Ontwikkelstudio Rockstar gave at the beginning of August finally admit that Grand Theft Auto IV for the pc will appear. At the Games Convention, which this week takes place in Leipzig, was the pc version shown for the first time. Tweakers.net sat on the first row.
Already at the beginning of the presentation, it became clear that the pc version of Grand Theft Auto IV fully meet expectations. The pc version is essentially identical to the version for the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 is published. The singleplay campaign seems to be identical. The game contains exactly the same story, same characters, same missions, same weapons and same vehicles. The main difference is that the pc version with a keyboard and mouse can be played, though, the game was made during the presentation is controlled by a pc connected Xbox 360 controller. After some urging, explained the employee of Rockstar that the presentation gave, that there are however more differences between the pc and the console version. Anyone with a keyboard and a mouse, the player can, for example, no target hold. If you are in the console version, someone on the grain increases, the vizier is the victim, even if the unfortunate moves. On the pc you will use the mouse and keyboard control, the victim must follow. That is so not true if you have this version with a controller plays. The biggest difference in the singleplay mode of the pc version, however, the possibility to always be your last action. The game saves continuously the last thirty seconds of gameplay, and that you can at any time calls to re-examine. In addition, these images can be edited in the Replay Editor, which allows you to actions from different points of view can view and images with effects such as delay. The clips that you create can be saved, so you can have them share them with friends. You can save your clips to upload to the Rockstar Social Club, and even more fun when you put them first, using the Assembly Editor, stick together.
In multiplayer differs from the pc version on more points of the consolevariant than in singleplay. So can game online with more than sixteen people to be played, although Rockstar does not indicate what the maximum number of players is going to be. Also promises to be the publisher that there are better filters, with which you can specify how you want to play. For instance you can have a match start in which only small arms may be shot. The main changes are under the hood and are the most interesting for the true tweaker. So can the pc version at a much higher resolution – up to 2560 x 1600 pixels – to be played than the console version. Rockstar has also the textures of the pc version polished, and despite that even the draw distance have been improved, which means that you are further away can see. The system requirements of the pc version could the publisher not to disclose and also are not told whether this version makes use of Directx 10, which is not very likely. The pc version of Grand Theft Auto IV, released in november, shortly after the first expansion of GTA IV for the consoles can be downloaded. It is not inconceivable that this extension in time for the pc is available, but also wanted Rockstar nothing about released during the Game Convention.