Its GTA...just hard to find.

User Rating: 7.5 | Grand Theft Auto IV X360
By dewd4 | Review Date:
Now that the hypes worn off me i can safely say that GTA4 is not all it is cracked up to be. Yes the game is excellent and i wont deny that i had alot of fun playing it however for me the game doesnt have as much replay value as the previous gta games did. Basically, the game has gone too realistic for me to totally enjoy the game. The core gameplay is there and if you steal a car, shoot a pedestrian and get a six star wanted rating while you drive full speed through algonquin in an infernus then yes youre playing good old gta. However for me the game feels as if it doesnt want you to do this anymore partly to do with the realism, character(s) and mainly the story. The story was too short and made me feel as if i had to restrain my fun just to please npcs as i take them bowling every two hours. Niko feels like a real person and by no means is this a good thing. In past GTA's i loved how i could pick up a controller and wipe out half the popuation of a city with no care for the character doing it. It was a nice casual bit of fun and now when i play GTA i feel too pressured to keep Niko from whipping out an RPG and destroying a tourbus and feel as if i have to keep him on a constant boring daily routine, im not here to play the sims im here to play GTA.

When rockstar promised a slightly smaller map with much more detail i was all for it but the map feels way to small for this game and to be perfectley honest seeing a ped open a trunk and put their shopping in the car does not interest me one bit nor does a living breathing airport that serves no use for the game other than taking up space. It feels like a step backwards enough said.

Its a good game but if you want to play GTA, prepare to take a long time finding it in IV.

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