Don't beleive the hype
User Rating: 2 | Grand Theft Auto IV X360
I was so excited to pick this game up. I have been waiting for it for what seems like a lifetime. So to my surprise the best time I had with this game was before I put it into my 360. First of all I don't watch cut-scenes if I don't have to so I could not tell you about the story. From what I gathered it's the same old same old. Guy moves to LC gets no respect blah,blah,blah, works himself to the top. The visuals are a nice upgrade but by no means pushes the limits. My major problem with this game is that it is very un-inspired. Somehow Rockstar thought just making a game pretty makes it better. There are so many downgrades from past GTA's this game feels like a demo. Ready? No jetpacks, no parachutes, no planes, less weapons, far less customization options, no barbershops, no gyms, no fire dept. missions, no ambulance missions, no jet skis, no bicycles, no properties you can buy, no buissness' to own, no custom cars, no tatt shops, NO INSPIRATION. They managed to take things from saints row(like the shooting/driving), but failed to take the best innovation, being able to wreck/abondon your ride and go back to your garage and pay for it to be restored. Speaking of cars the driving in this game is just plain dumb. People will argue to their wits end that it's more realistic, and that just not true. Take the viper, it stops like a fully loaded semi and turns as well as one. Bikes have the turning radius of a semi as well. You can cope with these awfull pysics but it just takes away from the experience, not adds. The missions are the same thing as every other GTA. The best thing I can compare this game to is it's like when that guy goes to a car dealership and sees a shiny red corvette and has to have it. He forks over his hard earned dough only later to find out the transmission is blown, the odometer has been turned back about 150,000 miles, the engine block is cracked, and it smells like cat pee. Shame on you rockstar for not putting one thing in this game that is groundbreaking. If this was the first GTA ever it might deserve a 10. Hopefully the people making Saint's Row want to make a game that is new, different, and fun. The good folks at rockstar slapped GTA on a box and watched the cash roll in. Don't be a sucker like me. 
