This game is almost completely flawless and is probably the best game I've ever played in my 30 years of game playing! The only flaw I've found is that it can be difficult to see at night or in darkened buildings, but that is probably due to my not having an HDTV, yet. I've worked around it by turning up the brightness and contrast. That is the only problem I've had, everything else about the game is perfect! I've never played a game where the environment seems so alive. Even Oblivion's world isn't as alive as Liberty City. Just cruise around bumping cars and listen to the comments. I've not heard the same comment yet, which is impressive. There are so many little details that make this game rock that it would take a novel to list them all. A couple of my favorites are flying through the window of your vehicle if you have a head on collision at high speed and watching bodies fly through the air when you use the rocket launcher or grenades. Yes, these are things that appear in other games, but they make this installment even more real than previous installments. The graphics themselves are almost perfect (except for the darkness issue) and I will be getting an HDTV just for this game. I've been playing San Andreas on my computer and there is no comparison. GTA IV blows it away. The sound effects are absolutely dead on as well. The trademark humor is still there and it has been greatly expanded on. When you get Internet access in the game, surf the Web and you'll see what I mean. There are websites that had me almost rolling on the floor! Plus, you still get the great talk radio and radio commercials that will have you wiping tears of laughter from your eyes. The story is phenomenal and is the best of the series. I'm looking forward to finishing the main game just so I can explore and mess around. As for the people who have demonized this series for it's violence and sex, this game is no worse than any R rated movie. And I'd give it that for the language. The violence is not very gory and the sexual aspects are totally PG13. In fact, they are more funny than sexy. I have seen no nudity, even in the strip club, so the game fascists can rest easy. I wouldn't let a 10 year old play this, but that is why this has a Mature rating. It's about time companies are making games for adults and GTA IV is a perfect example of this.
After Note: After finishing writing my review, I had a look at some other reviews and I was shocked how many people didn't like this game. Fair enough on the face of it, I can understand but then the review is like 1 par... Read Full Review
When you first fire the game up (Mind you I'm talking the PS3 version here, so this is assuming you blew the 10 minutes of your life having to install it), you are treated to a boat floating into Liberty City harbor with... Read Full Review
