Grand Theft Auto IV preview - Xbox 360

Few games have been as controversial and hit the headlines as hard as Grand Theft Auto over the years. So the upcoming new instalment is hotly anticipated by fans. We have a special preview this month of Grand Theft Auto IV - and there's more to come in future issues of 360Zine. For screenshots and news from the developers, read our Grand Theft Auto IV preview for Xbox 360 now!
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Grand Theft Auto IV preview for Xbox 360
What’s the story?
You play macho-stubbled Niko Bellic, an Eastern European hardass who’ll do anything that pays to ascend the mob hierarchy of gritty ol’ Liberty City.
What do we know?
More is always more in videogames. And while Liberty City reflects four of the five major boroughs of NYC – the city it shamelessly mimics – it’s little bigger in terms of area than the San Andreas of the previous generation forerunner.
The more here comes in the form of loving detail. Niko’s face is a pitted storybook or scars and creases, and the buildings he skulks by are distinctive and varied, for instance. Realistically lengthening shadows, and the flutter of disturbed litter also help to conjure an environment that’s more tangibly alive than previous GTAs.

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