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Grand theft auto 4 - multiplayer mode

Grand Theft Auto IV is the first since Grand Theft Auto 2 to include online multiplayer, with 15 modes of play available. Supporting up to 16 player the multiplayer allows players to explore the entire city. Characters are customisable in the majority of play modes and cash can be earned during play which can be used to purchase clothing for their characters. The hosts of the games can control many variables, eg , police presence, time of day, traffic, pedestrian presence, weapons and location of game. The online games of Grand Theft Auto IV are split into unranked and ranked contests. Cash is the reward ranked gameplay, which determines their rank. Grand Theft Auto IV does not support any split-screen or LAN multiplayer mode

Game modes are as follows:

• Team Deathmatch: 2-8 teams. Players work as a team to build up the most kills in a traditional deathmatch.


• Team Mafiya Work: 2-8 teams. Teams fight to complete contract work for the "mafiya", such as killing targets or stealing cars.


• Team Car Jack City: 2-8 teams. Players will work together to steal cars and earn extra money for keeping them undamaged.


• Cop n' Crooks: 2 teams only. A team based mode in which Crooks must get their Boss to safety, while the Cops have to take him down. The Boss is marked with a cross hair. This mode has two sub-modes: All for One and One for All.




• In All for One, one team is made up of Crooks and a Boss, and the other team is made up of Cops. The Cops are trying to hunt down and kill the Boss while the Crooks are trying to protect him. The Cops win by killing the Boss and the Crooks win by getting the Boss safely to the getaway vehicle and escaping.


• Although similar, One for All does not have a Boss. Here, the Cops win by killing all of the Crooks and the Crooks win by filling up a getaway vehicle with members of their team. Only 4 people can escape in the getaway vehicle. Players cannot re-spawn in this mode.

 

• Turf War: 2 teams compete to take control of selected areas of the map and control them for as long as they can.


• Race: players will race through checkpoints in a traditional car race.


• GTA Race: players will race through checkpoints in an car race, with the capability to fight their opponents.


• Hangman's Noose: a co-op mode that requires players to pick up a person from the airport and escort him, safely to the extraction point before the cops kill him.


• Free Mode: players have the whole map open to explore, with no end goal or mission to complete.

Grand Theft Auto IV Description

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What does the American Dream mean today?

For Niko Bellic, fresh off the boat from Europe, it is the hope he can escape his past. For his cousin, Roman, it is the vision that together they can find fortune in Liberty City, gateway to the land of opportunity. As they slip into debt and are dragged into a criminal underworld by a series of shysters, thieves and sociopaths, they discover that the reality is very different from the dream in a city that worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don’t.

Beginning with the 1997 release of the original Grand Theft Auto, the GTA series has been one of the most prolific, controversial and down right entertaining franchises in video games history. This pedigree of success guarantees that the highly anticipated eleventh game in the series, Grand Theft Auto IV, will garner at least as much attention if not more.

The Plot
Grand Theft Auto IV is a brand new adventure in the GTA universe following the experiences of Nikolai "Niko" Bellic, a new immigrant from an undisclosed eastern European country whose troubled pa st and the persuasion of his cousin Roman have brought him to the fictional Liberty City. Unfortunately, Niko’s search for the American Dream and a much needed fresh start, hits an immediate snag when the rags to riches story Roman spun to pique Niko's interest is exposed as not only a complete fabrication, but a ploy to enlist Niko’s well-known skills as a tough guy against the ample list of enemies clamoring for Roman’s debt-ridden blood.

Because Roman is the only person Niko knows in Liberty City he begrudgingly accepts his role as Roman’s protector despite the deception. But as time goes on Niko comes into his own, and his experience on the wrong side of the tracks proves more valuable than he could have ever imagined as he fights for survival and later supremacy on the crime ridden streets of Liberty City.

Game Environments
Based on several of the boroughs of New York City and parts of New Jersey, Liberty City, familiar to players of previous games in the series, has been entirely redesigned for Grand Theft Auto IV. Players can expect visible detail down to the weeds growing in the cracks in the sidewalk, cars and buildings of visibly different ages and a much greater level if verticality in the buildings and bridges that they are able to explore as Niko moves through the city streets. In addition, pedestrians in Grand Theft Auto IV are much more realistic. No longer simply moving cardboard cutouts, these NPCs are intelligent, modern, human representations that laugh, cry, eat, drink, use cell phones and ATMs, and talking amongst themselves regardless of Niko’s interaction with them.

Gameplay
Historically GTA games have focused heavily on mission-based play, requiring successful completion of fixed tasks in order for players to progress through the game, but this has changed to a great extent in Grand Theft Auto IV. Players will experience an entirely new and exciting emphasis centered on the blending of on-mission and off-mission play, resulting not only in an increased sense of realism, but more interesting and unrestricted gameplay.

Features
Aside from the car jacking and a detailed city environment here are the new features for Grand Theft Auto IV:

• Improved combat system - Now you can use cover and also a target lock system, which allows you to take out targets with greater ease and accuracy. Plus, you can engage in some hand-to-hand combat if you can't get your hands on a piece quick enough.


• Cell phone - Not just for basic phone calls anymore. Use your in-game cell phone to receive missions via SMS, snap photos, and ZiT (tag) songs that can be downloaded exclusively on Amazon.com/mp3.


• Free time - In between missions you can take advantage of "me" time. There are gentleman's clubs, comedy clubs, bowling alleys, and bars, which all house unique activities.


• Take a break from the storyline - A variety of side missions allow you to help run a car service, "borrow" cop cars, assassinate targets, help solve problems for those on the street, or take to the air with stunt jumps that are scattered all over the city.


• Control your own fate - Throughout the game choice moments will arrive causing you to make a decision that will affect relationships and money.

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