Boy (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} boyraceruk) wrote,@ 2008-05-03 18:34:00 |
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IV
For those who haven't heard yet, GTA IV is good. Really good. Maybe _too_ good?
Any tiny flaw in the game sticks out a mile because the rest is just so polished. I'm not saying Rockstar should settle for level mediocrity because I love them pushing the boat out, it's just that I can't help but feel that the game may have been a better experience if it were not as good. The smallest problem or glitch now makes me rant or weep.
I'm fucking conflicted y'all.
Still it's well worth the money, _well_ worth it, and I have no regrets about having the limited edition version which comes with some typically high-quality goodies. Rockstar's attention to detail is second to none.
Now comes the science, feel free to tune out.
The game cost $100 million to make, that's the most expensive videogame of all time peeps. It took three and a half years to make, Rockstar set up an office in NYC for research, Rockstar North took two trips to the city as well as getting Rockstar NYC to send them, amongst other things, data on neighbourhood ethnicity and videos of traffic patterns.
The game has made $186 million in its first day out. That's the highest grossing opening day of all time yo!
In short, this game may not herald a new age in videogame production, I think that happened some time ago, but it does represent the best implementation of this new way of making games. Go, play it.
For those who haven't heard yet, GTA IV is good. Really good. Maybe _too_ good?
Any tiny flaw in the game sticks out a mile because the rest is just so polished. I'm not saying Rockstar should settle for level mediocrity because I love them pushing the boat out, it's just that I can't help but feel that the game may have been a better experience if it were not as good. The smallest problem or glitch now makes me rant or weep.
I'm fucking conflicted y'all.
Still it's well worth the money, _well_ worth it, and I have no regrets about having the limited edition version which comes with some typically high-quality goodies. Rockstar's attention to detail is second to none.
Now comes the science, feel free to tune out.
The game cost $100 million to make, that's the most expensive videogame of all time peeps. It took three and a half years to make, Rockstar set up an office in NYC for research, Rockstar North took two trips to the city as well as getting Rockstar NYC to send them, amongst other things, data on neighbourhood ethnicity and videos of traffic patterns.
The game has made $186 million in its first day out. That's the highest grossing opening day of all time yo!
In short, this game may not herald a new age in videogame production, I think that happened some time ago, but it does represent the best implementation of this new way of making games. Go, play it.
