ssj12 said:
rocketpig said:
This is one of my biggest problems with GTA IV. Sure, you can do all this crazy stuff in-game, which I appreciate, but the consequences aren't really there. By the time you're five hours into the game, you're rich enough to do pretty much anything and walk away unscathed.
The consequences are pathetic in the game, just like the previous editions. Which pretty much invalidates any claims that the game is somehow a simulator of anything other than mayhem.
If Rockstar wanted to deal with mature themes, it would have been nice to see them actually deal with them maturely. I would have been happy with a simple "Consequence" mode that upped the ante for criminal behavior. Not only would it up the difficulty level (which is pathetically low thus far for me), it would have required real strategy and intelligence on the player's part to get through some tough segments of the game. |
here is the thing, unlike Jack Thompson's claim IT IS NOT A SIMULATOR OF ANY SORT, IT IS A GAME. |
other than the main charachter, the city is pretty immersive and simulates a real life city better than anyother game i have ever seen. the main city is a simulator, what Niko does and gets punished for is not, thats what i think the problem is. The city is so close to being real, yet the crimes and punishments aren't, so you can visually see yourself commiting these awful acts and basically just walking out of a hospital for 1% of your bank and going right back to the crime.
