GAMES: Grand Theft Auto 4 – GTA 4
August 31, 2008 – 2:11 pm
Grand Theft Auto is a video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. First GTA series was released for both Playstation and computers in 1997. The story of the game takes place in three different places such as Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas. Players try to fulfill the missions of the main character who is a criminal. As it is clear from the name, players steal motor vehicles and commit many crimes besides stealing cars and motorcycles, planes or helicopters, such as robbing a bank or fighting people to get their money or shooting cops in order not to be get caught. Cops want to catch you even when you do not obey a traffic rule and as you commit more crimes stars appear on the top of the screen which shows your crime level. If you have a high crime level you have five stars and more cops try to catch you, when they lose tracks stars begin to disappear. Although the game is considered to have violence which could direct people to violent actions, there are tons of people who like the game and who have become real fans of the game.
GTA II
After the success of the first Grand Theft Auto series GTA2 was released in 1999 with a new story and with an unspecified setting called “Nowhere City” and unspecified time. As you are fulfilling your missions you need to ride and you can choose the music you like while you are driving. There are some alternative radio stations in the vehicles which gives you the option to choose from a hip-hop radio station to Rock’n Roll radio station.
GTA III
Two years later, GTA3 was released and it was a big success. It was the first Blockbuster game of the Grand Theft Auto Series.
GTA Vice City
In 2002, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was released, setting in Vice City (Based on Miami, Florida) in 1986. GTA Vice City brought some new things for the players; the flying vehicles such as seaplanes and helicopters were first could be used in GTA Vice City. In Vice City, players take the role of a Mafia, Tommy Vercetti. Missions get more complicated as the new games come out and the game gets more entertaining. Themes of GTA Vice City are said to be borrowed from the Movie Scarface and the 1980’ TV series Miami Vice.
GTA San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was released in October 2004. The story takes place in 1992 in San Andreas a city based on California and Nevada. It tells the story of a gang in California. The game was heavily criticized because the Hot Coffee Mode which contains some explicit sex scenes and the game was rated as an adult game, AO (Adults Only). Later on, Rockstar Games released edited M (Mature) version of the game for Microsoft Windows, Playstation 2 and Xbox.
GTA IV
Grand Theft Auto IV was released in April 29 2008 for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 simultaneously. The game takes place in Liberty City which reminds New York City. It is reported that 609.000 copies of GTA IV were sold in the first release day in UK. In the first week, GTA V sold nearly 6 million copies worldwide. The fans of the game have been waiting for the PC version, and it is going to come out very soon in November 18 in North America and in November 21 in Europe and there will be no difference in the game and also the players will be able to play it in multiplayer mode.
Visit Rock Star Games website with GTA IV presentation.
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