Grand Theft auto 4 - Xbox 360 - Review

Like everyone i’ve been addicted to this game since it’s release now it’s time to get really dirty with this game and see if it’s really worth the hype machine behind it.

Basics:

You play as Niko belic a man fresh from off the boat and getting away from his passed to start a new life in liberty city. Your Then unleashed on to a massive city we’re everything is fluid city that everything is alive. Thiers traffic and rush hour. Once you’re in the city you meet up with your cousin and then the story unfolds from there. This Grand theft auto does have a nice story line that follows nicely to its game play. The game story unfolds at a very nice pace doing a odd jobs and friend and de-friend people. Doing odd jobs for friends you meet up will unlock new features such as going to the bar and hanging out with friends at the bowling alley. Being able effect game play by your own judgment I.e. killing a guy can impact this and give you another story.

Combat:

The combat is not too bad you now have access to a cover system and weapons are a lot easier to find and gather in missions the cover system isn’t bad but it’s not near perfect a lot of reviews I’ve read say they nailed it. Not even close sometimes being covered but still being hit through a car to me is a bit buggy the game’s shooting and targeting system is pretty good hitting the bumper you can flip between your targeted enemies and shot from cover.

Graphics:

Solid nicely detailed world the game has had a major overhaul the game looks great the character you are has nice details. The buildings are nicely detailed each area of the city has its own feel and tone and style. The feel of the world is very realistic such as the feel of time square it feels like you’re sitting in New York city in the center just taking it all end very detailed. The statue of liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge the cars are very detailed as well some of the best in car damage in a game in a while. You nail a car at full speed your ejected from that car or the car takes major damage and you’ll lose wheels and not be able to achieve full speed and sparks will fly from the rims. A nice touch of detail in the car physics the physics are spot on when it comes to being hit by a car or riding a motorcycle. A very nice touch on rockstar part giving the game a really realistic almost photo realistic look. Even people on the streets all look different giving it a lot more realism.

 

Sound:

Man the sound everyone in the cities have their own voice and will tell you what they think of you the voice acting is very good and very funny dialog. Listening to people on the street will crack you up. Walking down the block hearing a cop talking about his wife and his cop buddy is replying back just like he was really bitching. The soundtrack is very long many stations to choose from just like in the previous GTA games you have the funny talk shows and radio Djs giving the game a nice feel

Multiplayer :

The mp is what makes this game stand out over Xbox live you can have 16 players just having fun blowing stuff up. Playing cops and robbers or jacking cars and trying to keep the other team from getting that car. There are many game plays such as

· Hangman noose

· Car Jack City

· Bomb da Base

· Bomb da Base II

· Mafia Work

· Team Mafia Work

· Deathmatch

· Team Deathmatch

· Turf War

· Cops N Crooks

· Race

· GTA Race

· Deal Breaker

· Free Mode

· Car Jack City

The Multiplayer really did give it a much needed boost it’s nice just being able to grab a few friends grab some helicopters and just going buck wild with a huge group of people.

 

Final Thoughts:

Great game & Great story but sometimes the game makes you feel like your gridding just doing all these quests and mini quests to get everyone friendly with you. The game looks great and shows a lot of work that was done on the franchise. Multiplayer makes it last a lot more and the DLC content coming soon will expand the game even more. I’ve heard a lot of people talk about issues within the game I only noticed a few frame rate drops in game. I really did enjoy GTA 4 the story was great being able to interact with people going to a Internet café and messing around jacking a helicopter and taking a tour of the city is always great. If the cover system didn’t bug me so badly this game could have been perfect don’t get me wrong this game is good and fun just didn’t like how the cover system works. If you own a Xbox 360 this is a must own just for a few minutes of play or a few hours you’ll have a lot of fun and well worth the cost.

 

9.7/10