Not much a fun factor compared to Saints Row (now that was a fun game!). I don't want to watch a movie, I want to play a game. The story is good, but you don't play GTA games for the story. Graphics are horrible - why are the GTA games so dark and dismal all the time (except for GTA Vice City)? Looks like the developers spent Graphics are horrible - why are the GTA games so dark and dismal all the time (except for GTA Vice City)? Looks like the developers spent more time trying to make the wrinkles and scars in people's faces appear realistic than they spent on the character models themselves. Sure, it has it's flaws but they all get over-shadowed by the fun gameplay. Another great thing is that in a multi-ethnicity game like this we get to hear the real languages VERDICT: GTA IV is a worth byuing for core-gamers and a must buy for all the GTA fans. Niko has the appropriet voice and Roman too, the accents are exactly as they should and the acting makes the characters more believable. But the real deal in GTA IV's sound design is the voice acting, it is really great. The sound effects are there too with the most of the guns sound pretty much the same and pedestrian screams all over the place and the car sounds aren't that much of a treat either. Though the music in some action scenes is good. SOUND: Music didn't draw me in, mostly because its biggest part is heard through a car installed radio with some fake radio stations which always repeat the same playlist of 4-5 tracks for each one of them. but the designs of the overall varation of city's populations lacks in number. The majority of the main characters are nicelly scrapped with decent facial expressions. The huge map of Liberty City is filled with nice skyscrappers and big buildings, the streets look good and especially the most of the alleys. Framerate is steady but rarely will "tremble" a bit (not much of a serious problem). The cars look ok but they could have a bit more textures on them, the bikes on the other hand are nicely done. Sure, you will find your self trying to set the display options since brightness and saturatiion need fixing but that's not that much of disturbance. they could be better but they are not bad either. Of course I have tell you that Nko carries around a mobile phone which won't stop ringing. Driving aroun Liberty City is really fun but not flawless, the armory includes a lot of nice weapons and the cover system is pretty good. Another familiar gameplay element are the minigames such as darts, bowling and pool (snooker) and also the options of going on dates, on strip clubs, bars, and banging hookers in your car (no hot coffee).
There are also a lot of side missions which can be enter via a PC in an internet cafe, but they get boring soon since the most of them involve stealing and delivering specific vehicles. Theres a bunch of cool mission on the basic storyline with drug dealing, car chases, executions and many more which won't let you get bored and will take you about 30 hours to complete. Niko steals cars, bikes, trucks, choppers etc.He kills innocents with no reason, runs from the cops and gets to work for some not that much of innocent guys. GAMEPLAY: GTA IV runs on the rails of the previous releases. He will get trusted and betrayed, loved and hated and maybe in the heart breaked. Niko's story has a lot of variation and "flavors", he will meet new friends (and some old too), new enemies and a lot of wacky personalities. Niko will get involved in situations that aren't that legal "kinda smoothly"but that until he gets his hands dirty, afterwards he gets deeper into the crime scene. Did it's controversial formula got old or gamers never gonna get bored in killing innocent virtual pedestrians? STORY: Niko Belic is a Serbian illegal emigrant in America who met again with his cousin Roman and wants to start again his life in, the gloriously described by his cousin, Liberty City (New York) where he will soon realise that it isn't exactly as described. Did it's controversial formula got old or gamers never gonna get GTA IV is decent and fun, also more realistic than previous GTA releases. GTA IV is decent and fun, also more realistic than previous GTA releases.