Friday, April 15, 2011

Review: Grand Theft Auto Ballade of Gay Tony


Among some of the newest most exciting video games that are out for gamers to get a hold of is Grand Theft Auto Ballad of Gay Tony. Released by RockStar Games in October 2009, and distributed by Take Two Interactive, is a third person game set in the night life of one of the busiest, hardest cities in the world titled as ''Liberty City'', where one of the main characters that you control is running around the city getting his friend, Gay Tony out of all sorts of trouble and problems. Gay Tony, a gay business man and night club owner around the city is caught owing people money, going in dept, and having several people trying to kill him. As a results of these conflicts, Tony goes to one of his bouncers, Luis Lopez, in which the player controls, and depends on him to help him save his life and his business, and through out the course of these events, the player can find Luis Lopez in all kinds of jams such as hostage situation, drug deals, simply killing people for pay back, fleeing from police, and escaping by jumping off planes and rooftops. The plot is certainly quite interesting and exciting, but aside from that players can also have Luis do other things not related to the plot, such as pointless killing, drugs deals, car jacking, high jumping, and sex with various women and prostitutes, after all, isn't that what Grand Theft Auto is all about? Although the game doesn't show any nudity, but still has some graphic nature to it, the ESRB rated it 17+ for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, and Use of Drugs. However, some might not agree with the rating of this game, sure it shows its fair share of graphic nature and players should probably be mature for that, but age 17 is outrageous, this is mainly because many find themselves mentally mature even at younger ages, lets be real, its not like after playing this game, the player will go out into the world getting with prostitutes, stealing cars, and killing random people, Thus I think it would be better off rated 13+ rather than M for 17+.
But whatever the rating, Grand Theft Auto Ballade of Gay Tony is still the latest masterpiece Rockstar games has to offer, with so many things to do that will keep you entertained, solo or multieplayer, this game is still Beyond exceptionally great. I would certainly encouraged gamers to buy this game if you're looking for a fun entertaining way to Rome around a virtual city doing whatever you want, and if you liked the Grand Theft Auto IV, then Ballade of Gay Tony is definitely your game. You can find Grand Theft Auto Ballade of Gay Tony in stores, or downloadable online for $19.99, available for both PS3 and Xbox 360.
Rating:***** 5 Stars.
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1 comment:

Shelby Gilbeau said...

The GTA games have been a hit since I was a kid, with the old school Eagle Eye view from above. The game has grown along with the the technology of today, but yet I still don't think it's taken first on the Game of the Year spot yet. More online gamers prefer FPS, like Call of Duty or Halo. But good review on the game.