A great game to say the least, but many of the promises mentioned and shown in trailers were not fulfilled!
User Rating: 9.5 | Grand Theft Auto IV PS3
First off I will say that the graphics and detail put into the game is amazing. Then to put the icing on the cake, the storyline made up for the extremely unbelievable San Andreas storyline. In fact the storyline was right up with Vice City. However, I really felt that there was not enough new content. After awhile it felt like playing GTA 3 all over again due to the fact that the storyline ended up being all there was to do in the game. Sure they added in activities, friends, and some cool quirks such as the man playing the saxophone. These are all very entertaining for about the first 5 days you play the game, then they become boring and tiresome. Especially when doing something important and 5 friends decide to call in a row, asking to go see a lame show. Also after reading many previews and watching trailers that showed many features that could have made the game much more enjoyable, you feel empty when you come to find they are not in the final product. GTA IV is certainly something all game developers want to produce, but I think it had too much make up and not enough substance! I give this a 9.5 because I don't think it deserves a perfect, but it is worthy of game of the year.
