Apple picker The MMA fighter has a difficult fate. He never knows when a serious injury is going to come and take him out of the game, so the prospects for the future are not the best. One such wrestler is Jason Malone, on whose match mob boss Frank Veliano bets big money. But as it usually happens, in order to complete the plot, the fight in the octagon does not end as expected, but quite the opposite, and the blood money is irretrievably lost. Jason's peaceful life suddenly turns into a cat-and-mouse chase because a high reward has been placed on his head. He becomes the most wanted person in Las Vegas. Welcome to sin city.
A story cut out of an action movie was prepared for players by the Gameloft studio, in their fourth installment of the Gangstar series, which appeared in the App Store like a bolt from the blue just a few dozen hours after the game was announced. Gameloft is based on a strong storyline, which you will recognize as a player in eighty action-packed levels, as evidenced by the relatively well-executed trailer itself. If you can also speak English, the short, and it must be added, successful clips that are played during the completion of the missions will add variety to the game.
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Another important thing that the developers are attracting new players to is the size of the city, which is nine times larger than in the previous part, which was subtitled Rio. Due to the size of the locations, the game offers great options for various missions, but also great options if you don't plan to complete the tasks at the moment. There is really a lot of fun here, from wild street races to air races, skydiving, collecting different packages, and much more. But what would Las Vegas be without gambling? Of course, there are casinos that you can visit and play with your hard-earned money. A trio of games is available – blackjack, video poker and classic slots.
The car park in Gangstar Vegas will delight lovers of motorized transport, as you will find here a really large number of cars, motorcycles, boats and planes. Another thing is improving Jason Malone's abilities, where you get points for completing a level or various tasks, which you can then exchange for, for example, more endurance when sprinting, more resistance to fire and so on.
A novelty in Gangstar Vegas is the use of the Havok engine, which, compared to the previous parts of the series, improves the physics of the behavior of people and cars in the game. Although Gameloft has certainly tried hard, and the improvement can certainly be seen here, it's still not the same. You can't avoid the sometimes very strange behavior of the person or vehicle you control, and the damage model for cars that can survive a lot of wild treatment without damage is also very weak. The controls themselves can sometimes get annoying, and the buttons on the display are placed unhappily for various actions. On the other hand, it is necessary to praise the control and behavior of the planes, which are really sophisticated and will please anyone who wants to see Las Vegas from a bird's eye view. The developers have also worked on the graphics, which are quite successful even though they do not reach the quality of the best games. So I'm talking about newer devices with more RAM, I experienced weaker and slower rendering on the iPad 2, which often made some of the buildings in the background look weird.
The game took a lot of inspiration from the cult Grand Theft Auto series, so it can't avoid comparisons. My personal opinion is that GTA Vice City, as an immortal legend from Rockstar Games, will most likely win this duel for most players. In addition to better optimization for most devices, it offers better physics, controls, an equally high-quality story and other things. In contrast, Gangstar Vegas has a larger city area, a huge fleet of cars and other interesting innovations. This comparison could be summed up by saying that there is better quality in the form of GTA than quantity in the form of Gangstar. But I definitely don't want to spoil the news. On the contrary, competing with something like Grand Theft Auto is not easy at all, and Gameloft's developers do it to the best of their abilities.
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Well, you'll have to pay around 150 crowns. Which is not exactly low compared to the usual prices in the App Store, but for what you get, it is a completely adequate price. A great story full of action with 80 main missions, several dozen side quests, about 50 achievements will guarantee you many hours of fun that will not end even after everything described has been completed. Thanks to the diversity of the huge map, where a large part is occupied by the city itself, and a significant part is shared by the desert and the lake, here you can experience a lot of action even after finishing the story, in the form of chases with the shelf, various races, visits to the casino and other entertainment. Whether you decide to buy the game at full price or wait for a discount, I recommend Gangstar Vegas to all lovers of action and open worlds.
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