do not misunderstand this as I played GTA4 yet but...well after seeing alot of complaints about GTA4 --thanks to its score they are bigger than normal ofcourse-- and after seeing this videoI thought maybe GTA4 is not a GTA4 game but Saints Row 2 is...
when I heard there is no tank, plane, sims like features that we liked in San Andreas and the most important one pimp-my-ride feature's absence, i was disappointed but reviews, other players said its no big deal. however, now with SR2 videos around i think it was a big deal for GTA fans because GTA was about gameplay more than anything, it was freedom in crime because its not something you do in real life. if you checked the video i wrote in the first paragraph you'll get it. thats video shows really good points like why would i want watching a tv in a game ? why would i want go to bowling in a game ? well yea when i first heard them they sounded cool but that was because i didnt think the features they left while adding these.
maybe they should have made this game with different name, like Mafia, but they were afraid that game sales would be poor so they just used GTA name to sell more...
I am not arguing its greatness, it may worth 10 from all those reviews, maybe even I would give a 10 if i would play it but would i feel like I'm playing a GTA game or just another great game ? if its a great game it doesnt matter ? no it matters actually, just like SR2 makes fun of GTA4. so now i'm starting to think rockstar just made a game similar to GTA and used its name or they rushed things without any clear reason for us.
now i dont want to buy gta4 for a long time, maybe when it becomes like 10$-20$ ...