Friday, January 29, 2010

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Bored. Yup. The formerly exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV dlc is finally being released on the PS3 and PC.  This is good news for me and other ps3 only gamers or pc only gamers. It should be anyway. If you comb through some forums or comments posted on this story you'll see that this news along with all other gaming news gets turned into a fanboy flamewar waged by the most moronic of our sect. Its really pitiful. I liked gta4. I don't care that IGN scored it a 10/10. There was a lot of backlash over that score, and I didn't really understand it. It offended some because it was the first 10 IGN has given to a game since Orcarina of Time. A great game by the way. I get how some people can get so attached to a game or system that they feel the need to defend its non existent honor, but that defense is irrational.  Many gamers were bothered that this new iteration in the gta franchise lacked more of the superfluous activities they had become accustomed to having, such as base jumping, the rampage challenges, character customization and other mini games. These activities were enjoyable, and for many, including myself, helped extend the game play. GTA: San Andreas in particular was loaded with these features, so naturally fans assumed the next gta would include even more bing a next gen title. It did not. And they were angry. Mostly. As I said previously I liked gta4. Really liked it in fact. I appreciated how Rockstar narrowed the focus of the game, concentrating on crafting a strong story, and a living city to coincide with this story. It was very character driven. GTA has always been a mature game, but this time around it was more to do with plot elements than shooting hookers. This was lost on younger gamers who shouldn't be playing the game anyway. That's not to  say all who were disappointed with gta4 were immature, but upon reading the arguments brought forth by those who were disappointed, its clear many are. There is also the ps3 fanboy. So many ps3 gamers felt betrayed by Rockstar for giving the xbox360 the dlc exclusively that they wanted the game to fail, or were determined to downplay the quality of the downloadable episodes. And that's what we're seeing now. Or that's what I'm seeing. So many saying they never finished gta4. So many saying they have no interest and that Rockstar are wasting their time. And so many mocking Microsoft fro paying 50 million for excusive content that is no longer exclusive. Not that 360 fanboys are any better. Perhaps I should just stay away from N4G. None of my recent posts seem to have a cohesive point. Oh well. Hey guys, want some taffy?

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