rappo
01-30-2005, 12:30 PM
Sure there are some good things in this game, but in my review I focus on the bad points... which is most of the game anyways.
Personally, I think it's a flop. It's sad to see this game and know that Rockstar Games made it. Really... it's bad. I've only played one mission, but thats all I could go through without thinking how cheap this game is. Of course no one can expect great graphics but come on... GTA2 was better! I'd rather go download the first GTA from the Rockstar Games website and play that one rather than pay $20 for GTA: Advance. If you haven't bought it yet, I don't recommend it.
Things I didn't like about it:
1) Steering is relative to the driver's point of view, which can be confusing. Meaning, if you're going down a street, the right arrow on the D-Pad will make the car turn left from your point of view. I know it sounds kind of logical, but it's strange.
2) It looks cartoony. When you don't have any weapons and your just throwing your fists around trying to hit someone (i'll get to that later on) it looks like a scene out of earthworm jim. your arms flop around like jelly and an awkward motion blurs follows behind them.
3) Unrealistic physics. When you turn a corner going 50 MPH, your truck will flip over on its side (OMG!! IT ALMOST LOOKS 3D WHEN THAT HAPPENS... almost...). If you do it for a long time, your car will indeed flip over. but no worries, the car explodes in like 30 seconds... plenty of time to get away if you ask me.
4) You can't hit anything! The scenario: I had a bat and i was trying to kill 3 or 4 gang members that were coming after me. I stood in the middle of them and swung my bat all around. My stupid motion blur hit them, but surely enough, my bat didn't. However, you have plenty of time to run away because every blow only takes away 4 out of 100 HP and you can run about 3x as fast an anyone else.
5) Speeds are unrealistic. I have been able to go up to at least 80 MPH on the street with about every car i hopped into. Also, when you're going 80 MPH on a street, you'd expect to be zipping by all of the traffic surrounding you, right? Wrong. Apparently, everyone in Portland drives about 60 MPH on the streets, so you just glide by people when you're going close to maximum speed.
6) The audio is horrible. There is cheesey background music during the voice-over-less chat sessions that look like a scene out of Pokemon, lack of good music while driving around in vehicles, and the sound effects suck. the skid effects sound like someone rubbing an eraser on a desk.
7) Your puny car acts like a freakin' monster truck! When you smack the side of a car while going about 70 MPH, the car just flies away, tumbling the entire way. And, if you do head-on collisions, you push the other car pretty far... but no damage! What's up with that?!?!?
8 ) Finding hidden packages requires no skill at all. You don't even have to go looking for a package (which is most of the fun in the first place). All you have to do is drive around and keep an eye out for enormous blobs with red and yellow rings around them, just sitting there in the middle of the sidewalk, not even in a concealed location. it's kind of sad.
Sad, quite sad.
I give it a 1/5 just because it's a Grand Theft Auto game :p
Personally, I think it's a flop. It's sad to see this game and know that Rockstar Games made it. Really... it's bad. I've only played one mission, but thats all I could go through without thinking how cheap this game is. Of course no one can expect great graphics but come on... GTA2 was better! I'd rather go download the first GTA from the Rockstar Games website and play that one rather than pay $20 for GTA: Advance. If you haven't bought it yet, I don't recommend it.
Things I didn't like about it:
1) Steering is relative to the driver's point of view, which can be confusing. Meaning, if you're going down a street, the right arrow on the D-Pad will make the car turn left from your point of view. I know it sounds kind of logical, but it's strange.
2) It looks cartoony. When you don't have any weapons and your just throwing your fists around trying to hit someone (i'll get to that later on) it looks like a scene out of earthworm jim. your arms flop around like jelly and an awkward motion blurs follows behind them.
3) Unrealistic physics. When you turn a corner going 50 MPH, your truck will flip over on its side (OMG!! IT ALMOST LOOKS 3D WHEN THAT HAPPENS... almost...). If you do it for a long time, your car will indeed flip over. but no worries, the car explodes in like 30 seconds... plenty of time to get away if you ask me.
4) You can't hit anything! The scenario: I had a bat and i was trying to kill 3 or 4 gang members that were coming after me. I stood in the middle of them and swung my bat all around. My stupid motion blur hit them, but surely enough, my bat didn't. However, you have plenty of time to run away because every blow only takes away 4 out of 100 HP and you can run about 3x as fast an anyone else.
5) Speeds are unrealistic. I have been able to go up to at least 80 MPH on the street with about every car i hopped into. Also, when you're going 80 MPH on a street, you'd expect to be zipping by all of the traffic surrounding you, right? Wrong. Apparently, everyone in Portland drives about 60 MPH on the streets, so you just glide by people when you're going close to maximum speed.
6) The audio is horrible. There is cheesey background music during the voice-over-less chat sessions that look like a scene out of Pokemon, lack of good music while driving around in vehicles, and the sound effects suck. the skid effects sound like someone rubbing an eraser on a desk.
7) Your puny car acts like a freakin' monster truck! When you smack the side of a car while going about 70 MPH, the car just flies away, tumbling the entire way. And, if you do head-on collisions, you push the other car pretty far... but no damage! What's up with that?!?!?
8 ) Finding hidden packages requires no skill at all. You don't even have to go looking for a package (which is most of the fun in the first place). All you have to do is drive around and keep an eye out for enormous blobs with red and yellow rings around them, just sitting there in the middle of the sidewalk, not even in a concealed location. it's kind of sad.
Sad, quite sad.
I give it a 1/5 just because it's a Grand Theft Auto game :p