I know, i know. On this blog i should only write about SEO tips, programming and so on. But I grew up playing gta and now I've totally changed my mind about this game.
It's been a headache this week trying all cracks from all trackers, most of which were fake or had the drunk camera or the accelerating cars. Well, yesterday i found a securom bypasser (the crack from FEDOR) on thepiratebay and i could finally try the game.
I really don't support hackers and those people who crack games, but i had to use that crack to decide whether to buy the game or not.
So, first thing i noticed in the game it's the simplistic menu, i really like simple menus, which are easy and intuitive. Well i hurried up and started the game. First mission was to drive Roman(?) (Niko's cousin) to his house. It was rather easy. On my way to his home i discovered that the developers of this game put a lot of effort into how things move (thanks to the euphoria motion system), you could say you're driving a real car. If you throw a bomb near you ( :) ) you can see how you are propelled into the air, and you can see how naturally Niko is flying, hehe. Another plus is the big map, i took a police helicopter to explore the area, and i was positively impressed how beautiful it was to look from above. Better than that is the possibility to walk out of a building without the need to wait some seconds for the world from outside to load(like in previous versions).  Well there might be more positive things in this game, but i also want to speak about the negative ones.

What i din't like in GTA IV is the car camera chasing problem. At corners you have to use your mouse to see where you are driving. I mean the camera is not fixed and i wasn't able to find a setting for that. Another thing i didn't like i t as the low FPS. My specs are:

Athlon X2 Dual Core 5200+ running @ 2.6GHz
RAM 2 GB @ 664MHz
ATI Radeon X1950GT 512MB
1280x1024 screen ( i use this resolution in the game)
MAXTOR 7200RPM 320GB

It doesn't matter how i try to change the graphical settings, the game's fps won't get higher. The FPS problem is best noticed when aiming with a gun, because of that you can sometimes shoot near the target. Still there is no fix for the FPS prob. Next thing i don't like it's the shadows. I don't know why, but i changed the shadow density settings to the maximum and i still see the shadow as many dots, like in an old game.

I won't criticise this game anymore, because i don't want you to change your mind about GTA IV (if you like it), but i will definitely not buy this game. I was expecting more from it, don't know what, but i think it's missing something to make it better than the previous GTA's.

GTA 4, NFS Undercover they both disappointed me, unfortunately...