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Posted on 07-08-2008 22:24
Stepping off a boat in the shoes of illegal immigrant Niko Bellic as he arrives in Liberty City at the start of Grand Theft Auto IV, you can tell immediately that Rockstar Northr17;s latest offering is something quite special. Yes, this is another GTA game in which your17;ll likely spend the bulk of your time stealing cars and gunning down cops and criminals, but itr17;s also much more than that. GTAIV is a game with a compelling and nonlinear storyline, a game with a great protagonist who you canr17;t help but like, and a game that boasts a plethora of online multiplayer features in addition to its lengthy story mode. Itr17;s not without some flaws, but GTAIV is undoubtedly the best Grand Theft Auto yet.
One of the many things that set GTAIV apart from its predecessors is Liberty City, which is more convincing as a living, breathing urban environment than anything that your17;ve seen in a game before, and bears little resemblance to its namesake in 2001r17;s GTAIII. Libertyr17;s diverse population believably attempts to go about its daily business, seemingly unaware that several criminal factions are at war in the city. Niko has no such luck. Her17;s compelled to start working for one of the factions shortly after arriving, when he learns that his cousin Roman has some potentially fatal gambling debts. Nikor17;s military experience makes him a useful freelancer for employers in the business of killing each other, and though his reluctance to carry out their orders is often apparent, he does whatever is asked of him in the hope that completing missions for other people will ultimately give him the means to complete his own.
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