Grand Theft Auto had many features to make this game maybe last throughout the summer. With new modes, this is far best.
+ Superb Graphics
+ Good Scripts
+ Character Models and development
+ Awesome Momments
+ No more restarting missions
The Bad:
- Cover System at times
- Will it end?
The Ugly:
-- No RPG element included?
-- Loss of some vehicles and customization
Rockstar decides to create a game that pretty much improves the basics of Grand Theft Auto gameplay, storyline, and character developement. Grand Theft Auto IV pretty much sums up that whole role of creating an amazing experience by reducing the fun to only to real life rather than big stories with little people involved in it. The primary focus was to observed the main protaganist's problems, and let him or her decide on what Niko's, the main character, fate by going through some decisions that would affect the storyline. Rockstar had also improved on the combat by adding a few things some modern games had contributed, but the most thing Grand Theft Auto IV sticks out is it's online play.
Niko Bellic is a complicated man with many problems he ran away from. The story starts out as Niko just arrived in America. His cousin, Roman, has sent him many great stories on the land of oppuritunity, and he must had pulled Niko into the fantasy he must live in. Many sequences layers the story, and the player must make some decisions to see what Niko can do to get to the end. Characters that the player works for are pretty fun to hear, and cinematics look amazing from start to end. From the 'roid freak Bruicie to the drug influenced Little Jacob that you can't understand from his Jamican accent. The main problem about the story is the longevity of it, and if you want to play it again, because it never end. The missions start to get fun till the middle, but after awhile it feels just saturated.
Gunplay and vehicle driving the the two categories of what Grand Theft Auto reserves in. Sure, you got the socilazing with your buddies and girlfriends, but pretty much you can just drive and shoot. It's fun, and is perfected by its great improvement from its predecessors. Driving remains the same, but the combat is significantly improved by its new Gears of War style. You can pop your head out rather than stand and duck like San Andreas and Vice City. The only complaint about the cover system is it feels slow and sometimes you have a clanky time with trying to find where to cover. On the driving side, you got the cars to the boats. You can only drive helicopters in this version since Rockstar doesn't want any reactments of 9/11 with real planes. Car and boat physics feel real, as when you get into a vehicle, you can see your car moves by you just getting into the driver seat. Waves affect your driving while possessing a boat, but it feels new to the series. The cops are easy to dodge, thank you! You now have radii to dodge the cops, so as long as you don't get sighted on one, they will get your position. These two are pretty much improved and almost perfected if the cover system was a bit more comprehensive.
Usually the artwork of Grand Theft Auto is usally looking not modern like Grand Theft Auto Vice City and San Andreas. The tables are turn to that now with the some modifications to the new engine for Grand Theft Auto IV. Cars look better than before, leaving awesome damage to the vehicles. Bullet holes and blood splatter on your car is one experience that never gets old when running over pedistrians. Character models look great, and the pedistrians actually look like they are an equal with Niko. Car explosions is one thing that must be talked about. Their great and superb with it actually looking like a car explosion. It's all looks good, and I can't complain to any of that.
Gun banging, car booming, and people screaming is what the beautiful melody it produces. The sounds on the guns all sound pretty superb, with all have personality with its own taste. The rocket launcher looks and feels great, and the physics on the rockets are just out of world. Car explosions sound great under huge conflicts with the popos and gansters. The voice acting is very superb, and has a good cause toward the storyline. Radiostations are very good in tune and the radio talk shows are just hilarious to follow. They are randomized, the music, so don't keep a schedule on what comes on everyday, its always different.
In the end, Grand Theft Auto is a must have for any Xbox 360 owner. I perfer this game to be a great example of what game developers can imply. I must say this is the best Grand Theft Auto yet, and will not disapoint.