FelixDeSouze
24 Apr 2008, 10:59pm
GTA 4 - My review of the first 3 hours of play.
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I'm sure a lot of you may have been anticipating this game and a lot of you have not, I for one have been salivating over the release date of the game!!
I got my hands on the game yesterday and have only played it for approximately 3 hours, I thought I would share you with guys what my first views of the game were and let you know some of the newer enhanced features of the game.
Yes, at a glance this is a typical Grand Theft Auto style and layout. But ofcourse, the graphics are much better and the whole feel of the game is much nicer and smoother!
For the 3 hours I have played I feel it is just another typical GTA game, but with added extra's and more playability! Which is always good if your a GTA fanatic.. You know it's going to the be similar to the rest of the series (apart from GTA London!!!) but it's always nice to have new missions and also have a more realistic character (which we all know games are trying to achieve!).
Some of the new features that I have liked are as follows (by the way, there are non that I do not like as of YET):1) When running up and down stairs, your favourite Russian will not run at the same pace seemingly gliding up/down the stairs (as your character did in previous GTA's), instead when running down he 'sidesteps'.
2) When stealing a parked up car, instead of noticing that it is locked and walking away.. He smashes the window (in a variety of ways), jumps in and you have to pull the left and right trigger to hotwire the car.
3) When you jump on a motorbike your friendly Russian decides to abide by the law and puts a helmet on, however it seems to come out of nowhere (hopefully not his ass!).
4) When you take your lovely 'bitches' out on dates you can join in and do activities, I took my lady on a date and we went bowling. which was nice :P -- Other activites include a burleske house, darts, strip club, etc.
5) You can go out on the town with your cousin at some of the above mentioned places. One of which is the bar (my favourite) -- When you come out of the bar you are pretty wasted and the screen starts swaying back and forth and if you get in a car you pretty much lose control of it and crash into EVERYTHING.. Which kept me amused and laughing for a good 5 minutes!!! Altough I then got busted because I totalled a cop car (but still fun!!)
These are only a small amount of the new additions to GTA, and I'm sure you GTA lovers can't wait get playing this one and see for yourself!!!
Here are 2 video's for your viewing pleasure (please note that they are 15mb and 18mb and right click and choose 'Save As...'). Also I'm unsure as the what the clicking sound is when there is no other sound -- must be my camera.. OH and before I forget, I would have done more but I was filming with one hand and pressing buttons with another!!!! :P
Videos (Right click and choose 'Save As...'):
Motorbike (http://www.felixdesouze.com/files/GTA4-HelmetOnMotorbike.avi)
Breaking Into A Car (http://www.felixdesouze.com/files/GTA4-BreakingIntoCar.avi)
I hope you GTA Lovers don't mind me posting this but I thought I would share with you all :D
Peace!
FelixDeSouze
http://image.ohmynews.com/down/images/1/todd_382391_1%5B671464%5D.jpg
I'm sure a lot of you may have been anticipating this game and a lot of you have not, I for one have been salivating over the release date of the game!!
I got my hands on the game yesterday and have only played it for approximately 3 hours, I thought I would share you with guys what my first views of the game were and let you know some of the newer enhanced features of the game.
Yes, at a glance this is a typical Grand Theft Auto style and layout. But ofcourse, the graphics are much better and the whole feel of the game is much nicer and smoother!
For the 3 hours I have played I feel it is just another typical GTA game, but with added extra's and more playability! Which is always good if your a GTA fanatic.. You know it's going to the be similar to the rest of the series (apart from GTA London!!!) but it's always nice to have new missions and also have a more realistic character (which we all know games are trying to achieve!).
Some of the new features that I have liked are as follows (by the way, there are non that I do not like as of YET):1) When running up and down stairs, your favourite Russian will not run at the same pace seemingly gliding up/down the stairs (as your character did in previous GTA's), instead when running down he 'sidesteps'.
2) When stealing a parked up car, instead of noticing that it is locked and walking away.. He smashes the window (in a variety of ways), jumps in and you have to pull the left and right trigger to hotwire the car.
3) When you jump on a motorbike your friendly Russian decides to abide by the law and puts a helmet on, however it seems to come out of nowhere (hopefully not his ass!).
4) When you take your lovely 'bitches' out on dates you can join in and do activities, I took my lady on a date and we went bowling. which was nice :P -- Other activites include a burleske house, darts, strip club, etc.
5) You can go out on the town with your cousin at some of the above mentioned places. One of which is the bar (my favourite) -- When you come out of the bar you are pretty wasted and the screen starts swaying back and forth and if you get in a car you pretty much lose control of it and crash into EVERYTHING.. Which kept me amused and laughing for a good 5 minutes!!! Altough I then got busted because I totalled a cop car (but still fun!!)
These are only a small amount of the new additions to GTA, and I'm sure you GTA lovers can't wait get playing this one and see for yourself!!!
Here are 2 video's for your viewing pleasure (please note that they are 15mb and 18mb and right click and choose 'Save As...'). Also I'm unsure as the what the clicking sound is when there is no other sound -- must be my camera.. OH and before I forget, I would have done more but I was filming with one hand and pressing buttons with another!!!! :P
Videos (Right click and choose 'Save As...'):
Motorbike (http://www.felixdesouze.com/files/GTA4-HelmetOnMotorbike.avi)
Breaking Into A Car (http://www.felixdesouze.com/files/GTA4-BreakingIntoCar.avi)
I hope you GTA Lovers don't mind me posting this but I thought I would share with you all :D
Peace!
FelixDeSouze