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Also known as: GTA IV, GTA 4, Grand Theft Auto 4

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Grand Theft Auto IV - updated impressions

New key gameplay details revealed in our most thorough look at the car-crime epic yet

Words: Mikel Reparaz, GamesRadar US

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Once you're on your way, you can sit and look at the cab's interior, watching the cabbie and the passing scenery as you listen to the radio, which you'll apparently be able to control. You'll also be able to switch your view, picking from a helicopter's-eye perspective, a close-up of Niko's face, a first-person view from the car's hood or just the slightly left-of-center third-person view that's now the default camera angle when driving. Or you can just hit the "Trip Skip" button if you don't want to sit around. Whichever.

Niko's mission-in-progress for the demo was to pull off a hit for a corrupt cop named Frank McReary, who's being squeezed by a crusading lawyer named Goldberg. Unfortunately for Niko, Goldberg can't just be popped with a sniper rifle - McReary wants the files he keeps in his desk, too. So to do the hit right, Niko needs to get access to Goldberg's heavily secured office, which means Niko has to get creative. More specifically, Niko has to get a job interview.

So here's how it goes down: GTA IV actually has an in-game internet, which you'll be able to access and freely browse from any in-game computer. After telling the cabbie to take him to an internet café (straight-facedly called "tw@"), Niko strolls in, finds the law firm's website and uses their "jobs" section to submit a faked-up résumé (which - in its as-yet-unfinalized state - includes work for the law firm of Bellic & Bellic, as well as an internship for the Balkan Peace Force).

In the final game, you'll then need to wait for at least a few days, going about your normal business while you wait for a call back. In the demo, however, the call came immediately, with Goldberg's secretary asking Niko to come in at noon for an interview. Score! Niko immediately calls McReary on his cell to let him know that the gears are in motion - at which point McReary orders Niko to meet him at the waterfront, where he'll have to shove his way past assorted passersby (all of whom get pissed off at being pushed aside) and look for the big glowing marker that usually triggers GTA cutscenes.