For me personally, I think GTA4 is a special game. I still remember the day before the game's release like it was yesterday. How I was so excited that the only thing on my mind as I laid in bed was what's the first thing I would do once I get control of Niko. I think most of you reading this can relate to some extent, lol. Finally when I got my copies of GTA4, opening up the game box felt like I was a kid again opening up his presents on Christmas morning. After that, it was pretty much history. The disc was in my gaming console, and it was 5 straight hours of non-stop killing, beating, shooting, stealing, and just hardcore-GTA-mayhem!

So now that the game is out for almost a year and everyone has played it, people like to look back at the game and think about whether or not GTA4 deserved the perfect score or not. My thought: does it really matter? At the end of the day, a score is nothing but just a number. GTA4 is much more than a bunch of 9's or 10's, it is about the experience the players get when he/she is driving through Liberty City while inhabiting the living and breathing world that Rockstar has brillianlty crafted where, in my opinion, no other open-world game has ever achieved. The city is as lively and fascinating as its characters in GTA4, which i find to be some of the most memorable characters in a video game. I would also like to mention that Niko is now one of my favorite video game character, next to Solid Snake of course : ).

Finally, I would like to congrat Rockstar and the Houser Brothers for creating another awesome GTA game.GTA4, in my opinion, is a true classic which deserves to be ranked among the best.
I cannot wait to see what's next, besides the DLC, in the GTA franchise. But whatever the Houser Brothers and Rockstar have up their sleeve for the next GTA installment, I have faith that they will continue the tradition of making an awesome GTA game.

Until then, I would just like to wish GTA4 an early HAPPY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!