Of the seven modes that will be available, we had to opportunity to test out two of them: Liberty City Survivor and Get Stretched. Liberty City Survivor is essentially deathmatch, available in both every man for himself and team modes, where players select from the different player skins and run around picking up power-ups, shooting at each other, and getting in the various cars to run each other over. Like in the single-player game, there are plenty of civilians driving around, giving you a good number of vehicles to hijack. Naturally, the bullet-proof vest power-ups are extremely valuable when it comes down to a head-to-head face-off.
The other mode we tried, Get Stretched, is essentially GTA's version of capture-the-flag, but with limousines instead of flags. Each of two teams tries to get to a limo in the opposing team's base, and then drive it back to their own base. If the other team has your limo, you will not be able to deliver theirs to your base, and if you damage the limo enough (such as flipping it over -- as we did in one unfortunate incident), it will reset back at the original team's base. Get Stretched was the highlight of our time with the multiplayer, since it provides an excellent sense of teamwork and doesn't rely as heavily on twitch shooting movements.
