No diving? No underwater? Noooo...

[err0rz0n]

 

It didn't last too long, however, as Niko whipped out his rocket launcher and proceeded to take aim at a passing cabin cruiser. After the first couple of shots missed, Niko aimed straight ahead - and clipped the rocket against his own boat's control panel, sending him flying as it exploded. Lucky for Niko, he can swim. He won't be able to go underwater, like in San Andreas, but being confined to the surface is still better than drowning instantly.

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[Azzerwazzer]

so...

[KTR]

Going underwater was pointless in SA, and there was like one mission that required you to go underwater.

[WhittyC]

Going underwater was pointless in SA, and there was like one mission that required you to go underwater.

Yeah, but I still thought it was fun.

[dragonrock]

 

Going underwater was pointless in SA, and there was like one mission that required you to go underwater.

And it wasn't really that fun. I thought underwater was kind of scary at times.

 

OMGZ YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT FOR THE SPOTLIGHTS

 

Plus, without the underground landscape, it saves space on the disk for better stuff.

Edited January 24, 2008 by dragonrock

[matt11504]

but i liked seeing all the fish, the dolphin, the jellyfish, and the starfish.

oh well IV will still be a great game

[tinman187]

Goin underwater was cool, but it was kinda pointless. All u needed it for was that mission in San Fierro, and gettin all them annoying oysters. Like someone said earlier, it saves disk space, im sure people will forget about it as soon as they play the game.

[matt_hrkac]

so... who cares?

[Simseth]

 

so... who cares?

Many people care.

 

I thought going underwater was cool in San Andreas, sure it may have been useless, but it gave me a huge sense of freedom, and I liked to roleplay going way out in the ocean than going snorkling and seeing schools of fish and such, a break from all the city-gangbanging life. This is very disappointing.

 

What if your car falls into the water? Will it just float on the surface of the water unrealistically? Or will you die like in GTA3, VC, and LCS?

 

Wouldn't it be cool to just dive into the water so you can easily lose the cops?

 

And the uses go on, so I take back what I said earlier, it's not useless at all. f*ck missions+underwater, GTA was made for freeeroam, with a storyadded to it.

[ceedot]

What about when your car goes in the water? What happens? Do you die? Does it auto get out for you?

What happens with that?

[nlitement]

What about when your car goes in the water? What happens? Do you die? Does it auto get out for you?

What happens with that?

HAHA, owned.

 

f*ck you, GamesRadar.

[matt_hrkac]

 

so... who cares?

Many people care.

 

I thought going underwater was cool in San Andreas, sure it may have been useless, but it gave me a huge sense of freedom, and I liked to roleplay going way out in the ocean than going snorkling and seeing schools of fish and such, a break from all the city-gangbanging life. This is very disappointing.

 

What if your car falls into the water? Will it just float on the surface of the water unrealistically? Or will you die like in GTA3, VC, and LCS?

 

Wouldn't it be cool to just dive into the water so you can easily lose the cops?

 

And the uses go on, so I take back what I said earlier, it's not useless at all. f*ck missions+underwater, GTA was made for freeeroam, with a storyadded to it.

in the first paragraph you said you like to roleplay going way out in the ocean this is a pony farm crime game not a rolplaying game

 

if your car fell into the water yes it would be cool if you could acturaly get out and swim around as you did Sanandreas as well as jumping into the water to loose the cops but you forgot about the water patroles bullets could still go through the water and possibly kill you.

Edited January 24, 2008 by matt_hrkac

[Simseth]

so... who cares?

Many people care.

 

I thought going underwater was cool in San Andreas, sure it may have been useless, but it gave me a huge sense of freedom, and I liked to roleplay going way out in the ocean than going snorkling and seeing schools of fish and such, a break from all the city-gangbanging life. This is very disappointing.

 

What if your car falls into the water? Will it just float on the surface of the water unrealistically? Or will you die like in GTA3, VC, and LCS?

 

Wouldn't it be cool to just dive into the water so you can easily lose the cops?

 

And the uses go on, so I take back what I said earlier, it's not useless at all. f*ck missions+underwater, GTA was made for freeeroam, with a storyadded to it.

in the first paragraph you said you like to roleplay going way out in the ocean this is a pony farm crime game not a rolplaying game

 

if your car fell into the water yes it would be cool if you could acturaly get out and swim around as you did Sanandreas as well as jumping into the water to loose the cops but you forgot about the water patroles bullets could still go through the water and possibly kill you.

But they can't see through the horrible polluted new york water.

[Simseth]

What about when your car goes in the water? What happens? Do you die? Does it auto get out for you?

What happens with that?

Dude, my post just asked that.

[NintendoFanboy]

What about when your car goes in the water? What happens? Do you die? Does it auto get out for you?

What happens with that?

I was wondering the same thing. I might automatically take you out of the car and leave you at the surface of the water, but that animation would look really weird and out of place. In SR whenever your in water, if you press the y button the game automatically puts you back on land, so maybe this is what happens in IV?

[DemonKing]

Rockstar are starting to cut out all the stuff that made San Andreas kick ass, which is a shame.

[NintendoFanboy]

Rockstar are starting to cut out all the stuff that made San Andreas kick ass, which is a shame.

Their also adding stuff that SA didn't have.

[Algonquin Assassin]

Rockstar are starting to cut out all the stuff that made San Andreas kick ass, which is a shame.

Their also adding stuff that SA didn't have.

Yep.

 

Ummm don't know about anyone else, but I don't find the "underwater world" that exciting.

 

 

[Rick88]

Going underwater was cool, it was useful when trying to escape the cops and for that mission. But other than that, it was mostly pointless. Oh well, I won't really miss it, like the guy above me said, GTA IV is adding a bunch of other things. Playing darts FTW.

[krashdown]

 

What about when your car goes in the water? What happens? Do you die? Does it auto get out for you?

What happens with that?

I'll be sure to try when i get the game its usally one of the first things i do

[matt_hrkac]

so... who cares?

Many people care.

 

I thought going underwater was cool in San Andreas, sure it may have been useless, but it gave me a huge sense of freedom, and I liked to roleplay going way out in the ocean than going snorkling and seeing schools of fish and such, a break from all the city-gangbanging life. This is very disappointing.

 

What if your car falls into the water? Will it just float on the surface of the water unrealistically? Or will you die like in GTA3, VC, and LCS?

 

Wouldn't it be cool to just dive into the water so you can easily lose the cops?

 

And the uses go on, so I take back what I said earlier, it's not useless at all. f*ck missions+underwater, GTA was made for freeeroam, with a storyadded to it.

in the first paragraph you said you like to roleplay going way out in the ocean this is a pony farm crime game not a rolplaying game

 

if your car fell into the water yes it would be cool if you could acturaly get out and swim around as you did Sanandreas as well as jumping into the water to loose the cops but you forgot about the water patroles bullets could still go through the water and possibly kill you.

But they can't see through the horrible polluted new york water.

good point and why would you swim down into the depths of the poluted water?

[technomm]

 

Going underwater was pointless in SA, and there was like one mission that required you to go underwater.

So by your logic that every aspect of the game that doesn't aim to improve the gameplay seriously and forces your hand to use those particular features in various missions should be taken away anyways.

gyms,eating (restaurants etc),clothing,prostitutes,planes,Heli's ,bicycles,countrysides,estates,radio,music... to name a few fun things, were all pointless features.And what we'll have in the end is a pretty stripped down version of GTA:SA and Vice City namely GTA IV.

and yes i know they're adding a bunch of so-called new features to the game though not to my own desire.

Honestly this game won't be as huge(at least for me).

[Darrel]

Better question if this true. What would happen if you were to jump of Broker bridge in to the water? becasue obviously you'd go under water from the impact. I'm guessing Niko automatically swims to the surface and that's fine by me.

[LCM]

Meh, to hell with diving.

 

Keep diving for Tomb Raider and such - games that really need it, not GTA.

[*MURDOC*]

Hey, at least youre able to swim, so you know theyre not going for complete realism.

 

In reality, that is some water you dont want to f*ck around with.

[Azzerwazzer]

Going underwater was pointless in SA, and there was like one mission that required you to go underwater.

So by your logic that every aspect of the game that doesn't aim to improve the gameplay seriously and forces your hand to use those particular features in various missions should be taken away anyways.

gyms,eating (restaurants etc),clothing,prostitutes,planes,Heli's ,bicycles,countrysides,estates,radio,music... to name a few fun things, were all pointless features.And what we'll have in the end is a pretty stripped down version of GTA:SA and Vice City namely GTA IV.

and yes i know they're adding a bunch of so-called new features to the game though not to my own desire.

Honestly this game won't be as huge(at least for me).

i liked the contryside in SA.. it was nicer to look at than the city's ...

 

lol to MURDOC

 

i just really can't see the point in it apart from making it 1000000x harder to fing hidden/collectable stuff (if they have that obviously)

[reaper x550]

To sum up my feelings on swimming underwater:

 

I didn't buy Grand Theft Auto to swim.

[GTASIX]

To sum up my feelings on swimming underwater:

 

I didn't buy Grand Theft Auto to swim.

 

It would be good if you could swim underwater but it isnt needed for anything.

[AZAZEL]

Swimming underwater in SA was frikin' tedious. Glad they took it out.

[XIDESIGN]

How more options how better, sad thing to read that you wont be able to dive.. But are you able to swim like what happends when you fell into the water? Do you get like transported back to land or something like in Saints Row, push a button to get back on land.