA day will ever be extended beyond 24 minutes.
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100% Completion
| ThePinkFloydSound
| Discussion about GTA's infamous 100% completion of the game for IV.
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Interactive surfaces
| uzi 9mm
| With a focus on improving physics, various surfaces and how they may affect gameplay are discussed.
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Unwanted Features
| GROVE ST. FAMILIY
| A poll on what feature you DON'T want to see return.
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Which type of missions do you NOT want to see?
| DonJuan
| What missions in past GTAs annoyed the piss out of you?
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In-Game Continuity
| gtaIV_fan
| The possibilities of seeing things in the city progress throughout the game.
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GTA 1 and 2 in GTA4
| Mithos
| The idea of having the first two GTAs as playable video/arcade games within GTA IV.
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Cash Cab
| Sadeous
| The idea of having a triva-style game incorporated into taxi rides on rare occasions.
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7. Soundtrack Discussion
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Songs you'd like to hear in GTAIV
| Rob.
| Post songs and YouTube videos of songs you'd like to hear on the soundtrack.
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Programming On Radio
| OG-LOC R360
| Ideas for music genres and radio stations for them in IV.
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User Made Radio Stations
| Steege
| Mixed discussion about making a user-made station, having more than one user station, adding to existing stations, etc.
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Soundtrack Station
| Vive La France
| Discussion on whether GTA IV may have a station that encapsulates or pays homage to the soundtrack of a particular film, etc.
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Talk Shows
| galaxyOG
| Ideas for radio talk shows.
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8. Technical Discussion
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8.1 Graphics
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What the? GTA IV Graphics
| Zav_
| Discussion over the graphical appearance of the game between the first two trailers.
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The dreaded Pop In Discovered!
| kingofnexus
| Like past GTAs, the possibility of occasional objects not being rendered fast enough in IV is discussed.
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8.2 Physics
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Euphoria discussion
| EasyAs
| The Euphoria Engine and what it might bring to IV.
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I want these physics in GTA IV
| spdrman8
| Another thread discussing physics in IV.
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8.3 Other
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No Loading Times!
| boogernut
| Discussion about how Rockstar plans to have no loading times while playing GTA IV.
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The Sound of GTA IV
| TheRiste
| A topic to discuss the audio capabilities the game may deploy via the new technologies of next-gen consoles.
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9. Platform Discussion
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Do you own a platform that supports GTA IV?
| vicecitymayor
| A poll revealing how many people have yet to buy a console for GTA IV.
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Will you buy a console just to play IV?
| GTA fo LIFE
| Another poll asking if GTA IV is your main motivation for buying a console.
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Which controller do you think will work better?
| Bren_34
| Which controller will control Niko better, that of the PS3 or the X360?
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The end of the disk size discussion
| SIP YEK NOD
| A discussion giving sound evidence that DVD9 will not be a limiting factor in IV.
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10. Humor in GTA
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The meaning behind the words
| Gabriel Constantin
| A discussion presenting the origins and meanings of words used for locations, brands, etc. in GTA IV.
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Spoofs and beyond
| racso562
| A discussion about the spoofs of real world things that were found in the trailer and screenshots.
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Your Advertising Campaign
| Gareth Croke
| A game in which you design your own ad for a fictitious product, service, etc. as though it were to be used in IV, along side Sprunk, etc.
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What Kind Of Easter Eggs Do You Want To See?
| BlOoDStReAm101
| What do you want to stumble across in Liberty?
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Hybrid Vehicles
| farrugia
| Talk about parodying hybrid vehicles via ads in the game.
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Your ideas for making fun of Saints Row
| Adriaan
| The many ways Rockstar could parody the game Saints Row.
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Jack Thompson parodies in GTA IV
| Xcomm
| Would you like to Jack a Thompson in GTA IV?
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Far Left talk radio!
| Nucflash
| The idea of having a talk radio station to parody the political left as WKTT will parody the right.
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WKTT Radio, what you calling in with? Share here!
| Gregatron
| What kind of right-wing drivel will you spew for WKTT?
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11. Conspiracy Theories & Controversies
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Bigfoot Sightings
| Otter
| Like back in the days of San Andreas, the Bigfoot conspiracy continues...
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Revelation
| deepthroatgta4
| Someone who mysteriously revealed a few IV tidbits through a series of posts telling a story of his wild and outrageous adventure.
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The Big Deep Throat Round-Up
| JCtheMC
| An analysis of deepthroat's series of posts.
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Would you kill a digital child?
| victor-vance
| A long thread over the controversy of children in GTA if they were to be added.
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12. Other
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Your Questions Answered
| TheJonesy
| A topic for questions that don't merit their own topic.
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When will you buy IV?
| mattymcs
| A poll asking when you anticipate to have the game in your hands.
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Will You Skip School or Work to Get GTA IV?
| Go0gley
| Will you be found guilty of Grand Theft Holiday?
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The New GTA Trivia
| Greene
| Test your knowledge of the GTA series here.
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Returning Side Missions?
| AndySerb
| Compilation of all the side missions from GTA III to GTA VCS and a discussion on what side missions might appear in IV.
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Fake Screenshot Archive
| Gabriel Costantin
| A collection of all the fake GTA IV screenshots that appeared on the interweb. The archive is also available at GTA4.net
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Will You Kill People For No Reason?
| --supea--
| A poll asking what kind of morals people carry over into the gameworld.
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What you will buy, regular edition or special edition?
| jeblynkst
| Which one?
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GTA IV: Your Worst Fears?
| raidenraider2006
| Do you have fears that the game could not turn out as you think it ought to? Discuss them here.
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An intelligent discussion on gore
| Otter
| What level/kind of gore should there be in this new GTA?
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What Percent of GTA Players are under 18?
| Bren_34
| Includes a poll asking for your age group
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The First Thing
| xNewtype Acex
| How will you start off this new GTA?
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GTAQATSI
| Jordan
| Although not directly related to IV, this is a video by Jordan based on Koyaanisqatsi with captures from GTA III, VC and SA as inspired by IV's first trailer.
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GTA IV Trailer Fan Edit
| Jordan
| Jordan applies his superb video editing skills once again offering an interesting new take on the first trailer.
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Rockstar & Rockstar North
| GTA IV X
| Discussion over the roles of different Rockstar Games divisions goes here.
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Balkan Peace Force
| Broker Gangsta
| Discussion about the Balkan Peace Force entry on Niko's cv/résumé.
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The Save Game Icon. What will it be?
| andsteele
| A discussion about how we will save the game and if there will be an icon to walk into upon doing so.
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Voice Actors you want
| CJN
| What voice talent would you want to hear in GTA IV?
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13. GTA4/neXt Forum Index
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GTA4/Next Forum Index
| meta187
| This is the orginal forum index covering topics upto April 26, 2005.
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We will work to keep the directory updated regularly.