femalegamer

I feel rather guilty that my first post is going to be a lament for the overkill of a series… And yes, when it comes to Grand Theft Auto, I know I am very much in the minority believing that.

With the release of GTA IV nearing, April 29, the game has been on my mind a lot lately.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the series, multiple versions in fact: III, Vice City and San Andreas. I don’t take offense to the violence, the car wrecks, the car jackings or even beating up random people on the street for their wallets or having your way with the street walkers and then getting your money back. It is not a moralistic stand I am taking against this game, no, I enjoy the release it provides as much as the next person.

But after you go through one, it just seems like rehash. Yes, they’re in different towns and eras; yes, the missions and people change. In the big scheme of things they’re all the same… go through, do the races against time, do the missions, do the random killing sprees, see who can get the most air in a car jump, then use the cheat codes and hole yourself up to see how much damage you can cause before you are caught.

It gets old. Yes, this is going to be a more visually appealing and realistic version of the game, but does that really make it any different than its predecessors?