| ToastyJaguar said: I think GTAIV is pretty smart. I don't want to ruin anything, but some of the decisions in that game really had me thinking. Bioshock is up their too, what Rapture represents and how it came to be is simply fascinating. |
I initially thought BioShock was smart until I played through it again and realized that the "smart" aspect of the game is really just smoke and mirrors hidden behind a great environment and the pretense of a philosophy. Really, Irrational softballed Objectivism in that game and used it for Rapture itself and nothing else. After all, Objectivism is all about choice and power to the strong and when you reach Andrew Ryan's office, while it's a good scene, it doesn't fit because all choice is removed from the player.
Then the rest of the game after that point turns into a fetch quest with a lame final boss that doesn't really fit the rest of the game. Kinda sad IMO. So much potential wasted with that game.
As for GTA IV... Well, it has its moments. I think I made my opinion of the game clear in my editorial two days ago.
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