This is it. THE game to play if your looking for just about everything. Driving every vehicle imaginable, flying planes and helicopters, sailing boats, shooting and using countless weapons.
You even get to play asKilometers to walk around. With the latest and greatest installment, GTA IV, they've made a whooping 1.8 Billion US dollars of profits in just a few months. AND, that's only for the PS3 and Xbox360 versions. The PC version is out in November. GTA is just a ground breaking game. Nothing can touch it. It's got no competition. At all.
screenshot from GTA IV on an Xbox 360BIOSHOCK
Thw strong points of this game is it's sandbox style upgrades and awesome story. My jaw dropped when the game reached the climax. Seriously, if you like a good story, great customizability and an eerie atmosphere that's the right balance between scary and interesting, then play this game. It's for you.
That's a Big Daddy, bodyguards of little sisters.CALL OF DUTY
Now, this is epic. When the first Call of Duty came out, everyone knew it would killed Medal of Honour series. And it has. Now, with COD4, the formula is near perfection. And the graphics, finally, top notch. Except a few minor details, like lousy smoke effects, everything else is pretty. The story is quite basic. But it's all in how YOU are part of the story. Where in other games, the entire story revolves around the main character (you), in Call of Duty, your just ONE MAN in a big war. Your just a pawn.With a big part to play.
One of the cooler missions, this screenshot showcases the lighting capabilities of COD4, look at the reflections on the gun. But the smoke effects kill the realism.CRYSIS
There's been a lot of talk on which game has the best graphics. Sure COD4, Oblivion, Rainbow 6, and the lot get high points when it comes down to it. But every so often, a small time company gets it's big break with some new technology. In this case, it was Crytek in late 2003/early 04, with their Cryengine. No other game at the time could feature graphics that amazing. Even now, it's still considered OK graphics. For a four year old game, that's really saying something. Fast forward to 2007, Crytek is bought over by the Microsoft of gaming, EA Games. It's a company that looks for the best software developers, and buys them over. Just like what Microsoft has been doing, right? So Crytek has to come up with something amazing. Now we're talking epicly amazing. And they have. Crysis. Technically, it has the most powerful engine EVER. NO GAMING CONSOLE CAN HANDLE IT. That's right. Play Station 3 and Xbox 360 can't handle Crysis. Yet. But, I think they might tone it down for the consoles in a matter of years. Heck, even the LATEST PCs are having a tough time handling Crysis. Seriously. This game is photo realistic on maximum detail.
The character detail is not perfect, but just look at how the light passes through the countless leaves. It's just pure magic.Rainbow 6 : Vegas
Some people like to play realistic games. But most prefer to play games that have toned downed realism, to make it more fun. So the trick was to bend realism. Take a SWAT based game, give it SWAT based rules, and throw it in with some FPS elements. And you get Rainbow Six : Vegas. The graphics are actually a mix of good and bad. You get very grainy low resolution terrain and stuff. But, character detail is maxed out and everything is shiny. Just the way I like it.
The magic of it is : walk around as you would in any other FPS, but get to a corner/cover and hold right click, the camera pans out to third person view. that guy looking from behind the wall is YOU. Now that's cool.
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