Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV

Features:

• Carry on the Grand Theft Auto tradition playing through the single player campaign as Niko Bellic
• Get cars and other modes of transportation anyway you can
• Interact with various colorful characters who give you various missions to engage in
• Engage in multiplayer challenges ranging from cover matches to shoot-outs
• Game Rated 'M' due to Intense Violence, Blood, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Partial Nudity, Use of Drugs and Alcohol

Customer Reviews

Absolutely amazing....but the best has yet to come... (2008-10-31)
I am a fanatic of the GTA series but I can tell you about 50 things which I absolutely hate about this game. Taking into account those 50 flaws or shortcomings, in my opinion, this is still by far the best video game I have ever played. I'm just trying to be patient and wait for DLC in hopes that the makers will add some player/weapon/vehicle customization, mission variety, meaningful content (as opposed to going bowling with your friends) and make the game more challenging. Either way, I'm glad Rockstar laid down this amazingly stunning and realistic foundation of Grand Theft Auto on to the xbox360/PS3 consoles and that going forward we should only see improvements via DLC, GTA V, etc.

Probably the worst game, I've ever played! (2008-10-27)
I barrowed this from a friend who hasn't played the game in months, and I asked him, why, what's wrong with the game? His response was "You won't like it and i'll even give you a month to try it out". Turns out he was right, within a week I gave it back to him, due to the unbelievable amount of bs this games subjects you to.

First off, The controls for this game are straight garbage! Let me repeat that! PURE UTTER GARBAGE! Seriously, who wants to spend precious time toggling through weapons during an intense fire fight? WTF! Saints Row got it right, all you had to do was press and hold the B button and you were able to select whatever weapons you had in your arsenal. What happened to simple controls, like Halo 3, where you press one button and you're able to cycle through all the weapon in your possession. I don't know if this happens to other players, but Niko sometimes takes off without me touching the controls, again the controls suck because of this. Rockstar, address this issue or all your fans will be running to other gaming titles!

Secondly, the load times for this game are abominable; the time it takes this game to load are INEXCUSABLE. This probably my second biggest complaint about this game, did they seriously test this game before releasing it to the massess?

Third, the driving is a complete NIGHTMARE! Regardless of the car you drive, one little slight movement of the wheel and you're all over the place. Last I checked I wasn't driving some 1100 HP twin charged supercar, am I missing something here? I mean what's the point of driving especially the bikes when they are undriveable? During missions where you're required to chase or run from enemies this is where you really notice just how bad the driving on this game really is. My goodness, I failed more missions due to the poor handling these cars provide you in the game. What were they trying to accomplish by making everything undriveable?

Next we have the running, hmmph! Talking about being unrealistic -- What's the point of running away from a guy if they can catch up to you? Let's be honest a heavy set man or woman weighing at in at 300 lbs has no business keeping up with a slim seemingly in-shape guy, come on, WTF! During an intese firefight with the cops, I ran because my life was low, and while I'm running I looked behind me, and get this; this fat cop is literally runnnig stride for stride with me, WTF? I guess everybody on the game has the speed of Usain Bolt, because out running people on here is a joke.

Since when did fighting become a community effort? You attack one person, and you're getting swarmed by 3 or more people, if things were like that in the real world then I would understand, but come on, how are you supposed to enjoy getting killed by average people ganging up on you.

Camera control, I think I've spent more time fighting with the camera control then I did with the bad guys, COME ON, this is by far the main reason why I stopped playing this game. Why can't the camera simply look where you're looking, not where it wants to look, for corns sake.


Missions: got old VERY quick, and are really difficult especially if you lack the patience as I do, and for what? To do another pointless bs mission, they really had no directions or true sense of accomplishments after completing them. The storyline, It completely didn't have any point to it, oh wait, it did sex, drugs, killing, racism and more of the same. Safe to say, I could have constructed a far better plot than this.

The good thing about all of this was, I didn't give Rockstar any money for this game, as I barrowed it from a friend, and I'm glad I wasn't in line waiting for this game or else I would have been severely disappointed. So hopefully my review will serve as a wakeup call to those seriously thinking about purchasing this game, cause it's not worth it.

Niko is the best (2008-10-21)
I haved play all of the grand theft games and let me tell you this game has great graphics and great gameplay. the only problem that i have its that the misions are very similars .

Worst entry into the series. (2008-10-20)
There was so much hype surrounding this game, and it just fell sooooo short from expectations.

Lets start with the main problems,
All the customization options from GTA: San Andreas are gone. No more bike ridding, bodybuilding, haircuts, tattoos, stamina, underwater swimming, Airplanes, parachuting,Car customizing.

Its essentially GTA 3 with better graphics and story

The developers said this stuff "wasnt possible" in this game. Which is complete bull, if its was possible in the previous game then why is not possible in this game with superior console power?

Onto the Online play.
Its So-So, nothing exciting. Some interesting gametypes, but the aiming system is pretty bad. People dont die if you plow into them with a car at full speed.
All enemies,friendlies,and weapons show up on radar making it pretty cluttered.

More of a rental if you ask me.

Wish I wouldn't have given in to my son's request (2008-10-20)
This was a "bought it because everyong else had" purchase. Great parents, friends of mine had gotten it for their kids. It's such a popular game and fun game for the kids to play. Of all the children I knew who played it, I had heard that some were not allowed to (go into the strip clubs, etc.) I finally gave in. Thought I would try the same tactics of "controlling" different scenes/places he would be allowed to go, so he wouldn't be so exposed. WHAT WAS I THINKING!!???!! Every day was a shocker. He would say he was killing the cops, blah, blah, blah. Just a lot of unethical, violent things where his position is the bad guy. I just don't like it. My fault. I shouldn't have given in to the popularity of the game and what my friends and their kids were all doing. They are regretting it just as much!