The Decline of Western Civilization
The trailer looks like a Philip Glass video, and you have to blink a few times before you realize you’re looking at in-game footage and not live video of New York City. Yes kids, this is the first trailer for the forthcoming Grand Theft Auto IV. And I have to say, I’ve never seen an video game city look this impressive. From what I can tell this is a scale rendering of NYC.
I’ve always been a fan of the series, albeit an unenthusiastic one. I understand that it’s a bunch of Brits and their American thralls at Rockstar Games having a laugh at the expense of American prudes. GTA has always been a pretty sophisticated social satire mixed with lowbrow humor and gratuitous sex and violence. The first few hours are amusing in a “I can’t believe they did that” kind of way, but eventually the GTA games lose their fun factor. I’ve never finished one, always getting bored by around the 15 hour mark. Maybe this one will be different?
Have a look at the trailer:
