bit-tech News: Grand Theft Auto IV

news · May 13, 2008

Hi all,

We have just published a review of *Grand Theft Auto IV* for Xbox 360 -

if you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

*Link:*

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*Quote:

*/"Grand Theft Auto IV is a great game and although it's still very

early in the year, this is obviously going to be a strong candidate for

Game of The Year. It always was, frankly.

Yet, there's still a little niggle of doubt in our ears here --

something that says that although Grand Theft Auto IV is a great game,

it just isn't the huge leap forward we all expected it to be. This seed

of doubt says that GTA IV is far more an evolution than a revolution and

that that is obviously going to limit the overall impact and impression

of the game.

That doubt is true and is utterly justified in what it says when you sit

down to really listen to it. Grand Theft Auto is a top-notch game, but

it isn't as mind-blowing and impressive as something like Portal, for

example. It's building on the foundations of previous games in the

series and adding on a few extra features each time -- it isn't

completely new and fresh itself.

That doesn't make Grand Theft Auto IV any less of a Game of The Year

candidate and it doesn't take anything away from the insane amount of

fun to be had. What it does do though is make the entire experience a

little more predictable; a lot of the time you know what's coming

beforehand and the first third of everything feels like jumping through

hoops just to meet an old friend.

It's not game-wrecking and it doesn't detract from how great GTA IV is

as a whole, but GTA IV isn't as original and shockingly good as the

franchise once was. It's another re-polished and re-tuned iteration of a

proven idea and though the game is definitely a must-buy, it also isn't

all that startling."

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*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

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