Gaming GTA Chinatown Wars graphics

[VmprHntrD]

Yes those are shots of Driver 3 for the GBA as I said in my post.

The reason I put those there is to show that something vastly many times less powerful and not intended at all to do 3D was able to pull off stuff like: 3D buildings (many), multiple polygonal cars and people, super basic shadows, and while the shots don't show it the FPS is adequate and the audio is impressive enough too.

Given what I saw from that game trying to be a wannabe GTA3 on the GBA the DS should easily handle a much larger and more fleshed out environment in 3D too.

 

[Raestloz]

but still, NDS can't play GBA games without expansion memory. I hope GTA doesn't need an Expansion Memory, as I can't afford to buy one

Till this day I can't understand why the built in memory of NDS isn't enough to run GBA games

anybody can tell me?

P.S: that Driver 3, it's form GBA, yes? I think GTA will be alot better than it, or at least, I hope

Huh? No it doesn't. The DS doesn't need any extra memory to play GBA games.

GBA games just don't work from Slot-1 because the hardware needed is in Slot-2, iirc.

Really, I'm relieved, in my first days being GBATemper, I heard that Slot-1 Flashcarts can't play GBA Games because NDS has less built-in RAM than GBA, and I kept thinking that way

Edit: look at the second screenshot of Driver 3, I think it's Phoenix from GTA, beside it is Rumpo, and the scene looks like Vice City's Downtown from afar.

I'm really optimistic about GTA:Chinatown Wars now.

Speaking about which, I think GTA:Chinatown Wars will be like GTA:Liberty City/Vice City Stories. The subtitles are the same, as Liberty City Stories doesn't point about the Liberty City, but more on the events that happened in Liberty City. I think it's the same with Chinatown Wars

 

[GeekyGuy]

Speaking about which, I think GTA:Chinatown Wars will be like GTA:Liberty City/Vice City Stories. The subtitles are the same, as Liberty City Stories doesn't point about the Liberty City, but more on the events that happened in Liberty City. I think it's the same with Chinatown Wars

Well, there's already a small blurb on Wikipedia about the game, though of course, no telling how accurate that information is. I don't even know where someone would get any info about the game already, unless it was an inside source who posted. Nonetheless, it says something about taking place in Liberty City (who'da thunk it) and the story focusing on "Triad crime syndicates."

 

[Shabadage]

Don't forget about Payback for the GBA, definitely a technical marvel!
Also Driv3r in motion.

 

[Acheron]

i really hope this turns out to be like GTA2, i just dont think the DS can pull of a 3d GTA properly. meh, surprise me.

 

[VmprHntrD]

Sorry but the draw distance and motion of the GBA Driver 3 up there proves you wrong the DS couldn't handle some full 3D 3rd person form of GTA.

While the draw distance is fairly close and pops in on the GBA it works, ugly but works, and the smoothness is definitely there even with all the cars and people on screen. Figuring the notably larger cpu horsepower, better ram (and more of it), the ability to dedicate audio easier in the chipset to the sub processor and more leaves plenty of room to make a fluid well viewed and playable environment.

I just hope they do it as such and don't just do it like GTA Advance which would be very lowball and cheapo to do just to prove everyone wrong.

 

[Trippy]

Of course it should look way better than driver 3. I mean wasn't driver 3 done in software and with no hardware acceleration? I don't recall of the gba having any 3d hardware at least.

 

[VmprHntrD]

Yah it's entirely in software using a very well made engine considering the limitations.

 

[Raestloz]

Maybe they'll keep the draw distance like that but improve the graphic quality, and maybe some decent shadows, that would be fine.

The problem is the touchscreen, what will it do? GTA to this day never used a feature of sorts. if the game screen is touchscreen, I wonder what will stylus for?

 

[Deleted-119707]

maybe they might be bringing out a slot 2 ram cart... that would improve alot...
or a graphics slot 2 card? *still wishes*

 

[pasc]

Yes those are shots of Driver 3 for the GBA as I said in my post.

The reason I put those there is to show that something vastly many times less powerful and not intended at all to do 3D was able to pull off stuff like: 3D buildings (many), multiple polygonal cars and people, super basic shadows, and while the shots don't show it the FPS is adequate and the audio is impressive enough too.

Given what I saw from that game trying to be a wannabe GTA3 on the GBA the DS should easily handle a much larger and more fleshed out environment in 3D too.

Actually the cars are sprites

 

[Raestloz]

I think not, as the cars seem to be a model file. Usually a sprite is not 360 degree, since sprites are actually 2D, aren't they?

 

[GeekyGuy]

Actually the cars are sprites

If those are sprites (referring to Driv3r), then that's even more impressive, because I was sure fooled into thinking the vehicles were polygons.

On a slightly different topic, for shits and giggles I tried out Homie Rollerz, and it actually does use sprites over 3D backgrounds...OMG it's bad...so, so bad!

I just don't know what all the fuss is about, though, with Chinatown Wars being a 3D game. I see no problem with it. There are so many ways to capture the essence of a game without completely copying every element of its visual style. I don't need a huge draw distance, nor tons of pedestrians on screen at a given time. If R* wants to make the game fully three-dimensional, they can do it and do it well. Of course, should they opt for 3D models over 2D backgrounds, they could probably go nuts, and that would be interesting to see.

 

[hova1]

maybe they might be bringing out a slot 2 ram cart... that would improve alot...
or a graphics slot 2 card? *still wishes*

that's what i thought just now. maybe they ship it with a RAM expansion cart for the slot-2, like they did with the Opera browser. that would eliminate piracy too. most people don't have a slot-2 flashcard

 

[pasc]

I think not, as the cars seem to be a model file. Usually a sprite is not 360 degree, since sprites are actually 2D, aren't they?

Trust me bud, I played this game alot, and I know when I see a sprite, you can walk around a car, and you will see how it suddenly switches views.

Anyways, I kinda like that more than having Polygon cars everywhere and a horrible framerate, I got absolutely no problem with that.

and irpcacynot, I agree with you on that, Pocketeers have a wonderful engine, h.a.n.d can do wonderful stuff too, and Rockstargames, well, just Rocks. This should at worst be a decent and at best be a fun game.

About that Ram Pak talked about so often:

It would MAX be able to expand the RAM for textures and thats about it, there is NO WAY they could cram a actual processor in there. I for myself would want R* Games to make a GTA in 3rd Person 3D WITHOUT anything extra required.

 

[Gerinych]

I just found this video on Youtube, it shows a screen on GTA Chinatown Wars. I can't know for sure though, as it looks fake, the top screen looks awful like GTAIII with top-down view on, and I never saw the map on the bottom screen before, my guess it's from GTAIV, which I don't have. Judge for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhbXXacnrc4

 

[hova1]

I just found this video on Youtube, it shows a screen on GTA Chinatown Wars. I can't know for sure though, as it looks fake, the top screen looks awful like GTAIII with top-down view on, and I never saw the map on the bottom screen before, my guess it's from GTAIV, which I don't have. Judge for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhbXXacnrc4

that's the topdown view of GTAIII

 

[Raestloz]

I think not, as the cars seem to be a model file. Usually a sprite is not 360 degree, since sprites are actually 2D, aren't they?

Trust me bud, I played this game alot, and I know when I see a sprite, you can walk around a car, and you will see how it suddenly switches views.

That's a sure way to tell the cars are sprites, hell, the screen doesn't flip the view, I can't tell

 

[vaan661]

Hey it would be cool if the game had good graphics as transformers for ds

 

[GeekyGuy]

I just found this video on Youtube, it shows a screen on GTA Chinatown Wars. I can't know for sure though, as it looks fake, the top screen looks awful like GTAIII with top-down view on, and I never saw the map on the bottom screen before, my guess it's from GTAIV, which I don't have. Judge for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhbXXacnrc4

that's the topdown view of GTAIII

Yeah, Youtube is already populated with so much funny shit related to this game. Just caught a video of some little pip-sqeak (probably about 10 or 11-years old) airing out his concerns about the game.

Funny shit!