In what will hopefully be the last I speak of Grand Theft Auto IV until the DLC comes out, Jeremy Parish reiterates my opinion of the game in his GameSpite blog:
"I'm finding myself struggling to like Grand Theft Auto IV. It feels as though Rockstar decided to take away all the things I enjoyed about the PS2 titles while amplifying everything I detested, apparently in the name of "realism." The free-form taxi/ambulance/pizza delivery missions I always used as a tool for orientating myself within each new city? Gone! (Well, not completely gone: Just hidden away behind a few compulsory stories missions and an unreliable dispatcher who turns me down two times out of three.) The effortless, arcade-like auto controls? Destroyed by an ill-fitting physics engine. The freedom to just play and enjoy exploring? Thwarted by chatty, needy NPCs who constantly call and penalize you if you don't drop everything you're doing to go play pool with them. In other words... they've played down everything that makes GTA GTA in my book while emphasizing all the crap that makes me not want to play other games of this ilk. Don't even get me started on how long I'll have to play to get out of the boring Brooklyn/Queens areas and into the juicy Manhattan sections. Well done, Rockstar."
I guess it feels good to have my opinion validated by someone I admire, because, basically, it's just like patting myself on the back. Hooray for me.
"I'm finding myself struggling to like Grand Theft Auto IV. It feels as though Rockstar decided to take away all the things I enjoyed about the PS2 titles while amplifying everything I detested, apparently in the name of "realism." The free-form taxi/ambulance/pizza delivery missions I always used as a tool for orientating myself within each new city? Gone! (Well, not completely gone: Just hidden away behind a few compulsory stories missions and an unreliable dispatcher who turns me down two times out of three.) The effortless, arcade-like auto controls? Destroyed by an ill-fitting physics engine. The freedom to just play and enjoy exploring? Thwarted by chatty, needy NPCs who constantly call and penalize you if you don't drop everything you're doing to go play pool with them. In other words... they've played down everything that makes GTA GTA in my book while emphasizing all the crap that makes me not want to play other games of this ilk. Don't even get me started on how long I'll have to play to get out of the boring Brooklyn/Queens areas and into the juicy Manhattan sections. Well done, Rockstar."
I guess it feels good to have my opinion validated by someone I admire, because, basically, it's just like patting myself on the back. Hooray for me.
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