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    Grand Theft Auto IV

    Game » consists of 25 releases. Released Apr 29, 2008

    Take on the role of Niko Bellic, a Serbian immigrant who comes to the US at his cousin Roman's request, to find a better life, search for "that special someone" and participate in lawless activities in an upgraded generation of Liberty City.

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    "All it's cracked up to be"

    The story, dialogue and scope are amazing and deserve a 10 but the controls/visuals are quite average and loading.......

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    What was GIANT
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    - Dialogue/Story > No other game comes close, it's like watching the Sopranos all over again. Brilliant! Second to none.

    - Scale > No loading times when you're driving which explains why visuals are average.

    - Taxi > I don't think I could repeat missions without riding a cab and skipping the repetitive driving, thank god for cab drivers?!

    - GPS > Thank you Saints Row!

    - Wet conditions > When it's wet, suddenly the streets look 10 times better with the added reflection.

    - Cover > In a fight, the cover option is priceless but a bit clunky as you can get stuck when an enemy gets too close.

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    What BOMBed
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    - Loading...loading...loading....OMG!

    - Credits = 25 Mins?! Are you kidding me?! Everyone on the planet seems to have worked on the game...

    - Restarting a mission > Can be frustrating to start from the beginning every time, there needs to be a save before the real mission starts.

    - Fighting controls > Quite average if not bad in some instances however the new cover system is a good addition but needs work.

    - Presentation > Expected better, I understand it's huge as far as map size but other games have done a better job, even Oblivion and that's 3 years ago.

    - Melee fighting > Pretty weak, needs work

    - Camera angles > When driving a car it can go too low if you're changing elevation and you have to keep adjusting.

    - Mobile Text > Unreadable on a 42" TV, come on!

    - Text over background > Is sometimes hard to read so you have to move the camera around to read it.

    - 30 Hour achievement > Sucks! Since I'm not planning to go through the story multiple times I have to run through it the first time and you have to miss side missions and other activities for later.

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