Gerard

The GTAIII Trilogy works brilliantly, but they've used the forumula three times now, and it probably is time to reinvent it. Just as GTAIII offered a substantial new game engine, GTA IV will do the same. I also believe it is time the cities that have been repeatedly used are finally laid to rest, at least for a while. I'm sure Rockstar are imaginative enough to think up another cityscape

:-o how many gangstas do you know that are gay, seriously. I see your point mind. Anybody know if tattoos are TXDs? Maybe we could release our own...

Howabout combining the ideas, having the cutscenes and uneditable bits saying 'you' or some nonspecific third person salutation, and you could have your name displayed on plaques or pictures, even a license plate or stickers ona vehicle. Hell, you could even tattoo your own name.

Bit vague... Expand svp

Howabout a system whereby every spawned car has a different random license plate? That would give the opportunity to have missions where you target somebody's gar, sabotage or something, and you identify it that way.

Okay then, howabout where you can name your character, say, from a list of five. The voica artists need just repeat small bits. Then there could be males and females, and you could select or design your character.

you aren't thinking far ahead enough In three years time (or whatever the timescale) voice emulation technology will be massively improved upon. Maybe you could even say the name into the console, it records it, then tweaks it to fit into the conversation, but thats a last resort. Maybe it could listen to your pronunciation and apply that to the existing characters voice. Instead of ppl saying "hi CJ" they say "Hi Chris" or "Hi Zee-non" (instead of zen-on). Meh, i dunno - just an idea which is what this topics all about, so there

Thanks guys We appreciate it is a big job, and we have seen so many great modders fail when it comes to total conversions, but that is why we have decided to tone ours down. We have already started adding new land and editing things today. We probably won't replace all of the VC land, and we will be using the exisiting land and building features to save us making our own. Hopefully with these concessions, we will actually succeed in making a good conversion in time. We will also not be making missions, new systems, or edits to the game engine. This will be reserved for later, but the mod is not designed to be a replacement used for the VC or SA missions, its supposed to be for general post-mission gameplay. If and when we get the mod done, we may add our own missions, but the furthest we aim to go is gang editing, handling editing, and paths.

lets hope the PS3 has an easier method of text entry, you could type you name in and maybe it could be replicated to say your name in the cutscenes, using the availible voice emulating technology.

Well thats certainly logical , with GTA1/London and GTAIII/VC/SA both being series, and all in numerical order. However, In all the GTA cities that I can recall, they all have fictitious city and district names, usually derived from the cities real name, function or reputation. If the game had some famous cities in it, what do you think they might be renamed to?

I asked what the evidence was, not whether he had any. Not critising him, i genuinely didn't know the had been confirmed. Last I officially heard was Sam Houser saying nothing was in the pipeline, and they may act if suitable 'wacky' ideas came along. I have heard since that something is in the pipeline, but not sure the name was in that. Many sites simply refer to it as GTA IV

Everybody's aware of the old GTA London mod for Vice City - that never got close to release... I'm the new owner of www.GTALondon.com and at the minute we have some forums, nearly a week old. We've covered most of the basic gta-related topics, plus the UK election, and dealt with a spamming influx. We are currently in discussion with some friends, colleagues, partners and modders to bring a GTA London mod to reality. This will not be the total conversion promised many months ago under the previous management of Suction Testicle Man and Monitor57, it will mainly be an edit of VC, with a lot of texture and vehicle editing. We hope to just bring together the mods made for the original GTA London mod, and a bit of land editing, new or edited peds, vehicles, buildings and weapons hopefully. We are looking for people who may be able to help us throughout this long slow process, just reply here or on our site. Since its not going to be a massive conversion, it shouldn't take years to make. If we get a few people on the team, and soom good ideas put forward, we should be able to release the Vice City conversion within a few months. Maybe a San Andreas conversion could be made later in the year, or over the summer. A lot of mods have been anticipated for SA, and a lot of VC mods will be either compatible or convertable to the similar SA formats. If this can be done, then we could have a killer on our hands. But thats looking too far into the future. Come to our site www.GTALondon.com for the latest info.

I was only commenting on that you said without GTA it wouldnt be GTA, which is a viable point, but the thing is there IS loads of other non-car stuff to do in the GTA games. Hence, i agree with the first part of your previous post, that some non-land gameplay area could be fun, when implemented properly (including sea, air, underground, and space), but only as a part of a game. GTA Underground, GTA Space or GTA Pacific would not work for me. I replied to this month-old topic because it had an interesting point about extraterrestrial gameplay.

Out of interest, whats the evidence you have for that, spaz?

Well thats the best guide we have. We can say just about 53gig, but it might only be 40 (which would be stupid to lower it) or it might be 80 (in which case its more than 53gig. Just let us think of it as 53, makes no difference at this stage, just it shows that the disk size will be several times that of SA.

We all know that GTA isn't just about Grand Theft Auto. Its the rest of the game thats the amazing part, the fact that its got everything, not just stealing cars. Since when is The Simpsons just about the family of five? Was Return to Castle Wolfenstein just about going to a castle? no!

I'm wondering what vehicles people would like to see in any future GTA game. Maybe new types of vehicle could become availible, such as hovercraft (rather than modded bikes/cars/boats) or skateboards, or better player rollerblades than the ped cycle cheat on VC. Maybe more vehicles with an inbuilt arsenal. What about the ability to put things in a vehicle, or the ability to own your very own motor, which you can legally spawn at any time.

Mexico City might work, as it is a varied city. I would prefer to see Rio in though. We've been looking hard at that, and the favelas would make an ideal GTA setting. eg, you would have to start in the favelas and work your way into the CBD then the waterfront or whatever. Christ The Redeemer would be a nice object, but then there are issues of racial prejedice, or smashing it up may be seen as antisemetic.

It is entirely probably that GTA 4 hasn't been planned yet. There were hints in GTAIII and VC for the later games, but that was because they were the trilogy that Rockstar always wanted to do. GTA 4 will not be anything like the GTAIII series - it will be a completely different format. GTA1 and GTA2 were captain-birds-eye-view Hit & Run games. GTAIII/VC/SA are 3PS. GTA4 may be an RPG, it may be an FPS, it may be predominanly multiplayer. We all love the 3PS, and i would hate for that to change.

We all know Rockstar are gonna surprise us with bigger and better everything, but whats the furthest do you think they could go? Not what would be best - in this topic size is everything. Whats the biggest size map they could achieve? How many vehicles could they incorporate? What extra game tools (such as modding) could they supply? Think BIG

He's right. Why do we just bitch about these amazing games that have provided us with countless hours of entertainment and fun, and even in some cases income. We should be grateful to Rockstar and respect what they've done, not pick every fault apart. Next time you say "In San Andreas I hate it where __" stop and think about all the things you do like. We are compiling wishlists of what we would like to see in the next GTA, but i'm sure Rockstar don't need hinting at - they'll come up with an (even more) amazing game time after time, as time has shown they have.

I smell a rat oh no - thats me pie I smell conspiracy! I think we need something rather like the New Vice City 2004 mod. There you could become 'mayor' (buy the police station and the cops become your gang)

Just play VC in a mirror, or change your display settings. No need for a three-year wait and major technological advances. We want more than just a reversal of Vice City in GTA4.

In vehicles a cockpit shot would be good, especially on bikes, boats, helis, and planes but i dont see the advantage of an FPS. Maybe you would find that easier, in which case the option to toggle between 3PS and FPS would be welcome. I also think it would be nice if you could get taxis to take you wherever you wanted, then a chauffeur would also work.

They'd never allow kids in a game like this. If its not bad enough there being a risk of perversion or peadophilia, killing children is even more immoral than killing adults Character creation would be fun, especially personalitywise. We are all hoping for an interactive and responsive environment, and I am sure that GTA4 will be more than capable of that. I like the idea of them being repaired mind. How about an entire mountain range for your gang to ski on over the internet... Being able to go in every single building, and for them to be functional would be great. However, this would be restricted on timescale and disk size, there IS only so much you can do.