I remember driving around in GTA 3, listening to the soundtrack to the movie 'Scarface'. I was very disappointed in the selection of music here, though. The voice acting is all very good and actually hilarious in some cases. Sound: This is going to be shocking to type, but I am actually somewhat disappointed by the audio in this game. That shouldn't be happening on a system like the Xbox 360 & this far into the system's lifecycle, but it wasn't anything that ruined the game for me. I should mention that I did run into some pop-up and draw-in at times and it happened right next to my character a couple times. You will get nice touches like thunderstorms and rain, which both look great. The city is absolutely huge and looks outstanding at certain times of the night. Some of the characters do look and animate a bit goofy and there are a lot of things in the enviroment that look 'last-gen', but the game looks great as a whole. It was clearly an aging graphic engine, and thankfully Rockstar really did a good job with the visuals in GTA 4. Graphics: One thing that really bugged me about the last couple GTA game were the visuals. And you will might even like it more than the last ones, but it's not a revolutionary game or anything close. If you did like the last three GTA games, you will probably like this one. Sure it's fun to get a call from one of your 'friends' (another new feature), pick him up and head out to a strip club to get a lap dance.but it gets old after a couple times and really doesn't add THAT much to the game. This just feels like Rockstar perfecting everything about the last three games (including the new aiming controls, which are WAY better) and adding in some new little things, like I mentioned before.
#Grand theft auto iv xbox series#
The game is very fun, but this series needed more of an overhaul. Now the beginning and the end are actually pretty cool and give the story it's meat. But other than that, it's mostly just meeting with your 'boss', then driving to destination on mini-map, and killing the little red dot. Some of the missions are quite aggravating due to the horrible 'aiming while driving', shooting sequences. It's those little touches are what makes GTA 4 get a score above an '8', in my book.Īs I was saying, however, there isn't much to do in the way of missions except for running around killing everyone you are told to kill by whomever is paying you to do so.
#Grand theft auto iv xbox tv#
You can even watch TV for as long as you want while sitting in your apt./safehouse. Sure it's fun to go play darts, shoot pool, bowl, go out on a date, etc. The problem I have with it is that it gets VERY repetitive & apparently Rockstar really couldn't come up with much else to do all these years. It has that same addictive nature as the last few games. That's not to say the game is not fun, because it is. The Irish, Blacks, Hispanics, Italians, and even your fellow Russians have people for you to go or other tasks that are very similar to what you have been doing in the last three GTA games. After several hours into the story, you are basically running around doing errands and being a 'hitman' of sorts for all kinds of underworld crime bosses. The storyline is actually pretty good this time around, well at least for the first part of the game. Gameplay: If you have played any of the past three Grand Theft Auto games, then you will know what you are in for when it comes to gameplay. But like the other games in the series, it's still fun and definately worth playing. Unfortunately, the game didn't live up to that '10' score that many reviewers gave it. And then after many, many major publications/websites gave the game perfect scores.well, yea my expectations were through the roof. The hype surrounding this game was beyond crazy. I haven't been as big a fan of the other GTA games as many other people have, but I still find them fun and definately worth playing. To be fair, however, Rockstar usually delivers when it releases a GTA game. In the world of video games, there is no other franchise that is more hyped than the Grand Theft Auto games. Overall: Hype can sometimes be a tough thing.