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Grand Theft Auto IV
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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 life. Little does he know, it’s going to be hell.
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HonestGamers
’m trying to remember if there was a single mission in Grand Theft Auto IV I didn’t enjoy.
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Talk Xbox
“How can we advance the video game industry?” is a question that plagues many developers’ minds.
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AceGamez
But when your only real complaint is that a game has been lavished with so much attention that it's a bit on the long side, then it's fair to say that you must have a masterpiece in your hands, and that is most definitely the case with Grand Theft Auto
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Game Positive
Every loose end is pulled together, and the few issues are worth sitting through for the constant stream of pay off. The combination of an excellent single player experience, vast multiplayer modes, phenomenal story, and unparalleled open-world gameplay
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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
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Console Gameworld
What is art? Is it what we define as beautiful, as adventurous, or simply what strikes an emotional connection with the viewer?
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GamingTrend
It is almost impossible to review a title as large or as detailed as Grand Theft Auto IV. Even at over 3,700+ words, this review only scratches the surface of Grand Theft Auto IV. If there are shortcomings, they are easily overmatched by the things
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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,
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DarkStation
I would never have thought that GTA IV was going to be as good as what is given in this package. Grand Theft Auto IV is by far the most complete package I have seen in the last five to ten years. If you're a Grand Theft Auto don't walk, but run out and
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XboxZone
There is quite a bit of pop-up, and the considerable draw distance is still marred by a blur effect, but its something you can easily forgive because there's just so much going on in the world at all times.
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GameShark
Whichever way you choose to play, whatever you decide to focus on, there’s room for it all in this game. With three massive areas and your hundreds of square miles of your own personal urban jungle, this Liberty City, more than any other version, is
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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.
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Wonderwall
The other problem is the players themselves, even though this is a new game, there are loads of know-it-alls that get upset if you take a wrong turn or make a mistake, making themselves heard all of the time, hopefully after a while these players will go
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Extreme Gamer
The next-generation seems to fit Rockstar’s creative needs quite well, and hopefully they can squeeze another Grand Theft Auto adventure out before we move on the next “big thing” Believe the hype, Grand Theft Auto IV is that damn good. If you
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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
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Video Game Talk
Final Thoughts: "Grand Theft Auto IV" is a remarkable title, boasting not only exceptional online play, but a terrific main story that contains much finer dialogue and character development than previous games in the series. The game also takes things to
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GameCell UK
The stonking multiplayer game could keep you and your mates occupied for months alone – but so could the story mode if you don’t plough straight through it, and hunt down all of the hidden items and achievements (and of course there’s episodic DLC
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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
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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
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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
Thunderbolt
It's in these defining moments that the game truly comes together. GTA IV may not have the best graphics, gunplay, A.I. or driving, but few other games have ever combined so many elements so successfully. It excels in creating a genuinely cinematic
...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Thunderbolt
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,
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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,
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Gamervision
There is so much content that I feel like I should talk about, but I figure much of it is best left for you to explore. The game has a social interaction system with deep seeded gameplay roots. Dating in the title can give you perks such as being able to
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GameZone
GTA IV is the most fun I’ve ever had playing a game. From the mission variety to the spot-on satire that exists everywhere you look, GTA IV will pull you in and give you the best game experience of your life. After leaving Ricky Gervais’ standup routi
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Gamer 2.0
The sixth installment in a series pervaded with pseudo-sequels, GTA IV is the formal successor to the revolutionary Grand Theft Auto III. It’s been four long years since we’ve seen anything from Rockstar North, the Scottish development house responsib
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Xbox World Australia
Okay well maybe it's not that good, it does have a few problems, some minor, some pretty annoying, but none are game-breaking, and none should prevent you from picking up a copy of GTA4. But let's face it: you already
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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
Hooked Gamers
Grand Theft Auto IV is by far one of the most impressive titles to have arrived since the first sandbox games appeared. While this iteration of the series may not exactly be a revolution as much as a refinement and a good sign of things to come, it is
...read the complete Grand Theft Auto IV review at Hooked Gamers
Worth Playing
Without seeing sales numbers or charts, I can safely say that Grand Theft Auto IV is going to be the biggest game of the year. If you're even vaguely interested in GTA, then you're going to enjoy GTA IV, and if you're not, then GTA IV probably isn't
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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
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Fragland
Also this version of GTA is accompanied by a true soundtrack. With about twenty radio stations there will certainly be one present that has your preference. The only problem I noticed with the sound is that the radio during cellphone conversations
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Console Monster
There has been a lot of hype following Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV), the first step into the new generation of gaming for Rockstar. This hype has come in the form of ridiculously large promises, dramatic features, beautiful trailers and simply the fact
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The Onion (A.V. Club)
Urban blight meticulously simulated, deftly skewered.
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kikizo
Without a doubt, the heart of GTA IV is its writing. Dan Houser's work penning GTA offers not just a phenomenal story, with characters you love and care about, but it is also mechanically astounding in the way that it allows the game to unfold - not just
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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.
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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
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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,
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Totally360
It’s not merely the fact that Rockstar have taken an already engaging gameworld and rebuilt it from the ground up, it’s the fact that they’ve done that, and shoehorned in realistic weather systems, day to night transitions, realtime lighting, realis
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PGNx Media
Grand Theft Auto IV is undoubtedly one of the strongest games of this generation. The amount of content is simply mind-blowing. It refines the genre to the point of perfection by making sure all of the pieces fit together very well. The amazing looking
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GameDaily
Finally, the wait for a true GTA multiplayer experience was well worth it, and the online game modes (mostly variations on deathmatches, car races, car races and self-contained co-op missions) add a lot of value to an already jam-packed game. Multiplayer
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Cheat Code Central
Simply put, GTA IV improves upon the GTA formula in just about every way imaginable.
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Kombo
In my opinion, Grand Theft Auto IV is the best game of this generation, thus far, and one of the best games ever made. All the previous Grand Theft Auto titles, for all their gameplay design revolutions, bold stylistic choices and intelligent social
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NZGamer
It’s not perfect, but given the equipment available today, it’s as close as anyone is likely to get. Grand Theft Auto IV is Rockstar North’s magnum opus and it is absolutely essential. That’s all one needs to know.
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Boomtown
GTA IV is the best game in the series. It's a triumph – especially in terms of design and character performance. A PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 owner's library is incomplete without it. But in four months time we'll remember it as a superb game, rather tha
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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
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ActionTrip
verall, Grand Theft Auto IV is one of the best games ever made, with a single-player campaign that can take you around 25 hours to complete (depending on how you play it, of course). Improvements, particularly those made to combat and vehicle physics,
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UGO
There you have it. Grand Theft Auto 4 is the very best that the medium has to offer right now, as close to perfect as any game has yet come. The flaws are there for those who really want to find them, but the overall experience far eclipses any momentary
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Gameplanet
There are reviews popping up all over the internet as the sun rises here at GPHQ; glancing through a few I can see none that do the game justice. This isn't due to a lack of attention, it's simply that in order to describe every little thing that you see
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