A Llberty City state of mind
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Traffic citations are one of the last things Niko Bellic will worry about in “Grand Theft Auto IV.”
by Ben Spanner
There he was, hanging onto a grated outcropping high above the swarming city street. I had furiously chased this snitch across the island’s borough, through a building and up nine flights of stairs. With no place to go, he tripped and I’m standing over him. The orders came to whack him and I approached.
And that’s when “Grand Theft Auto IV” became the best game in the next-gen era.
Popping up on screen was a simple option. Press X to kick out his fingers and watch him fall, or A to pull him up. Morality choices are commonplace in the world of gaming today, but this was Grand Theft Auto. Things weren’t supposed to happen like this, right?
Wrong. So, so wrong.
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