Grand Theft Auto IV - OPM UK review

Yes, your eyes aren’t fooling you. The latest magazine to review the game, OPM UK (Offical PlayStation Magazine UK), was given special permission to play Grand Theft Auto IV for several days last month, and with such a good game in their hands, they have given another perfect score of 10 out of 10 to it.

Also, major fansites have recieved an exclusive screenshots of Grand Theft Auto IV, some of which are the first digital screenshots to feature the Heads-Up Display (HUD). We have uploaded all of them online, albeit with a watermark at the corners. View them below.

Well, back to the point - many new pieces of information were revealed in the magazine article, and you can read a summary of the information revealed below. Grand Theft Auto IV is indeed going to be a great experience! You can download the scans right below.

• One of the reasons Niko goes to Liberty City is to track down the man who betrayed his old army unit.
• Cars no longer catch fire at the slightest provocation.
• There are several points at which you make life or death decisions between key cast members.
• Comedy clubs feature real comedians.
• “Michelle” is the first girl that Niko hooks up with.
• Dimitiri Rascalov is Mikhail Faustin’s right hand man.
• “Other uses of the phone on missions include calling a target to make him come to the window and into Niko’s sniper sight.”
• There is a museum called the Libertonian museum, which features dinosaur fossils and exploding vases. Environments such as these have been created specifically for shootouts, so there’s plenty of cover.
• Groups include the Irish hoodlums, the depressed ex-cons and a paranoid lesbian coke dealer.
• One car is called the Corquette.
• Press L1 to order order a hotdog.
• You can hijack a van transporter carrying a convict.
• While dating Press Circle to try your luck or X to say goodnight.
• Two of the girlfriends are called Carmen and Katie.
• Leave Niko standing there and he’ll scratch his balls
• The name of every radio station is revealed:
  • WKTT - We Know The Truth (right wing talk radio)
  • San Juan Sounds (latin)
  • Integrity 2.0 (speech, hosted by Lazlow)
  • Liberty City Hardcore (punk/hardcore)
  • Liberty Rock Radio 97.8 (classic rock)
  • The Vibe 98.8 (soul/R’n'B)
  • PLR - Public Liberty Radio (call-in speech)
  • The Classics 104.1 (old-skool hip-hop)
  • Jazz Nation Radio 108.5 (jazz)
  • Vladivostok FM (eastern european)
  • Radio Broker (alt rock)
  • Tuff Gong Radio (reggae/dub)
  • Electro Choc (dance)
  • Massive B Soundsystem 96.9 (dance hall)
  • IF99 - International Funk (funk)
  • The Beat 102.7 (contemporary hip-hop)
  • K109 The Studio (disco)
  • Fusion FM
  • The Journey (ambient/chillout)

Here are the scans of the Official PlayStation Magazine UK’s Grand Theft Auto IV review article - Page One, Page Two, Page Three, Page Four, Page Five, Page Six, Page Seven, Page Eight, Page Nine and Page Ten. Enjoy reading!

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