What's your take on the latest GTA IV trailer?

[crazyjackcsa]

Take 1: Looks good, however the animation on the characters is weak at best.
Take 2: If you just hit enter instead of chosing your birthday will play the video... talk about lip service to protecting the youth...

[heybtbm]

True, but GTA games have always had pretty ugly graphics.

If the characters have individual digits on each hand, I'll be happy. The GTA "mitten hands" need to stay in the last generation.

[AMG]

I get more excited to play this game every time I see a new trailer. This one is no different.

[DeputyMoniker]

Once again, Rockstar makes a trailer that is seriously Hollywood worthy.

You think so? New gangster on the block with no compelling reason to root for him. Yeah, I guess that's Hollywood. I'd have liked to have seen a synopsis...maybe something that sets this protagonist apart from the others. New guy getting pushed around and learning to be hardcore. I'm tired of that story. I'm a little bias though, I'm not a GTA or Rockstar fan so I always have that "What's so good about it?" chip on my shoulder.
Visuals: Meh.
Characters: Less than meh.
Story: There wasn't one so meh.
It seems like every game after 3 has been an expansion pack. The trailer didn't tell me anything I didn't already expect but I'm not a part of their demographic so I may have missed the new gun.
So the view from an outsider: It didn't excite me at all.
I hope you guys enjoy it though.

[monkeysuit]

You think so? New gangster on the block with no compelling reason to root for him.

I do think so. When I said that it was "Hollywood like" I was speaking specifically about the cinematography in the ad. To me, the GTA trailers have always come the closest to giving me that "movie-like" advertisement feel.

New guy getting pushed around and learning to be hardcore.

Also, judging from what you think the story is about, I'd say the trailer did it's job. A new guy coming over and moving up in the American crime world is what the GTA games are going for now. I don't think they should just throw every little detail at you in a two minute trailer.