Grand Theft Auto IV Reviews
- Difficulty:
- Easy
- Time Spent:
- 10 to 20 Hours
- The Bottom Line:
- "Best in series"
One thing really stood out in GTA4 is it's dialogue & acting. It's spot on despite lotsa cursing involved, almost 3 words out of a sentence there's a curse. Hey! it's not that bad considering it does happens in the real world too. Apart from that, the driving & missions were pretty fun. Personally , I like the cover system in the game, it makes gunfight missions all the more entertaining, ala GOW. But the lip syncing is not really there yet although it's not that obvious. I guess if they get the WETA boys, this game will rock!
There are even more crazier things that you can do other than ramming down the pedestrians. I tried the helicopter tour and found it breathtaking but took a new twist by stealing the helicopter and travel the city myself. Guess what? You can actually land it on top of the bridge platform or the highest building in Liberty City. There are several times I slipped and fall from way up and that really hurts, trust me. If only there have a sky diving or bungie jump missions!
So, enough of the good stuff, let's talk about the bad ones. The cameras in the game are cool with right analog rotating every view but if you have a NPC behind you and the camera is at the back, you will see some nasty teeth n gums clipping with eyes popping out! Speaking of clipping, this game has it all. Quite a number of developers nowadays are aware of this due to free rotating cameras in a game. It's surprising why Rockstar did not implement a blur vision or transparency if characters are too close to camera with possible clipping. It does help the overall presentation. Hope there will be a patch for this yah. ^___^
The day & nite + weather cycle system were pretty good. The rain and fog at certain times in the cutscenes really set the mood. I think it can be quite dramatic if it's fully utilized. Overall, GTA4 is the most worth piece of game in terms of value & replayability.
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Critic Scores
- PSX Extreme 9.9 / 10
- IGN 10 / 10
- Game Chronicles 8.8 / 10
- Thunderbolt 10 / 10
- Worth Playing 9.4 / 10
- Extreme Gamer 98 / 100
- Gaming Age A
- GameZone 10 / 10
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