FiShMaStEr Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Was at the shops getting a present and saw this magazine in the newsagency, checked it out quick nothing new image wise, same crap as before and what seemed to be the same demo so didn't bother buying it. One thing that caught my eye was a little section dedicated to talking about euphoria and how it would work with GTA IV and that it is 100% confirmed from Rockstar that they will be using it. Yeah I know we all pretty much guessed it but it was news to me that the word of it came from R*. I might get scans later on, but from what I saw no point buying the magazine. I would've read more into it but I'm currently running late for work and that would have made it worse. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastmanonearth Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 This would be the first time a Go-shu- mag has exclusive info. That's awesome if it's true. Even other magazines here with GTAIV info aren't worth buying because they just copy info off the internet and speculate with no mercy. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4264955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthspitta Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 (edited) This from the magazine mentioned above. I typed it up as I don't have access to a scanner atm. I only typed up the bit about Euphoria though as the rest of the preview has been heard before. This all come from the XBOX 360 issue with the GTA4 poster in the centre. The June issue. I assume it is the same issue mentioned in the OP. GTAIV incorporates developer NaturalMotion's revolutionary Euphoria animation engine, the same system being used by LucasArts in its upcoming Star Wars and Indiana Jones games. The Euphoria engine basically simulates the human body and nervous system , essentially doing away with scripted animations by enabling game characters that independently react to their surroundings in real time. For example, in the demo we were given, Niko automatically dropped his shoulders in order to squeeze past pedestrians walking on the pavement, and his footsteps and sense of balance adjusted to uneven patches of the street, as well as stairs and the rungs on the telegraph pole he climbed. By incorporating Euphoria, Rockstar is really adding a new layer of unpredictability to a style of game that was already highly random. Getting nudged by a slow moving car will likely result in an "I'm walkin' here" kind of reaction,whereas getting hit at top speed will see you dragged under the wheels, rolled up and over the bonnet or flung sideways - it all depends on what direction you were facing, the speed of the car, how fast you were walking, and so on.Euphoria should also have a major impact on combat. Shooting an enemy in the leg might cause them to fall and shooting them in the shoulder might disarm them, and the direction you attack an enemy from might also determine the result of your actions - creep up behind them and you should get an easy headshot, but take them on face to face and they could well flinch or duck out of the way. Melee combat should also benefit from the use of Euphoria, as you should be able to throw people into walls, furniture or even off rooftops so that they flail desperately to grab for the edge of a fire escape as they plummet to their doom. Seems like speculation to me but I thought I'd post it here so you guys can make up your own mind. I'll go through the rest of the preview with a fine tooth comb and see if I missed anything worthy of you attention. EDIT: upon further inspection the rest of the preview appears to be word for word what appeared in the US/UK magazines. The only other thing would be one of the picture captions reads: "If you want to access your money in GTAIV, you have to go to one of Liberty City's ATMs! Or you can just mug somebody (presumably)" I'm just glad my girlfriend works at a news agency so I didn't have to fork out the AU$16.25 for this "exclusive"... Edited May 30, 2007 by truthspitta Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4265088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriaan Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Thanks, truthspitta (kind of an ironic name in this instance ). Just as I expected, we can't really say if it was straight from Rockstar Games to them, however that does not rule Euphoria out as of yet. It probably is there anyway, and if so, there's a good chance R* won't mention it anywhere leading up to release, unless of course they're asked about it. So far when they talked about technologies in GTA IV they emphasized a lot on their "proprietary" software from R* San Diego. Euphoria or not, we will see what Euphoria offer to games DURING GAMEPLAY: Dynamic Animations. Dan Houser made clear that will be in there, and will look less "canned". Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4265097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiShMaStEr Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 Yeah thats the magazine, wicked poster in the middle. Would've read into it a bit deeper but the newsagent owner doesn't like people reading magazines, especially me. He knows I read them for what I want then leave. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4265545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriaan Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 So can we safely say then that there's nothing new / interesting at all further? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4265556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta-guru Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 (edited) YaY euphoria Edited May 30, 2007 by gta-guru Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4265812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
parry Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Euphoria is confirmed Thanks for this FiShMaStEr & truthspitta Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4265839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singey Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 All this euphoria business is doing my head in, im caught in two minds as to whether to cheer with enjoyment or cry in despair. I will be bitterly dissapointed if euphoria is not incorporated into IV, cause the possibilities are endless and it would such a better game. I feel that R* idea to make the game animations seem 'less canned' worries me, as it translates as 'not as many canned animations' but there's possibly still some there. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4265846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Was at the shops getting a present and saw this magazine in the newsagency, checked it out quick nothing new image wise, same crap as before and what seemed to be the same demo so didn't bother buying it. But seriously, nice job on the new info. Good to see euphoria be confirmed finally. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4266039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raidenraider2006 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 i'll buy the magazine tomorrow when it comes out i'll upload it on my site 2moro. http://mattyblog.cookynet.com Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4266061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriaan Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Damn... do you fly all over to world to get magazines, lol ? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4266074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
K4miL Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Damn... do you fly all over to world to get magazines, lol ? or he has many connections... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4266139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raidenraider2006 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I have a few contacts around the world Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4266149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioshenka Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I have a few contacts around the world bloody mafia! im am so happy Euphoria is confirmed )) can wait to crash the car into a wall Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4266170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
million-2-1 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I feel that R* idea to make the game animations seem 'less canned' worries me, as it translates as 'not as many canned animations' but there's possibly still some there. I think what he meant buy 'less canned' was, like, in real life, if you throw a ball twice the same way, the same speed and velocity, it's gonna look identical, because nothing changed. But in real life it's near impossible to do something the exact same way twice. But video games are different, you can do something the same way twice, all you're doing is mashing a button. So I think he meant that it's impossible to have everything 'uncanned' in a game. But I'm really just talking out of my gra$$ right now. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4266379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statixx Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 This is such awesome news, I can just imagine blowing people away with a shotgun Hurry the f*ck up October >:] Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4266591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Criminal Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 This is such awesome news, I can just imagine blowing people away with a shotgun Hurry the f*ck up October >:] You make me sick... but the chainsaw will be better Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4267260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helsinki Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Was at the shops getting a present and saw this magazine in the newsagency, checked it out quick nothing new image wise, same crap as before and what seemed to be the same demo so didn't bother buying it. But seriously, nice job on the new info. Good to see euphoria be confirmed finally. I don't get it. What's with the picture? Thanks for the info, OP. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4267299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioshenka Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Was at the shops getting a present and saw this magazine in the newsagency, checked it out quick nothing new image wise, same crap as before and what seemed to be the same demo so didn't bother buying it. But seriously, nice job on the new info. Good to see euphoria be confirmed finally. I don't get it. What's with the picture? Thanks for the info, OP. hasnt not that guy just bitchslapped him? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4267614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthspitta Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Just flicking through the mag and I noticed on the 'In the next issue' section, they have a picture of Niko and the words "Video Blowout - GTAIV, Bioshock and more!" referring to the disc that comes with the next issue of the mag. (obviously... ) Can anyone with "connections" clarify whether this "video blowout" is going to be anything new or are they just going to burn the trailer to disc? I'm pretty sure everyone here has already burned the trailer into their retinas, so I'm hoping for something new. Maybe R* will record the demo and distribute it to mag companies so the fans can dissect it... There is always hope. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4278417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGanteks Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 it can be one of these things: 15 minutes of demo everybody saw trailer 1 trailer 2 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4278539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0_Lostboy_0 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Is this magazine in stores? No one has scans yet? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4282797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raidenraider2006 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 im definately getting scans very soon from my new australian contact if u wana apply 2 be a contact apply here http://mattyblog.cookynet.com my australian contact did it the very same way Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4282830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0_Lostboy_0 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 ooo... awesome! thank you Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4282866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0_Lostboy_0 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Those scans are really tiny... anyone have any readable scans? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4293360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uzi 9mm Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Another magazine said how walking on different materials will cause realistic effects, like walking on soft cement caused the players feet to sink in it making a slushing noise, this is the type of stuff euphoria allows so I would say it's certain that GTA will use it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4293837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raidenraider2006 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 High Resolution Scans of the Australian Xbox 360 Magazine available here http://mattyblog.cookynet.com Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4297405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0_Lostboy_0 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Thank you very much! So it looks like they do confirm Euphoria! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4297804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike0 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Its a dam shame that they have to admit they are using it. Their PR team is a mess:) But thats good old Rockstar. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279849-xbox-360-australia/?do=findComment&comment=4299222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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