Definitely not a 10, but GTA IV rocks, HARD!!
Well let me start off with the gameplay. First of all, great story, with Niko Bellic being the best GTA character ever! The difficulty is pretty challenging without cheats, but that is reeealy fun! I like the addition of calling people and hanging out, though it can be annoying when they keep calling you, such as cousin Roman. The shooting? It never felt so good! Kill, kill, kill!!!! Although what bothered me is the shortage of weapons and the fact that the RPG just steers away from a person when you try to shoot him with it, you'll need to shoot the wall to blow him up. I don't know why a few people here complain about the driving, it's nice and slightly realistic and pretty easy to get used to. My favorite thing about this, is pretty much like every other game in the series, you can do whatever the hell you want! Cheats? Why not? I just loooove to kill a buttload of cops, steal a SWAT van and put the cinematic camera of all the cop cars chasing me! Blowing up helicopters is fun too! Sucks that you can't decapitate people anymore though.
Graphics? Phenomenal! Wow these are actually amazing!! Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! It actually looks realistic this time around! Especially driving a car in the daytime! It looks amazing when you fly above Liberty City, or should i say, New York City, with a helicopter! The physics are better! The framerate slows down sometimes and there are a few blocky textures here and there, but this IS GTA! For GTA, these graphics are impressive!
Sound: Very good voice acting! I can't get enough of Niko's remarks! Great script, and more radio stations! However I only listen to Liberty Rock and sometimes LCHC, but whatever! Explosions are good too!
Well this game overall is pretty insane! It's a perfect time killer, and just plain fun to play. Own a PS3 or X360? Own THIS with them!