Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered

Not wanting to tempt fate at all but I’m rather pleased to be having no issues at all with my copy of Grand Theft Auto IV, touch wood. In fact when I got the game on Tuesday I was unaware of the epic problems now plaguing Playstation 3 owners (as well as a few XBox 360 owners apparently) or of the queues and organisation required to distribute it just nine hours earlier. I arrived at Game early, intent on doing something mindless with my recoup day and queued with just a couple of harangued looking father’s on their way to work, all with orders of exactly what to get on pain of death. Five hundred free Microsoft Points and a bundle of free XBox Live userpics were my reward for pre-ordering so I headed home.

I should warn you now, there will be character related spoilers at points.
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It’s just twenty-four hours until I get my grubby mits on one of the most anticipated games of the year! What I’m looking forward to in this instalment of Rockstar’s much maligned franchise are the alterations to game mechanics, such as a proper lock-on system for combat as well as the first appearance of a proper cover system. I’m also hoping to see the controls tightened up which is highly likely, these days I’m finding that the Playstation 2 controls feel flimsy and lack the precision of the XBox 360 controls.

Of course, seeing Liberty City in all it’s next generation glory will also be exciting too, I’m a sucker for the modern graphics of the 360.

Finally, the addition of a proper full multiplayer will keep me happy for hours, the third party multiplayer options for previous GTA’s have never done the game the justice it deserves.