Having strict parents is somewhat a burden when it comes to what I can and
can't do. An example is that I wasn't allowed to stay up later than 10 pm on
weekdays when I was a bit younger and, until very recently, I've had to follow
the PEGI system of age ratings. I'm 17 and all the way through my life I have
only played 3s, 12s and 16s with a few BBFC age ratings of 15 too. After seeing
that I'm actually quite mature, my parents have finally allowed me to buy and
play age 18 rated games. By looking through to the back of my Official Xbox
Magazine, I realise that about a quarter of the games are age 18 rated. One of
the 10/10s has always been Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) and, due to this
recommendation and all my friends having played it, I have always wanted to see
what Liberty City is like to play in.
I got the game from Amazon.co.uk for about £15 and I've played about 6 hours
so far. GTAs have always been open world games that allow you to do whatever
you want with a hint of story of reaching the top of the pile of criminals. The
game play feels a bit weird as the buttons aren't as responsive as I would have
liked but GTA IV makes up for this with the feeling of awesomeness as you
commit grand theft auto/hijacking a car. A simple press of the Y button does
this and the following police chase is a lot of fun, even if I am really bad a
driving and I almost always crash into the back of a fellow motorist. So far
I've used my fists, a knife, a baseball bat and a pistol for weapons with my
favourite being the baseball bat... It's just fun to use, I swear!
There's a lot of awesomeness in other aspects of the game too; I, for one,
love the radio stations in the car. I always listen to "Liberty Rock"
radio station and occasionally Evil Woman by ELO or Mamma by Genesis plays and
it feels genuinely great to cruise around, and smashing into things, while one
of your favourite songs is being played in-game. I also love Niko Bellic and
his attitude to most things; kick the living shit out of your problems and they
will go away. Yay.
Criticisms of a 10/10 games seem to be in supply however; the camera
angles when driving are always too far or too near... A middle ground would be
nice. You can die really easily which sucks at the start when you have to pay
to get healed up. It's a bit unrealistic when you date girls and they say it's
been an OK date despite the fact that you've totalled her car... Also, when I
try to cross a bridge there's always a police barricade there and they always
kill me as I go past... Is that normal for the start of the game?
Conclusions to be made include that it's a great game to play (good game
play, story and freedom) but whether it's a 10/10 game... It will have to pull
out all the stops to get that status. :P
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