Right from the start, it’s evident that Liberty City is unrecognizable from the one you saw in Grand Theft Auto 3 in 2001, unrecognizable only in good ways. First of all, unsurprisingly, the level of realism is far greater than any city in the Grand Theft Auto series so far, and Liberty City is now possibly the most realistic game environment ever created – matching Assassin’s Creed and Metal Gear Solid 4. if it doesn’t beat them, in terms of the realism of the game world.
All the citizens of Liberty City seem to have a unique personality when you watch them go about their daily business, seemingly unaware of the myriad of criminals and gangs that walk among them, until they are caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. of course.
You will arrive in Liberty City in a small boat, in the form of Eastern European Niko Bellic, an illegal immigrant who has made his way to Liberty City in his efforts to find his fortune, although he did not intend to find it by following the paths that will soon be will be placed in front of him. Your cousin Roman has worked his way through some life-threatening gambling debt and it’s you who has to help him find a way out of it.
As with all previous GTA titles, Grand Theft Auto IV will see you spend hour after hour doing small jobs like stealing cars, shooting random pedestrians, and escaping the attention of the police. This time, however, it offers you much more than ever, in large part thanks to a story that provides you with unmatched variety. On many occasions, you will find that you do not have to follow orders, such as killing someone, as you might have the option of letting him escape if you promise to leave the area. However, letting people escape is not without risk, allowing you to weigh the potential use of that person later in the game against the consequences you may face if your ’employer’ discovers that you did not finish the job properly.
This becomes a trend as the story of Grand Theft Auto IV unfolds, and it brings various benefits at different points in the game in each individual case, ensuring that you want to play the game over and over again to see in which direction. will take the game. it will take you when you make different decisions. Befriending a lawyer, for example, will go a long way if you ever find yourself in trouble with the law.
Most of the missions you encounter during true story mode don’t give you this kind of decision at the end, and will simply involve you making deliveries of various kinds or taking out certain people. Of course, nothing is that simple, sometimes there will be noisy enemies who will try to prevent you from completing your tasks, particularly later in the game when some of the missions are based on kidnapping plans and a job interview went wrong. The police also want to express their opinion on a regular basis and this is usually when they are not included in the mission itself. If a mission fails, a new replay mission feature makes it easy to give it another try.
Escaping the police in previous GTA titles was ridiculously difficult at times; This is no longer the case and has become too easy a touch if anything and is possibly the only flaw Grand Theft Auto IV has. Your GPS will show you the location of police on foot in your area, as well as that of patrol cars, and will also show a circle around the area they are concentrating on as they search for you. Just find the exit from that area and avoid the cops for about 10 seconds and they will let you slide.
Rockstar has also added new abilities to your character, such as the ability to scale a fence or wall and move along ledges, when you can get a foothold, and perhaps more beneficially the ability to protect yourself behind vehicles. , walls and nearby walls. objects. This comes in handy over and over again during the frenzy of firefights that you will inevitably find yourself involved in. You can also lock your aiming reticle on an enemy and keep them locked while taking cover, so you can wait for the right moment, show up, and take them out in no time.
Using target lock is good and makes dealing with a large number of enemies in a quick time pretty easy, to say the least, but you also need to master manual aiming as it’s a skill you’ll need over and over again when aim lock is simply too slow as it is focused on the enemy’s torso – precious seconds wasted when you could actually do it with a few headshots!
When you take a step back from your daily grind, Liberty City offers you so much more than just criminal activity. For example, you can head to various comedy clubs where you will meet big-name acts, watch TV, listen to the radio, or go to one of the TW @ internet cafes and surf the internet in-game, a great addition to the game! !
The Internet within Grand Theft Auto IV is made up of paradoxical websites of real-life sites that you wouldn’t normally stumble upon, and it offers a lot of fun content and a refreshing twist to the game that you would never have imagined. There’s even a dating agency website where you can post your profile and arrange to meet women in Liberty City for a date, and that’s not the only way you can build some kind of social life in Grand Theft Auto IV.
As you progress through the game, you will build relationships with many of the people you meet, and they all have unique personalities and will enjoy doing different kinds of things. Your friends will be easier to please than any date, there is nothing more realistic than that, right? Some people will enjoy a game of bowling while others will want a five-star treatment, fancy restaurants, everything. They even comment on the car you drive and the way you drive it, and they will notice if you wear the same outfit two dates in a row. Women.
The cell phone, another great addition, is almost as essential to you as your guns and ammunition. It allows you to stay in touch with your friends, dates, and even some of your enemies. You are unlikely to hear the same conversation twice thanks to the brilliant way the cell phone was implemented in the game. You can call people to talk about work, a leisure activity, or to ask them for a favor. The conversation will unfold as if it were real. He begins to forget that everything he hears has been written!
The cell phone is also useful if you hear a song that you like during the game, but you do not know what it is called or who is playing it. Instead of horrible intrusive boxes appearing every time a song appears that tells you this information, you can simply dial a song recognition line on your cell phone and in seconds you will receive a text message that will tell you what the song is, what In my opinion, it sums up the incredible thought and attention to detail that has gone into Grand Theft Auto IV, and there are a ton of little features like this that you would never have expected to see in this type of game that come together and make it a truly unmissable game.
Very few will want to miss it, which can only mean millions have it, making multiplayer modes something worth checking out too! For the first time, Liberty City has gone global and now brings together dirty criminals from around the world in a wide range of multiplayer game modes. Once again, getting connected is easy thanks to your in-game cell phone. Dial a number and you’ll be transported to an online version of Liberty City, packed with all the weapons you’ve come to love when playing in single player mode.
As the host of the game, you can choose from a variety of settings, such as friendly fire, police presence or the lack of it, the type of weapons in the game, and the level of traffic in the city. Up to 15 more players can join you as you cause a carnage. You’ll probably run into some lag issues at times, but all that online modes are considered to be again a great addition to the game and will keep you coming back to the game over and over again when you’ve completed the single player game countless times. .
Simply unmissable. This game is the only reason you need to buy an XBox 360 or PS3 if you don’t already have one.