Editorial: MGS4 review comments

You may have heard over the last couple of weeks that Konami and Hideo Kojima productions have asked websites and magazines when giving pre-release review to not mention some aspects of the game that seem somewhat dodgy. These thing include incredibly long cut-scenes as well as long download times (about 5 GB must be downloaded to the Playstation 3). Personally I do not think this is fair the reviewer or the gamer. For the player, not being able to know potentially important aspects of the game or not allowing the reviewer to tell the full truth about the game is just unfair. Konami really shouldn't be doing this especially because, besides most people already guessed at least these two facts, they have nothing to really be ashamed for. They should be proud of their their work no matter how complicated or large it may be

Grand Theft Auto IV Review

I know it's a little late but i've had no time. It's based in the usual GTA city, excluding Vice City and San Andreas obviously, Liberty City, a seedy underworld of crime, drugs and violence based on New York City. In GTA IV you are Niko Bellic, a former soldier from an unknown eastern European country trying to find freedom and refuge in a new place with his cousin Roman. In liberty city you can stay to the story and have to do tons of escort missions for the first 2 hours or so and things do really get too interesting until you start meeting new people and getting to go to Manhatte--- I mean Algonquin and other boroughs of liberty. A new and integral feature to the game is a cell phone. The cell phone allows Niko to call friends, set up dates, playing darts and pool, drink at a bar or do cheats. Missions include some cool battles but unfortunately most of the missions are escort missions or bringing cars to lockups or people for the first couple of hours before getting to the next safehouse. The cell phone also allows the player to enter different types of multiplayer ranging from straight up deathmatch to a game called Cops N' Crooks which is where you are either a cop trying to take down crooks who are trying to get their boss to a certain location without getting caught. The multiplayer has potential to be great but is really not what draws the player like Halo 3, but thats not what it's supposed to be, it's supposed to be a place where the player can delve deep into the city and live the American dream. By no means is the game perfect though the driving could use work because although it's realistic, until Niko gets better cars the driving is quite difficult. This game will obviously not appeal to all but i suggest it to many for great gameplay and hours upon hours of gametime.

9 out of 10