Tomatoes

The storyline has the same flaws as vice city. With the end game kill count at about 700 Niko Bellic should be the most wanted man in the U.S. You are constantly outnumbered in every mission and you come out alive and nobody seems suprised about it. Atleast GTA 4 added the fact that he used to be a soldier but an army soldier isn't the most highly trained specialist in the world and even if they were a 700 kill count is ridiculous. There are missions where you and a single accomplice battle through thirty mobsters and your accomplice seems hardly suprised you both came out alive. You are striving the entire game to fulfill the american dream, and in the end you're still just an errand boy for the mob. There's nothing to do with your money at the end of the game, no houses to buy or anything. The most expensive thing you can buy is a rocket launcher which you get for free in one mission and the ammunition for it, at 5 grand per rocket. I finished the game with 700k and im wondering why the game bothered giving me money at all. You never get any better abode then a moderately luxurious penthouse for free, and you never get a house. Also, every mission you are sent to overlook a deal that "might" go bad, it always does. Usually you are under attack from a small army with a "good job, here's five grand" when you single handedly wipe them all out. And although it's a small thing, i found it anoying how many of the mobsters you fight say stuff like "look around buddy, you're surrounded" when you clearly aren't, having killed everyone to get there and with a clear escape route behind you. Apart from all that, I'm liking the driving now. It's not easy and unrealistic like vice city and san andreas, it's actually fun, and although I don't really care the graphics are pretty good. Multiplayer is pretty fun too, there's some really fun game types and a ranking system similar to halo, and there's also a free roam mode so you can just get into huge cop chases with your friends firing out the windows. The guns are fine-tuned now, the rocket actually spirals like a real rocket and the explosions look ausome. The radio is again hilarious but theres hardly any good music. Really, the most fun I got out of this game was the screwing around with friends in free roam and deathmatches. If you're buying it for the campaign, don't bother getting the game. Don't even bother beating the campaign if you already have the game. It's long and tedious, (reminds me of the halo 3 campaign) just beat it if you want the achievements or you're really bored one day. It would be worth beating the campaign if only they put something to buy with your money, all the side missions are pointless with nothing to do with the money you earn. The campaign was a step backwards, i'm hoping they release some mansions you can buy with a downloadable update. I give the game 7.5/10.

those arent real reasons. the online isnt terrible and its not like super nintendo graphics or anything. graphics dont play a huge part in games anyways. some of my favorite games are on the snes, n64, and ps1. its almost better if they arent amazing, so the designers can focus on making the game better rather then spend time on making the grass swish in the wind.

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