GTA 4 vs GTA Fan
Grand Theft Auto 4 has received great praise from fans and critics for its realism (just feel that femur give way before my bat, mmm what a crisp sound for a fine mornin’), but all is not well in Liberty City. VideoGamer.com has published a rant about Rockstar’s latest, which perhaps borders on being too realistic. Nico’s nicked cars are no longer ignorant to the demands of physics, for example, and cops will bust you for firing warning shots at slow pedestrians. But these touches are not necessarily welcome for every fan:
“It’s a sandbox game which is no longer a sandbox. It’s more like a very small steel box. You can’t break any rules. People playing GTA 4 without wanting to break the rules can probably have a good time, but for me this isn’t GTA any more.”
I’m sort of glad that I just rely on the likes of Mario and Cloud for my fantasy gaming.
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The writer raises some important points about the game. However, I feel the good still outweighs the bad. This rant just wants to cash in on the GTA IV fame and be different from everyone else who’s raving about the game.
You’re right; you’re always going to find cries of “Well I didn’t like it!” when an exceptionally well-done game makes the rounds. It just seems as if there’s a surprising number as far as GTA IV is concerned.