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Grand Theft Auto IV
Rockstar conquers all again with the next in its city-sprawling, crime-ridden series. More About Grand Theft Auto IV.
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out of 4 reviews- Category: Action
- ESRB Rating: Mature
- Date Released: April 2008
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Not what people made it out to be
Reviewed by vampko_kun on May 15, 2008 | report this review
Graphics - 2/10
Seriously, this game SORELY lacks graphical magic. About the only graphics you'll ever see in this game are explosions. Any building you can't go in, is clearly a paper cut-out as the door has no dimension to it, or the windows! Even Nico really doesn't look that much better than the character from GTA III.
Music - 5/10
The actual BGM(what little there is) does a fairly good job of adding to the story. But, the radio stations are repetitive and just not as entertaining anymore. Give us back "chat a radio"! Not the lame "WkII"
Sound - 9/10
The game does a great job with sound. I personally don't prefer all the language, but it's a "mature" game. The explosions sound great, and so do all the various mayhem sounds. Plus, they did a cool effect where your ears start ringing if you get too close to an explosion.
Gameplay - 3/10
The gameplay tries too hard to be realistic. It makes it really quite impossible for those of us who don't want to hit the brake when driving. I mean, in real life, sure, we have to. Lest we get in some sort of accident. But, in a game I'd rather not have those limitations placed on me. Hopefully a future cheat with "grip" will be found soon. The 'Dating' aspect really only leaves you with about six girls out of SO many girls that had a possibility to be dated. Another really limiting problem.
The missions are okay, they mainly just consist of stealing cars and/or shooting people up. They pertain to the story well, but that still doesn't change the fact that everything you do seems to turn to a shoot out.
Sadly, there are no real gangs in this game. Just some sort of mobsters that are strangely ALL Russian. It just seems strange to me that Russians are the only mobsters. Technically, by story, there are other "gangs", but there's no real gameplay mechanic to it.
A nice feature about gameplay is the "dating/going out with friends" feature. Although there are shortcomings even there. Since some of the "entertainment" you'll be experiencing you won't experience at all. It just goes like this: you walk in, screen goes black, image returns, you walk out. Then they say something about it. I've been told that the strip clubs are very interesting, but that's not really my thing.
Story - 8/10
It's a great story and all, but it's just too predictable. There wasn't a single point where I was like "didn't see that coming!" I did not beat the game by the way, but I've read what can happen (depending on your choices), and it seemed pretty obvious to me the outcome. I just was looking for something a little more entertaining and not so boring...But that's just my personal preferences speaking. I just found it way too predictable to even give a nine.
Overall - 5.4/10
I am quite happy that I only rented this game (and with free rentals at that). As it would have been a great waste of money for me. Overall, if you like realistic, depressing, dramatic storylines, then this game is for you.
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easy money (cheats required)
Hint by vampko_kun on May 15, 2008 | report this hint
This may sound a bit strange, but you can get some easy money at the beginning with this cheat, and since this isn't the 360 version there are no adverse effects to cheats at all ^^
Anyways, the way to get money is to summon a Jetmax. When you summon a Jetmax, it falls from the sky, thereby sometimes crushing pedestrians. crushed pedestrians drop money. But the biggest bonus is that your wanted level will never go up, and it can be fun at times, especially if you say cheesy lines Like "and the forecast for today....BOATS" xD
Seriously, I got like 10k from a thirty minute run of this. Plus, you can use this to create SERIOUS destruction. one time I got five cars to explode at once! and Chain explosions occured after that. Leaving SERIOUS moolah on the ground to pick up.
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