Hype was the key feature to it's success

User Rating: 7.5 | Grand Theft Auto IV X360
OK, GTA4, what can I say about it. It is nothing like what it was said it was. LEt's begin with the hype. They made this game look like Goty material, maybe even game of the century, but let's face it, that's just fanboy talk. They say this game attracts a "mature" audience, but do mature people not enjoy fun? I'm matur, I still prefer San Andreas over GTA4 for the main reason San Andreas delivered. GTA4 is like a sandbox with no sand, all you do is the story mode then they don't really got anything to do. The story mode sucked, the story itself was well written, but the gameplay of the story was really boring, I ended up knowing what I was going to do next mission because it's all the same thing over and over again, run and gun, or drive to x and shoot x. The multiplayer is boring in my opinion, and the city is like a big empty city. IT has the appearance of New York, but not the feel. Well my overall opinion is that this game is a 7.5, 8.0 at most.