Game Overview: GT What? – Game Drought

Insert another credit, because it’s time for your weekly video game news and you’ve just hit the Game Overview screen.

So a little game flew in under the radar on Tuesday known as Grand Theft Auto IV. I’m pretty sure none of you have heard of it, but I picked it up and it’s pretty fun so far. Nico Bellic is, by far, the best GTA protagonist I’ve ever played as and the city itself is just so much fun to get around. I told my brother when I first got it, but it’s super eerie to drive around the game’s “Hove Beach” when I’m so used to driving around the real Brighton Beach where my sister-in-law used to live. Correction: it’s so eerie to run over pedestrians and shoot cops around the neighborhood where my sister-in-law used to live.

Now that GTA is out, surely there must be a huge influx of…what? Nothing? That’s right, GTA has basically scared away the month of May. There are almost no high-caliber launches until June, when Metal Gear Solid 4 comes out. Now, this may be because the Summer is typically slow for game releases, but I’m pretty sure that, Nintendo aside with its ballsy pre-GTA Mario Kart Wii launch, is about the only company who would want to even think about competing with Rockstar this month.

Of course, if GTA IV is the 100-hour ordeal that they claim it to be, then you should be more than set for the month, stop complaining. If you don’t have a PS3 or Xbox 360, go play Mario Kart online, it’s the best online service they’ve got on the system. If you’re a PC gamer, there was a Team Fortress 2 patch recently (or it will launch soon) and at least Mass Effect PC comes out at the end of the month.

Now if you’ll excuse me, my MGS soundtrack CDs have all come in and I’ve got plenty of gaming and Slope Day-ing to do. Enjoy this video review of GTA IV from IGN.