Gta Iv Dlc

[balloon knotzi]

At the end of the GTA IV commercial it says something like, "New Missions coming Fall 2008 on XBox Live"

Is this dlc for more missions in the game or is it just videos or something like that?

[dm master]

Hey ive herd that its new "chapters" i assume this includes missions etc lol it beter otherwise i aint getting it

[bloodblade1962]

New achements and a plane i hope :D

[Daredevil 1994]

I hope it has more missions. And except for that, I want it to be free. I know, I'm dreaming, but I don't see myself getting the DLC if it costs MS Points. I've never used MS Points. And anyways, if they add more Achievements, they better not put some impossible ones, just like in Crackdown, where you need to do races with every car in the game. That would really suck...

[TehAdz]

I think you have set your expections of the DLC too high.

Planes won't be in, if Rockstar thought they should be in, then they would. And they shouldn't, so they won't.

Pretty sure it won't be free either, look at other high-profile games, such a sHalo 3 and Mass Effect, the DLC wasn't free on those, and I doubt it will be free on IV either.

Not sure about new achievements, because every time the DLC is meantioned, it sounds like there will be more than one, so unless each piece of DLC only adds one achievement, it won't work. (Max of 1,250 gamerscore per game etc.).

I doubt any new vehicles or weapons will be added, so I'm guessing it will just be missions.

[The Drumber 1]

I think you have set your expections of the DLC too high.

Planes won't be in, if Rockstar thought they should be in, then they would. And they shouldn't, so they won't.

Pretty sure it won't be free either, look at other high-profile games, such a sHalo 3 and Mass Effect, the DLC wasn't free on those, and I doubt it will be free on IV either.

Not sure about new achievements, because every time the DLC is meantioned, it sounds like there will be more than one, so unless each piece of DLC only adds one achievement, it won't work. (Max of 1,250 gamerscore per game etc.).

I doubt any new vehicles or weapons will be added, so I'm guessing it will just be missions.


I agree.

With the dubbing "episodic content" it sounds like it will just be extra missions. But who knows? Rockstar could pull out a surprise or two!

[TuckTuck]

I think you have set your expections of the DLC too high.

Planes won't be in, if Rockstar thought they should be in, then they would. And they shouldn't, so they won't.

Pretty sure it won't be free either, look at other high-profile games, such a sHalo 3 and Mass Effect, the DLC wasn't free on those, and I doubt it will be free on IV either.

Not sure about new achievements, because every time the DLC is meantioned, it sounds like there will be more than one, so unless each piece of DLC only adds one achievement, it won't work. (Max of 1,250 gamerscore per game etc.).

I doubt any new vehicles or weapons will be added, so I'm guessing it will just be missions.

I know people shouldn't set there expectation's too high but you've set yours so low your back is practically touching the ground. :p

[TehAdz]

I know people shouldn't set there expectation's too high but you've set yours so low your back is practically touching the ground. :p

I think my expectations are pretty realistic; as The Drumber 1 said, it's called "episodic content", and that usually doesn't involve huge changes, such as adding planes.

[Gun-Nut]

I think my expectations are pretty realistic; as The Drumber 1 said, it's called "episodic content", and that usually doesn't involve huge changes, such as adding planes.

Depends if the new missions require one or not ;)

[Boo47]

The DLC will hopefully add more clothing items, like FUCKING FINGERLESS GLOVES! Damn you, Rockstar (cries in corner).:(

[laundryman]

R* has announced episodic cntent that will be released. If they plan on giving clothes and vehicles in that has yet to be determined

[HitmanIV]

I think that the DLC will be well worth the MS points. Especially if they put in some new achievements. New missions should also be fun as I think that the story mode could perhaps be continued in some way.

[Webb]

I think the DLC will head in the way of Bulgarin and Petrovic missions in all honesty. I did remember reading that R* were going to push the boat out with the DLC, so who knows. I heard 10 extra hours of gameplay somewhere though.

I think my expectations are pretty realistic; as The Drumber 1 said, it's called "episodic content", and that usually doesn't involve huge changes, such as adding planes.

Burnout Paradise added bikes with DLC, so anything is possible (although I don't think planes will be added, they said they didn't want planes in before the game was released ;))

[GoWisfun]

I think the DLC will head in the way of Bulgarin and Petrovic missions in all honesty. I did remember reading that R* were going to push the boat out with the DLC, so who knows. I heard 10 extra hours of gameplay somewhere though.



Burnout Paradise added bikes with DLC, so anything is possible (although I don't think planes will be added, they said they didn't want planes in before the game was released ;))


Yeah there will be 4 "Episodes" or whatever you want to call them total each adding 10 hours of game play :D and as for the price I read they will be 500 MSP each.

Also read each DLC will add 250 Points :s but sounded abit like BS tbh

[scourge]

the dlc is going to be big. I don't see R* disappointing fans and MS after the $50 million exclusive deal. Expect something more than worth whatever they end up charging.

and to Daredevil, seriously. 'It better not cost any points'? ha ha.


Internet rumor is improbable -- but not impossible. Also, awesome.
By Mark Whiting (http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5659714), 04/18/2008
http://media.1up.com/media?id=3531625&type=sm Kotaku's (http://kotaku.com/380938/grand-theft-auto-iv-dlc-to-bring-whole-cities) got a great GTA IV rumor posted at the moment, clipped from a recent CVG print feature about Rockstar's upcoming new megagame Grand Theft Auto IV (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3150593). While you should probably take this latest info with at least a grain of critical salt, the original article was originally published under the watchful auspices of Microsoft -- a company presumably in the know as far their own DLC is concerned. The rumor going round is that GTA IV's downloadable "expansion" content (you know, the stuff exclusive to the Xbox 360) will be large enough in scope to constitute entirely new cities. From the article: "Of course to call games as vastly ambitious as Vice City or San Andreas mere 'expansion packs' seems childish, but nevertheless, the downloadable content coming for the Xbox 360 version of IV has repositioned those games in just this way. "[GTA IV's expansions] are to GTA IV what Vice City (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2006429) or San Andreas (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3139991) were GTA III (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2010445). Yes, Rockstar is clearly hinting at new downloadable cities; and the chances of them being London, Vice City or SA again are slim to none. So that's new as in brand new. GTA IV's Liberty City is the beginning. Think about that and be excited."
If true, that'd be quite the coup for Microsoft, don't you think? Obviously at this point it's mostly just speculation, and of course nobody's actually saying whether these new cities will constitute anything more than roadside truck stops and wilderness or whether they'll be as full fledged as New Jersey. Still, the possibility that the GTA IV equivalent to Vice City could be as simple and direct as a download-only bolt-on to the original game isn't so far-fetched as to be unbelievable. This is Rockstar that we're talking about.

[TehAdz]

Yeah there will be 4 "Episodes" or whatever you want to call them total each adding 10 hours of game play :D and as for the price I read they will be 500 MSP each.

Also read each DLC will add 250 Points :s but sounded abit like BS tbh

I don't understand the last part; the adding 250 gamerscore is the part I was sure of most, haven't heard that much about the rest of them.

Where'd you get that information?

[Webb]

The last part? You mean the bit about the 250 GP with every Episode... Making GTA IV 2000 points... I think that is a little unbelievable to be honest.

Anyway, I thought it was two anyway, not four. So 2 x 250 would not be a bad shout considering MS paid $50 million for it. They will be looking at a way to recoup that as fast as possible I would say.

[Archonfury]

most people havent even beaten the game yet and were talking about DLC? damn,can anybody say attack helicopter or submarine?

[TehAdz]

The last part? You mean the bit about the 250 GP with every Episode... Making GTA IV 2000 points... I think that is a little unbelievable to be honest.

Anyway, I thought it was two anyway, not four. So 2 x 250 would not be a bad shout considering MS paid $50 million for it. They will be looking at a way to recoup that as fast as possible I would say.

No, I read it wrong...

I thought he said:
"Also read the DLC will add 250 Points :s but sounded abit like BS tbh"
But he actually said:
"Also read each DLC will add 250 Points :s but sounded abit like BS tbh"

My mistake.

[scourge]

The last part? You mean the bit about the 250 GP with every Episode... Making GTA IV 2000 points... I think that is a little unbelievable to be honest.

Anyway, I thought it was two anyway, not four. So 2 x 250 would not be a bad shout considering MS paid $50 million for it. They will be looking at a way to recoup that as fast as possible I would say.

What? Do you really think MS paid that money to recoup it in DLC sales? What's your real job Webb? That makes little sense when you realize that MS made this play for the big picture in terms of total units sold per system.

They made the exclusivity deal in order to steal initial sales and in turn move customers toward the 360 world. The DLC sales numbers will be important but in no way will they need to make back the initial investment in order to be deemed a success.

One would assume that MS hopes the DLC angle will help to push sales for the 360 long into summer. I'm sure most of you have seen the very rough estimates of 1st week sales in England that say the 360 is enjoying a 2:1 unit sales advantage. That seems about right given the install base in the UK but it remains to be seen how slanted the PS3, 360 sales will be for the 1st week.

[Webb]

Of course they did but they obviously aren't going to give it away for free :biglaugh

The price they offer will go a long way in to recouping some of it back. Think about it... $10 over 1 million downloads goes a long way. And those are conservative math estimates.

[Deadly Moves]

Well what ever the DLC will be it'll be free for me..:p
When i bough GTA IV i was given 500 free MS points. And on the GTA scratch card thing it says..
- Download exlusive episodes on xbox live marketplace starting Autumn 2008

So if there are going to be new missions, i recon there is a strong possiblity that there maybe a new island or 2..
or possibly a new character to use?

Im not bothered about more Achievements yet..
But i'd like more clothing options. And i'd like to be able to customize my cars abit

[HitmanIV]

I think that R* should make GTA IV become the first game to have 1500 gamerscore on it. it will also help microsoft to get there money back as I am positive that many people will buy tht DLC if it is something like that.

And Deadly Moves a new character seems unlikely in my opinion as many people before the release loved having Niko Bellic as there character. And a new island would just be amazing in my opinion. Perhaps going back to San Andreas, or Vice City?

[lordponcho]

I've been thinking about the DLC, and how it would tie in to the exsisting game as a new city. Maybe that's what the airport will be used for, to fly out to a new city? Or maybe the bridges being built around the place will be completed, although that would ruin some of the stunts?

I think they could use the prison too, and have a little "Prison Break" mission going on where you get arrested and break somebody out with you. Not likely, but it would make good use of that massive area of map that has no other use.

[JD FTW]

All i want in the DLC is Niko's dam fingerless gloves back, there the only reason i got the game :p

[ThePumpkinKing]

I'm guessing each pack (2 episodes) will cost 30 bucks a piece.

[lordponcho]

Apparently MS said it's up to Rockstar what they charge, so maybe the exclusive DLC will be free (they've been paid a hell of a lot for it already) and the DLC for PS£ and Xbox will cost points.

[she haunts me]

I'm guessing each pack (2 episodes) will cost 30 bucks a piece.


Seems a little steep to me. Never know though. If it is 30 bucks an episode then the episodes better be longer than around 10 hours of game play.

[kris662]

in gta vice city it was set in the 80's so maybe the new downloadable content will be vice city set today

i think this coz somebody above me said that the downloadable content will add new citites or sumthing and vice city from the 80's and the vice city of today would be totaly different so maybe we will see vice city make a come back (hopefully with all the same featueres like buying strip club)

[sushininja]

I think that they'll just do other parts of new york. They still have staten island, long island, and other parts of NY to work with. Or they could take it to philly.

Personally I think london should be saved for GTAV. That way it'll be an even bigger game :)

[Skwidman]

I wish they would add planes and skydiving back in, they were so awesome. Also a patch to make the trees stop looking terrible, lol. The fact that the only thing I can really complain about graphically in a new GTA game is that the trees aren't as good as everything else though speaks volumes about how amazing the graphics are for this game.

They aren't horrendous trees, just when everything else looks so good they stick out to me, but maybe it's just me.

[neksus]

I wish they would add planes and skydiving back in, they were so awesome.

Yeah that'd be awesome! Then we could all crash planes into buildings and really piss off people! Let's throw in little kids eating ice cream we can blast with shotguns that shoot baby cats, too!

[Frizzed]

Yeah that'd be awesome! Then we could all crash planes into buildings and really piss off people!

Eh, I've seen Americans do it with helicopters, not sure what difference a plane is going to make ?

Liberty City at present is too small for planes in my opinion.

[Stufin135]

New achements and a plane i hope :D
there won't be any planes as there is no where to land them it is so pointless. think about it take of at the airport and land on the same airport, the point?

[kris662]

what about gta glasgow?

lol since gta is made in scotland

[www.myspace.com/whalter]

ha ha - but its made in Edinburgh isn't?

[HitmanIV]

Haha. GTA Glasgow would be amazing. Buying bottles of buckfast out of all of the corner shops haha. Amazing.

[mjc0961]

And anyways, if they add more Achievements, they better not put some impossible ones, just like in Crackdown, where you need to do races with every car in the game. That would really suck...
Actually, it was just races with every pre-selected car for that race, which I think was 6 or 7 cars per race. It wasn't really that hard, especially since you can cheat with the Super Car.

Anyway, I don't care about adding planes so much as they do something related to Bulgarin.

[Jack_x2yz]

They must be up to something with this free mounth thing. I can see them waiting untill the mounth is up then adding some new online features so people buy xbl gold. I also think they will add things like tanks for 100ms points, jetpacks for 100ms points etc then around septembur they will bring out the main dlc. New missions n stuff.

[quidyg]

in gta vice city it was set in the 80's so maybe the new downloadable content will be vice city set today

i think this coz somebody above me said that the downloadable content will add new citites or sumthing and vice city from the 80's and the vice city of today would be totaly different so maybe we will see vice city make a come back (hopefully with all the same featueres like buying strip club)

i was thinking this aswell. they may add san andreas and vice city in modern day where you can travel there as niko but easily travel between them and liberty city through the airport or something. i thought this as seeing as its GTA 4 which is basically the next game from GTA 3 and san andreas and vice city were just expansions but put straight into new games plus both 3 & 4 are set in liberty city.

[Caleel]

It would be stupid if they set it for free main reason is they need to make money of it they already made millions of the sales why not make a couple of thousands with DLC. Bungie is still raking money in with the DLCs and Sales.

People who never had xbox360 bought it for Halo3 and the DLCs
The same concept is for GTAIV
Microsoft invested money for exclusive content knowing they will get more sales of the system and copies of the game. Just for adding DLC exclusively on Xbox.

[sleepynow]

Rockstar can put pretty much anything they want in the game via dlc. Ever since GTA3 all I've wanted was more missions released occasionaly, through disc, back in the ps2 days. I hope they add more radio content! I'm really excited to see what they come up with...It will definitely be worth the price they charge.

[chiefgonebad]

i read on ign that theyre coming out with one new dlc with new missions for hours of more gameplay and that theyre working with microsoft to come out with a second one

[frozen sp0nge]

im going to go ahead and agree with with a previous poster and say that one of the dlc packs will invole niko getting sent to prision so they can put that large area of the map to use cause im sure its not just there to screw around online in. also if you think about liberty city storys had a fairly short campaign so i think that could have been dlc for the ps2 if it had the capibilties as the xbox. so imgoing to say other dlc will probly just be like a sub campaign on the same map possibly as a diffrent charecter

[BigRog69]

Facts Rockstar has said about GTA DLC
Rockstar said it will cost something. They said this would be a good source of profit for them.

They called it episodic content and said they are adding a whole new storyline to the game. (Xbox exclusive)

Cars and weapons will be released in another batch of DLC on xbox and ps3

[artvandel4y]

I'm a little dubious about the ideas you're throwing out there. Based on the ending(s) of the game, I don't exactly see Niko actively pursuing a life of crime. The people who live at the end can vary, so incorporating characters from the story can be tricky. It will be difficult to paste 10-20 hours of gameplay on top of the current product. (that was not a spoiler, those facts are some of the game's selling points)

Also, the amount of development needed to get Liberty City as detailed as it is was insane, and I highly doubt they will rebuild a new metropolis from scratch. They do have some of the best creative minds in gaming, so it should be worth the price tag.

[DCS 23]

there so much rumours goin around for this DLC u can keep second guessing all you like but where not gonna know until its officially annouced..all they have said that it is gonna cost 1,200 MSP so its gonna pretty big for it 2 cost as much as a full game...and this DLC is comin out for ps3 also BUT 360 owners Gets 2 xbox360 ONLY DLC so ha ha ps3..lol

[HitmanIV]

This DLC is gonna be well worth the money I think/ I hope lol.

[DyolfKnip]

watch it only be new character models with a cost

[akuzed]

I was speaking the guy in the game section of HMV a few weeks ago and he said the sales guy from MS told him it would be around £15/$30 (which I make about 1800 MS Points) for the DLC. It will contain new missions (and achievements), cars and weapons.

May be total BS but it sounds pretty fair to be honest.

[Shipley0110]

All i want in the DLC is Niko's dam fingerless gloves back, there the only reason i got the game :p
Yeah bit weird as they are on the picture advert and also shows him wearing them on the back of the game box.

You sure he wasn't wearing them off the boat? Maybe them come with a jacket or something.