Grand Theft Auto IV

So this game was probably one of the most hyped in recent years, and on playing the game I could immediately see why. Rockstar obviously did their research on this one - this is a truly accurate depiction of a real city and even on first glance it looks fantastic. I would have to say that this is possibly the best game I have played on the PlayStation 3.

When I first put this game into my console and loaded, I was eagerly awaiting the game, as I had been discussing it in the forum since pretty much day one and when I got my hands on it, it really didn't disappoint. The graphics are truly stunning, the physics are some of the best I have seen, and are oh so fun for playing around with.

The storyline of the game, without revealing any major spoilers, is truly addictive, as is typical in the GTA series, and I love the way you can choose your own path and I even went back to see exactly what the other path would do. I couldn't be more happy with the gameplay at...

To paraphrase the well-known catechism "Rockstar giveth and Rockstar taketh away"....

A well-known gaming website gave Grand Theft Auto IV 10/10 upon its release, and awarded it 10/10 in each individual category. By contrast, almost every user review on the same site lambasted GTAIV as being 'boring', 'lame', 'overhyped', and some even went so far as to accuse professional reviewers of being bribed by Rockstar. But which is true? Is GTAIV a perfect piece of gaming magic? Or is it a boring overhyped slice of crap? Actually neither viewpoint is really accurate.

What you get out of GTAIV depends largely on what you expect from it. If you've played GTA:San Andreas to death and sat there thinking "Wow, the only thing cooler than this would be if you could like, watch TV in your safehouse and call up the other characters whenever you wanted to go out drinking!" Then you'll be in luck because those features have been added to the game. If you also thought...

Foreword

GTA4 is the most hyped game of all time. It made Rockstar 500 Million dollars in its first week. On it's first day GTA4 sold 3.6 million copies of the game making Rockstar 310 Million dollars on it's first...

THE GOOD:
- Graphics
- Vehicles
- Gameplay
- Combat w/Guns and Hand-to-Hand
- Map
- Online Play
- Everything

THE BAD:
- No planes
- Music

SUMMARY:
GTA IV, the official 4th main game in the franchise, not counting the side-games such as Vice City, San Andreas etc. This game follows a character named Niko Bellic who travels to Liberty City from Europe and meets his cousin, Roman Bellic to start his new life and look for someone he's been chasing.

Graphics

Since I only recently bought my PS3, not having seen one being played with my own eyes either, it was a shock to see the brilliant graphics of some of the games. But it wasn't until I saw GTA IV gameplay and I was speechless. When plugged into an HD TV with an HDMI cable, it's like watching a movie. I was blown away by the water, sky, buildings, explosions and everything else in the game at first glimpse. The cut-scene...