GTA IV Multiplayer Mode Details
With its release date days away, we’re learning more and more information about GTA IV. Kotaku has posted a very informational FAQ as they countdown to GTA IV’s release and they provide details on GTA IV’s different multiplayer modes:
Race
•Players race from one point to another with cars, boats and helicopters
•In Free Race mode, it’s a start to finish race. In Canonball Run mode, players must hit checkpoints along the way
GTA Race
• It’s Race mode with weapons that spawn along the way. Plus you traverse on foot.
• A tutorial mode is included.
Team Deathmatch
• Two to eight teams battle. As opposing teams are taken out, the winning team takes their cash.
Hangman’s NOOSE
• Four players attempt to escort crime boss while avoiding SWAT team attack. Online only.
Team Mafiya Work
• Two to eight teams take separate contracts like stealing cars and escorting wanted men. The team who completes the most contracts in a certain time wins. Teams can also attack other teams.
Team Car Jack City
• Two to eight teams steal marked cars that spawn on the map. Whichever team delivers the most to the chop shop (in the best condition, or containing drug bonuses) wins the most cash and wins the game.
Turf War
• Two teams capture control points (or “bases”) in a game very similar to Team Fortress 2. Controlling points equals cash. Cash equals winning.
Cops ‘n Crooks
• Two teams only. One team are crooks who need to escort their boss safely. One team are cops who must bust the boss.
• All for One mode works as described above. One for All mode ditches the boss, and the crooks must escape with no respawning.
Co-op Campaign
• Our own Brian Crecente described it only as a “short co-op campaign,” not a full co-op game ala Crackdown.
Other Interesting Multiplayer Tidbits:
• Characters can level up, peaking at level 10.
• All games are played on same Liberty City map.
• Liberty City map is fully explorable in all game modes.
Hmm, not bad Rockstar - the Cops ‘n Crooks and Team DM seem to interest me the most. Here’s to hoping that Multiplayer works smoothly out the gate and not plagued with lag or bug issues.
(Source: The GTA IV Compendium and FAQ - Kotaku)
Sounds good… I was hoping for a full length co-op game though.
Yeah me too - I think we may be getting that in Saints Row 2 though.
Yep… I hope so anyway!
this is a lot of good stuff…
i dont know if im sold on it yet.
IM TRYIN TO BE SOLD THO!
Well GTA has always delivered great single player experiences. If you are playing on XBL you can at least get a “co-op feel” by talking to a friend in private chat while playing - so there will be a semi social aspect to trading tips and cool things found. I think Saints Row raised the bar for many reasons because of the co-op aspects and because I think it caught a lot of people off guard. I will openly admit that if it weren’t for the demo being on XBL it’s unlikely that I would have played the game. There have been many “GTA clones” and pretty much all of them had fallen short of being real competition for the GTA series.