Wow GTA IV is a masterpiece.... or is it
Well of course it is!. So GTA IV is properly the most hyped game ever but has it lived up to it? Well i can easily answer that with yes. This game is amaing in every way and has successfully done things which other games haven't even tried or been successful at doing. Im not just talking about one thing im talking about a lot things so....
GTA IV story. Thats a 10/10. The story is this one is better then other GTA games. You begin as Niko Bellic just coming from easten Europe to America to live the 'Amercian dream' like his cousin Roman. Howveer when he arrives his cousin turns out to be not rich and Niko comes to a grotty apartment. So form here your first few missions are from your cousin seeing as he's the only person you know but then you meet new people and we learn more about why Niko has come to liberty city.... the missions in this game are more varied given mutiple options as to whether you kill someone or not which affects the story later on, the actual missions are longer and more challenging as well. the main part will last you way longer then in other GTA games. One of the biggest additions is the mobile phone which Niko has this can be used to access mutiplayer and call contatcs to get work, whether that be main missions or side missions you can recive texts and even customise your ring tone and other cool stuff. You can also play through a SIXAXIS tutorial which lets you use the control to drive and reload (ha ha 360).
the gameplay in GTAIV is amazing. Its like other GTA games except with a hell of a lot of additions which just make it so much better. The mian one been the cover system, which lets Niko blind fire jump put and shoot a bit like Uncharted drakes fortune, howver this can be a bit glitchy at times, keep playing around with it ull see what i mean. on this game you can still have girlfriends and buy new clothes although not as many available in san andreas theres still enough. You can also use internet cafes to go on the internet and check e-mails. Ammunation and pay n sprays are still present but arent as easy to use on this game becuase you can't enter ammunation with a wanted level and to use pay n sprays you have to go in without been spotted by the police. in ammunation instead of side scorlling and aselcting the weapon like in previous games you can walk up to the model and examine it before decing to buy it.
The graphics in GTA IV are amaing and look great compared to previous games. liberty city really feels alive with dust bins out on the streets to tramps in allayways. The game looks great close up and far away objects thanks to the PS3 hardware. The NPC's look great with none of them looking similar and all do realistic things such as talk on mobiles eat, and use cash machines. One bad thing about graphics though is the trees. everything looks great excpet the trees they look like rubbish PS1 style graphics. Next time your on the game go up to one and look at one you will see what i mean.
The sound on GTA IV again is supurb with the radio stations making a return. There are 14 in this game filled with great and modern tracks, if you listen carefully you can even hear Queen!! The voice acting is brillant and it should be with the amount of dialogue in the game, although one guy (little jacob) i can't actually never understand him. guns and cars sound great just like they should do. sound gets 10/10 as there is nothing wrong with it.
The car handling is much more realistic in this game (as are a lot of things) and at first takes some getting used to but when you do its great.
the drive by shooting has been imporvbed so instead of shooting directly left or right you can now shoot 360 degrees. You can do various activites such as bowling, pool, and darts which is great to kill some time and fun.
GTAIV will last you a heck of a time. The story lasts for ages but if you want to go for 100% well thats even better. there a lot of side missions to do like with previous games Unquie jumps make a return and as for hidden packages there are now 200 pigeons (or 'flying rats') to shoot.
Mutiplayer in GTAIV is amazing and can be up to 16 players. the city still looks the same and the gameplay is the same the only thing thats changed it that you in liberty city causing havok with 15 other people. The variety of modes and ranking system make it addictive, you don't have to be blowing the hell out of each other as there are co op style modes as well.
To sum up here are the bad points about the game and why it didnt get a perfect 10. The tree graphics just spoils it sometimes. the fact that there are no planes it a letdown. In mutiplayer sometimes there are animation issues. These small things are nothing to the amount of goodness in thsi game but it does stop it from been perfect.
Basically though if you do have a next gen console then get this game, you won't be dissappointed trust me...
