Rocketpig's article on GTA4

[MontanaHatchet]

Xponent said:

ssj12 said:

Xponent said:

MontanaHatchet said:

Xponent said:
In what way is GTA4 revolutionary?

Revolutionary in what way?

That's a very open-ended question. Revolutionary for the series? The genre? All games? All art forms?

 

I was responding to Roadkillers opinion that it is revolutionary. Maybe we should ask him.

The game is revolutionary due to what it has done in taking the franchise and genre to the next level.

From a technical standpoint the game is a marval all the things going on and happening at once. The amount of AI in the game is amazing. Each of the 700 different civilians have a different personality, movement, etc. Each car drives differently. All the weapons fire more realistically. Not having 1000 health pickups and having to make the player actually use his head in times of combat. After combat have it so the only way to heal is hunt for a randiom health pack or spend money on food.

Thats what is revolutionary about GTAIV.

IMO, despite those technical advances you describe, there is nothing fundamentally different about it compared to previous iterations. It's more evolutionary IMO. Great game nonetheless.

 

 So, it's essentially the same as a sequel in any series.