GTA IV is a masterpiece gaming experience for Storyline

What: Game Review

What: GTA IV

Before Grand Theft Auto 5, there was obviously GTA IV. GTA gaming fans know that for nearly every major release, the GTA franchise is hoping to revolutionize gaming while expanding their universe. For this game, the series takes the player back to Liberty Series, and has a whole butt load of new features on it, including the first ever online missions for GTA.
Just playing for the first 30 minutes one can tell that GTA IV is a completely new piece of machine than San Andreas was. Everything about it seems new, and there's so much more to it. The look in it is exceptional as the games seem to gray scale like never before. However with new things comes taking out some old ones.
While GTA IV offers the best storyline in any GTA game, the game play is a bit off centered from how fun San Andreas was. You can no longer buy businesses as property, or go to the gym to get buff, get fat by eating fast food, or multiple other things that made San Andreas the incredible game that it was.
Despite some of these negatives, GTA IV's biggest strong suite is the story line. The story line is half movie/ half game, as the player gets involved with the story of modern day russian immigrant Niko belic as he travels to Liberty City seeking refuge from Russia and his past. Throughout the way, the player feels sympathy and passion for Niko as he goes through love, hate, revenge, and all the modern emotions in real life with GTA IV. Liberty City of course based on New York, there are some familiar landmarks where epic shootouts take place in the game. The game is worthwhile just for the storyline and all the interesting characters alone that are involved with Niko's criminal activities in Liberty City.
GTA IV is a master story teller game, and one becomes rather fascinated with all the characters towards the middle part of this experience. So before playing online in GTA 5, take a step in a few years and play a game that truly revolutionized the GTA franchise, IV.

Grade:
A-

Infamous works despite some minor disadvantages

What: Game Review
PS3

Now several years old, Infamous has become a legendary and cult status game for Play Station. After beating it, one understands why. The game's storyline, world, characters and scope are all massive. The ideas are original and the special effects are impressive, even compared to today's newly released games. You play a super hero, Cole, who slowly begins to understand who he is and what is powers are throughout the game.
However, despite its grandness, the game lacks several disadvantages.
The world is almost too big. After a while, you get somewhat tired of facing one mob after the other. While the story line is very impressive, perhaps throwing in some more elements or change of scenery. Quickening the overall pace of it might make the game more compelling to those that like fast pacing games. These are the only cons of the game, and overall, its a successful adventure that leaves the player wanting more of Cole's warped world of Empire City.

Grade: B+ or A-

Game Review: The Last of Us

What: Game Review

        The Last of us, the new play station game by the makers of Uncharted is by far the best game release of the year.The game follows Joel, a family man who loses both his daughter and wife in a zombie apocalypse. 20 years later in a post apocalyptic world where cities are boarded up and a terrorist group called the Fireflies exist, Joel is still alive and begins to help a young girl who maybe the key to the infection. It's gameplay, story line and graphics puts it far above anything else that's been released this year. Even each of the characters are interesting and play vital roles in the game which is more in real life than anything that's been done on play station. The way the characters move and how things look is a reflection on reality itself. The intense graphics are a marvel themselves.
           The Last of us at times is even a bit scary, especially when the player has to take Joel through underground tunnels, basements and the likes to get from one place to another because you know a zombie can jump up at you any minute. While some play station games may have a downfall when too much storyline is used, The Last of Us makes it so that it takes this particular feel to its advantage. Both a movie and a game, The Last of Us is also key for future games to look up to in terms of story development and characters.
         Despite it being a one player game, it keeps you entertained throughout every minute it. Although its the next gen of gaming, The Last of Us is still a reminder of its creators earlier creations with tons of Uncharted influence remaining. Obviously Joel is no Nathan Drake, (who is the main character in Uncharted), but the way the games are set up are very similar.
        The Last of Us is a must for any gamer and not just for zombie fans and will become the next big thing in the gaming world. It's the only game I've ever played where personally I'd rate it 10 out of 10 stars.

Overall Rating: A+