A GTA IV review by Jeux Vidéos Magazine

On this french website, there is a Grand Theft Auto IV review.

- There is no loading (excepting on the launching of the game).
- The other characters will be very natural.
- Graphics aren't amazing, but they are very good (some flutters)
- The spirit of this GTA IV is based on : originality, realism, coherence, references, violence, provocation, sex, but less fun than in the previous versions.
- General atmosphere of this game is excellent (production, noises, etc.)
- In the dialogues, there are lot of unforgettable retorts, always so tasty.
- Multi-player is very good, but cooperation is medium.
- The content (size of the town, vehicles, weapons, minigames, etc) is rich and various.
- The gameplay is not so easy at the beginning.

[sephiroths_revenge]

I want this game to sucks so much

Please help make this game fail

i hate it so much!!!!!

anyone else hate it as much as me

[Harry190]

Do you want to set a new record for most disagrees?
Because you are obviously asking for trouble.
I think i'll translate this completely
and post it somewhere.

[sephiroths_revenge]

ok look the reason i hate this game so much. u wanna know. al tell u anyway

i dont hate it because it doesnt have "Final Fantasy" in its name. or because it isnt an rpg game. though it probably has some rpg elements it stole.

*the reason i hate it*

is because of its content and history.

Jack Thompson is that idiot who has been bad mouthing GTA sicne vice city . But he only did it to give it publicity. It was revealed proably around the time when he was banned from submiting cases to the court, that he OWNS SHARES in TAKE 2. I hate its roots and how it became big

Yes he was only bad motuhing to give it more publicity and make it sell well. good thing he was banned from court. he needs a lawyer with him now.

i also hate it because it promotes gangsters. and i dont like its racist content. people use it to kill white people, black people in the game e.t.c when they cant in real life. soem use it as simualtion. well i know its not excatly the games fault

but the game is so messed up and so evil. it is making people sinister and makign it look like gangsters are cool. This is a problem since a chikd upbring efefct a lot. and this game is making them messed up

[sonarus]

I don't hate GTA but i can't say i am a fan. I would rate my excitement level for the game a 4/10. If today it got delayed till next yr it would have absolutely no impact on me whatsoever. With this review i am quite happy though.

- There is no loading (excepting on the launching of the game). Very important to me. One of the best things of GOW3 was no loading so the action never stopped. Loading essentially killed DMC4 for me.

- The spirit of this GTA IV is based on : originality, realism, coherence, references, violence, provocation, sex, but less fun than in the previous versions.
This i completely expected.

[BeaArthur]

sephiroths_revenge...that is a pretty stupid reason to hate it. So he may have experimented with a new way of promoting the game; good for him. I really can't take you seriously though since you don't know how to use the spell check feature.

[Drekken]

sephiroths_revenge, I tried to pick up the point you were putting down... but seriously man, you owe me 2 advils... you gave me a headache.

[fox02]

i think by the end of the day, you'll have 0 bubbles; in fact, i'm pretty sure of it, so prepare your new account right now

[hamburgerhill]

I see where your coming from but until games can make us feel emotionally connected everything else is pure fantasy! In ten years from now your points will make since but now this is nothing more then a game and thats it!

[Jack Meahoffer]

So you must not like any game with violence and/or gang activity in it right? Godfather, Saints Row, Crackdown and The Getaway to name a few. Do you HATE those games as well?

Sounds to me like you don't like any non Final Fantasy game getting attention, especially the massive attention GTA IV gets.

You make an extremely weak argument. You might as well just say "I LOVE CENSORSHIP".

[BulletBtweenUrEyes]

Its all clear to me now. So your saying the reason i wanna slap the sh*t out of you for making such a retarded comment is cuz GTA makes me wanna do it. That is major BS son. If you really live and die by those words that would mean you have missed out on all the great action/thriller/drama/suspense movies,games,tv shows, etc etc. Its amazing how when you put those things together it equals to you not having a life. My advice for you is to get one, they're actually going on sale sometime around midnight April 28-29, they retail at Wal-mart or GameStop for about $59.99 P.S. make sure you get inline early there are going to be a sh*tload of people also trying to Get-A-Life

[The Closing]

I understand your distaste for the wanna be vide game thug aspect of the game, which is really why I'd like to hate it as well, but on the other hand the sheer amount you can do in this game has me wanting to play it.

[Jinxstar]

Sepiroth

Pick this up and read it.

http://www.grandtheftchildh...

After you educate yourself on a subject you know absolutely nothing about come back and talk.

[Drekken]

No score in the review?

[Harry190]

Here they are:

1.Content
-Size of the city:4/5
-Vehicles:4/5
-Weapon:4/5
-Minigames:3/5
-Sidequests:5/5
-Multimedia(tech that is available in the game:3/5
-Muliplayer:5/5
-Co-op mode:2/5

2.Comfort
-Tutorial:5/5
-Gameplay(control mechanics):4/5
-Learning Curve:4/5
-Vehicle controls:3/5
-Hand-to-hand combat:4/5
-Shooting mechanism:4/5
-Navigation:5/5
-Camera angles:4/5

3.Game Atmosphere
-Storyline:5/5
-Music:5/5
-Dialogues/conversations:5/5
-Cinematic appeal*(sorry for this one)(includes voice overs and acting):5/5
-Set up(i apologize for this one to):5/5
-Aesthetic quality:5/5
-Set-pieces:4/5
-Audio:5/5

3.How it compares to previous ones.
-Originality:4/5
-Realism:4/5
-Coherence:4/5
-References:5/5
-Violence:5/5
-Humor(comedic relief):3/5
-Controversy meter:4/5
-Sex:5/5

4.Technical Analysis
-Graphics:4/5
-Physics:4/5
-Draw scale:3/5
-Animations:4/5
-Loading times:5/5
-Fluidity:3/5
-A.i:3/5
-Amount of stuff being shown on the screen:3/5

That one took a lot of time,sorry.

[SUP3R]

From their review there's problems with the AI, but according to all the previews the AI was really good.
I'll wait til' next week to judge for myself.

[THC CELL]

Cant wait
Game of the year i wish they would tell us what console they review it from
would be a bit better

Cant wait for the X flop vs Ps3 Vids and comps

[RealTimeWeaponChange]

I can't wait for those either. Then you droids can shut up once and for all.

[BigKev45]

What do the French know?

[Surfman]

as much as englishs knows... c'mon dude, grow up.

[sephiroths_revenge]

see what i mean

this game messes people up...

[BeaArthur]

sephiroths_revenge...I'm sure he was an idiot long before GTA came out.

[TheExecutive]

lol... more than you.

[poopsack]

so you dress to look feminine right? cause that is what your saying people's lives are influenced by the games they play, and you play rpgs. That was lame, saying people use GTA as a simulation to kill people. Its so accurate right? If people use GTA to do that than GTA doesn't do that to people, they were already psycho.

[Maxlen1]

No, there is no score in this review, next mounth.

[Alcohog]

Note to all: When they say "less fun" it actually translates to "less humor than previous versions".

[DARK WITNESS]

they prob just don't get the humor. i have always found The GTA's have great humor that is based on more of a political piss take.

i have found lots of little things that already make me laugh a lot, thats just the trailers.

i have a friend who didn't like Sanandreas because of all the black ganster talk in it, but he just didn't get all the jokes... i was rolling with laughter listening to some of the lines in that game.

[Harry190]

1.Content
-Size of the city:4/5
-Vehicles:4/5
-Weapon:4/5
-Minigames:3/5
-Sidequests:5/5
-Multimedia(tech that is available in the game:3/5
-Muliplayer:5/5
-Co-op mode:2/5

2.Comfort
-Tutorial:5/5
-Gameplay(control mechanics):4/5
-Learning Curve:4/5
-Vehicle controls:3/5
-Hand-to-hand combat:4/5
-Shooting mechanism:4/5
-Navigation:5/5
-Camera angles:4/5

3.Game Atmosphere
-Storyline:5/5
-Music:5/5
-Dialogues/conversations:5/5
-Cinematic appeal*(sorry for this one)(includes voice overs and acting):5/5
-Set up(i apologize for this one to):5/5
-Aesthetic quality:5/5
-Set-pieces:4/5
-Audio:5/5

3.How it compares to previous ones.
-Originality:4/5
-Realism:4/5
-Coherence:4/5
-References:5/5
-Violence:5/5
-Humor(comedic relief):3/5
-Controversy meter:4/5
-Sex:5/5

4.Technical Analysis
-Graphics:4/5
-Physics:4/5
-Draw scale:3/5
-Animations:4/5
-Loading times:5/5
-Fluidity:3/5
-A.i:3/5
-Amount of stuff being shown on the screen:3/5

[THC CELL]

-Amount of stuff being shown on the screen:3/5
Thats x box then take it

[BigKev45]

Good bye to Social life when this game comes out. I was kidding about the French comment, lighten up.

[poeo]

It's just very annoying when uninformed people make fun of France. Like how many americans think the french are "wussies" for not being excited about starting the war in Iraq, etc.. When in fact, France has fought A HUNDRED YEAR WAR. If USA fights a hundred years in Iraq (like McCain has suggested heh), MAYBE i'll take americans seriously when they diss France.

Oh, and the Enlightenment pretty much started in France, for which we all should be thankful.

[menel4]

Some frog eating jude wrote this review

[DrPirate]

The source story says Preview, not Review.

Learn your French or don't post the news story at all if you're going to be incompetent

[Surfman]

you can count on your fingers who played the game completely, and this, its a preview, not a review. I speak french, i read and its a preview.

[heyheyhey]

yeah some contributors really mess up the articles- its pretty annoying

[xfrgtr]

Nope,it s a review,I can read french too,read this and youll understand that it s a REVIEW or TEST from the mag. http://www.ultimateps3.fr/u...

[Surfman]

Dude, you're sure you can speak french? Can't you read "Compte rendu après 20 MINUTES de jeu" ?? It means they played the game for 20 minutes. How can you review a game after 20 minutes of gameplay..

[poopsack]

The same way 1up can review everything on PS3 after 20 minutes.

[Maxlen1]

Surfman -> 20 HEURES = 20 hours

Sorry everybody, it's a preview and not a review :(

[heyheyhey]

this article is messed up

it isnt a review and the link takes me to a forum

[silvacrest]

what the hell? a preview?
i was starting to take the "review" seriously untill the truth was found out

[R Kelly]

Only on the Playstation 3!

[xboxftw]

Oh no another SDF twit, prob, kaz/shmee/ken/phil/bill with 100th account. Joined 11 hours back 2 comments already deleted by mod. hope he's banned for life or till he gets new account.

[TheSadTruth]

"gameplay not easy"

There's fuc*ing autoaim, you press a button and it aims for you... not easy lmao, that's hysterical

[vloeistof]

wow this game is going so good.

[ToastyMcNibbles]

i know i'll get a sh!t load of disagrees for this but this is just my opinion...now im excited for gta just as much as everyone and i already have it preordered but im not excited to extent that i am about games like mgs4 or lbp or resistance 2...to me this next installment of gta is just gonna be like every other gta game...the same ol song and dance...you start out at the bottom...kill your way to the top...just the same concept with the same gameplay...to me i just dont see whats gonna be so huge about it..dont get me wrong..its gonna be good but thats it...just good...but again thats just my opinion about it

[ChrisGTR1]

WTF?? you bash GTAs story and say your more hyped about resistance!?!?!? that game is complete garbage. it has no story. your just running around shooting aliens for no reason at all. i dont know how someone could be stupid enough to bash gtas story and praise a game with no story like resistance and lbp.

[PoSTedUP]

less fun than the previous cuz New York gets serious

[ToastyMcNibbles]

first off i didnt bash gtas story...secondly if you wanna debate with me please respond like an adult because you sound like a little child...its my own opinion like i said...i love gta but it seems like its the same ol thing to me...and do i have no right to praise a game like resistance that is gonna offer such a robust online experience or a game like lbp..a game that has never been done before...do i have no right? i think the only "stupid" one is you chris for not respecting one's opinion and responding back to it with an educated response...hold on..lemme lower myself to your standards...F*ck Up B!tch