GTA IV: subway map, PS3 controls revealed
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Mar 26th 2008 at 12:15PM }
The news keeps leaking out of Rockstar today. Images of Liberty City's surprisingly complex subway system have been found at GTAGaming.com. While it doesn't come close to matching the true depth of NYC's real world subway, Rockstar clearly goes beyond any effort in the gaming world to date. Even lesser known NYC locales, like Roosevelt Island, get a treatment in this faux recreation of the Big Apple.
It doesn't take much to imagine the scale of GTA IV. Simply think of all the blocks, buildings and landmarks that fit within this map. It boggles the mind, and makes us wonder if anyone will be playing anything but GTA in the months following its release.
[Thanks, Neil C.!]
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adolson @ Mar 26th 2008 12:31PM
Well, I can assure you that I will be playing Haze in the months after GTAIV's release... Never got into the GTA series after the second one back in the day.
TinyTim121 @ Mar 26th 2008 12:31PM
Brilliant find!
Cannot wait for this game!
bigd7387 @ Mar 26th 2008 12:33PM
Looks good. But did I miss something, where is the information about the PS3 controls? Anyone know?
bigd7387 @ Mar 26th 2008 12:35PM
Sorry to bother. I see the controls on the map.
Relaxiknowarchie @ Mar 26th 2008 12:43PM
just think a few short weeks away...... Productivity of the world with drop exponentially with the release of GTA..... I know I have banked a few vacation days for the release date.
Just hope Amazon doesn't back-order GTA as long as it did Burnout Paradise for me.
A person @ Mar 26th 2008 12:54PM
I'll be playing other games....
Riley Freeman @ Mar 26th 2008 1:00PM
the question is are they going to print enough copies i see this clearly being sold out across major areas
VeganTnT @ Mar 26th 2008 1:27PM
I think they will print enough... I mean, the map has been included with all the games (ps2, xbox, psp) since GTA III
fatherb @ Mar 26th 2008 5:33PM
I think he was refering to the game itself not the map.
John Benoit @ Mar 26th 2008 5:42PM
If I could get past the mindless killing, drugs and whatnot, this sounds like it could be an amazing game. Should it turn out that GTA develops a real storyline this time with some deeper meaning, I might just have to try it. Until then, I'll stick with COD and Haze, if it's out.
Dan Davis @ Mar 26th 2008 1:05PM
I'm kinda disappointed that the game is going to have such a large scope. This was my only problem with San Andreas... it was too damn big! I remember reading an article by Rockstar back in the day stating that GTAIV wouldn't be so big it intimidated players. Oh well.
madgunde @ Mar 26th 2008 1:16PM
The way the GTA games usually work, they limit where you can go (or where you need to go) at first until you get further along into the game, then open it up over time. Shouldn't be intimidating as long as it's managed well. Besides, everywhere you need to go is clearly marked on the map, so it's not like you can get lost, unless you don't know how to read a map...
Christian Ortega @ Mar 26th 2008 2:56PM
What maked San andreas map so frustrating to me was the whole bunch of country side, the city is a much easier map to navigate
drdre74 @ Mar 26th 2008 1:18PM
well I'll be cancelling my gamefly account when this comes out since I won't be playing anything else until MGS4 hits in June. So between those two games there is no need to pay for other games Im not going to have time to play. Bring on April 29th!!!
SUPER DESU @ Mar 26th 2008 1:32PM
Uhhg, they've got the control config setup with the accelerate/brake buttons on the shoulder keys, probably because the 360 only has 2 analogue buttons.
Changing controls back to the old PS2 config is so tiresome, and I hope I can use the analogue buttons.
x silence x @ Mar 26th 2008 1:46PM
That will make drive by shooting kinda hard won't it?
TinyTim121 @ Mar 26th 2008 5:56PM
Yeah i can't stand shoulder button for driving. I had to change it for motorstorm
I hope to be able to use the classic X accelerate and square to brake/reverse.
I wonder if motion sensing will be used for stuff. Like i dunno, for driving or a mini-game for one of the entertainment places
davebo @ Mar 26th 2008 2:06PM
It's gonna be hard walking away from the GTA:SA SZR server I play on, but this game is going to be incredible. I'm already looking forward to replaying it with good controls on the PC, and hopefully user created mods after that.
xPAULIEx @ Mar 26th 2008 2:09PM
Hey bigd7387,
If you actually click on the picture it brings up a bunch of other views of the map and shows closeups of everything including the controls for PS3. Hope this helps
Riley Freeman @ Mar 26th 2008 2:57PM
not the maps the games enough to have soldo ut signs on the large retailers
nimer_55 @ Mar 27th 2008 1:04AM
i hope they let u change the controls cause shooting with r2... not for me...
some people like it, on the 360 it works good,, but on the ps3 it dosent... and i know reviews are gonna take marks off of the ps3 version for that....
but i dont really care about that.,,, what i care about is how horrible its gonna play....
TriFF51 @ Mar 26th 2008 10:29PM
omg haha, today me and some of my friends were walking around Roosevelt Island, and i swear to god we started talking about GTA4 and I was saying how it would be cool if they could even get this accurrate....then i saw this and called em all lol.