GTA IV Review

Grand Theft Auto is a series of games that everyone has heard of, it hits the press every other week with reporters claiming that it’s scenes of violence and scenes of a graphic nature disrupt the minds of youth and cause them to do very, very bad things. We don’t know about any of that, but we do know, it’s one kick ass game.

Reporters are true in stating that the game is violent, that it is, but reporters who state that Grand Theft Auto IV is only violence, have completely the wrong idea. Yes, the game is based around violence, crime and the such like, but under it all, Grand Theft Auto has a dense story-line based around American gang culture. So yes, I think we should defend it.

Grand Theft Auto IV is set in the streets of Liberty City (not surprisingly, an exact replica of New York City) with its vast array of landscapes, from dirty city slums to high-rise business buildings it makes the perfect surroundings for some epic gameplay. During your time in Liberty City you play Nico Bellic a war veteran from an unspecified country in Eastern Europe.

In an around the city you find various missions that you’ll have to carry out, these differ depending on your location in the game, and how far you’ve progressed into the game but you can be expected to compete in a street race, commit insurance fraud, start gang wars and destroy opposing gang territory.

As you progress through the game you’ll get more contacts added to your phone, these become useful for calling in backup when in blazing firefights and gang wars. The mobile phone is the central place in GTA IV for accepting missions, contacting allies and inputting the various cheats that are available for the game.

We don’t want to give too much away, incase you haven’t played GTA IV, but the story-line is epic, and you can be expecting to do task such as drive-by’s and assassinations throughout the game. If you ask us, Grand Theft Auto IV is defiantly a game that you should get for your 360, PS3 or PC.