An article with MTV Multiplayer discussed music being on foot in GTA IV, a feature which was in the game, at one stage until it was taken out for the final version.
Instead, Niko can only listen to music in cars and a few buildings, pretty much the “GTA” franchise norm. So why did Rockstar keep it that way? Here’s what they told us…
“Some people on the team didn’t like the music/mobile phone idea for various reasons, but they went back and forth on the idea until the very end,” Rockstar spokesperson Darlan Monterisi explained in an e-mail on Tuesday. “This is VERY common. We do it in every game we make. We still prefer the balance of music in car and the ambient world’s noise on foot, but we are constantly reviewing this stuff.”
You can read the full article here.
“Some people on the team didn’t like the music/mobile phone idea for various reasons, but they went back and forth on the idea until the very end,” Rockstar spokesperson Darlan Monterisi explained in an e-mail on Tuesday. “This is VERY common. We do it in every game we make. We still prefer the balance of music in car and the ambient world’s noise on foot, but we are constantly reviewing this stuff.”