Could have been the best GTA but I find myself missing the variety and fun I had in GTA San Andreas

User Rating: 7 | Grand Theft Auto IV PS3
I thought GTA IV was going to be the best in the series, and in my opinion it isn't. My first reaction as I began playing GTA IV was "WOW, this game is awesome! I ran around and stole some cars and motorcycles. I loved the controls, though the turning is a bit sensitive. I actually like the grainy looking graphics that I see people complaining about.

So what is it that kills this game for me? I just cant understand why they neglected to put in so many of those fun elements that we saw in San Andreas. One of my favorite things to do in San Andreas was flying the jets around and SKYDIVING out. It might sound trivial but when I found out there were no planes, tanks, bicycles, jet packs, basketball or parachutes, I was done. Basically thats a list of my favorite things in GTA and the very things I was looking forward to in GTA IV. To me its seems like they took a step forward in graphics and 10 steps back in content and replay value.