Solid platform for the next one

User Rating: 8 | Grand Theft Auto IV PS3
Well it's been a long wait but it's finally here. This game is great and one of the best games of the year but sadly it didn't deserve a ten.

The Good: Clean and technically proficient graphics they've done well here considering how large the city is also in previous version you might be able to guess what real life car you are driving but now you know exactly what your driving. The story is great going from you being a fresh of the boat immigrant, to a highly respected and highly paid hitman but there is a difference in this one Niko Belic isn't a cold blooded killer he does have emotions. It's great not to see the same person 10 times on one street now you'll be lucky to see the same person in 2 hours. Some people are giving the cover system a hard time but I think it's fine, you'll either jump or slide in to cover if your far away and when your behind cover you can just pop up and waste the slightly intelligent AL. Also for the first time you can decide whether or not to kill your targets and by doing this it will affect the ending of the game. Yoy've always had a phone but now you can use it to activate cheats ring people and upgrade it on the internet which is also a good inclusion. And by going out whith other contacts in the game you can get priviledges like buying discounted guns

The Bad: It's a bit short but it does have alternate endings so that warrants a play through atleast twice. You can't fly planes but you can fly helicopters but it's half as fun. There's only two sets of weapons 15 weapons in total.

As you can see there's a lot more good points then bad points about this game so what are you waiting for go and buy it.