After 8 years and four excellent prequels the gta3 sequel has finally come to town and like it`s predecessors the hype is all around it.
so the question is does it live to all the hype? the answer is simple, yes it does.
Presentation:
gta4 takes place in LC which is a recreation of new york,the city looks great with a lot of things going on on the streets from people buying hot dogs to others picking up an umbrella on rainy days.The animations on this game will be the best you will see on any game to this date,the physics ,body hit recognition everything just feel real here.
Story:
You play as niko bellic a Russian immigrant who came to America looking for a special someone in the process he will find friends and enemies who will aid him throughout the game on his long searching.
Gameplay:
a lot on improvements has been made on this category. On foot: the targeting is more responsible,the free aiming is better and easier to do than in previews games and now you can also take cover behind objects. On car: cars have more weight on them and feel more realistic now is possible to shoot anywhere and not just left and right like before.Helis and boat are nearly the same as before.
Sound:
this has been always a strong part of the gta series and this time while the radio stations aren`t as great as vice city they really good, the weapons are top notch and voice acting sound as good as it gets.
Online:
Those who can get online will tell you how great is to play against 15 other peoples in an open world,is just sweet,too bad a lot of people have problems getting online lets just hope for an update to fix the matter.
tip:
If your game keep freezing at some point of the game just sign out of the psn network and you will be able to play the single mode story without any problems.now have fun with your 60 bucks game!
Final thoughts:
Gta4 is just one of those games you owe to yourself to play if you are a mature gamer,you can`t go wrong with this one.
GTA IV turned GTA into a more grounded franchise where storytelling and immersion became just as engrossing as wrecking up open-world sandboxes.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
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Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.
I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.
I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.
I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.
But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5
Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.
Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.
Good review no spoilers. This is a great game can't get enough of it.
A review with a proper score.
You really believe GTA 4 deserves that score?
You must base most of your score on feelings and not on objective criteria.
Well to each their own - reviews are just opinions after all ^_^
Good Except for a few things. Niko is not Russian. He is "Eastern European". They never gave a specific country and he is not speaking Russian. Matter of fact I can't place his exact dialect and I think they wanted it that way... I know tis because I speak Russian and Vlad and others actually speak it... I think it may be some sort of Bosnian/ Chechen Dialect.
Also Grammar bro...
Amazing game start to finish. I have been having so much fun. The online is good and I am so happy R* did this Gen a solid. Lived up to all I could have wanted and more. Both endings were great and I almost want to just jump right back in and start again =D