I don't know about you guys, but after seeing the trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, I'm pretty excited to return to San Andreas. In GTA San Andreas it was awesome having three distinct cities to visit, with miles of country for you to explore in between each city. Sure GTA IV had three areas of Liberty City to explore, but the city environment was pretty similar in each section, and to get to each area you merely had to drive across a bridge. Sure it was still fun to roam around, but when you've walked down an alley for the thousandth time, it gets a little old.
Another thing in GTA V that I'm really hoping for is a return to the goofiness of some of the missions. In GTA IV it seemed like every mission included driving to a warehouse, taking part in a lengthy shootout in said warehouse, then participating in a car chase (as a side note, I loathe the drive-by shooting controls). Whatever happened to the completely crazy missions of the previous GTA games? Whatever happened to luring a group of people to an ice cream truck by playing the truck's music, then detonating a bomb in the truck to kill them all? Whatever happened to loading dead bodies into the back of a dump truck, then driving the truck to a lake to dump them?
GTA IV definitely went with a more "realistic" approach, but there is one thing in this game that stands out, and not only is it unrealistic, it's completely out of place. What I'm talking about is the Easter egg known as the Heart of Liberty City. Unbeknownst to some GTA IV players, deep within the Statue of Happiness is a gigantic beating heart. An actual living, pumping heart that dwarfs Niko when he dares venture into the statue. I have to admit this creeped me out a little when I found out about this; it seems more at home in a Sci-Fi game then in an open world sandbox like Grand Theft Auto. Don't believe me? See for yourself:
Why is there a heart inside the Statue of Happiness? Is it alive in some way? Did a science experiment go wrong? The game offers no explanation, so we are left to wonder.
Another thing in GTA V that I'm really hoping for is a return to the goofiness of some of the missions. In GTA IV it seemed like every mission included driving to a warehouse, taking part in a lengthy shootout in said warehouse, then participating in a car chase (as a side note, I loathe the drive-by shooting controls). Whatever happened to the completely crazy missions of the previous GTA games? Whatever happened to luring a group of people to an ice cream truck by playing the truck's music, then detonating a bomb in the truck to kill them all? Whatever happened to loading dead bodies into the back of a dump truck, then driving the truck to a lake to dump them?
GTA IV definitely went with a more "realistic" approach, but there is one thing in this game that stands out, and not only is it unrealistic, it's completely out of place. What I'm talking about is the Easter egg known as the Heart of Liberty City. Unbeknownst to some GTA IV players, deep within the Statue of Happiness is a gigantic beating heart. An actual living, pumping heart that dwarfs Niko when he dares venture into the statue. I have to admit this creeped me out a little when I found out about this; it seems more at home in a Sci-Fi game then in an open world sandbox like Grand Theft Auto. Don't believe me? See for yourself:
Why is there a heart inside the Statue of Happiness? Is it alive in some way? Did a science experiment go wrong? The game offers no explanation, so we are left to wonder.
An Odd GTA Moment: The Heart of Liberty City
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