The Official PlayStation Magazine (OPM UK) has reviewed Grand
Theft Auto IV after the magazine was granted access to play
the game for a few days last month. The review also gave
away the score they gave GTA 4, which is an amazing
10
out of 10.
Some of the main points from the article
are: (Warning: Possible Spoilers)
- One reason why Niko goes to Liberty City is to track
down the man who betrayed his old army unit.
- Cars no longer catch fire at the slightest
provocation.
- There are several points at which you make life or
death decisions between key cast members.
- Comedy clubs feature real comedians.
- "Michelle" is the first girl that Niko hooks up
with.
- Dimitiri Rascalov is
Mikhail Faustin's right hand man.
- Other uses of the phone on missions include calling
a target to make him come to the window and into Niko's
sniper sight.
- There is a museum called the Libertonian Museum
- which features dinosaur fossils and exploding vases.
Environments such as these have been created
specifically for shootouts, so there's plenty of cover.
- The name of every radio station is also revealed:
- WKTT - We Know The Truth (right wing talk
radio)
- San Juan Sounds (latin)
- Integrity 2.0 (speech, hosted by Lazlow)
- Liberty City Hardcore (punk/hardcore)
- Liberty Rock Radio 97.8 (classic rock)
- The Vibe 98.8 (soul/R'n'B)
- PLR - Public Liberty Radio (call-in speech)
- The Classics 104.1 (old-skool hip-hop)
- Jazz Nation Radio 108.5 (jazz)
- Electro Choc (dance)
- Massive B Soundsystem 96.9 (dance hall)
- IF99 - International Funk (funk)
- The Beat 102.7 (contemporary hip-hop)
- Vladivostok FM (eastern european)
- Radio Broker (alt rock)
- Tuff Gong Radio (reggae/dub)
- K109 The Studio (disco)
- Fusion FM
- The Journey (ambient/chillout)
If you missed out on yesterdays news, we were given by
Rockstar Games an exclusive GTA 4 image, so make sure
you take a look!