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Rockstar Explains GTA IV Multiplayer - Kotaku

Kotaku writes:

"Fortunately, Rockstar must have realized that they left something out in their instruction manual because they've recently published a PDF dedicated just to multiplayer gaming.

The guide is filled with interesting tips and info. For instance, they explain how Party Mode work, something that has been driving me crazy since the launch. Turns out that when playing team modes, the game tries to find a similarly sized party to match you up with. In competitive modes it just fills up the slots with people and gets you going.

There are also plenty of usefull tips in the guide, like using blip settings to tweak your difficulty setting, and how auto-aim is an "awesome feature" that is often misunderstood and absolutely doesn't level the playing field."

Hit the jump for the full guide.
Superfragilistic - contributor
Published: 598 days 1 hour ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Dev News
 
 

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Lord Vader - 598 days ago
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good stuff.
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Drekken - 598 days ago
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auto aim is for noob casuals. Especially autoaim like GTA. I didnt especially hate Warhawks aim system cause it still took skill. GTA auto aim lets you kill carloads as they pass in seconds. I dont play games to hone my skills only to get owned by some noob that is using auto aim. I hate autoaim and it makes me sick to hear R* defend it.
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socomnick - 598 days ago
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Yea I completely agree. Rockstar fails at making a multiplayer game the horrible way its incorporated into gta 4 is a shame. Autoaim is just the thing that made me rage and refuse to ever touch gta 4 online ever. Take autoaim off rockstar you stupid noobs.
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Scar 360WA - 597 days 23 hours ago
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It doesnt bother me if auto aim is on, though I do prefer having it off. What bugs me is people that try and tell a host how to run a room. If you don't like the options in a room find another.

@socom. Find a room that doesnt have auto aim on. Its not very hard.
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Jack Meahoffer - 597 days 19 hours ago
2.3 - It's optional turn it off if you don't like it...
and if you have skill you can headshot the noobs before his body shots kill you. Stop whining and get some skill.
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Drekken - 597 days 8 hours ago
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Jack,
If R* gave me the option to HOST a game and not just hope to host, then you would NEVER hear me complain. But they dont... I join room after room filled with autoaim noob hosts hoping that I find a good one, or actually host myself.

Best time I had online was hosting my own game.
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OOG - 597 days 23 hours ago
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yea auto aim blows.....the crappy thing is half the time you get in rooms with people they are so stupid and dont know how to set up a proper game and drives me crazyyy
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KidMakeshift - 597 days 22 hours ago
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the multiplayer is kinda boring to be honest. Saint's Row's multiplayer is the exact same thing except it had confined maps, which was for the better. In GTA4, players are all over the map
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Jack Meahoffer - 597 days 19 hours ago
4.1 - Its call host settings... Learn to use them
You can confine the map in many ways.
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addic - 597 days 22 hours ago
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look at the game mode descriptions: there you can read "ranked games".

in the ps3 version of the game there is definitely no special "ranked games" mode or option! what are they talking about? didnt they play their own game?
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