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“Niko Bellic is in Liberty City to find
fame and fortune. But fate has other
plans as he visits his cousin Roman”
Grand
The latest GTAIV game
will blow your mind…
TheftAutoI V
When it comes to car-stealing, Roman, it turns out, is full of shit, to be run over, if that’s what gets
granny-punching urban games, and is actually caught up in all you off). You could just stop and
there can be no imitations. Grand kinds of trouble – masses of dept talk to them instead.
Theft Auto has always been the as well as some serious enemies Bikes and cars are back as well
gangster game everyone talks cast a dark shadow over his life, as helicopters that help you get
about, and the series is about to and this is all lumped onto Niko’s around in the huge city. The
come into its prime. shoulders when he arrives. controls are similar to previous
After way too much waiting games, but aiming at enemies and
and plenty of hype, Grand Theft What’s the story? fighting has been improved. It’s
Auto IV is almost here. So, what’s So the clichéd black man and not as clumsy as the PS2 games,
new? If you’re a fan of the series typical ‘get rich quick’ plots are but one of the big new features of
you’ll know the deal. You lead a life gone – which is cool. But to be GTAIV is a huge multiplayer mode.
in an urban underworld, with the honest, who has ever really given There are 15 online multiplayer
freedom to jack cars, do drive-bys, a damn about the story in GTA modes in GTAIV, and we’re not
batter your enemies and generally games anyway? We definitely talking about some cheap-ass
cause all kinds of beef, either to haven’t. You complete missions, two-player. Up to 16 players can
fulfil a great mission or just to piss shoot some moody people, punch play together in one city, and each
off the police for a laugh. faces and dodge (or purposefully mode gives them different mis-
Liberty City is again where the antagonise) police, having a sions and scenarios to complete.
chaos happens, loosely based on damn good time while you do it.
New York – a sort of grimier, more That’s what it’s all about – only Multiple modes
gang-filled version, we guess. now it’s on PS3 and Xbox 360, it We haven’t got space to tell you
It’s changed since GTAIII, though all looks one hell of a lot nicer. about them all, but you can expect
– and so has the lead character. The city is absolutely HUGE, the standard carnage heavy
You play Eastern European and the whole thing is filled with deathmatch mode – you just kill
Niko Bellic, who arrives in highly detailed buildings and each other. And there’s a self
Liberty in search of a better life, scenery, and there are hundreds of -explanatory race mode in there,
ds by Daniel Alan
promised by his cousin, Roman. civilians walking about (just waiting too. Our favourite, though, is a
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