GameDaily Bashes GTA IV

For whatever reason, GameDaily has decided to bash GTA IV and claim that they aren’t going to play the game anymore. Here are their reasons:

1. Hanging out with people blows
2. Our games still freeze
3. Brain dead police
4. GTA IV’s controls aren’t reliable
5. Same dry missions
6. Strippers wear bikinis
7. You restart missions at the beginning
8. Achievement points are too difficult to unlock

While GTA IV certainly isn’t for everyone, bashing the game like this doesn’t make a lot of sense considering it’s still one of the best games on the market. Here are my responses to their list:

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Zero Punctuation Bitches About GTA IV As Expected

I’ve honestly never been a fan of Zero Punctuation or The Escapist. The first few episodes of ZP were slightly entertaining, but they have gotten terribly predictable and boring. Zero Punctuation is obviously meant to be funny, but it’s really starting to get old. What’s the point in bitching about every aspect of practically every game they review? Grand Theft Auto IV isn’t the greatest video game ever, but it’s certainly up there with some of the best. He mentions having to waste time driving people all over the city, which obviously means he has no clue about the taxi system. Why waste time driving people around when you can take a taxi and get anywhere in a couple seconds?