Amadeo Sogni

Roman Bellic: I don’t want to die, man! Not like this!
Niko Bellic: How would you like to die?
Roman Bellic: Having a threesome on my hundredth birthday?

So I got GTA IV this weekend. Ahhhh. This joint is beautiful. They cut out alot of the little extras from the last joint, but everything that is left is so much better. I also like the character background. I wonder though, if all the people (read: dumb white kids) who complained having a black dude would make it “gangsta” are complaining that there’s an illegal immigrant? Ah well. I can’t tell you how much I missed the random violence. There’s nothing like being able to go home at the end of a long day and start shooting (digital) people. Especially with the new aiming system. I’m getting off head shots like a mug. The death animation is great to. Ex: I was riding a motorcycle and ran into the back of a car on the bridge. I tried to get up and got hit again. As I tried to stand in the adjacent lane I got hit once more…with that death blow time slowed down and the screen went to black and white. I saw my characters body being propelled forward by the force of the car. I wanted to stand and yell “Khaaaaaaaaaaaaan!” like Captain Kirk cause it was a bitch way to die…but it did look cool. Not to mention the new cover system makes me feel like a big action star. Nothing like hopping a fence in enemy territory sliding across the floor to a wall and quickly popping up to get off a head shot, then hitting someone else in the knee and popping them from behind as they try to stand up…if I sound like I’m enjoying the violence too much just remember that it’s keeping me from kirking out in the real world. Of course I also enjoy having the police chase me in a vehicle. The only thing is it’s easier and harder to lose them now. One of the old methods won’t work if they see you, but if you just put some distance between you and them they give up. That’s good for when you’re playing the game as it’s set up…but it means I can’t play the game I invented - “The Fugitive”. “The Fugitive” is when you do something to get one star (wanted level) then you start running on foot. The point is to slowly build your stars while upgrading vehicles you win if you can travel the whole map and get back to where you started without dying or getting locked up. I love this fricking game. It’s also funny as hell that you can now get drunk and the cops will try to pull you over if they see you driving. All in all this game may save several peoples lives in Baltimore city. Consider yourselves lucky.