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Video Games : Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360)
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Rating: 
- Great game for your average 360 owner!
Sometimes people are to critical of games because "the driving is not realistic" or "the guns did not feel like i was shooting the real thing". Bit of a reality check here fellas, if you want to feel like your driving a real car then go and drive one! If you want to fire a proper rifle, join the army, its only a game!!
It takes about an hour of game play to get into this and after that it really is superb. If you get bored of a particular mission then go an do another one. The game play never gets boring and the game environment is awesome. Im only a regular gamer but this has to be up there with the best of the best (Call Of Duty 4?).
Playing this game on live is endless fun too so stop thinking about buying this game and go and buy it!
Rating:
- What a let down!
This is the one game I had been looking forward to like no other. I assumed the xbox version would be a massive step forward from all the fantastic progress that had been made on the PS2 platform. I envisaged a "second life" type game where everything was interactive. I thought I'd be able to buy any property I liked, engage in conversation with passers by, use a devastating array of weapons, and control a fantastic array of different vehicles...
I was so so so wrong. What a massive diappointment. San Andreas is superior in nearly every way. There are fewer missions, fewer weapons, far far fewer chances to interact, no advance in individual characters' AI and more bugs. The multiplayer I envisaged of hundreds of people going about their business in the city at once was a dream and what was really provided is laughable after playing games like COD4.
Rockstar have really pulled the wool over so many peoples' eyes here and I feel very let down. I have completed every GTA to be released so far but am not sure I'd buy another after this.
Rating:
- GTA just aint what it used to be
Firstly it is a good game to begin with but it will get very repetative and eventully boring and will feel like a chore to play. This game is more for the more grown up gamer, its not like san andreas where everything is crazy and fun. so my advice is if you want a good short lived game get this but youll just end up throwing it in the back of the cupboard and go back to san andreas, well thats what i did anyway.
Rating: - GTA IV... Worth waiting for?
I only bought an Xbox 360 because of this game, and i waited nearly a year for its arrival. In my opinion its definately worth it, the only other game that comes close is Call of duty 4, and before that game i could never play a shoot-em-up for more than an hour. The multiplayer on Xboxlive is very addictive though, especially if you have a load of mates that now live far away with the same game!! Enough about COD4, back to GTA..
The main game itself is very addictive, i agree that its not the most difficult game in the world, but it has a good life span and a progressive learning curve, mainly because of the size of it. Plus if you can't be bothered with the missions you can always go on a killing spree or even play some pool!!
The multiplayer is incomparable with COD4 as its so diverse. If you want a serious, skillful deathmatch it just isn't in the same league, but its still great fun, and with the added benefits of vehicles and your mates being able to join you in them you can't go wrong. Another major plus for the multiplayer aspect of this game is the variation; you can race (any vehicle), deathmatch, play mafia or cops and robbers missions or just free rome the city (which is big enough!!) with your mates.
Overall theres no complaints. The game has great graphics, good humour, and fun gameplay that will keep you coming back.
Great game, obviously a continuation of the rest with better graphics and online capability. Buy it (but definately don't buy it for your kids!)
Rating: - A step in the right direction but still lacking
First off i'll have to state something: compared to Vice City on the PS2, San Andreas was lacking for me. I was hoping for a return to form for GTA, especially after playing Saints Row and having an absolute ball of a time. Short review - it's good, but i'm still going back and playing Saints Row and Vice City over this.
Pros:
Lovely graphics - slightly sharper on the 360 however there can be clipping 'lag' in the distance. Graphics aren't a huge thrall for me, but still, the realism does come full circle when you're looking at a game as polished as GTA4.
Realistic quality - I'm gunna state right now I don't like how the cars handle. Bikes are still a mystery to me, how you're almost safer on one because crashes don't seem to be coded right for bikes. I digress. Basically it looks and feels like a real city, down to being able to knock over trash cans to seeing random trains/helicopters and even the police chasing down random crooks.
Story - The script is suberb. I think most of it comes down to the quality of the voice cast, but there's not much cheese factor unless it's for comedic value and in that case it's obviously blatent.
Friend/Cellphone system - A great addition that's been added upon from the Saints Row system. Being able to call for backup or a cab is a good idea, it's quite shocking something like this wasn't present from GTA3 onward.
Cons:
Combat - as listed below, someone has mentioned it's quite frustrating. I'll elaborate - it's a bloody mess. The auto-target feature is horrible, and the free target ability just means you sit with your finger on the trigger spraying bullets wildly. Taking cover can be buggy aswell - instead of ducking behind crates, quite often you'll find Niko sticking to a wall better than Spider-Man himself and leaving you completely open to attack from all angles. It's no Metal Gear Solid, that's for sure.
Realism - one of it's greatest strengths is also a huge flaw, in my opinion. Rockstar have created this vast open city, with winding strees and towering buildings, shops, all the stuff you'd imagine to see in a real city like New York (on which this was modelled). However in this incarnation of GTA, almost 70% of the map is purely wasted space. There are easter eggs, granted, but there aren't as many cool little additions such as masses of shops - this is something Saints Row did well, and something San Andreas did to a lesser, more useless extent. Having a huge island may well be awe inspiring, but is it practical in a game such as GTA? Do I really want to have to drive for about 10 real minutes to get from one side of the map to the other? Do I need that level of immersion?
Friends System - quite frankly, a mission where i'm forced to date a girl isn't a mission. That's "The Sims". I could do without it, and I didn't particularly like it in San Andreas - however at least I wasn't PENALISED for not playing redundant minigames with NPC friends.
Short and sweet - it's a nice game. Like Halo 3 before it, the majority of it's selling power is hype, plain and simple. Does it deserve the title of best game ever? No, not by a long shot. GTA4 while being a competant and semi-enticing RPGSim (I'm calling it an RPG because unlike the early versions of GTA up to maybe Vice, you are on a track exploring Niko. You're not a faceless, quite man of your own choosing), is nowhere near what it should be. I can only summise that the development team felt they could make more money in the long run by adding new cars, weapons, shops and features as downloadable content (a deal was sealed between Xbox Live and Rockstar for a lot of exclusive content), which is quite a shame. I remember a time when a game gave you as much as it possibly could from the word go, and didn't drift along lazily waiting for content additions over the next 18 months. Sadly that seems to be a recurring trend with games in general now and is not limited to GTA4.
Bottom line - you'll be amazed for the first hour or so. You'll really enjoy it for the next week. Give it 2 weeks and it'll be easily forgotten about, unless you're a completionist who really can't stand not unlocking all the achievements.
- Great game for your average 360 owner!Sometimes people are to critical of games because "the driving is not realistic" or "the guns did not feel like i was shooting the real thing". Bit of a reality check here fellas, if you want to feel like your driving a real car then go and drive one! If you want to fire a proper rifle, join the army, its only a game!!
It takes about an hour of game play to get into this and after that it really is superb. If you get bored of a particular mission then go an do another one. The game play never gets boring and the game environment is awesome. Im only a regular gamer but this has to be up there with the best of the best (Call Of Duty 4?).
Playing this game on live is endless fun too so stop thinking about buying this game and go and buy it!
Rating:
- What a let down!This is the one game I had been looking forward to like no other. I assumed the xbox version would be a massive step forward from all the fantastic progress that had been made on the PS2 platform. I envisaged a "second life" type game where everything was interactive. I thought I'd be able to buy any property I liked, engage in conversation with passers by, use a devastating array of weapons, and control a fantastic array of different vehicles...
I was so so so wrong. What a massive diappointment. San Andreas is superior in nearly every way. There are fewer missions, fewer weapons, far far fewer chances to interact, no advance in individual characters' AI and more bugs. The multiplayer I envisaged of hundreds of people going about their business in the city at once was a dream and what was really provided is laughable after playing games like COD4.
Rockstar have really pulled the wool over so many peoples' eyes here and I feel very let down. I have completed every GTA to be released so far but am not sure I'd buy another after this.
Rating:
- GTA just aint what it used to beFirstly it is a good game to begin with but it will get very repetative and eventully boring and will feel like a chore to play. This game is more for the more grown up gamer, its not like san andreas where everything is crazy and fun. so my advice is if you want a good short lived game get this but youll just end up throwing it in the back of the cupboard and go back to san andreas, well thats what i did anyway.
Rating:
- GTA IV... Worth waiting for?I only bought an Xbox 360 because of this game, and i waited nearly a year for its arrival. In my opinion its definately worth it, the only other game that comes close is Call of duty 4, and before that game i could never play a shoot-em-up for more than an hour. The multiplayer on Xboxlive is very addictive though, especially if you have a load of mates that now live far away with the same game!! Enough about COD4, back to GTA..
The main game itself is very addictive, i agree that its not the most difficult game in the world, but it has a good life span and a progressive learning curve, mainly because of the size of it. Plus if you can't be bothered with the missions you can always go on a killing spree or even play some pool!!
The multiplayer is incomparable with COD4 as its so diverse. If you want a serious, skillful deathmatch it just isn't in the same league, but its still great fun, and with the added benefits of vehicles and your mates being able to join you in them you can't go wrong. Another major plus for the multiplayer aspect of this game is the variation; you can race (any vehicle), deathmatch, play mafia or cops and robbers missions or just free rome the city (which is big enough!!) with your mates.
Overall theres no complaints. The game has great graphics, good humour, and fun gameplay that will keep you coming back.
Great game, obviously a continuation of the rest with better graphics and online capability. Buy it (but definately don't buy it for your kids!)
Rating:
- A step in the right direction but still lackingFirst off i'll have to state something: compared to Vice City on the PS2, San Andreas was lacking for me. I was hoping for a return to form for GTA, especially after playing Saints Row and having an absolute ball of a time. Short review - it's good, but i'm still going back and playing Saints Row and Vice City over this.
Pros:
Lovely graphics - slightly sharper on the 360 however there can be clipping 'lag' in the distance. Graphics aren't a huge thrall for me, but still, the realism does come full circle when you're looking at a game as polished as GTA4.
Realistic quality - I'm gunna state right now I don't like how the cars handle. Bikes are still a mystery to me, how you're almost safer on one because crashes don't seem to be coded right for bikes. I digress. Basically it looks and feels like a real city, down to being able to knock over trash cans to seeing random trains/helicopters and even the police chasing down random crooks.
Story - The script is suberb. I think most of it comes down to the quality of the voice cast, but there's not much cheese factor unless it's for comedic value and in that case it's obviously blatent.
Friend/Cellphone system - A great addition that's been added upon from the Saints Row system. Being able to call for backup or a cab is a good idea, it's quite shocking something like this wasn't present from GTA3 onward.
Cons:
Combat - as listed below, someone has mentioned it's quite frustrating. I'll elaborate - it's a bloody mess. The auto-target feature is horrible, and the free target ability just means you sit with your finger on the trigger spraying bullets wildly. Taking cover can be buggy aswell - instead of ducking behind crates, quite often you'll find Niko sticking to a wall better than Spider-Man himself and leaving you completely open to attack from all angles. It's no Metal Gear Solid, that's for sure.
Realism - one of it's greatest strengths is also a huge flaw, in my opinion. Rockstar have created this vast open city, with winding strees and towering buildings, shops, all the stuff you'd imagine to see in a real city like New York (on which this was modelled). However in this incarnation of GTA, almost 70% of the map is purely wasted space. There are easter eggs, granted, but there aren't as many cool little additions such as masses of shops - this is something Saints Row did well, and something San Andreas did to a lesser, more useless extent. Having a huge island may well be awe inspiring, but is it practical in a game such as GTA? Do I really want to have to drive for about 10 real minutes to get from one side of the map to the other? Do I need that level of immersion?
Friends System - quite frankly, a mission where i'm forced to date a girl isn't a mission. That's "The Sims". I could do without it, and I didn't particularly like it in San Andreas - however at least I wasn't PENALISED for not playing redundant minigames with NPC friends.
Short and sweet - it's a nice game. Like Halo 3 before it, the majority of it's selling power is hype, plain and simple. Does it deserve the title of best game ever? No, not by a long shot. GTA4 while being a competant and semi-enticing RPGSim (I'm calling it an RPG because unlike the early versions of GTA up to maybe Vice, you are on a track exploring Niko. You're not a faceless, quite man of your own choosing), is nowhere near what it should be. I can only summise that the development team felt they could make more money in the long run by adding new cars, weapons, shops and features as downloadable content (a deal was sealed between Xbox Live and Rockstar for a lot of exclusive content), which is quite a shame. I remember a time when a game gave you as much as it possibly could from the word go, and didn't drift along lazily waiting for content additions over the next 18 months. Sadly that seems to be a recurring trend with games in general now and is not limited to GTA4.
Bottom line - you'll be amazed for the first hour or so. You'll really enjoy it for the next week. Give it 2 weeks and it'll be easily forgotten about, unless you're a completionist who really can't stand not unlocking all the achievements.