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Grand Theft Auto IV: From a Fanboy’s Perspective

GTA IV Fanboy Review

Grand Theft Auto IV is the most difficult game you’ll ever play. I’m not talking about the mission difficulty, but the reluctance you will be having when it’s time to put down the controller after a game of Grand Theft Auto IV. Yes, it’s that fun.

So, as most of you noticed, I have taken a long one-week long break from updating the blog, but I’m back today with our own Grand Theft Auto IV review. As much as I’d like to make this article a spoiler-free one, I cannot pass a grade on this great masterpiece without assessing the Story mode of Grand Theft Auto IV. So, here’s the review…

The Story - 10/10 - Superb Story, Witty Characters, Comedy & More Choices

Grand Theft Auto IV’s main character is Niko Bellic, a Serbian who fought in the war when he was young. Traumatized, he is a good guy forced into doing bad things by circumstances. He was betrayed by a soldier in his old army unit, being the one of the three to survive.

After the war, he dealt with several Eastern European smugglers. During one of these voyages, the ship unfortunately sunk. His business partner thought that it was Niko who betrayed him. Niko then left Serbia for Liberty City, where the fun begins…

Niko and his mother had been recieving letters and e-mails from his cousin Roman about the good life he has been living in Liberty City with women, fast cars and a luxury condominium. Now, with smashed dreams and in hopes of finding new opportunity and “that Special Someone” who betrayed him back in Eastern Europe.

After Niko has arrived in Liberty City, he realises that things are very different from what it seems. His cousin is a poor bloke who owns a small apartment and runs a Taxi business in Hove Beach. Soon after, you realize Roman owes money to some Russian gangsters. You also get introduced to Roman’s girlfriend, Mallorie, and her friend Michelle.

The action starts when Niko fights these gangsters off. To avoid any trouble, the Russian gangster Vlad wants Niko Bellic to work for him, which you do. You work very closely with Roman, and almost everything centers around his debts. You then get introduced to Little Jacob, Roman’s Jamacian friend.

Soon after, Roman becomes aware that Mallorie has been cheating on him by going out with Vlad. Niko decides to go deal with him, but Vlad tries to run away. After which, you need to fight your way thorugh more armed Russian gangsters and chase down Vlad. Despite Roman’s reluctance, Vlad gets killed.

You continue to work with Little Jacob, but soon after, Roman and Niko gets kidnapped by Faustin, which was angry over the death of Vlad. Niko does some jobs for him but Dimitri, his assistant, orders you to kill Faustin later on to make peace with Petrovic, a dangerous gangster you’ll never meet.

Dimitri then betrays Niko after having realized that he was the one whom they thought betrayed Bulgarin, Niko’s business partner back in Serbia. Bulgarin is Dimitri’s new ally, which leads him to be Niko’s main enemy to fight off. Little Jacob helps Niko fight off Bulgarin and Dimitri’s men, but they managed to escape.

Roman’s Taxi Depot and apartment in Broker gets burnt down by Faustin, and they excape to Bohan. There, Mallorie, Roman’s girlfriend, helps you get an apartment and introduces you to Manny and Elizabeta. Roman also calls you to meet Brucie, which you do work for.

After running errands for Elizabeta and Manny, you get introduced to Packie McReary and Frankie McReary, which you later found out are brothers. You do some more work for the McReary brothers including a bank heist, and a point where you choose to kill between two McReary brothers.

Meanwhile, you also discover that your girlfriend, Michelle, is a government agent. Her boss, U.L. Paper, needs some work done, ad you run errands for him, which aids Niko in finding the man who betrayed him.

After doing many errands, you get a call about Florian Cravic’s whereabouts, one of the three survivors of his old army unit. It turns out that he was not a betrayer, and he is now homosexual. You do some work for him, and more for the rest of the McReary family. Ray Boccino, Phil Bell, Jimmy Pegorino and Jon Gravelli also has work for you. You also meet Kate McReary as your girlfriend.

Soon, you find out that Darko Brevic has been kidnapped and brought to Liberty City by your old associate, U.L. Paper. You get to choose to kill him or let him live, but the choice doesn’t affect much of the story. Jimmy Pegorino then asks you tot do a deal with Dimitri. At the same time, Roman is also about to get married with Mallorie.

Niko gets to choose to do the deal or take revenge against Dimitri. If you do the deal, Dimitri betrays you once more. He will turn up at Roman’s wedding and kill him. If you decide to go for revenge and kill Dimitri, Jimmy Pegorino will turn up at Roman’s wedding and kill Kate instead. In the end, Dimitri and Jimmy gets killed by Niko respectively in each ending.

The story mode of Grand Theft Auto IV gives the player some choices, a somewhat new form of innovation Rockstar Games have given us. You can choose whether or now to kill some innocent (or not so innocent) people. The ending can also go two different ways, tragedy or not-so-bad tragedy. The cutscenes are full of humor, but do crank that speakers up and turn that subtitles on for the the maximum effect. Witty characters and superb voice actors makes this Grand Theft Auto experience the best ever yet. Better than Vice City.

Controls - 9/10 - Better and More Realistic Controls

The controls are solid and very effective when you get used to them. It certaintly feels natural shooting and driving with the Triggers. The controls don’t differ much in the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, and they are mapped similarly to their respective buttons (and triggers).

However, the controls sometimes encounters glitches and bugs, which hampers the experience of playing Grand Theft Auto IV. The control scheme isn’t perfect, but it’s suited to both controllers effectively well. I have to give it a 9/10, because the controls are buggy sometimes.

Graphics - 10/10 - Believable and Breathtaking Views of the City

Everything in Liberty City looks great - the night view of Star Junction and the Algonquin Bridge is magnificent. The Dask and Dawn sunlight effects are just plain beautiful. Everything is made so beautiful and believable by the RAGE (Rockstar Advanced Game Engine) graphics engine.

The cars and mirrors also have real-time reflections, and everything in Liberty City is very detailed. There are potholes on the road, simple markings and parking lines. The floor is also littered with newspapers, cups and well… litter.

The road reflects light when it’s raining heavily, and the screen shows blood when you kill someone or are being shot at. The water drips down the camera when it’s raining. The pedestrian also carry umbrellas. Everything boasts of detail. The draw distance, immersive details and graphic filters are superb and believable, which I think it deserves a 10/10 score.

Part Three Coming Soon! Watch this space!

Average Total Score (so far): 96.7/100

Skit Volume 2 - Episode 3 - “Lights Off”

I’m back after a LONG hiatus. Hope you enjoy this.

The grey clouds began to finally drizzle some rain as Richie walked down the sidewalk some more. He came to an alley and saw three drug dealers chatting about different things. The dealers were Puerto Rican, and Richie walked right up to them wielding his newly acquired aluminum baseball bat.

“Hey guys, I see you’re still selling dope on the streets.” He said softly.

“Yeah we are Richie, when did you get out?” One of the dealers asked.

“Today and I only want you dealing for me and no one else. I got some good stuff that I’m going to acquire and it will make us all a lot of money, got it?” Richie answered.

“Alright Richie, we understand. Just give us a call when you acquire it.” The dealer in the middle replied.

Richie walked off and down the street some more until he reached an apartment building. He walked inside and up a few flights of stairs to his apartment. He knocked on the door and with in seconds Sara answered it. Sara was so filled with excitement that she jumped into his arms and began hugging and kissing Richie constantly.

“Alright it’s good to see you to baby, but do you think I can come and eat some dinner atleast?” Richie replied out of breath from kissing his wife.

“Yeah honey sure, come on in.” Sara replied as Richie came inside. She shut the door behind him and locked it.

Richie sat down at the table and Sara retrieved a hot plate of chicken parmesan from the oven.

“Chicken parmesan? My favorite, I like that sexy black dress you have on. It shows off your cleavage really well.” Richie said with a smile as he took a bite of chicken parmesan, “This is really great babe.”

Richie took a few more bites as Sara answered with a kiss on the cheek. Sara sat down as well and ate dinner with Richie. Once the couple finished, Richie carried Sara into the bedroom. He dropped her on the bed and pulled her skimpy black dress off her to find no underwear underneath. Richie smiled and quickly took off all his clothes.

“It’s been so long since we…”

“I know.” Richie interrupted his wife.

He began kissing her up and down her body. The couple looked deeply into each other’s eyes, and finally they began to make love as the sun set outside and the moon rose high into the dark sky.

The next day…

Richie woke up and slowly slipped out of bed. He climbed in the shower and turned it on. It was the first time in ten years he didn’t have to shower with his back against the shower head. Once he finished, he dressed himself in his worn out shoes, khaki pants, a white tank, and a blue dress shirt left unbutton. Next he slid his gold cross around his neck and strapped a small gun holster to his ankle. He pulled a .48 pistol out of his closet and strapped it inside the gun holster on his ankle. Richie covered it up with his pant leg and grabbed the keys to his car. He also grabbed his old cell phone.

He left the apartment with Sara still asleep. Richie walked down the stairs and out the door. He entered his sentinel and ignited the engine. He planned to take back all of his old business ventures, but first he needed to talk to Nicky. Richie drove to Nicky’s mansion and parked his car. He walked up the stairs and stopped at the guard.

“Who are you?” The guard asked.

“I’m Richie Copperelli; I need to talk with Nicky.” Richie replied smoothly.

“Hold on.” The guard said and left for a minute.

A few minutes later the guard came back, “Ok, he’ll see you now.”

“Alright.” Richie responded.

He began to walk inside when he kneed the guard in the balls. “Show me some respect next time you see me.” He said sternly.

Richie walked into the Don’s office and hugged Nicky.

“It’s good to see you Richie, what’s it been ten years?”

“Yeah Nicky, I got out yesterday. Now I want to talk to you about getting all my old businesses back.” Richie answered.

“Well Rich I got something better then that for you. I know about all the sh*t you did for this family before you went to jail and you’re still the best earner this family has ever had. That’s why I’m making you a Captain.” Nicky responded with a smile.

“Oh man, Capo? That’s great, thank you!” Richie replied with a smile.

The two men hugged and then sat back down to continue discussing business.

“I’m also giving you control of the garbage business. It’s a big money maker and it’s a great asset. I’ll have some bigger business plans in the near future, but I’ll give you time to get on your feet. Anyways, get out of here I got a meeting with the mayor.” Nicky stated.

Richie bid his good byes and left the office. On the way out he pulled his cell phone out a dialed a number. Now that he was a captain, he needed the best bodyguard available and there is only one guy he could think of for the job.

“Hello?”

“Hey Sergio, its Richie Copperelli.”

“Richie? Quando avete uscito della prigione?” Sergio replied.

“I just got out today and I was made Capo. I want you to come be in my crew like old times.” Richie responded, “How fast can you fly to America from Italy?”>

To be continued…

Grand Theft Auto IV - Post-Release Update 1

GTA IV Post Release

Grand Theft Auto IV has already been released for a week, and apparently everybody - including me - is too busy playing. Currently, a Grand Theft Auto IV Review and Walkthrough is in its works. Stay cool, everybody! I apologize for the “no-updates” week after Grand Theft Auto IV’s release.

This week, the PS3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV has been patched, after a myriad of problems relating to the game freezing and crashing the console. Also, check out the spoiler about the “L1 - Zombie”. A user from the GameTrailers forum has provided screenshots for a strange multiplayer “Easter egg” that has been spotted, which seems to be an exclusive Zombie player model.

Good news too, Grand Theft Auto IV has sold around six million copies in its first week on sale - with around 3.6 million copies being grabbed on the first day. This means that the game is said to have grossed $500 million to date.

Microsoft also announced that over 31 million hours of play had been racked up on the Xbox 360 version to date, with 9.7 million hours of play in the game’s “seamless” Xbox Live multiplayer mode. Microsoft also reminds us of the exclusive episodes which are coming to Xbox Live this fall by claiming they’ll provide “hours of additional gameplay”.

Chart Track also announced that Grand Theft Auto IV sold 926,000 copies during its first week on sale, grossing £39.9m which easily places it as the most successful video game launch in UK history. Perhaps most interestingly though, it has sold more copies in its first week than every game released in 2007 combined, excluding FIFA 08, Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training and Call of Duty 4.

Have fun playing and messing about in Liberty City. Do come and join me in a multiplayer match sometime - add my gamertag (HoT dEv1L 666) on Xbox LIVE! Well, what’s my score for Grand Theft Auto IV after playing for a week? I will say that the fairest score would have to be 99.9/100. Sorry for the late updates, once again. Stay tuned for more Grand Theft Auto IV post-release news, multimedia, mission walkthroughs and fanboy community review!

Grand Theft Auto IV - Cheats, Tips & Secrets (I)

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Grand Theft Auto IV has just been released, the game is so big and immense, it might take some of us a while to fully explore, understand and later come to love this city. The City of Liberty has also has a beating heart. Actually, no. The heart belongs to the Statue of Happiness.

Well, what am I talking about? I’m talking about an easter egg in the game. Visit the Statue of Happiness in a helicopter, jump out and land on the roof in the torso of the statue with four doors. Enter the door that says “No Hidden Content Through Here”. Mount the ladder that you see and climb up. You’ll see it. I don’t want to give you guys spoilers.

Also, we know some people love to cheat. With so many people playing Grand Theft Auto IV now, they can’t all be following the rules. We know some of you are lazy and adventurous, at least in video games. We hope you don’t go around town shooting people! So, here you go, Cheat Codes for Grand Theft Auto IV!

We have created a page for Grand Theft Auto IV’s Cheats, Codes and Secrets, and we’ll be updating them very often. When we do, we’ll be sure to inform you through news posts like this one you’re reading, so stay tuned! The Grand Theft Auto IV review will be up by Saturday!

Grand Theft Auto IV - It’s Here!

Well, I blinked my eye and glanced twice at the calendar (actually, it’s iCal). April 29 2008? I couldn’t believe my eyes! After having waited for almost three years, the best video game ever produced is finally here… GRAND THEFT AUTO IV!

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GTA4, GTA 4, GTAIV, GTA IV, Grand Theft Auto 4 or Grand Theft Auto IV. Heck, I don’t even care what you call it, but it’s here! Today is D-Day! Grand Theft Auto IV is finally here! I’ll be getting it today, perhaps, a few hours from now? Well, don’t worry guys, pictures, impressions and videos… request them! I will not spoil the game for you guys, though. For those with Xbox LIVE Gold membership, I hope to play some multiplayer, add me! My GamerTag is HoT dEv1L 666.

Ah.. the city. The cars. The music. Everything fits in well into Grand Theft Auto IV. Even the Multiplayer comes so naturally. The controls are pretty funny and it’s difficult, though. Stay tuned for my full-fledged review of Grand Theft Auto IV, “Grand Theft Auto IV: From a Fanboy’s Perspective” on May 4th 2008!

For now, those who have gotten Grand Theft Auto IV - enjoy your time with Niko! For those who haven’t, why not take a peak into the world of Liberty City? Check the links out over at the Grand Theft Auto IV section at the sidebar. Cheers!

Grand Theft Auto IV - It Launches Tomorrow!

GTA IV Launches TOMORROW!

Yep, the biggest and most anticipated video game ever is going to be launched tomorrow, which much hype and action that is equivalent to the height of the Statue of Happiness. So far, we’ve never seen a review that has given it a score of lower than 9.5/10. Is Grand Theft Auto IV really that good? Well, you bet!

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Below, there are tons of links to almost 50 gameplay videos and reviews that are going to fill the void between now and the launch of the game. Reviews have given it a near-perfect score, gameplay videos have been an awesome experience. Sure, nothing beats playing Grand Theft Auto IV yourself, but it’s definitely worth watching to get yourself suited to the hype and action it delivers.

Plus, WikiCheats has already written up a Grand Theft Auto IV mission walkthrough, as well as an incomplete cheats list, quick strategies, side missions, city maps, and more! Do check it out if you want to get your head into the game!

Thanks to GTAGaming for the links to these awesome gameplay videos and reviews! Also, many online press websites have released their reviews of Grand Theft Auto IV, do check them out, the list is just right below. We know you couldn’t wait for this, sorry for the late updates!

Grand Theft Auto IV launches tomorrow! Make sure you are mentally prepared for it! Those who haven’t pre-ordered, you might want to do a last-minute check with your local retailer, this isn’t a game to be missed! Check out the Grand Theft Auto IV links over at the sidebar! Stay tuned for a peak inside Grand Theft Auto IV tomorrow! Cheers, have fun!

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