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GTA IV review
03-30-14 09:40 AM
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Grand Theft Auto IV. From this instalment on, things got a lot more cynical and serious. The satire and the dark humour is still there, but the craziness is gone. No skydiving, no stealing jets from military bases in the desert, and no more getting fat after too many pizzas from the Well-Stacked Pizza Parlor. GTA IV has a much more serious tone. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The Graphics The Sound The Addictiveness The Story The Depth
But I, too, have to jump on the bandwagon here, and speak my mind like a lot of disappointed fans had to at the time. There’s no customizing vehicles in this game, like in San Andreas. And that is pretty disappointing. What I also found a little aggravating was collecting GTA IV’s hidden packages. Every GTA game had different hidden packages to find. GTA III had contraband for you to find, Vice City had exotic tiki statues, and San Andreas did it differently, with placing graffiti tags around the map. GTA IV’s version of hidden packages are pigeons you have to shoot. Shooting these is funny the first ten times, but after that, it just becomes a chore. The only real reward you get after you find all these pigeons, is a combat helicopter. You get no rewards mid-way, like the previous games did. In GTA III and Vice City, finding so many hidden packages rewarded you, with a pistol at your safehouse, or a bodyguard you could call. It’s quite disappointing. Still, you’re bound to have a great time playing through GTA IV, and its online function. There are still people playing it online, you know. Great fun! The Difficulty
GTA IV was, and still is amazing. So maybe you can’t customize your cars anymore. That’s not really a big deal. What GTA IV gave us was something different. Something entirely new. Niko is an amazing main character, the city looks breathtaking, the story is really well-written, etc. If you haven’t played GTA IVyet, for some reason, you need to at least try it out. It’s brilliant. Pros: - Niko is a brilliant main character - The story is engaging - Great level of detail - Best radio stations since Vice City - Quite realistic, for the people who are into that sort of thing - Fantastic original soundtrack - Playing online is good fun - Well fleshed-out in-game internet Cons: - No customizing cars - Hanging out with friends isn’t as fun as you’d think - Shooting all 200 Pigeons is funny, but not very rewarding Grand Theft Auto IV. From this instalment on, things got a lot more cynical and serious. The satire and the dark humour is still there, but the craziness is gone. No skydiving, no stealing jets from military bases in the desert, and no more getting fat after too many pizzas from the Well-Stacked Pizza Parlor. GTA IV has a much more serious tone. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The Graphics The Sound The Addictiveness The Story The Depth
But I, too, have to jump on the bandwagon here, and speak my mind like a lot of disappointed fans had to at the time. There’s no customizing vehicles in this game, like in San Andreas. And that is pretty disappointing. What I also found a little aggravating was collecting GTA IV’s hidden packages. Every GTA game had different hidden packages to find. GTA III had contraband for you to find, Vice City had exotic tiki statues, and San Andreas did it differently, with placing graffiti tags around the map. GTA IV’s version of hidden packages are pigeons you have to shoot. Shooting these is funny the first ten times, but after that, it just becomes a chore. The only real reward you get after you find all these pigeons, is a combat helicopter. You get no rewards mid-way, like the previous games did. In GTA III and Vice City, finding so many hidden packages rewarded you, with a pistol at your safehouse, or a bodyguard you could call. It’s quite disappointing. Still, you’re bound to have a great time playing through GTA IV, and its online function. There are still people playing it online, you know. Great fun! The Difficulty
GTA IV was, and still is amazing. So maybe you can’t customize your cars anymore. That’s not really a big deal. What GTA IV gave us was something different. Something entirely new. Niko is an amazing main character, the city looks breathtaking, the story is really well-written, etc. If you haven’t played GTA IVyet, for some reason, you need to at least try it out. It’s brilliant. Pros: - Niko is a brilliant main character - The story is engaging - Great level of detail - Best radio stations since Vice City - Quite realistic, for the people who are into that sort of thing - Fantastic original soundtrack - Playing online is good fun - Well fleshed-out in-game internet Cons: - No customizing cars - Hanging out with friends isn’t as fun as you’d think - Shooting all 200 Pigeons is funny, but not very rewarding |
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