Grand Theft Auto IV: 'Move up, ladies'

by Christopher Grant { Dec 6th 2007 at 2:55PM }

As promised, the latest trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV – titled "Move up, ladies" – hits the world in the face with a baseball bat and takes its Lincoln Town Car. This trailer's not limited to just your usual suspects, all destined to crumble under the combined weight of millions of F5 keys; no, this time it should be available at a large array of outlets, including Xbox.com and the Xbox Live Marketplace. Need a refresher? Watch the first two trailers after the break.

"Debut" trailer

"Special Someone" trailer

Tags: BreakingNews, Grand-Theft-Auto, GTAIV, Rockstar, Take-Two

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

quickshade @ Dec 6th 2007 3:03PM

come on.

ToonPac @ Dec 6th 2007 6:43PM

Don't forget the bad graphics... I hope they get seriously touched up before release...

Xavier Gill @ Dec 6th 2007 8:07PM

Graphics on GTA games always look about 10months behind other games but who cares! That was amazing!

Khuat @ Dec 6th 2007 3:05PM

The trailer is at the Xbox Live Marketplace (92.51MB)

Jettic @ Dec 6th 2007 5:32PM

The trailer is on the PlayStation Store (87MB)

Obie @ Dec 6th 2007 5:58PM

Gotta admit it looks pretty cool. It might be my fist GTA purchase,...but was it just me, or did the framerate look a bit off?

B1gC72 @ Dec 7th 2007 12:00PM

i noticed a couple framerate hiccups myself. but overall it looks to be shaping up nicely. the graphics arent the greatest in the world (the water is great though) but then again neither were the other GTA games. i really cant wait for this, i havent played a good sandbox game in a long time.

Ronan @ Dec 6th 2007 3:06PM

Hell yea 2nd post

Hopefully this can live up to expectations or possibly better them

arrrgh @ Dec 6th 2007 4:21PM

2nd post?

2nd pwnt??

Farseer (GDI) @ Dec 6th 2007 4:39PM

I'm glad you're happy with yourself, 'cause nobody else freakin' cares.

Nathaniel Meyer @ Dec 6th 2007 3:06PM

They're five minutes late. I've been watching the other trailers over and over again to get ready :)

NukeAssault @ Dec 6th 2007 3:06PM

Wow that was an awesome trailer. Music was great.

Fox318 @ Dec 6th 2007 3:07PM

That was awesome.

Kevin @ Dec 6th 2007 3:07PM

Cut scenes...not very much in the way of game play

Veko @ Dec 6th 2007 5:02PM

Gameplay? In the trailer for a game? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Next you're going to start wanting taste available to you in your food commercials.

james delaney @ Dec 7th 2007 7:33AM

Erm, you're obviously not aware that the cut scenes in GTA games are created on the fly using the in game engine!

Cut scenes in GTA have the same detail as 'in-game' graphics.

kevin @ Dec 6th 2007 3:07PM

That trailer was lame...it seemed all it was, was a bunch of cutscenes clipped together.WTF? are we ever going to get in game footage?

NukeAssault @ Dec 6th 2007 3:10PM

Its all in game.... And it wasent all cut scenes.

PeterBeck @ Dec 6th 2007 3:15PM

Technically it is in-game since GTA doesn't use pre-rendered cutscenes. The question then is "are the cutscenes using the same models as stardard gameplay, or are they using a second set?", and judging from Rockstar Table Tennis' rather detailed graphics, I'd think it's possible.

But still, it would be nice to have a montage trailer showing off what you can do in the GTA IV world.

Michael C. Sherrin @ Dec 6th 2007 3:22PM

Seriously, I want some gameplay footage. This makes me worry if they'll make their March release (doubtful). Yet the detail was amazing, like those water effects. I hope the hand to hand combat is good and worth doing (I don't want to get shot at always if I try to punch somebody).

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arrrgh @ Dec 6th 2007 4:24PM

cmon guys these gfx arent THAT impressive. They're great, and I can't wait to play this, but those are definitely in-game cutscenes. I am honestly really glad the game didnt get to the point of GEARS realism. I think GTA would end up a pretty disgusting murder sim more akin to manhunt 2. These graphics retain enough of a comical feel that the game remains relatively light hearted compared to if it looked like COD4 or CRYSIS

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Dec 6th 2007 4:33PM

*facepalm*

Look, a game like GTA doesn't need to show gameplay footage. That's how popular the damn franchise is.

mike_p @ Dec 6th 2007 11:00PM

I think the graphics look great but with one snag...

The shadows don't look impressive but that is all polish. Mass Effect does the most decent job I've seen so far and even that isn't 100% accurate (Lighting is SERIOUSLY hard to program)...

All in all, looking forward to this one. =)

JodyAnthony (Good Eats Defense Force) @ Dec 6th 2007 3:10PM

its also gonna be on the PSN along with WILD ARMS FOR PSX SWEET JESUS YES.

ahem.

dvdguy @ Dec 6th 2007 3:13PM

Call me when there's footage of what we'll actually be playing.

quickshade @ Dec 6th 2007 3:14PM

kind of meh for me. Nothing looks very polished yet (considering the game should already be out) and while the story looks cool gameplay looks the same.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Dec 6th 2007 4:42PM

That's what we call a sequel my friend.

Ally @ Dec 7th 2007 8:48AM

what are you on about "considering the game should be out"? thats the very reason it was delayed, so they could improve it!

Sam406 @ Dec 6th 2007 3:16PM

Looks nice, too bad the fall udate killed my 360

I was always afraid of the 3 red lights, ironicaly it was just one (lower right, error e73) that announced my 360 would need repairs.

Mr.ESC @ Dec 6th 2007 3:31PM

Same here, I’m waiting for the UPS guys to bring me the Carton coffin for my XB360.Too bad, I was trying to get all The orange box achievements and the fact the Bioshock DLC just kicked in only adds an insult to the injury.

I guess I won’t be playing Mass effect,Rock band or GH3 for a while.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Dec 6th 2007 4:54PM

Wow, I luckily dodged the update of bricking.

Good thing too. I would have been most pissed.

And then I would have gone and bought me an arcade, sent my old box in for repairs, and then sold the repared console on schme-bay.

Poisoned Al @ Dec 6th 2007 5:03PM

What I think happened to your machines is something happened during the firmware update and it got corrupted. If you turned it off while it tired to update, it serves you right. If you didn't then that really sucks. I know I won't update the firmware BIOS on my PC unless I really, REALLY have to. A bad flash is a quick way to turn a computer into a paperweight.

TheGuy @ Dec 6th 2007 3:19PM

Nice, but I still don't believe this game will be released until Fall 2008.

bcrt2000 @ Dec 6th 2007 3:20PM

Some of you who thought it was all cutscenes need a critical eye. The parts with the subway, the helicopter, punching, the car chase with shooting, the motorcycle chase, the scenes with shooting in the rain and snow, the building set on fire, are all in-game.

wait in the car @ Dec 6th 2007 4:01PM

Yes, they're all "in-game", but I don't think any of those scenes were being controlled by the player. Does this game not have a HUD?

Luka M. @ Dec 6th 2007 4:32PM

-_-'

It's definitely played by someone but replayed (you can do the same thing in Vice City) to make it look more cinematic. How stupid would it look if there was suddenly a straight-from-the-game video among all these cinematic scenes? If you want that, you'll have to wait for gameplay videos and not trailers.

ps. Awesome trailer.

BlackIce, Evil Bloke @ Dec 6th 2007 3:26PM

I had the honour of breaking the news on GamePolitics *crowd makes noises of awe*

captain underpants and the bringdown gang @ Dec 6th 2007 5:56PM

I had the honor of uploading the first trailer on youtube after everyone had already seen it! *even more awe coming from the crowd*

Mr.ESC @ Dec 6th 2007 3:27PM

The game itself looks great,the graphics are good,the music is ok but the story doesn't appeals to me one bit.

Mike @ Dec 6th 2007 3:34PM

Rockstar is being utterly pretentious if they think they need a trailer to unveil the exact same box art they used for all 3 of the previous GTA games. Why are people buying into all this hype? The GTA series has been great, but let's see some actual gameplay footage here!!!

DiddlyKong @ Dec 6th 2007 3:34PM

lol the bike he was riding was a Shitzu. Cool trailer though can't wait.

gonk @ Dec 6th 2007 3:35PM

lol black people bling bling mofos

Mike @ Dec 7th 2007 5:09PM

Yeah, typical stereotype and fyuck you.

teenagertc @ Dec 6th 2007 3:38PM

The water effects were absolutely mindblowing!! The graphics are so much better than GTA San Andreas! I can't wait for this game!

alu @ Dec 6th 2007 3:44PM

looking forward to it.. hope the graphics get some more polish however. seems in some scenes the characters have a white/shiny outline. doesn't seem very smooth.

Matt @ Dec 6th 2007 3:44PM

I think the character models in this game look so dated. I guess after playing real next gen games like Oblivion and Mass Effect my expectations have been raised.

bcrt2000 @ Dec 6th 2007 3:59PM

Oblivion had terrible character models compared to Mass Effect. Anyway, GTA4 is a true sandbox game; Oblivion had a bunch of small towns, and there were load times getting into the towns and dungeons which had a decent amount of detail on the architecture. Mass Effect had a bunch of corridors. GTA4 has a massive sprawling city which is lively (cars driving by, pedestrians).

punk @ Dec 6th 2007 4:11PM

I agree. I think that not only the character models, but also the textures and motion animations look like holdovers from last-gen GTA titles.
especially look at the character's face at 0:29, he looks like a zombie.

I must say that despite being a rabid fan of the series, I am fairly disappointed with what I've seen so far in the trailers.

Silver R. Wolfe @ Dec 6th 2007 4:08PM

Wait, you actually liked the character models in Oblivion?

Matt @ Dec 6th 2007 4:19PM

Well, keep in mind Oblivion came out over a year and a half ago. Yes, I think for the time the character models and graphics are awesome. Of course, a year and a half later Mass Effect comes out and blows my mind even more with the graphics and character models. I'm not comparing the gameplay to Oblivion or Mass Effect, I'm just saying I continue to get blown away by awesome next gen games and I can't believe this is a future next gen game when I look at the graphics. Especially, from such a successful franchise. It's almost like Rockstar is stuck in 2001 and has not yet made that jump like other developers have.

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