All I wish is for them to retain the look of II, but I can dream... and on the cellphone, will I get calls from my "friends" for some tee-tees? and then get a thumbs down from them?

Kaizuden

At first I was kinda disappointed with the idea of an isometric view, but then I thought about it more and I think it may work out okay. At least it isn't top-down like in the original GTA games.

I look forward to hearing more about this game, especially the multiplayer (if it even has any).

Captain IceKong

@Amazon_Chris: great, now i feel like an asshole

cppoet

@cppoet: I wasn't being sarcastic. I know what you're talking about, I just never knew the name for it.

Amazon_Chris

"if you fail a mission, you can jump back to the action sequence"
Learning, now are they?

Metal_Slug_Solid

I'm really curious to see how it looks in motion. It sounds pretty great on paper, though :)

Sandbox_Emperor

@Amazon_Chris: The isometric viewing perspective. Hm, basically you're viewing the square tiles on a set diagonal. It's pretty common with pixel art, and older games, like FF Tactics, Diablo, Solstice, Age of Empires. Pretty rare nowadays, except maybe in flash games. Oh, there are a couple other perspective types confused for isometric, too. See the Wikipedia Article.

Zero1328

@Amazon_Chris: don't know if you're being sarcastic or not... if not, then think the view point in age of empires or the first sims. a faux-3d perspective.

cppoet

I for one am happy that they are a adopting a more realistic model for cop pursuit/escape. Personally, I felt very removed from the pseudo-realistic world that was created in GTA IV when I'd run into a cop car, or even punch an officer in the face, and then drive away for like three to five seconds and be in the clear again. It kind of took me away from the experience, and kind of made the police factor a kind of "extra" feature: not really integral to the game(except for moments when the player intentionally seeks to gain a ridiculously high wanted level , or the gamne artificially spikes the wanted level as a part of a mission.)

cppoet

What is isometric?

Amazon_Chris

Yes! What's better than going back to Liberty City again such as in GTA: LCS? Going back a third time except with the DS' crappy 3D graphics! I bet most gamers got sick of the old LC before they finished GTA III back in 2001, let alone going back to it now 7 years later with 1/3 of the hardware.

Fuck it though, someone will find it fun, so more power to them.

ca$h

im gonna have to look into maybe buying this

kokiri-kid

Cell shading is a nice way to make DS games look better.. wise decision Rockstar..

CockroachMan

Tasteful
GTA

:/

riffleraffle

This sounds like it's going to be awesome.

crunks

i hope they use the cell shading wisely;
phantom hourglass was good, maybe they can make gta good on the ds

sbsoccerman13

...But will it blend?

I'm really waiting to see how this is going to turn out. I just found my DS again today in a large pile in my house. Yay for moving.

WallaJoy- Snorlax?

Sounds 5 years go

SamL_

@mva5580: Cue thousands of thoughtful Gamers screaming "Learn to Parent!"

Coming soon to a kotaku comment section near you.

NeVeRMoRe666

meh

give me another GTA for PSP rock*

White-Sharingan

WANT SCREENIES NOW PLEASE!

Cannot wait for this game.

MrMister

Cue thousands of parents screaming "I bought my child a Nintendo system to keep them away from Grand Theft Auto."

Coming soon to a Yahoo headline near you.

mva5580

Sweet.

austy108642

Oh, best part of this game: jumping back into the action sequence when you fail a mission. I've failed more missions that I care to admit in GTAIV but the worst part is always driving to said destination or doing this or that before actually getting to the part where I die.

Tiger-Fever

If they don't abuse the stylus (worst part of the DS IMHO) then count me in.

jeffx

Sounds like something new out of the GTA series for the first time in a long time, so it looks like it's worth keeping an eye on. At the moment I'm more interested in this than GTA IV for the PC.

Mezodon

@Orionsaint: So they're going to repackage the Wii as the DS2?

IT WAS TOO EASY I COULDN'T RESIST

Struct09

@Orionsaint: Actually the PSP is closer to the PS2 in power. The N64 was more powerful than the PSone, so saying the PSP is a PSone on steroids after saying the DS is an N64 on steroids doesn't really make sense, and actually makes it sound like the DS is more powerful than the PSP which is obviously not the case.

Arlips

DS = N64 on steroids

PSP = PSone on steroids

DS2 = Gamecube on steroids

PSP2 = PS2 on steroids.

Orionsaint

@White-Sharingan:
Agreed; the PSP is a better system for GTA than the DS.
However, considering the massive install base of the DS, this is a no-brainer for Rockstar.

You know tons of kids under 17 are still going to get this game.
Also, there is a strong possibility this could be good.

Definitely worth keeping an eye on it.

Reikson

this looks like win.
too bad my ds hinge broke.

roflwaffles

@Amazon_Chris: [linuxart.com]

AssassinTRIP

@artofwar420: yes, because rockstar would intentionally make crappy online play.

bigman88zz

Cue Jack Thompson saying that Nintendo is selling murder simulators.

Ashkihyena

@jeffx: Please RockStar, listen to this guy. MkayTnx ?

Hellicus

Sweet! It sounds like they're pushing the N64 to it's limits. I mean DS.

Orionsaint

Man, I wish this was for the iPhone. It would be perfect for the night/day feature and for wi-fi tracking of how your doing. It would be a perfect fit if they could figure out a control system for it.

TwilightKing

Whatever online it has, it's going to be better than if was for the Wii.

artofwar420

@Kaizuden: It does but it looks crappier, at least in stills.

sandal-hat17

I got my issue today and all I can say is "meh". It looks like the first two GTAs but pseudo 3D.

sandal-hat17

If they are really putting all that on screen at once, that is going to be one ugly game.

creid

ill be getting it for sure.

Ra is on Seinfeld

@ca$h: You do realize that GTA IV was also in Liberty City?

Mechalon

I prey to god it's not isometric.

Badassbill

@Mechalon:

He's referring to the Liberty City from GTA III and GTA:LCS; the Liberty City in GTA IV doesn't even closely resemble the city from the previous games (it looks a lot more like NYC). I'm pretty sick of the old Liberty City myself, but I'd kill to revisit Vice City again...

danterandal19

@Struct09: As badly as I want to be annoyed by that joke (as I love my Wii very much, it really shivered my timbers. Yes, I'm a pirate, what of it?

cppoet

This is weird. Not saying that the game will "fail" but a GTA on the DS? Seems ... weird =P But, after reading the fact sheet I can say that this might work.
Most likely it wont have that console feel, but as long it works for short periods of time all is fine =)

Hades

the feature of jumping back to the action part of a mission when you fail it is VERY appealing.

joeloliol

I was hoping for it not to be a "true GTA game". Not that there's anything wrong with that, but the experience will inevitably pale in comparison to the home console games. Unless Rockstar have a number of tricks up their collective sleeve to reinvent the franchise on the DS.

Antiterra

@Arlips:

I've always heard the PSP was like the PSone, but sorta in the middle, between PSone and PS2. Hmm, was the N64 more powerful than the PSone? Maybe, but it was limited by it's storage capacity. I can't imagine FF7 on N64. Not even Tekken 3 on N64. Mario64 was easily ported to the DS because it was basically N64 hardware. No?

Orionsaint

So it's going to be like GTA1 and 2?

Sounds great!

ray89

Sounds good. Just hoping it doesn't cost $50.

M

@Orionsaint: Though, interestingly. The new PSP has more RAM than the PS2.

HikariOblivion

@Orionsaint: PSP = Dreamcast, in terms of power, and, bizarrely in terms of the control layout as well.

Well, not totally EQUAL, but the power is nigh identical.

HikariOblivion

Grand Theft Auto: Syndicate-inspired Edition

I loved Syndicate, i hope this can keep the isometric torch alive!

GMC

@Antiterra: I dunno...I'd say just prepare yourself for on of those "Killer Instinct on the original Gameboy" moments just to be on the safe side.

One of the unfortunate and inevitable outcomes of Nintendo's unwavering adherence to Gunpei Yokoi's philosophy is the staggering number of laughably bad ports and offshoots of contemporary franchises appearing on their handhelds.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

@Orionsaint: It's hard to peg the PSP because it does certain things worse than the PlayStation 2, others about the same, and certain things better.

I've generally considered it something along the lines of a PlayStation 1.75. It's games tend to have lower polygon counts and lower-res textures, but often handle effects as well or better than many PlayStation 2 titles.

Take a look at Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow to see what I mean...it definitely runs the gamut of better-worse-same. Of course it (along with a handful of other games) looks so good on the small screen that you'll just be thinking "Holy fucking shit, I can't believe this is a handheld game."

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

Really... what the hell is wrong with you people?
Are you all just graphic whores now? This game sounds AWESOME on the DS. I, for one, hate the GTA series except GTA 2, now this one seems way more interesting than any of the others follow ups (3, VC, SA, 4, etc).
Dont forget there are some AWESOME graphics on the DS as well.

Hero-Link

I hope this is better than GTA: Advanced for the GBA. I was riding the GTA train heavily when that game came out, and it just stunk. It soured me a little.

isometric view sounds weird for a GTA game. Maybe it'll work, who knows.

WordMan

Just make GTA for Wii

dude49

as long as it's something like the first two gta's, I'll be satisfied.

Rolanthas

I knew they couldn´t make it a DS game without minigames, it´s like taking its soul apart...

Daisuash

isometric = lame
i dont think i want this anymore
i hate the camera on the first 2
doesnt let you get into the action ugh

oh well

gta for wii plz

ArakniD

@CockroachMan: Its for the wii

SamL_

I hope this is good, the gameboy advance version was horrible...

thedarkmarc