People can think what they want but in my opinion GTA 4 is a giant step backwards.

User Rating: 6.5 | Grand Theft Auto IV X360
I am going to begin this review by stating the only advancements Rockstar have made in this game: The graphics are amazing, the sound is great, the multiplayer is fun, the car damage is realistic....and thats about it. I was absolutely gobsmacked that they took so long to make this game. It is so short..it only took me 24 hours to finish the story, there are so little variations in weapons that it isn't funny, rockstar have taken out the fun feature of player customisation (haircuts etc.) and this game in general is just a weak attempt to try and make the grand theft auto series "more realistic than ever"

It amazes me that people can give this game a 10/10 rating. It's not a terrible game but I would never in a million years give it a 10/10 rating. The pathetic attempt to make this game realistic is stupid...i can think of hundreds of examples where Rockstar fail to do this, a big one is in the vigilante missions where you are working for the cops but for some reason as soon as you open fire on the enemies you immediately get a 2 star wanted level.

Games like this shouldn't be too realistic....even when they try to be made realistic there are always ways that its not so why bother? I absolutely loved the Grand Theft Auto Series so I couldn't wait for this game to come out.......now that it has I couldn't have been more dissapointed.