The Grand Theft Auto franchise has been changed quite a bit, but it's still a great game.
The game is still great with better developed missions. The missions and story was well thought out, but I thought that the extras was not exactly a concentration point. The story received the most attention from Rockstar and I praise them for doing that, but what fun is GTA without the free roaming? You are not able to buy houses in GTA IV. Buying properties in San Andreas was a fun thing to do. You are also not able to customize your car. That's not any fun. You are also limited to ordering one dish in a restaurant. That's a minor thing, but I was expecting it to be a revolutionary Grand Theft Auto. The game should have been in the studio for a little longer and if it had all those features and was released today... I would have been happy. The game is still great, but it could have been developed a little longer.