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I’ve never been much of a gamer.\u00a0 I used to play a few games here and there and all that was long ago.\u00a0 The only game I played seriously at all was Quake III.\u00a0 But that too was way too long.\u00a0 Then I had a break for a few years, and I’ve been too busy at work.<\/p>\n
Last year I somehow got interested in consoles.\u00a0 So I borrowed PlayStation 3 from one of my co-workers.\u00a0 Just to try it out, you know.\u00a0 Needless to say, I was stunned.\u00a0 Game industry moves very fast, and it’s hard to keep up even if you play all the time.\u00a0 When you have a several year break, it’s like you get off the planet.\u00a0 Games, graphics, special effects, stories, controllers – everything is different all of a sudden.<\/p>\n
Together with that borrowed PS3 I also got a few games.\u00a0 Some of them were of that cheap flavour that they add to a gaming console package.\u00a0 But some were really good.\u00a0 The one that got me hooked back into gaming instantly was “Grand Theft Auto IV<\/a>“.\u00a0 That was something.<\/p>\n In brief, GTA IV is massive, detailed, bloody, swearing, and addictive.\u00a0 You play a character called Niko Bellic, who is an immigrant just arrived to the USA.\u00a0 Niko has some dark past and he came to the country to stay with his cousin Roman.\u00a0 It turns out that Roman is half a criminal and he is in a heap of trouble with the local mob.\u00a0 Mission after mission Niko tries to help his relative, but instead he is just getting deeper and deeper into mafia wars.<\/p>\n The game is very engaging.\u00a0 The story line is continued by short movies between missions.\u00a0 Sometimes, you have to make a choice which way the storyline goes (for example, when being hard by both sides of the conflict, which side do you take out?).\u00a0 And while missions are cool, there is much more to this game.<\/p>\n The GTA IV world is amazing.\u00a0 Everything is happening in a huge Liberty City.\u00a0 There are poor regions of the city, with crappy shops, rusted cars, and street fights.\u00a0 And there are rich regions with lots of expensive cars, excellent roads, and such.\u00a0 And there is everything in between.\u00a0 The city is full of people.\u00a0 Some walk around, some drive.\u00a0 You can scare people, shoot them and hit them, drive them over, and do all sorts of crazy stuff.\u00a0 You can still their cars, motorbikes, boats, and even helicopters.\u00a0 You can take a train from one region to another.\u00a0 You can have a really serious conflict with police.\u00a0 You have a phone which you can use to call people and send messages, take pictures, utilize the organizer, etc.\u00a0 There are quite a few things that you can buy – from food and beverages to clothes and weapons.<\/p>\n Did I mention that the game is huge?\u00a0 It has loads and loads of missions.\u00a0 It took me a few good weeks to get to the closing titles.\u00a0 And then I was just dropped back into the game with more missions.\u00a0 And the game statistics show that I have only completed 62%.\u00a0 I don’t know much more is there.\u00a0 But I’ll probably need the rest of the year to push it to 100%.\u00a0 And then there is also a multi-player mode, which I haven’t even started.<\/p>\n One thing that I really enjoyed about the game is the level of details.\u00a0 It’s the fourth game in the series, and it shows – every tiny thing has been thought through, tried, and tested.\u00a0 For example, when you drive a car, you can switch radio stations – and there is a whole bunch of them to choose from. Some are music radio stations, some are talk shows.\u00a0 The stuff that goes on in advertising and in talk shows is hilarious.\u00a0 You can just listen to it hour after hour after hour and it never gets boring.\u00a0 Or, when you make a traffic accident, the other car’s driver shouts at you, and often he complains in a foreign language.\u00a0 Greeks are frequent among taxi drivers, for example.<\/p>\n By the way, the game is definitely not for kids.\u00a0 There’s just too much graphic violence and swearing.\u00a0 And I haven’t seen any options to switch them off.<\/p>\n Overall, an excellent game that will keep you occupied for hours and hours.\u00a0 Highly recommended.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n I’ve never been much of a gamer.\u00a0 I used to play a few games here and there and all that was long ago.\u00a0 The only game I played seriously at all was Quake III.\u00a0 But that too was way too long.\u00a0 Then I had a break for a few years, and I’ve been too busy … Continue reading Grand Theft Auto IV<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[1659],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-games","tag-sony-playstation-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t