Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, Red Dead Redemption and now L.A Noire. For many of you, your favourite game may have just been mentioned. All of these games have an open world, free roaming settings in their games, which gives the player a sense of being there and more control over their player, be it John Marsden from Red Dead or CJ from GTA: San Andreas.
They are not however free from controversy. All of the GTA games have caused controversy at some point or another, but it is nothing compared to what came about when the game Manhunt was released. The game was linked to the murder of Stefan Pakeerah, 14, by his friend Warren Leblanc, 17, on the 27th of February, 2004. The game was subsequently dropped by GAME and Dixons. As well as being removed from these stores, it is completely banned in many countries, including Germany, Ireland and New Zealand.
Controversy aside, Rockstar's figures do not lie. GTA is considered by many as the best franchise in the gaming industry, with its sense of freedom and 'no-good attitude'. It has generated perfect or near perfect reviews and scores on almost all of the games, and has sold over 100 million copies worldwide. The GTA series was started in 1997 and has continued to grow ever since that day. In my opinion the best installment is San Andreas. IGN has San Andreas at the top of their 'Greatest Ever PS2 Games' http://bit.ly/mwtNaq. I may have to disagree with them there as I believe NFS Underground 2 is. Rockstar though are not satisfied with bringing out a few top level games and have just released L.A Noire.
Based in post-war LA, which is a perfect recreation of the real-life post-war LA. It has the same recognisable HUD as its predecessors and the same feel to it. Some aspects have been changed though as you control a Cop and not a Serbian War Veteran as in GTA IV. You cannot simply wreak havoc and get police chases because, well, you are the police. Civilians will always jump out the way of your car as well so running them over is out of the question. The Xbox 360 version recieved a 91.3% rating by GameRankings, which is obviously a good score.
I believe the reason why Rockstar always deliver great games is because they do not have the contract to release a game every year as with Call of Duty and many sports games. They have all the time they want to create a perfect game and have done on many occasions. With L.A Noire set in a 'real-life' L.A, Rockstar have gone the extra mile in bringing what is great about their games into action. Making them perfect. What the future holds i do not know, maybe another GTA game. Lets hope so because it is guaranteed to be a hit.
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