Grand Theft My Free Time
first off the single player mode is a great story, with 30 hours of main story play, and probably another 30 in side misisons so there's plenty to do. i've heard people complaining about how you can't modify cars, workout, fire fighting, ambulance, dirt bike racing, and cop missions... well you can do cop missions fellas, and as for dirt bikes in liberty city? i mean that would be kinda dumb, there's not too many dirt bike tracks in new york city. you still got the street racing tho. as for the rest of that crap it's just that, tedious crap that bogged down san andreas for me, i didn't like having a virtual gansta pet (giga gangsta) having to feed him, exercise him, dress him... just all too tedious for a video game and GTA IV is filled the voids of that other stuff with stuff that's rewarding, like being able to hangout with friends and actually do something (drinking, pool, bowling, helitours, boat rides, stand up comedy shows) i means when you get a call from a friend you actually want to drop what you're doing and go hangout. all this comes to you by way of a cell phone you can actually use, dial numbers including 911, send picture messages, receive texts. you really do take on a role as Niko Bellic and the universe that is liberty city is presented to you in a very cinematic and gratifying way.
now to the multiplayer... Fun as hell is all i can say, well i can say alot more, but the overall theme is fun. you just bring up your phone and go to multiplayer and you're in the game with usually 4 trash talking 12 year olds, teenagers from the suburbs talkin trash and callin you "dawg" and guys like me who talk to my friends and don't really care about anyone else, i'm just there to kill people. with 15 game modes you're never going to get bored with the multiplayer, with a large team deathmatch and a 20 minute game clock the amount of havok you can reek really isn't limited. and each match is customizable as long as you're the host which is decided each match, i've yet to be the host so i haven't done any customizing but you won't go from match to match growing increasingly bored. but the hidden gem that no one is really talking about is the "free mode" when you start a party and liberty city is your playground, where you are spawned at a warehouse complete with every gun, helicopters, a nice car, a boat, etc. and you can drive and reek havok as you please, no cops, no money, just plain fun. me and my cousin spent an hour just killing each other, finding new ways to kill. my favorite is the suicide bomber technique... cook a hand grenade and just run at someone even if they kill you... boom! sure you die but it's funny. it is very good when a car filled with 4 opponents are baring down on you in a car, just cook your grenade and as they hit you their car explodes giving you 4 kills to their 0 kills if you explode before the car makes contact
buy this game and come play some cops and crooks with me