i don't know, i'm not that big of a fan of the series anymore, either. every time a new one came out, i'd always get all pumped and be like YEAHHH and go out and buy it the day it was released, and then get pretty bored with it once i realized it was just like the older ones but with a typically larger city and some new features. i think my problem is that the format of the quests really isn't that inviting. i never saw the games as being that open-ended, as you more or less have to do the missions, in a general order, to progress, and they always seemed sort of repetitive to me. so without doing the missions because i just found HERE'S A CHAINSAW GO KILL VINNY to be pretty boring, and without seeing exactly how the nonlinearity of it, which i think is somewhat overestimated, is really all that appealing (you can go mug this hooker OR go steal this kilo of coke...... the choice is yours), i mostly just drive around killing people for ten minutes before turning it off.
maybe i'll get this, though. it'd be the fourth time i've fallen into the gta trap, but i might make a serious effort to get into the missions this time. i mean, i played bully, which is essentially the same format, and lightweight enjoyed it, so who knows.
i hope it has better controls, too. for an action-based game, the actual combat controls have always felt kind of half-assed. you'd think it was an afterthought, the way they throw shit like targeting in it.
Last Edit: March 09, 2008, 07:40:21 am by bazookatooth
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