Grand Theft Auto IV is a very fun game. You play as Nico Bellic, a European immigrant who came to Liberty City, America, with his cousin Roman. Roman looking for the American Dream, and Nico looking for revenge. The game is a great stress reliever, and I recommend you play it.
Graphics: 4
GTA IV definitely isn't known for its graphics. Helicopter blades go through walls, broken car parts are pixely, and more. Plus, buildings that you can't go into aren't good looking. Pretty much everything super close up doesn't look good. The graphics aren't completely awful, though. Some of the cars look cool, and the explosions are awesome. This is why I give the graphics of Grand Theft Auto IV a 4.
Sound: 8
Most of the sound effects in Grand Theft Auto IV aren't very note-worthy, but I've added a couple of extra points because of the radio. When you're in the car, you can listen the radio. There are twenty three different radio stations in this game. My favorites are Liberty Rock and JNR. All the stations combined boast over 125 songs. That's a whole lot of music for one game. It's fun in an odd way to shoot down cops and helicopters while listening to jazz. Then, there's the sound effects. The voice acting is OK in this game, but it could use some work. The sound effects that come from things such as explosions, cars, and guns are pretty normal in comparison to other games. I rate the sound of this game an 8.
Addictiveness: 9
Grand Theft Auto 4 is very addicting, and lots of this comes from the depth of the game. There's so much to do that you just want to play it more and more. There's many missions, and you want to unlock everything and beat it so you can have more fun. Plus, there's multiplayer, which can be addicting, too. This game is a good stress reliever, so if you come back from a crappy day at work or a boring school day, fire up GTA IV and unleash your wrath on virtual people. It's fun, and you aren't actually hurting anybody. Sadly, the addictiveness doesn't last forever. Soon, driving around shooting cops gets boring, and you're looking for every single way to have fun. This happened to me, and I stopped playing the game. Since the addictiveness doesn't last a super long time, that's why I give it a 9.
Story: 7
This game isn't known for it's story as much as it's other aspects, but It's still a pretty good one. You, Nico, start out with your cousin Roman running a taxi business after just moving to America. Somehow you get pulled into the criminal underworld, and next thing you know you're robbing banks and dealing with druggies and jerks. Throughout all this, Nico has one thing on his mind: revenge. I won't go into why or who he wants revenge with, because that would be spoiling the story. Altogether, though, Nico isn't THAT bad of a guy as it seems he is. He's just trying to survive in America. So, the story is pretty good. One thing that I liked was how you can choose how things happen sometimes. There will be parts where you can kill someone, or let them live, and it affects the story in some way. Near the end there are two very major decisions like these, and they completely change the story. Another minor story thing is the dating, where you can get a girlfriend and get perks from doing so, such as free clothes or free healing. This is sort of complicated to explain, so I'll skip it. The story, I give a 7
Depth: 10
There are so, so many things to do in this game. First there's the obvious; the story. The story is long, and gets you a good amount of gameplay. There's also side quests you can do, like assassinating people for money. Plus, you can hang out with friends and go on dates, like I mentioned in the story section. You can do stuff like boating, eating, drinking, racing, playing darts, going bowling (from Roman's annoying calls...), Pool, and more. If you do stuff with friends so much that they really like you, you can get great perks such as discounted weapons, free chopper rides, free taxi rides, and more. This gives you hours of fun and useful gameplay. Then there's the free roam. You can do so much stuff here, that you will get hours upon hours of fun. Drive cars off ramps, jump off the highest building, kill the police officers at 6 stars with cheats, mass kill pedestrians, blow up huge lines of traffic, get knocked off a motorcycle at high speeds, and more. There's so many things to do in free roam. Finally, Grand Theft Auto 4 has multiplayer. The multiplayer is pretty much the same thing as free roam, but with actual people. And there's not only that. You can do things such as Deathmatch, racing, Car Jack City, Cops n' crooks, Team Mafiya Work, etc. But I do admit, the multiplayer could have used some fine-tuning. With so many things to do in Grand Theft Auto IV, I give its depth a 10.
Difficulty: 4
This game honestly isn't all to hard, ESPECIALLY if you use cheats. There are some missions that are super hard to get past, but most of them are rather simple. The cheats help make the game a lot easier, and I think it's good that they made the cheats harder to use in Grand Theft Auto V. The controls are pretty easy, too. One thing that isn't very good is the combat system, though. It's really easy for your punches to miss in this game. But with shooting, it's super easy, due to how it auto aims. The driving system is pretty easy, too, but it's sort of hard to go around corners without crashing. Plus, it's hard to get away from the police when they are 4 stars and up. All these factors are why I give the difficulty a 4.
Overall: 7.9
This game is very fun altogether. It's not too challenging, and there's a lot of things to do. And I mean a lot. The game is also super addicting, as is the story. Finally, while the graphics aren't pretty, the sound and radio definitely makes up for it. One other thing I think they should have added is a way to customize your cars, other than the randomized colors from the Pay "N I definitely recommend you play this game if you haven't already. Overall, i give Grand Theft Auto IV a 7.9
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