The Game to own. Full Stop, thats all there is to it.
Many people say this and i agreee, the map shouldnt of got smaller. thats it. one of the main attractions to the GTA games is the size of it all, the hours it takes to get through all the city, andthe new discoveries that you make on each new play of the game. dont get me wrong, Liberty city is still big, the second biggest in fact, out of all the GTA games map size with GTA: san andreas the only exeption. The only other thing i can think of that is wrong with this game the sluggish frame rate at times, the framerate can literally chugg down to low speeds at the most intense moments in the game.
Now onto the positives of the new game
1. The mobile Phone. The mobile brings a whole new dimenstion to the game which keeps you in contact with all your friends, and informs you with all the new missions, and this is what youll be using to cheat with for all of those unfair players out there using the keypad to dial in the cheat code to use at any time needed.
2. The Graphics. The graphics of this new GTA has been cranked up a notch from the previous games to make a better experience, dont get me wrong, it isnt all that much better than todays games, but that + the sze of this makes it incredible for Rockstar to achive such a feat in this game.
3.The Gunplay. The gunplay will feel similar to all the gta players but there has been something else added to it, now you can see their health, and you can fine tune all of your aiming using the right anolouge stick. the guns in this game fell more authentic as well, especially at the start of the game when you get your first pistol. they feel more like a weapon rather than just a peice of disposable hardware like in the older games.
4.The story. When i finished this game it was the first time i felt emotion while playing a game. i felt genuinly sad at what happened at the end, i dont know how rockstar did it,but they did, the sneaky bastards.
i could go on and on about this game but my hands are getting sore from all this writing. GTAIV is the greatest game EVER made.