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Video Games : Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
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Rating: 
- GTA 4 Review
The good........
The graphics of GTA4 are simply outstanding, especially in high def. This is best illustrated when flying in a helicopter or viewing the city as a passenger in a taxi cab.
On the subject of taxi cabs, their enhanced capability's make for much better gameplay. In such a complex city of narrower and more congested roads, driving across liberty city can be a time consuming task. Taxis allow one to either get in and allow the driver to take care of the road, or even better get in to the cab and then select skip journey. From a to b in the tap of a button.
The new shooting options are excellent. Drive by's now require a bit more skill as you need to manually aim. On the up side, you can now shoot at a much greater range of targets in front, behind, on either side, high, low.
Also the new blind fire, and shoot behind cover techniques make for much more exciting and skillful battle. The tossing of grenades to lure people away from cover is particularly clever.
The auto save. How many times have you just completed a hard mission on GTA SA, only to get attacked on the way back to your safe house by a rival gang, get killed and lose a wonderful and expensive hoard of weapons. Now your game just auto saves after every mission.
Friends / girlfriends - The special skills of friends is very useful, particularly little Jacob who sells you cut price guns near your location (he could park closer though).
The car damage / explosions. The car eventually catches fire and you can watch as it slowly gets engulfed in flames and explodes. Even better is to sit on the highway, wait for the car to ignite before speeding off and watching the action in slow mo. Fantastic.
The railway system, its brilliant with interchange stations, and different lines. It might not be the quickest way to get around, but its scenic and just fun to do.
The decision making processes. Being able to choose your final ending to the game is genius. I have chosen the Deal ending, and the story has been absolutely pulsating. Having the finale over 3 missions also makes sense.
The revamped police vigilante missions are brilliant, and there is not the annoying 12 consecutive mission constraint like in previous games. Now one can attend to normal crimes, or carry out special assassinations on criminals on the 'most wanted' list. One can even call for (not always helpful) backup.
Random characters provide a humorous and refreshing break from the main story, brilliant.
New online multi player mode is brilliant, allowing fierce battles with friends to take place within the grounds of the alderney prison. Or perhaps a race across the streets of broker? The choice is vast.
The not so good.....
Sometimes the game gives you a bit too much help, like telling you the locations of Brucie's cars he asks for via e-mail, directing you to most wanted characters etc. The traditionalist in me would rather the player has to find the car (or check it up in a guide).
No aeroplanes, I guess that as it is just one city, and not the vast state of SA it makes sense. However aeroplanes were great fun, and always a welcome addition to any GTA game.
Sometimes the missions do not always feel like they fit into the overall plot. Niko does many missions just for money which are not directly related to the plot. Whereas characters like CJ or Tommi V seemed to often be working towards a goal in addition to the money.
Statistically I believe there are less missions than in SA, and the size of the city is slightly smaller. Critics of SA argue that there was too much dead space like the deserts, however I think that sense of openness and size of area to explore was part of the brilliance of SA.
Player cannot buy safe houses or property. Once the safe house in Broker is closed, there are no safe houses on the entire island. The property and entrepreneurship of previous GTA games was a fun extra.
Conclusion......
An absolutely awesome and outstanding game that will be noted as one of the most successful and advanced games. It really has set a new level in open world gameplay. It is a game that is brilliant for the occasional gamer or the hard core GTA master alike.
Overall : 5 Stars
Gameplay: 5 Stars
Graphics: 5 Stars
Plot: 4 Stars
Online Capabilities: 5 Stars
Realism: 4 Stars
Rating:
- A little dissapointed
This game is good, but not great. We patiently waited soooooo long for it to come out and bought a PS3 just to be able to play this game. It just doesnt live up to San Andreas or Vice city.
You earn piles of cash, but whats the point? there is nothing to spend it on. We havent had the usual fun of exploring, running around looking down alleys, swimming in the Ocean, climbing up onto roof tops to see what might be hidden up there etc
The missions are OK and the story in depth, but all this keeping people happy is such a drag and feels like a huge waste of time, very irritaiting and totally pointless.
Was hoping for Amazing, but got Average.
Rating: - WARNING! adult content...
This game is great. I'm not going to go overboard in graphic terms with regard to content as with the huge numbers of reviews already here it's not wirth repeating that, but if you're wondering whether or not to buy this game as a present for a youngster, then think again. This game has more than earned it's 18 rating. In addition to the strip clubs you can take your in game friends to and pay for private lapdances rendered beautifuly in 3D, it's possible to buy hookers, graphically murder and get involved with drugs, gangs and guns as well as thieving cars, and the dialogue is gratuitous even by the standard of Goodfella's.
I don't want to paint a black picture it's great ADULT fun, but it just ain't for kids.
Rating:
- Bring on san andreas or vice city 2.
If there is one word i can use for my feelings towards this game,it would be,DISGUST.There is no way this game lives up to the so called,"hype".If i was to sit here,telling you everything that i feel is wrong with this game,there would be page after page.To me rockstar have lost there way with this game,after the classic's,of vice city & san andreas,this edition of GTA,does not belong on same self,as them.If anything they have taken us back to gta3,with game play,e.g.driving the cars,and the darkness of the game.So if like me you have been waiting for this game since you finished san andreas,or since the ps3 was launched,then your in for a big shock.Please let's hope they bring out the next GTA soon,and let's hope,that this time they tap into the possibillity's,that the ps3 can deliver,let's hope they go back to,vice city & san andreas,and use them as the guide lines for a true classic game.This is what we wanted,this is what we deserve,for the money we pay,and the time we wait.So bring it on.
Rating:
- Disappointing... =[
This was supposed to be immense, but it isn't.
The offline is fairly fun but leaves you unfulfilled once completed, not particuarly replayable.
I felt it was easy... completed in about a week.
Online is good but soooooo repetitive so only get the game if you are a die hard fan or have loads of money.
Your best of getting COD4, Oblivion or MGS 4...
x =]
- GTA 4 ReviewThe good........
The graphics of GTA4 are simply outstanding, especially in high def. This is best illustrated when flying in a helicopter or viewing the city as a passenger in a taxi cab.
On the subject of taxi cabs, their enhanced capability's make for much better gameplay. In such a complex city of narrower and more congested roads, driving across liberty city can be a time consuming task. Taxis allow one to either get in and allow the driver to take care of the road, or even better get in to the cab and then select skip journey. From a to b in the tap of a button.
The new shooting options are excellent. Drive by's now require a bit more skill as you need to manually aim. On the up side, you can now shoot at a much greater range of targets in front, behind, on either side, high, low.
Also the new blind fire, and shoot behind cover techniques make for much more exciting and skillful battle. The tossing of grenades to lure people away from cover is particularly clever.
The auto save. How many times have you just completed a hard mission on GTA SA, only to get attacked on the way back to your safe house by a rival gang, get killed and lose a wonderful and expensive hoard of weapons. Now your game just auto saves after every mission.
Friends / girlfriends - The special skills of friends is very useful, particularly little Jacob who sells you cut price guns near your location (he could park closer though).
The car damage / explosions. The car eventually catches fire and you can watch as it slowly gets engulfed in flames and explodes. Even better is to sit on the highway, wait for the car to ignite before speeding off and watching the action in slow mo. Fantastic.
The railway system, its brilliant with interchange stations, and different lines. It might not be the quickest way to get around, but its scenic and just fun to do.
The decision making processes. Being able to choose your final ending to the game is genius. I have chosen the Deal ending, and the story has been absolutely pulsating. Having the finale over 3 missions also makes sense.
The revamped police vigilante missions are brilliant, and there is not the annoying 12 consecutive mission constraint like in previous games. Now one can attend to normal crimes, or carry out special assassinations on criminals on the 'most wanted' list. One can even call for (not always helpful) backup.
Random characters provide a humorous and refreshing break from the main story, brilliant.
New online multi player mode is brilliant, allowing fierce battles with friends to take place within the grounds of the alderney prison. Or perhaps a race across the streets of broker? The choice is vast.
The not so good.....
Sometimes the game gives you a bit too much help, like telling you the locations of Brucie's cars he asks for via e-mail, directing you to most wanted characters etc. The traditionalist in me would rather the player has to find the car (or check it up in a guide).
No aeroplanes, I guess that as it is just one city, and not the vast state of SA it makes sense. However aeroplanes were great fun, and always a welcome addition to any GTA game.
Sometimes the missions do not always feel like they fit into the overall plot. Niko does many missions just for money which are not directly related to the plot. Whereas characters like CJ or Tommi V seemed to often be working towards a goal in addition to the money.
Statistically I believe there are less missions than in SA, and the size of the city is slightly smaller. Critics of SA argue that there was too much dead space like the deserts, however I think that sense of openness and size of area to explore was part of the brilliance of SA.
Player cannot buy safe houses or property. Once the safe house in Broker is closed, there are no safe houses on the entire island. The property and entrepreneurship of previous GTA games was a fun extra.
Conclusion......
An absolutely awesome and outstanding game that will be noted as one of the most successful and advanced games. It really has set a new level in open world gameplay. It is a game that is brilliant for the occasional gamer or the hard core GTA master alike.
Overall : 5 Stars
Gameplay: 5 Stars
Graphics: 5 Stars
Plot: 4 Stars
Online Capabilities: 5 Stars
Realism: 4 Stars
Rating:
- A little dissapointedThis game is good, but not great. We patiently waited soooooo long for it to come out and bought a PS3 just to be able to play this game. It just doesnt live up to San Andreas or Vice city.
You earn piles of cash, but whats the point? there is nothing to spend it on. We havent had the usual fun of exploring, running around looking down alleys, swimming in the Ocean, climbing up onto roof tops to see what might be hidden up there etc
The missions are OK and the story in depth, but all this keeping people happy is such a drag and feels like a huge waste of time, very irritaiting and totally pointless.
Was hoping for Amazing, but got Average.
Rating:
- WARNING! adult content...This game is great. I'm not going to go overboard in graphic terms with regard to content as with the huge numbers of reviews already here it's not wirth repeating that, but if you're wondering whether or not to buy this game as a present for a youngster, then think again. This game has more than earned it's 18 rating. In addition to the strip clubs you can take your in game friends to and pay for private lapdances rendered beautifuly in 3D, it's possible to buy hookers, graphically murder and get involved with drugs, gangs and guns as well as thieving cars, and the dialogue is gratuitous even by the standard of Goodfella's.
I don't want to paint a black picture it's great ADULT fun, but it just ain't for kids.
Rating:
- Bring on san andreas or vice city 2.If there is one word i can use for my feelings towards this game,it would be,DISGUST.There is no way this game lives up to the so called,"hype".If i was to sit here,telling you everything that i feel is wrong with this game,there would be page after page.To me rockstar have lost there way with this game,after the classic's,of vice city & san andreas,this edition of GTA,does not belong on same self,as them.If anything they have taken us back to gta3,with game play,e.g.driving the cars,and the darkness of the game.So if like me you have been waiting for this game since you finished san andreas,or since the ps3 was launched,then your in for a big shock.Please let's hope they bring out the next GTA soon,and let's hope,that this time they tap into the possibillity's,that the ps3 can deliver,let's hope they go back to,vice city & san andreas,and use them as the guide lines for a true classic game.This is what we wanted,this is what we deserve,for the money we pay,and the time we wait.So bring it on.
Rating:
- Disappointing... =[This was supposed to be immense, but it isn't.
The offline is fairly fun but leaves you unfulfilled once completed, not particuarly replayable.
I felt it was easy... completed in about a week.
Online is good but soooooo repetitive so only get the game if you are a die hard fan or have loads of money.
Your best of getting COD4, Oblivion or MGS 4...
x =]