I am Basking in the Awesomeness of this game.

User Rating: 9.5 | Grand Theft Auto IV PC
This is my first ever GTA game that I have played for so many hrs and almost finishing all the quest. Niko Bellic is one of game's most likable thug. I am inclined to believe he is real because of the animation and character voicing. The story line is mainly about gangsta families which is weak but the gameplay is really solid when getting things done for people. The ingame world is the most believable yet with moving cars that react like real cars and weight. The most beautiful part of the game is lightning at night. U can almost always stop the car just to stare at the lights.
Niko is a thug for hire in liberty city with lots of currupt people and politicians, you almost wonder how the city stays alive. I can go bowling, darts, drinking or racing with my gangsta friends and even call them on fone for a meet. The shooting, hiding and sneaking is done well and puts other games to shame period. My personal favorite is indepedent FM where I can play my own music from my files. Imagine Niko riding with a thug while bumping "The Game". It feels fresh everytime because I can also change the music which brings new game experiences.

Technically GTA IV is pretty good with top notch character animation and overall atmostphere is spectacular. The sound is awesome and this is the game that uses 80% of each core in my AMD Phenom X4 9950BE. I also average at least 20fps minimum with my HD4850. It also uses 2.5Gigs RAM out of 3Gigs RAM

The downside is you need to install rockstars social club and also have a live login so u can earn achievement points and also there will be some disappearing textures and longer loading times but other than that I love this game. My 2008 game of the year.