Grand Theft Auto IV (Page 3 of 4)
- July 26, 2007 09:23 AM PST
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Niko's sets off, again on foot. His mark is supposed to exchange a memory stick with some incriminating data on it by the Humbolt River off Silicon St. There's a viewpoint there where Niko can get an overhead view of him, but unfortunately, he doesn't know what this guy looks like.
Niko passes the Statue of Happpiness, hops in a cab and reaches the spot. Niko gets a text from McCreary with the target's cell phone number. Niko quickly dials.
Liberty City is alive with personality like no other game.
Judgment time. Niko notes the man who picks up his phone and hangs up simultaneously. Is it him? What route to take? Should it be quiet? No time to think. Niko pulls out his 9, puts two behind he ear. He grabs the implicating memory stick
Two stars
Niko darts up the stairs into the street. His motion is natural. He leans into turns and his head nods when he runs. It's natural and fluid.
Cops pursue, bullets whiz by, hitting passing traffic signs. Niko smashes a car window and pops the door open. 1...2...3 seconds and it's running. Must shake the cops, but the new wanted level system isn't going to make it easy. And without cop bribes and no Pay-N-Spray in sight, Niko's going to have to escape the old-fashioned way.
The LCPD is no pushover. A search radius appears: a zone that Liberty City cops will keep pursuing Niko while he has an active wanted level. The bigger the crime, the larger the radius. Once Niko loses the cops and exits the circle, his wanted level goes back to normal. The trouble is, officers radio other nearby cops if they spot you, all based on line of sight. That means Niko has to avoid cop icons on his radar. Stationary dots on the radar are cops on foot. Dots with swirls around them are cops in cars. Like a movie chase, it's a constant game of cat and mouse.
A few quick turns and shortcuts lose the cops. Niko brings the memory stick to McCreary.
Time flies. A mobile reminder alerts Niko that it's almost time for his interview.
Simply bitchin'
