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Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV

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Grand Theft Auto IV

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AceGamez
If you're a reader of this site then it must be safe to assume that you're already aware of the GTA series (No? Then go back to messing about on Wii Fit, this game is not for you). You may also be aware of the fact that its latest instalment has ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at AceGamez
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GameAlmighty
It�s midnight in Liberty City and an illegal immigrant from Eastern Europe by the name of Niko Bellic has just dropped off the boat to meet both his cousin, and a new ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at GameAlmighty
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Future Gamez
To know how big Grand Theft Auto IV is for Rockstar let's consider some of the stats associated with the game. Production saw a total of around 1,000 people working on various parts of the game and estimates put the budget in the vicinity of $US100 ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Future Gamez
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Computer Games RO
Probably this article has left you a bitter-sweet taste as it's not what you expected. The game will most likely leave you the same sweet taste should you be one of the chosen few that understood it's message and enjoyed it's humor, and bitter because ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Computer Games RO
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Video Game Talk
All in all GTA IV is a great experience. The core gameplay remains addictive and Niko's adventure through America's streets is enthralling in many ways. Your mileage with this title will depend solely on you as a gamer. If you loved other GTA titles or ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Video Game Talk
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GamingTrend
While the game is by no means perfect, it is still head and shoulders above anything else we’ve ever seen in terms of a sandbox title. The pointless debate rages on whether to buy this game for the PS3 or Xbox 360, but the root of that argument is ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at GamingTrend
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GamersMark
If you will play one game this year, my endorsement goes to GTA IV. The story mode clocks in at 30-50 hours for a play-through depending on your gaming experience. The multiplayer is varied, the side missions plentiful, and the possibility of time ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at GamersMark
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GameTap
Developers must make hard decisions with sequels, especially on new consoles. Rockstar's emphasis on gritty realism, relationships, and a distinctly New York-inspired version of Liberty City is bolstered by substantially better physics and animation, ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at GameTap
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Game Chronicles
I do think the games deserves at least an 8 out of 10 or 80 percent but I also think that a perfect game is not going to be had for something as complex as this. I think Grand Theft Auto has taken on a life of its own and for some giving it anything but ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Game Chronicles
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GameSpot
Stepping off a boat in the shoes of illegal immigrant Niko Bellic as he arrives in Liberty City at the start of Grand Theft Auto IV, you can tell immediately that Rockstar North's latest offering is something quite special. Yes, this is another GTA game ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at GameSpot
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Thunderbolt
rand Theft Auto IV is a game for the ages, one that will without doubt be included in gaming halls of fame and remembered fondly by everyone who was there to play it when it was released. Don't be left out of the party. ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Thunderbolt
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Lawrence
Despite falling short of complete perfection, GTA IV is still an absolute must-have for anyone with a PS3 or Xbox 360, and is without a doubt the best game in the series. ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Lawrence
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Game Industry News
Within a week, both the 360 and PS3 releases of Grand Theft Auto IV have beaten the almighty Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the overall GameRankings scale and for good reason. It exceeded any expectations I had with the series in the past and blew them out of ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Game Industry News
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AtomicGamer
There’s no question fans of the franchise will love this game. But, more importantly, GTAIV offers such an addictive, polished, content-packed experience that previous non- to semi-fans (like myself) will finally want a piece of the gangsta’ gaming ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at AtomicGamer
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Gaming Target
After trying all the modes, I have to admit that Free mode, Cops n’ Crooks and Turf War are above all my favorite modes to play. But hey, the important thing is that Rockstar put in something for everyone and finding your own favorite mode is easy to ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Gaming Target
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Strategy Informer
Ultimately, there is just too much to tell about GTA IV; it’s a game that should be experienced firsthand, rather than explained. There are minor discrepancies between both the PS3 and 360 versions with load times a bit shorter and pop-in less frequent ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Strategy Informer
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Extreme Gamer
Grand Theft Auto IV is simply the must have game for all mature gamers with a gaming console. Either on the Xbox 360 or PS3 you will be blown away with the vast impressive world Rockstar games has concocted in the unique-cool style that only Rockstar ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Extreme Gamer
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Gaming Nexus
Grand Theft Auto IV is an event. It's like that major blockbuster movie that you absolutely must read or that TV show that everybody keeps talking about. I don't think it's too much to say that this is the game that Rockstar Games will be remembered for ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Gaming Nexus
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GameSpot
Stepping off a boat in the shoes of illegal immigrant Niko Bellic as he arrives in Liberty City at the start of Grand Theft Auto IV, you can tell immediately that Rockstar North's latest offering is something quite special. Yes, this is another GTA game ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at GameSpot
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Worth Playing
Grand Theft Auto IV's caricatured slice of urban Americana is a criminal masterpiece. Even with the rocks found in its sandbox, GTA IV is undeniably the kind of technical milestone that fans have been waiting for and with which curious newcomers can get ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Worth Playing
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Gaming Age
So another generation has come and along with it a Grand Theft Auto title is born. It's not going to please everyone, but certainly it will make fans of the series happy for the space between another installment. Some like myself may despise the social ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Gaming Age
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Console Monster
Seven. It has been seven years since the release of what some would call the biggest innovation in video game history. A true open world was brought to us in the form of Grand Theft Auto III. That was back in 2001. Seven years later fans of the series ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Console Monster
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GameZone
Grand Theft Auto IV for the PlayStation 3 is one of those rare games that push the console to its very limits to bring gamers a living world that is simply irresistible. Rockstar has gone to great lengths to improve the series with each iteration but ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at GameZone
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DarkZero
So, as you can see GTA IV is not perfect, but it is unlikely there will ever be a game we could fairly label with that heavy moniker. It is however an absolutely essential landmark title for the games industry. In terms of the sheer scope, emotion, ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at DarkZero
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Game Revolution
Very few games can be considered “disappointments” for failing to innovate the medium, so that says something very positive about its credentials. GTA IV has more content for your buck than pretty much anything else out there, and it has more variety, ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Game Revolution
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Gamer 2.0
Grand Theft Auto IV is better in every way possible. The more lifelike direction that the team went in takes a little getting used to, especially when it comes to getting behind the wheel, but once you get over the learning curve, you’re handed an ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Gamer 2.0
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GameDaily
SXIAXIS quirks and PSN issues aside, Grand Theft Auto IV is a must-have and an excellent reason to purchase a PlayStation 3. Its gripping storyline, beautiful graphics and wanton destruction set the standard, not only within the video game industry, but ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at GameDaily
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Giant Bomb
It was difficult to anticipate how Grand Theft Auto IV would turn out, given the way that the whole “open-world game” thing is being done to death across as many different games and settings as possible. Rather than try to out-do the Crackdowns and th ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Giant Bomb
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IC-Games
So overall, if you are of the proper age and have no problem with grasping that this is fiction and shouldn't be re-enacted on the streets of your town, then you should buy this game. It's the best example of the sandbox style of gameplay that GTA first ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at IC-Games
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PALGN
Simply put, Grand Theft Auto IV is the best game ever released in its genre, and is the new standard to which other open-world titles will be measured. Age permitting, this is a game everyone should have in their collection. It's by no means perfect, but ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at PALGN
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GamingExcellence
I warn you, don't buy GTA IV. Trust me when I say this, just don't buy it. I think its injecting heroin or something of similar addictive content through my eyeballs and directly into my bloodstream. You buy this, and you're going to lose a lot of sleep, ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at GamingExcellence
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Jolt UK
Undoubtedly one of the most hyped games of the year, if not the most hyped of all time, we had huge expectations for Grand Theft Auto IV. Rockstar promised more detail, more things to do, more excitement, better visuals – you name it, they promised it. ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Jolt UK
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Gameplayer
Niko Bellic is not a morally ambiguous man. Far from it, in fact. His time in the army is not a period he looks back on with fondness, ordered into performing atrocities that haunt his thoughts; his unflinching loyalty to the cause was only rewarded with ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Gameplayer
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PSX Extreme
The frame rate isn't great - it's no 60fps - but at a little less than 30, it still works nicely. There are a few issues when moving very slowly or spinning the camera quickly, but nothing that significantly impacts the gameplay. Lastly, tremendous ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at PSX Extreme
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Games Radar
If you're anything like the rest of the internet, you've probably spent the last few months scrounging for every scrap of Grand Theft Auto IV information you could find. At this point, though, a lot of questions still remain, the first and most important ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Games Radar
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Cheat Code Central
Simply put, GTA IV improves upon the GTA formula in just about every way imaginable. Almost anything that I can think of that frustrated me about the previous titles in the series has been fixed or completely reworked, leaving only an amazing experience ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Cheat Code Central
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Ferrago
As games close an ever-tightening circle around the mass market, it seems entirely appropriate that a new Grand Theft Auto now takes to the stage; Nintendo has softened up those non-hardcore gamers with a little Wii Fit, and now its time to invite those ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Ferrago
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IGN
Criminals are an ugly, cowardly lot more worthy of pity and disdain than admiration. This is what you'll learn playing through the single-player campaign in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV. The series cheered (and criticized) for glorifying violence has ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at IGN
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1UP
Niko Bellic, Grand Theft Auto IV's bruiser from the former Eastern Bloc, is a stone-cold couch potato, a desperate online dater with dead-on aim, and a chronic websurfer who could kill you in a hand-to-hand Krav Maga brawl. Fresh off the boat, he's an ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at 1UP
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VideoGamer
It takes an awful lot for me to spend extended periods of time playing games. I tend to pick at them, putting in a few hours a day over a week while doing other things in between. So, when GTA 4's game-time stat read 35 hours after just three days and my ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at VideoGamer
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PSW Magazine UK
A couple weeks back I read an article wherein Moby, the pint-sized electro funk genius mentioned that in and among a booze, drug and women addled binge some years back he counted GTA amongt his many vices, including a three-day binge on the Play tour ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at PSW Magazine UK
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GameSpy
What is the American Dream? More specifically, what is your American Dream? Posing that question to a million people would likely net you a million unique answers, as the term (and the theory itself) means something different to everyone. Do you want a ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at GameSpy
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UGO
Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto 4 has arrived. Need we really say more? The last time a number followed the game's title, it completely revolutionized what gamers thought could be done in a video game. The two console releases which followed III ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at UGO
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G4 - X-Play
This is not to say the edge is gone. Niko encounters plenty of strange fellows in his travels, including self-styled street vigilante documentary makers, a nurse who refers to herself in the third person, and genetically different alpha male Brucie, who ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at G4 - X-Play
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Play UK
Grand Theft Auto is one of the key reasons we’re producing Play today. We’ve had our perceptions of both gaming and pop culture turned inside out by the series, and that monumental trend has carried on into Grand Theft Auto IV. After the extensive, ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Play UK
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Gameplanet
IT'S NOT EASY REVIEWING games. No, seriously, it's hard work and requires a steady eye for detail, and a great deal of patience. So when we first floated the idea of simultaneously reviewing the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of one of the most ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Gameplanet
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Game Informer
I now know how film critics felt after screening The Godfather. It’s been days since Grand Theft Auto IV’s credits rolled, yet I can’t seem to construct a coherent thought without my mind wandering off into a daydream about the game. I just want to ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Game Informer
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GameSpot
Stepping off a boat in the shoes of illegal immigrant Niko Bellic as he arrives in Liberty City at the start of Grand Theft Auto IV, you can tell immediately that Rockstar North's latest offering is something quite special. Yes, this is another GTA game ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at GameSpot
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IGN
Grand Theft Auto IV. The series cheered (and criticized) for glorifying violence has taken an unexpected turn: it's gone legit. Oh sure, you'll still blow up cop cars, run down innocent civilians, bang hookers, assist drug dealers and lowlifes and do ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at IGN
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