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First Impressions of GTA IV
Yesterday I was wandering through town when I noticed Woolies (of all people) doing a great deal on GTA IV for Xbox 360. They were matching play.com’s bundle of Premium console and the game for £199. Bargain. I’ve been meaning to get myself a 360 for a while now. Xbox Live in particular seems like an excellent system and might mean I end up playing some more games online, which would be nice 
Unsurprisingly they had sold out of the game, but could put me on a waiting list. To my surprise I received a phone call this afternoon, saying they had got new stock in! So I am now the proud owner of an Xbox 360 and Grand Theft Auto IV.
First impressions of the game are great. Rockstar have really approached this game, even more so than the previous titles in the same line, more like a movie. The cinematics are excellent, especially as they are rendered using the games engine, not some video which has been cut in. The graphics are gorgeous at 720p HD and the first couple of missions are good at getting you into the swing of things. The cars still handle like shopping trolleys, although this is, perhaps, more realistic - I can’t imagine that you really would be able to take that right-angle-city-block corner doing 70mph in real life 
A nice victory for high street retailers I feel.
Tonight’s cinema experience
I do enjoy a good trip to the cinema. Tonight’s was excellent.
As well as finally getting to see Cloverfield, there were a whole host of goodies before the film, both in the form of adverts:
- A Coke advert based on Rockstar’s GTA (also mentioned over at The Guardian)
- Snoop D-Oh-Double-Gee getting the Orange treatment
and three “ohhh, I must see that” trailers:
