This is another game that is a blip on my radar. I’ve been a huge fan of the Grand Theft Auto series (‘cept maybe GTA 2) way back when it started as a top-down perspective game with 8-bit graphics on the PC. Remembered playing a 28.8k modem game over the phone with a friend back when I was 15-ish. Those were the days.
Now, the GTA series has evolved into a huge 3D immersive world where you (usually) play as a gang member, taking on a series of missions. However, this may not appeal to you, as the core missions resemble the do-it-again-stupid kind of gameplay. I’m not really perturbed by this. Previously, my zealousness for perfection in my games reached new heights when I tend to reload each time if I had failed some sort of quest or mission, lest I miss out on that shiny new toy I could acquire somehow.
Anyway, one thing I love most about GTA is that it is a really good stress buster after a bad day. In GTA: San Andreas (a GTA game that somehow is devoid of numbers for some reason), I would keep a copy of a save in which I have bought a lot of guns and ammo. Upon loading, I would time myself, just how high I could get the star rating up and how long I could survive before I would be captured or killed. In GTA 3, I have played it so much that I have even memorized the game world map, a feat that is simply impossible now, due to the immensely huge gameworlds in GTA games that precedes that game.
In GTA 4, I’ve read that you will be able to acquire friends and take them out on dates and/or just hang out. It’s not that enthralling for me, to be honest. GTA is for me to steal cars, kill bystanders, run from cops and have sex with prostitutes to get my health up. Before you say anything bad about all those, it’s just a game. A software. A bunch of 0s and 1s on your spinning harddrive. I’m really amused by people who avoid this game, or play it in such a way that they’re a goodie-two-shoes in them. My fiancée actually scolded me for killing a rabbit critter in World Of Warcraft. C’mon, people need an outlet where they can express themselves.
Of course, I’m not advocating the fact that playing this game for 60 hours straight, missing school, work, meals and the toilet is good for you. In fact, doing anything obsessively is bad, not just violent gaming. Moderation people. Why must it be that if you are not with me, then you are against me? Apparently, there’s no such thing as middle ground to most people.
Anyway, enough ranting. I hope that I could have enough moolah in my bank account to get this soon. I’ve blown a sizable chunk on Fallout 3:Collector’s Edition and a USB flashdrive, both of which is coming soon. I’ll showcase them when I get them.
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