Nostalga

[Hove_Beach]

For me - all 3 experiences have been different

 

The city from each protaganist's point of view has been very different in my eyes and playing- to weapons to vehicles a whole host of ways - i really felt that i was playing in LC from a diff set of eyes and that to me was this dlc's best experience

 

Did it feel like a diff view to the city to YOu ?

 

MIne is a big YES.

Edited November 3, 2009 by Hove_Beach

[phillbell09]

What I loved the most was the way that for each protagonist, there was a distinct sense of where home was. IV was originally based in Hove Beach, but that quickly ends and Niko is constantly moving, constantly experiencing the city with new eyes. For Johnny, Alderney finally had some meaning to the game, as it fit his rough lifestyle perfectly. As for Luis, Algonquin was definitely home, and going to the outer-boroughs felt kind of weird, almost like they weren't good enough for him. I still don't understand how Rockstar was able to give new eyes for each DLC, but it definitely worked.

[ChrisMathers3501]

What I loved the most was the way that for each protagonist, there was a distinct sense of where home was. IV was originally based in Hove Beach, but that quickly ends and Niko is constantly moving, constantly experiencing the city with new eyes. For Johnny, Alderney finally had some meaning to the game, as it fit his rough lifestyle perfectly. As for Luis, Algonquin was definitely home, and going to the outer-boroughs felt kind of weird, almost like they weren't good enough for him. I still don't understand how Rockstar was able to give new eyes for each DLC, but it definitely worked.

Hell, even Huang had Dukes. For a game called "Chinatown Wars" he sure didn't spend a lot of time in Chinatown.

 

I'm all for a new GTA set somewhere else and during some other time, but I think they should at least have one more game where the player lives in Bohan.

[Algonquin Assassin]

IMO R* done an excellent job at giving all 3 games their own distinctive feeling even though all 3 take place in the same city at the same time.

 

I also agree with phillbell09. In GTA IV you're always moving around, so you never really have a sense of where Niko's home is, but with TLAD, and TBOGT it's different because Luis, and Johnny are locals.

 

It's actually a strange feeling, because normally in GTA games you play as someone who isn't familar with the city or is, but hasn't been there for a long time. With TLAD, and TBOGT we play as characters who know the city inside, and out. Kind of like us as players really.

 

For most of us we've been playing GTA IV since it came out, so we know the city very well. R* captured this by placing us in the shoes of characters who also know the city. It's just fantastic how well they blended everything togtether.

Edited November 4, 2009 by Miamivicecity

[Slamman]

That was Sam Houser's intent, as I have re-iterated from his magazine interviews about GTA 4. That was early on, and there was confusion about the added characters (indicated with blips on the maps) one meets up with in the main game, but he did break the news that GTA 4 would be the basis to explore beyond the Bellics.

 

I think possibly the fact it replicated their office base in NYC, they were new Americans looking to pay homage to the town they loved, and the extent of time it also took, a labor of Love for Rockstar North, that's why we get the I HEART t-shirts, it's based in some reality for the guys behind the game.

 

I like that it offers a new perspective to Open World game play that no one has tried

Edited November 4, 2009 by Slamman

[ScotchMouth]

I think Miamivicecity summed up things rather well. I can agree with that