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GTA IV? WAS IT REALLY THAT BAD!(?)

  
Mafiya Work mode delivered

 I'm sure most of you followed the months leading up to rockstar north's grand theft auto IV.Their were rumors that the game would have online play,take place in an entire country instead of just one individual city, and even become a full-fledged MMORPG! It seems like only of these rumors was correct but if you look beneath the surface you might find the MMORGP we all dreamed of in mafiya work mode. If your one of the people out their decrying GTA's expanded production values , cheesy story lines, and wish that the current grand theft auto's resembled the first two in the series then i strongly recommend that you give mafiya work a try if you haven't already or give it another go.

When the contact was issuing my mission instructions i couldn't help but remember the  talking head that popped up on the screen during early iterations of GTA. But the best thing was i didn't have to do these missions at all i could just wander the city[their were restrictions on where you could go;however, based on the host's discretion],and do whatever i pleased. Now, i understand that there is a free mode option available in GTA iv but the free mode is limited in what you can do besides just killing each other.

Mafiya work gives you the freedom if you become bored with just roaming the city to decide whether you want a more linear mision experience just like in GTA I, and GTA II. When playing mafiya mode i feel like i am playing an HD remake of GTAII with real people, the craziness is tuned up because of online play. Mafiya mode delivered the MMORG that people were hoping for it just wasn't the grand theft auto game in the series they were expecting.

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Spike476353d ago (Edited 6353d ago )

more than the content. I remember that most GTA games in the past looked like crap but they had tons of places to explore and loads of things to do. GTA4 was for me an AAA game just not a 10/10 type of game like most sources made it out to be. They were also tied up with making the multiplayer portion of the game which is huge.

TheColbertinator6353d ago

GTA4 wasn't bad or lazy,it was just boring.

Lombax6350d ago

29%

Thats how far I got before I took it out of my PS3 and never looked at it again. Well I did try to sell it but no one wanted it...

whitesoxfalife6353d ago

well i like gta4 and all its glory of the game but it could have online modes for it tho i havent played mafiya to compare it with gta4

masterofpuppets6353d ago

not better than gta3 but its great.

bmatthews6352d ago

i quite enjoyed GTA IV, it's not as bad or boring as people say, well for me anyways.

9/10

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio21d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing21d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9221d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit21d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing21d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9221d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Games Done Quick is coming to Europe for the first time with 3 days of Gamescom speedruns

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

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