The Narrative Failings of GTAIV
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I now know how film critics felt after screening 'The Godfather.Andrew Reiner, Game Informer, regarding Grand Theft Auto IV
Chances are, unless you've been living under a rock for the past eight months, you've heard language like that tossed around almost every time GTAIV is brought up. Countless publications awarded it Game of the Year awards, and heaped praise on it's story. Recently, the Chicago Tribune asked if GTAIV is "The best writing of the century". Good lord. Grand Theft spun itself a good yarn with some great supporting characters, but in no situation should it be put up against classics such as The Godfather, or even called the best writing of the decade, let alone the century. The narrative in Grand Theft Auto IV fails in several key places:
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