- Publisher: Rockstar Games
- Release Date: Apr 29, 2008
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 3
- Summary:
- Developer: Rockstar North
- Genre(s): Action Adventure
- # of players: 1 Player
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Positive: 86 out of 86
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Mixed: 0 out of 86
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Negative: 0 out of 86
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100Almost everything you do in Liberty City would be good enough to drive its own game, and the best parts would be good enough to outrun the competition, but the reason it works so well is that Rockstar has made a game that requires no patience to play. This, as much as its usual coherency and the best script in the series, is what makes GTA IV the best openworld game yet, and why it will take something miraculous to rob it of game of the year status.
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100Yes, there's still the freedom to cause havoc, and inevitably you do; the difference is that you’re no longer impelled to toy with GTA IV's world in quite the same sadistic way - you live in it. [June 2008, p.82]
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100GTA IV may not have the best graphics, gunplay, A.I. or driving, but few other games have ever combined so many elements so successfully. It excels in creating a genuinely cinematic atmosphere, with writing on par with anything Hollywood can produce and action sequences that would sit comfortably in any movie.
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85Perhaps the most frustrating mistake the game makes is in the car combat. When this works, it's one of the game's bright points, as passengers blast away at other cars, shredding metal, blowing out wheels, and slaughtering the occupants, but when it fails, the game is crippled by that failure.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 642 out of 825
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Mixed: 92 out of 825
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Negative: 91 out of 825
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