Minor GTA4 multiplayer info

[Neil]

Test Drive was, esentially, an MMOR so that's what it concentrated on; GTA concentrates more on single player.

Only because online multiplayer wasn't a huge feature on the PS2

[Ashley 12344]

Looks good. The multiplayer on San Andreas was crap, couldn't move more than 5 metres away. Hopefully an online version will be good.

[GommeInc]

Test drive only actually had like 8 people in a server, but Liberty city IS big enough for that type of game, like if they sectioned the game into large squares and each square was like a different server, not one you had to load to go onto but one that's just open after exiting another part of the city, so if you want you can call you friend and arrange a meeting place and do whatever
They can do it if they get a decent server up like MTA and have everyone exploring the world at once though

Or they can simply have multiple servers with a full map of Liberty City . When you go into multiplayer, you log-in to, lets say server 5 and somewhere else in the world someone logs in and they go to server 19. Having the full city would be better than a little square, you'll have more to mess around with and good car chases.

[Neil]

It's ok, it wont be MMO style, but Rockstar said it will be fun and it will tie in with the single player, so what I assume that means co-op, maybe you can call your friend and he'll show up in a cab or something

[---MAD---]

Oo, interesting. Multiplayer in GTA sounds good but I am not sure how it would work.