MORE POSITIVES THAN NEGATIVES FOR GTA IV

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most of my posts have been quite neg towards GTA but after seeing the community debate over the good and bad aspects of the new Game - Series I can see the BIG PICTURE.

 

POSITIVES

 

By keeping with and expanding the 100% completion I see R* are still keeping the series for the community as most games are play then put down expect for those wishing to gain achievments. BUT the 100% is still very much a GTA thing.

 

The city is created well, from holes and bumps in the road,roadworks, to the new depth of the city, detailed back alley systems for great escapes the city has a nice familiar GTA feeling.

 

The weather system is better - as well as the spawning of NPCS and all their new actions as discussed in the board.

 

The internet and radio adds to the story more with better feedback on your missions.

 

Most of the old stuff is back - Such as hoookers with added detail into services.

 

Euphoria is excellent, and integrated almost seamlessly.

 

The car damage engine is amazing and gives more realism to the damage and shows of the new series engine well.

The way the blood on the car relates to the hits, bullet holes stay on the car, cars lose power or deform so you cant steer, rusty cars etc etc.

 

The new cars are very well presented - and although there is no mod shop car personal mods - the community is finding tons of variations of cars from hoods to spoilers which is just as appealing and adds variety to the stock cars like never before.

 

Cops and the new radar makes the chases more intelligent and rewarding.

Cops who arrest NPC's and commander vehicles is very welcome and adds depth to the game.

The cops VIgalante has been improved with the new police computer.

 

The new sound effects such as police cars can now be identified as in the distance by their sound alone, as well as train effects everything has been improved upon, gps etc tec.

 

Gangs still are in the game - but now are more harder to battle due to not having their AI so high on an aggresive setting.

 

The new "random peds" is a great addition adding random interactions off the story line - very smary and i hope is imporved upon.

 

The new friends system and phone system are very welcome and work well - issues such as cam pics and friends calling too much can be fixed witha patch.

 

The new enterable building with no load is welcome as well more attention to detail in all areas as well as interiors.

 

The choices system offering slightly diff story pathways is very welcome as well as those returning as RANDOM NPCs is great to.

 

The cover system is very very welcome and changes the way you play as well as the improved aiming makes playing battles more smoother and more realism rather than using fake cover - now u can use car doors etc.

 

PLus loads of other stuff which blasts the others outta the water -

 

overall this one is better and all the improvements are hard to notice as they work so well, and my guess is that the DLC will allow R* to improve in many ways and was a smart move both in terms of business and in the story as the GTA cities work so well once made that it is very possible to return to the same city with new weapons stories as they did with the VC and libert city stories titlesnow they can do this with dlc without having to relase the improvenments as another title. keeping the community happy with updates till the new GTA is launched.