Critical reviews should be about what the work *is*, not about what you expected it to be.
Halo 3's campaign was terrific, visceral and varied. BioShock was about IMMERSION* of the gameplayer and story telling, and it is a highwater-mark* for video-game story telling. It sounds like you didnt even play it.
For a second, think about games as if they were bedsheets -- Do you only ask "What is the threadcount?!" or do are you reacting to them with subjective opinion of beauty and how they are attractive to you?
* see what I did there :)
Its a terrific game for sure, but the flood of 10/10 reviews seems a little over-stated.
I'm loving it, and liking the story and missions better than ever. Its certainly the more refined GTA to date. I've spent far less time just "going postal" and far more time engaged in the story. In the previous games, during the "early days", I've taken my time to get through the stories spending a lot of time just running and causing havoc. In GTAIV, the story is f...
I wouldnt trust what "news.softpedia.com" from "citydisc.ch" says... :)
GTA has been on Windows since the start of the series -- Id be suprised if it didnt end up on PC.
It seems that the developers are wisely getting the console versions launched and a the ROI started.
After we heard the number of pirated UT3 -- 40 million copies? How does R* compete with its own game "for free"?
No, apparently not. PC gamers tend to be a lot more mature, this site is overrun by irrational children.
Id prefer Zelda over any of the FF games.
@1.4
"Dont put zelda in the same league as FPS"
Why? Because using a sword/range and weapons to resolve the conflict is different than fists/guns?
3rd person perspective different than first?
Your arbi9trary rules are silly. Zelda was fun -- in its day. But BioShock raises the bar for immersion and storytelling. You *felt* so much more in BioShock than most games before it. Macking grade-school rules just dont have any...
You were *so* close to the Drink your milkshake line :)
Zelda is good, so is GTAIV.
But "the best ever"? I dont know. Games are a very "in the time" art-form.
It doesnt seem very worthwhile to compare Zelda to a game from 2008.
There is nothing at all wrong with LIVE just the way it is. It is the leading service, far and away.
Take your mealy mouthed nonsense to the open-zone.
I concur, there is no reason Nintendo cant supply this demand. Sure, its a good demand -- but if they were interested, they could have supplied the market by now.
This is BS.
The only people saying that own a Playstation.
Ghostbusters is owned by Sony.
-- Signed, Reality.
@1.2
" I guess that just proves that GTA was meant as a single player experience."
On the PS3 possibly. GTAIV has been a dream on Xbox LIVE, and I've never had a single hickup-of-a-problem.
Its been flawless and a dream to play. Xbox LIVE has been awesome, zero issues.
@8.2
No, many people (see below) are reporting they cannot play online on the PSN.
Its bad enough the PS3 version caused such delays, its a shame to see GTAIV delivered in such a clusterfcuk version for Playstation 3 owners.
"tripletags.com" -- who?
Perhaps Playstation owners should wait until Sony tells them what is the problem.
Or, Sony tells them why the Playstation if freezing with GTAIV. Taking some no-name site's "diagnosis" seems a little silly.
Whatever the problem the Playstation 3 is having that is causing GTAIV to crash and hang, its not going to be figured-out by some idiots looking for ad-revenue.
Right, because the scripting is different between the two.
"Voiceofreason" you are not.
Not cheating. You cannot play with a modded console, or a modded copy of GTAIV on Xbox LIVE. There would be no way to report the number if he "cheated".
Looks like an error on R* Social Club.
Fox news is savaged in this game, right wing radio an the startship troopers in space parody "Republican Space Rangers"? Hillarious.