GTA IV: Grand Theft Auto 4 on PS3 or Xbox 360

GTA IV: Grand Theft Auto 4 on PS3 or Xbox 360
by Alexa Peters

GTA 4 on PS3 or Xbox 360 is the first console game on IGN that has earned a perfect 10 since 1999. The reviewer says that "GTA IV is the best game he's played in the last ten years". The game is also known as GTA 4 or GTA IV. The Grand Theft Auto series has always been a mega-hit in video game sales. Based upon the feedback and anticipation for this game, it has the potential to be one of the biggest games for 2008.

A fictitious place named Liberty City is designed as a plot in the GTA series. It is the main place where all the action would take place. The main protagonist Niko (player) comes to America after accepting invitation from his cousin. Nicko comes to to America with great expectations to give wings to his American dream, but as a matter of fact everything turns against his expectations and dreams. He gets over his head in debt which leads him to the criminal underworld. Life changes for the worse, as he owes a a large sum of money to some very bad people.

GTA IV reinvents the GTA series with an updated version of Liberty City detailed potholes in streets and rooftop air conditioning vents. There are more boroughs to explore plus extra area outside of Liberty City limits. GTA isn't particularly suited to straight-up team death match. For example - the mechanics and arena are simply not a fit for such competition. GTA 4's world is simply too interesting: during most death match games you'll wish you could go and explore an alley or drive a car into the sunset without someone shooting at you with a rocket launcher.

Grand Theft Auto 4 is being hailed as the rock star of video games and is the most refined and polished release in the whole of the franchise history. Few games deliver on the hype this one does. Grand Theft Auto IV is one of the first games to utilize Natural Motion's Euphoria engine for realistic body movement, and from what has been previewed, this animation engine deserves the hype. Bodies react realistically to gunshots, legs bend naturally to uneven terrain, and you can see momentum in running and stopping motions.

In addition, Grand Theft Auto 4 is the first time that online multiplayer is available to console players. Rock Star has taken cues from other modern online games and added their own Grand Theft Auto twist. All eyes are on how Rockstar is going to set up the multi-player; it can either be great or terrible.

A note of caution is that parents need to be aware that Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 is generally rated 'M' which means, this game should be played only by matured people over 17 years of age. The reason for this rating is that there is a fair amount of violence and nudity.

Many video gamers believe that Grand Theft Auto 4 is the very best that the medium has to offer right now, as close to perfect as any game has yet come. The flaws are probably there for those who really want to find them, but the overall experience far eclipses any momentary frustrations.