GTA IV First Review (OXM UK)

[N.A]

Amazingly realistic world
Stunning action set pieces
Geniunely engrossing storyline
Hugely entertaining multiplayer
Vast in every respect

10/10

(cover pic from a GTA forum)


Awesome things from the review
360 DLC is apparently 10 hours long.
Your ingame mobile creates radio interference.
Thunder Storms.
The Stooges on the soundtrack.
In some missions you have to decide who lives and dies. 'more time agonising over one particularly tough choice than we did over harvesting Bioshock's little sisters'
Headshot drivers who fall on the horn and the accelerator.
In one screenshot, I count 21 cars at a set of traffic lights, and I can't see behind.
Achievement for assasination missions called 'Assassin's Greed'

About the mobile
'You start out with Roman's cast-off mobile, good only for text and calls, but a later upgrade is much more useful. You're sent photos of assassination targets, can snap photos of your own to check on any police car computer, and can buy new ringtones and themes from your computer'

Cabs
'Being able to take cabs everywhere is a huge time-saver. albeit not cheap. The authentic view of the back of the dirver's head and the city through the window...'

Grumbles (pre-final build):
'Cover system stumbling in box-filled environments'
'Slightly over-enthusiastic target lock-on'
'The occasional pop-up'

[Darunia]

Stooges on the soundtrack?

best game evarz

[Router]

Stooges on the soundtrack? best game evarz

.

[antiloop]

Oh no, pop-up!

[VOOK]

Oh no, pop-up!

Oh noe pre-final build reviews!

[N.A]

I'm re-reading it now and will add anything worthwhile to the OP.

[Baconmonk]

Very interesting, now for the rest to start trickling in....

And didn't the others have thunderstorms as well? Or was it just rain? It has been awhile...

[Rezbit]

Your ingame mobile creates radio interference.

Do not want! I hate that freaking noise!

[Yoboman]

Only a 10? Well I guess that's okay

[SuperAndroid17]

It only had rain I think

But fuck , this game cant come any soooner................!

[Tr4nce]

Well well, a perfect score. I hope OXM knows what they are doing, because my hype is going through the roof now. Oh well two more weeks, and we'll find out for ourselves.

[Vyse The Legend]

10/10

Why so low?

[pswii60]

Sounds jaw-dropping.

[Himuro]

In some missions you have to decide who lives and dies. 'more time agonising over one particularly tough choice than we did over harvesting Bioshock's little sisters'

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

[Visualante]

(pre-final build)

[AniHawk]

I'm gonna be so glad I did that whole media blackout thing with this game.

[Psychotext]

In the review it says that Microsoft has confirmed that the DLC will be at least 10 hours long and that Rockstar's goal is to "fry the xbox live servers".

[Goreomedy]

10/10

The first of many, I suspect.

[NemesisPrime]

Stooges on the soundtrack? best game evarz

QFT. I wanne be your dog!

[Opus Angelorum]

In the review it says that Microsoft has confirmed that the DLC will be at least 10 hours long.

Wow

[Francias Castiglione]

In the review it says that Microsoft has confirmed that the DLC will be at least 10 hours long and that Rockstar's goal is to "fry the xbox live servers".

One mission consisting of an escort mission across the entire map with a locked car limited to 0.5mph

[Bearillusion]

I wish all reviews were done after a game releases so that people in the media could soak in everything a game has to offer. Instead we get people rushing through a game so they can have the first exclusive 10 out of 10 review. I am of course being utterly unrealistic.

[Darunia]

The Stooges on the soundtrack. In some missions you have to decide who lives and dies. 'more time agonising over one particularly tough choice than we did over harvesting Bioshock's little sisters' Headshot drivers who fall on the horn and the accelerator. About the mobile: 'You start out with Roman's cast-off mobile, good only for text and calls, but a later upgrade is much more useful. You're sent photos of assassination targets, can snap photos of your own to check on any police car computer, and can buy new ringtones and themes from your computer'

In the review it says that Microsoft has confirmed that the DLC will be at least 10 hours long and that Rockstar's goal is to "fry the xbox live servers".

I'm having such a love affair with this thread

[RandomVince]

So I guess the OXM reviewers will be hiding for giving it such a low score

But seriously, more positive things I havent read about before. 15 more days!

[sionyboy]

I'm not going to get my hands on a copy until 19th May... stupid holiday to Thailand!

Sounds epic, everything that should have been asked off a next-gen (sorry...current-gen) GTA game.

[McBradders]

Nice socks, dude.

Score is unsurprising totale.

[Kafel]

Just read it.


OMG

[MMaRsu]

I'd cut off my left pinkie to play this game!!

;)

[ice cream]

Cool nice on N.A.

[Bearillusion]

In the review it says that Microsoft has confirmed that the DLC will be at least 10 hours long and that Rockstar's goal is to "fry the xbox live servers".

MS don't need any help. See Christmas 07.

[Sho_Nuff82]

In the review it says that Microsoft has confirmed that the DLC will be at least 10 hours long and that Rockstar's goal is to "fry the xbox live servers".

10 hrs = 2400MS points right?

Still, partial megaton if true.

[gofreak]

This game is motivating me to do more work now so I can block off time for it..I needs it!

[flipswitch]

Is that Iggy Pop and the stooges?

[mysticstylez]

Who gives a shit about any pop up. Has there ever been an open world game that didn't have some form of pop up?

[Himuro]

I'M READING THE REVIEW RIGHT NOW

AND MY EYES

ARE JIZZING

They show the the full hud!

[Psychotext]

MS don't need any help. See Christmas 07.

...and the new maps for COD4. Hence the

[Blackace]

I wish all reviews were done after a game releases so that people in the media could soak in everything a game has to offer. Instead we get people rushing through a game so they can have the first exclusive 10 out of 10 review. I am of course being utterly unrealistic.

so you'd rather wait 1 to 2 months after release before you buy any game? assuming you use reviews to help you decide

[robertsan21]

MGS4 and GTA4 in 1 year......... how much fapping can a man take?

[N.A]

I'M READING THE REVIEW RIGHT NOW AND MY EYES ARE JIZZING They show the the full hud!

I like it, SO MUCH better than the other GTA's.

[Himuro]

The new HUD is UGLY

[mysticstylez]

MGS4 and GTA4 in 1 year......... how much fapping can a man take?

Well it wouldn't take long for the skin to start to get irritated, depending on if there is lotions or not.

[N.A]

The new HUD is UGLY

I think it's great, minimalistic & VERY small.

[sionyboy]

The hud looks like it hasn't changed at all. And its still auto lock-on.... can you turn that off? I don't want the game aiming for me, I'm more than capable of using an analogue stick.

[Guled]

will the dlc be just story missions or new cars/areas and stuff? Also, anyone have a pic with the HUD?

[Himuro]

I think it's great, minimalistic & VERY small.

My problem is the gun icon. It's not nearly as stylish as the ones in the past. It looks...plain. :(

[Opus Angelorum]

The review is glowing, want!

[Diablohead]

I'M READING THE REVIEW RIGHT NOW AND MY EYES ARE JIZZING They show the the full hud!

My imagination overloaded for a moment

[fanboi]

So... have R* said something about the diffrences with PS3 vs 360 version?
Besides the DLC that is.

[Router]

In the review it says that Microsoft has confirmed that the DLC will be at least 10 hours long and that Rockstar's goal is to "fry the xbox live servers".

[Himuro]

The review is glowing, want!

Well, of course it's glowing. It's the type of series that is going to get 10/10 across the board. The real thing are the details that tell us about the gameplay.