GTA IV trailer: The Shed speaks!

^ GTA IV's protagonist suggest that Rockstar may be
giving us another rags to riches story as this fella's fresh
off the boat and out to begin anew. He does lack the charisma of previous GTA anti- heroes, so maybe we're being a bit hasty in thinking this is the guy we'll be playing as.

Millions of rumours and speculations have been circulating about what shape GTA IV will take. London? Tokyo? Chicago? THE WHOLE WORLD? It's been a long time coming but Rockstar have finally got round to releasing some details on GTA IV. The hotly anticipated trailer has had Rockstar's servers melting over the last 24 hours with rabid gamers desperate to get a glimpse of the biggest game of this year.
The Shed mentioned that Rockstar said the GTA IV trailer would offer an in-depth look at the game but unfortunately we were wrong. What it does give us is something to foam at the mouth about as well as a wee taster of what the game will look like.

Depicting what looks exactly like New York, with familiar famous landmarks like the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building and Brooklyn Bridge GTA IV will either take place back in an expanded, more detailed Liberty City or real life New York. In either case, colour us mildly disappointed. We hoped that Rockstar would have made an effort to fabricate something entirely new and original, after all we have been to Liberty City twice now (three times if you include the brief sojourn to LC in San Andreas).

Visual clues suggest that the game will retain the unique brand of tongue-in-cheek humour that the series is famous for, ads for Sprunk and Clucking Bell join the huge 'Getalife' building in the trailer being prime examples. These clues may also offer insights into how the game will unfold. 'Getalife' could be construed as a mission statement since GTA's new protagonist is an Eastern European immigrant fresh off the boat, starting with nothing, coming to the land of opportunity to make his fortune. Could be interesting.

New York or Liberty City, GTA IV's new world looks solid and well-realised, looking like a well established, more densely populated urban maze. GTA IV looks like it is set in a real city, taking a small step away from the stylised cities of previous instalments.

Just remember that all is not always as it seems when it comes to Rockstar's games and there may be a lot more to GTA IV than this first trailer suggests. The Shed wouldn't spit coffee across the room in surprise if the uber-developers threw a curve ball in the coming months with new conflicting follow-up details to confound and confuse us all. Presently, we remain a tad underwhelmed but ever optimistic that Rockstar will blow us away when GTA IV blooms into full fruition when it hits the shelves of local game emporiums everywhere. Until then we pray that "Things will be different." Just watch the trailer and decide for yourslves and for the love of God, lets us know what you think!