Preview: Grand Theft Auto IV (Page 3 of 5)
Friends Are Good
Next we were shown how Niko can keep up relationships with key people in Liberty City. For example, get a high enough friendship rating with Little Jacob the mobile guns dealer and more weapons are just a phone call away. This is one of the key cell-phone features we witnessed in GTA IV. Niko can call friends, and they'll call you too, to go out drinking.
It's called relationship building, and what better person to be friends with than Roman, the yellow-cab man with all the taxi hookups. Niko drives to pick up Roman and the nearest bar is marked on the map. The two friends go into the bar, and after an expedited period of time, Niko and Roman come out hammered. The screen shakes violently as Niko and Roman stumble towards the car.
With procedural reactions to the environment, they trip and fall over each other, Niko gets up and leans against the car in a drunken stupor. It's all very realistic looking, especially if you've ever had the spins from drinking too much. Half the people in the room have to look away from the screen because the spinning is so sickening.
Now it's time to get Roman back home, and guess who's the driver? As if stumbling into the driver's seat wasn't nauseating enough, driving under the influence (even in a virtual world) is vomit-inducing.
It's right to assume there'll be plenty of motorcycle action in GTA IV.
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