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Games Aktuell GTA4 Review: 'We can't score it 11/10.'

German magazine Games Aktuell is the latest magazine to review Grand Theft Auto IV. Here is their verdict:

* Graphics: 9/10
The gigantic size of the city makes you forget the few graphical imperfections of the game.

* Sound: 10/10
Best GTA soundtrack ever, and probably the most compelling feature in the game.

* Controls: 8/10
Far from perfect but a big step from the previous GTA games.

* Multiplayer: 9/10
Great concept and innovative integration with the single-player mode.

* Gameplay: 10/10
We can't score it 11/10...

* Conclusion:
GTA4 is by far the best action game ever created.

kosha5870d ago

no ones given gta4 a bad review yet. Thats very promising

Time Lord5870d ago

To beat GTA for Game of the year.

JVIDICAN5870d ago

the bad reviews always seem to come last though
i can garentee there will be a few but not until a month after the games release

kosha5870d ago (Edited 5870d ago )

it got really good reviews and then i think it was 1up that gave it a 7.5

Edit@below: i couldnt really remember who it was but i knew someone gave it a bad review

smart_head5870d ago

kosha, 1up gave the game an 8.5. I think you meant Gamespot giving the game a 7.5.

Milky5870d ago

graphics 9/10 ? The graphics look so mediocre. Also it shouldnt be 10/10, if they calculated the score correctly they would have gotten 9/10

TheIneffableBob5870d ago

Maybe they're like IGN and don't average the score.

djcosta5870d ago

just do it...mark it 15/10!!!

gameraxis5870d ago (Edited 5870d ago )

but come on... graphics 9 / 10??? that's doesn't leave much room for R2 and KZ2 or game that are REALLY top notch visual masterpieces. I believe GTA is gonna be nasty, i preordered mine already but when was the last time a GTA series was strong for its graphical brilliance??

Point is, i think reviewers are being way too lenient...

MorganX5869d ago

Don't see how you can give graphics 9/10 because the city is big...

VigorousApathy5869d ago

GTA has the best graphics it could possibly have for it's volume. So you're right, it should be a 10. Show me a larger game with 100 pedestrians walking around that has better graphics. There aren't any. And there won't be till the next Grand Theft Auto where you'll complain about the graphics again.

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Real gamer 4 life5870d ago

No game deserve a 10/10, the media is just buying into the hype.

matt19915870d ago

yea i agree look at halo 3 for example great game but the hype gave it a realy good score. plus you already no GTA4 is gonna be good

chaosatom3335870d ago

well if they gave halo a 10/10, then they HAVE to give GTA a 10/10. You know what i mean. because GTA > HALO

omodis4205869d ago (Edited 5869d ago )

Mario 64 man, Zelda (series) God of war 1.

IN MY OPINION are games defiantly worthy of a 10/10

Blue Legend5869d ago

No room for improvement, this is the best sound and gameplay the ps3 & 360 are capable of. Thats what a 10/10 tells me.

VigorousApathy5869d ago

So can I assume your scoring system would be out of 9? I can just imagine the review you'd write. "Grand Theft Auto gameplay scores a perfect 9.7 out of 9.7 (9.7 is the best gameplay a game can have). And a near perfect 9.5 out 9.6 (9.6 is the best sound a game can have)."

Milky5869d ago

Getaway 3 is looking better.

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Rockstar5870d ago (Edited 5870d ago )

It seems as though this game is gonna kick some arse.
Although I've seen some games this gen get higher than they deserve because of hype and anticipation, let's hope that's not the case.

I've got 3/4 of a game to beat before I grab this so I should be getting it quite soon.

Also, looking at the review I tally a 9.2 out of 10 if were going by the average of all those scores.

Am I wrong?

Kenshin_BATT0USAI5870d ago

Awkwardly enough, no gaming review site ever goes by averaging. For example IGN has some part at the end which says that they don't total the score.

VigorousApathy5869d ago

I'm glad you learned a thing in Elementary school. But this is real life where things like gameplay and sound don't have equal values.

Sir Ken Kutaragi 15870d ago (Edited 5870d ago )

...because we played the xBox 360 version!!! ;-D
(i.e the PS3 version is a 11 out of 10!!!) ;-P
Ooooooooops!!!;) (All my Bubbles are going to Disappear!!!) ;-D

BrianC62345870d ago

I saw a site review a Mario game on the Wii an 11 out of 10 so if they want to give it an 11 I'd say a precedent has been set to allow it.

heyheyhey5870d ago

LOL

btw i didnt know that Ken had been working on his internet speak during retirement

Sir Ken Kutaragi 15870d ago

I now can say crazy things and not be called crazy!!!;-D

hotshot1275870d ago (Edited 5870d ago )

this clearly shows that reviewers arent professional, they just go off of thier personal hype. this is why i love ign because thier the only level headed reviewers.

gta i a great game, no doubt but how did the controls get a 8 and the 10 and other things didnt get 10's but overall the game got a 10. that makes no sense.

well if gta gets a 10 in sound, then mgs4 should get a 15/10. and if gta got a 9/10 in graphics then mgs4 should get a 14/10. sorry but i had to bring it up

EDIT: @STO. dont get me wrong, i really dont care that it got a 9/10 in graphics(i play gta for gameplay) but i care because it just shows where reviewers heads are at now. thier are so many great games that came and come out that reviewers look down upon just because it didnt have the ad/hype backing that some other games have. think about how great these games were and how many people dont/didnt play them because they read thier "favorite reviewers review" there are sequels in games that i would love to see but because nobody really brought them, its not happening. i think there needs to be a change in the way reviewers review games. there should be no numbers at the end of the score, rather just words.

but since the day and age we live in, everyone is too damn lazy to read so they skip to the score. pathectic and sad if you ask me

sephiroths_revenge5870d ago

if GTA got 9 for graphics then FF13

should get 50

GTA4 graphics suck. I would give it 7/10

St05870d ago

Once you see how much stuff will be on screen at any one time, you will see why they gave it a 9/10.

Bubble Buddy5870d ago

You make good points. I have high respect for IGN.

Time Lord5870d ago

So have you played the game, From what I read,every preview/review have stated that GTA4 looks AMAZING.

nuff said.

EZCheez5870d ago

You can't say people are buying into the hype when scoring a game when YOU haven't even played it yet. You have no idea how good it is.

Also, you have to remember that not all reviewers use the scores as an average. Not even IGN averages it's final scores.

Reviewers usually score games a 10 when they are that fun to play. No matter what else is wrong with a game, if you REALLY enjoy playing it, you'll want to give it a 10. A lot of the time, the other scores don't matter in comparison to the "fun factor."

marichuu5870d ago

Graphics can mean many things in this review.
It could be good looking highres textures.
Level of detail (trash on the streets, dust, clothing reacting to wind etc.)
The atmosphere in the game during the different time of the day.

As for audio, what do you know about MGS4 audio mechanics? Have you read the GTA4 audio Q&A? If you ask me, that's a whole lot of advanced audio details for a game.

Now, I'm not here to defend GTA or anything, but you can't really judge the reviewers for their opinions... they simply tell you how THEY feel about the game and its details. You can either agree or disagree with them, just like my post here will be bashed or loved.

If you judge games by reviews, then reading only one review won't do you any good. Go to gamerankings.com and see the average score for each game from all the reviews it got.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies19d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken19d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing6920d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker20d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6920d ago (Edited 20d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt19d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken19d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Mainline Grand Theft Auto trailers ranked from best to worst

As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.

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purple101161d ago

We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now

Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.

This site supposed to be for news.

roadkillers161d ago

These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Anniversary: The Beginning of the Age of RAGE

Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.

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franwex378d ago

Wasn’t the Table Tennis game the first to use RAGE?

isarai378d ago

Was about to say the same, but they do say first "in the franchise" so 🤷

cammers1995378d ago

The fact it hasnt been remastered is insane.

Abear21378d ago

Rage engine made driving on the sidewalk in cinematic slow motion camera a blast