Internet Searches Reveal the Top 5 Video Games

The following is a review of the Top 5 video gamescharacter, Carl "CJ" Johnson returning home from
searched for on the Internet.Liberty City to Los Santos after learning of his
Looking for a game? Looking for a gift for a gamer?mother's murder. CJ finds his family and his old gang,
Just curious?the Grove Street Families, in disarray. Over the course
Rank 1 Grand Theft Auto IV:of the game, CJ gradually unravels the plot behind his
Grand Theft Auto IV is an upcoming sandbox-stylemother's murder while reestablishing his gang and
action adventure video game. It will be the ninth titleexploring his own business ventures.
(and the first in the fourth generation) in the GrandGrand Theft Auto series is rich with controversy, the
Theft Auto video game franchise. It will be releasedmost notable for San Andreas was over the "Hot
worldwide on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 for bothCoffee" minigame, which was disabled but left in the
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game will be set in acode, which caused San Andreas to be re-rated
redesigned Liberty City, based heavily on New Yorkbriefly as an adult game and pulled from shelves. Since
City and New Jersey.its re-release the game is rated as follows;
Niko Bellic is Eastern European, between 28 and 32Price: Approx. $19.99
years of age and has come to Liberty City to pursueGame Rating: M (Mature)
the "American Dream". Niko was persuaded to moveRank 4 Guitar Hero II:
to Liberty City by his cousin Roman, who claimed inGuitar Hero II is a music video game developed by
multiple e-mails to Niko that he was living a fabulous life,Harmonix Music Systems and published by
with a mansion, women, hot tubs and sports cars.RedOctane. It is the second installment in the Guitar
Roman's claims turn out to be lies to hide his ownHero series and is the sequel to Guitar Hero. It was
failures, however, and in reality he only owns a smallfirst released for the PlayStation 2 in November 2006
taxi business, which he wants Niko to work for.and then for the Xbox 360 in April 2007, with additional
Roman is the only person Niko knows in Liberty City tocontent.
begin with, and is one of his major connections in theLike the original Guitar Hero, the player uses a
first part of the game. Niko is a tough character,guitar-shaped peripheral to simulate the playing of rock
whereas Roman is friendly. Roman is heavily in debtmusic as notes scroll towards the player. Most of the
and a lot of people are after him. He desperatelygameplay from the original game remains intact, with
needs Niko's support, hence the reason he deceivednew modes and note combinations being the major
Niko into travelling to Liberty City. They are constantlyadditions. The game features more than 40 popular
bickering. It is later revealed that Niko has also beenlicensed songs, many of them cover versions
avoiding other, as yet undisclosed, problems at home.recorded for the game, spanning five decades (from
Both characters are new and there are virtually nothe 1960s to the 2000s).
returning players.Since its release, Guitar Hero II has been met with both
Price: Approx. $59.99critical and commercial success, helping the Guitar
Game Rating: M (Mature)Hero series become a cultural phenomenon.
BloodPrice: Approx.
Intense ViolenceBundle with Guitar $79.99
Partial NudityPS2 $39.99
Strong LanguageXbox $49.99
Strong Sexual ContentGame Rating: Teen
Use of Drugs and AlcoholRank 5 Mortal Kombat:
Rank 2 Saints Row:Mortal Kombat (commonly abbreviated as MK) is a
Saints Row is an action-adventure video gamepopular series of fighting games made originally by
published for the Xbox 360 console. It was developedMidway Manufacturing Company. Mortal Kombat
by Volition and published by THQ. The game arrived inbegan as a series of arcade games, which were
stores in wide release on August 29, 2006 in Northpicked up by Acclaim Entertainment for the home
America, and on September 1, 2006 in Europe andconsole versions. Now Midway exclusively creates
Australia.home versions of Mortal Kombat. It is especially noted
The game has been described as being in the samefor its high levels of blood and gore, including, most
vein as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in terms ofnotably, its graphic fatalities - Finishing Moves, requiring
story and gameplay, with the developers referring to ita sequence of buttons to perform. These were so
as an emerging genre called "open world"; both gamesextreme that they, in part, led to the founding of the
focus on urban gang activity, with the main characterEntertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) 1 Mortal
attempting to strengthen his gang's standing amongstKombat is available in PS2, Xbox, Mobile and PC.
three other rival gangs. Saints Row makes additions toThe original Mortal Kombat was developed as a
the genre, adding an extensive characterreaction to the popular fighting game Street Fighter II,
customization feature and online multiplayer modes.with digitized graphics of real game actors as opposed
Price: Approx. $29.99to animated cartoon graphics. Critics said the game's
Game Rating: M (Mature)graphic violence was only included in order to generate
Rank 3 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas:a public outcry and controversy that would gain
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a sandbox-stylepublicity for the game. Although highly controversial, the
action-adventure computer and video gamemix of realism and violence propelled Mortal Kombat to
developed by Rockstar North. It is the third 3D game inwidespread and historic renown.
the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and fifthPrice: Approx. $19.99 - $39.99
original game overall. Originally released for theGame Rating: M (Mature)
PlayStation 2 in October 2004, the game has since1. Descriptions in large part by Wikipedia.
been ported to the Xbox and Microsoft Windows, andWikipedia - The biggest multilingual free-content
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