Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360 - Trailer (2008)

Over Hyped

HMJ from Dartford, Kent , 23/04/2008

This game is going to be nothing special. Judging from the disaster that was San Andreas, as well as Liberty and Vice City Stories, this is going to be another game that everyone hypes up before it's out and then complains when they realise it's awful. GTA has gone downhill since Vice City.

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Best game of the year

GMG from LONDON [Highly rated reviewer] , 17/04/2008

No matter what this game is going to be crazy. People be like' you can't write a review without playing it, No i can't. But i can feel it!!!!!!

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GTA4

TURBOste from North Shields , 21/04/2008

GTA4 IS GOING 2 BE THE BEST GAME OUT 4 A LONG TIME I THINK THAT EVERY ONE WILL GET IT MARK MY WORD ?

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Amazing

duddy from Hyde [Highly rated reviewer] , 22/04/2008

Yeah i no that i havent played it yet, but i have had trouble trying to pre order it!!! I cant wait to get my hands on it. Iv been waiting along time for this!! Iv got a feeling xbox live will crash the amount of people who will be playing it a week tomorrow

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Huge attention to detail, but the story isn't quite the usual

TudorVII from Farnborough [Highly rated reviewer] , 26/06/2008

Like millions of others, I got this game on the day of release, I've been a fan of the entire series and loved pretty much all of the games. I was expecting it to be very much like GTA3, mainly because of the island size and layout, and in reality that would be a very vague description of the game.

Liberty City has been ripped apart and redesigned with a living, breathing, hustling and bustling enviroment. Although the graphics weren't quite as good as I'd expected, the scenes of the city are fantastic, especially when you're going into the gun dealer's store and there's a group of guys outside all smoking the weed. There are now more buildings than ever before you can go inside, or climb on top of, but even with that advantage, you still can't hide. The cops AI is much better in this game, so if you hide inside a building, they'll creep in with their guns pointing straight at you! And they have a much bigger presence in the game, it's hard to turn down a street without seeing one.

Obviously, attention to detail isn't everything, but the game still has a pretty decent story, it felt a bit short to me, but that may be because I didn't do anything else when I played through. However, it's very slow to start, the first few missions make it seem that this is a second life type of game (if anyone else feels that, steal a car and mow down 30 odd pedestrians, it'll put you back on track).

Multiplayer is ok, brilliant because you can switch between campaign and online gaming in about 30 seconds, but the gameplay is nothing special, but still good fun to pack a chopper with your mates and take to the skies.

Overall I think this is a great game, but is getting very mixed reviews. If you've played GTA before, get it. If you haven't, rent it first and make up your own mind.

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GTA 4

SWEET999 from London [Highly rated reviewer] , 09/06/2008

if you have time on your hands (eg no job no life) then this game a perfect in every way, looks good, sound good, all good. but its too long I had to give this back as it just too damn time consuming . give me call of duty 4 or gears of war any day. but damn does it look good

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