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!  

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!  

Cult classic?  No, it's a straight up classic, the videogame equivalent to the Godfather. 

It's a game that you have to  play again and think about to truly appreciate the score and the hyperbole people got behind. At first when you play the game as GTA, wanting to shoot dudes and do crazy stuff, you are baffled, confused, and dissapointed. But after you read some editorials and some experiences people had, then played it agian, you realized it was a masterpiece, gaming's closest thing to its Citizen Kane. To me, I get frustrated when people say it wasn't all that or it was overrated, because this game shoulden't be in the section of 'Why did this game get a 10?" and instead be in the "Is this game art?" arguement.

It truly is a masterpiece. The Lost and the Damned was totally excellent as well. I just rented Skate 2, and several times while playing it I've thought to myself "Man, I'd so much rather be playing GTAIV again!" But I think I'll wait for the next batch of DLC before I go back.

How is this a cult classic? In order for it to be a cult classic, it has to be known by only a few people, which does not describe GTA at all.

It is an amazing game. And Happy Birthday to GTA IV, which....is also my birthday ;)  It was a fine b-day last year, and I couldn't pick a better game to play it with.

"It is an amazing game. And Happy Birthday to GTA IV, which....is also my birthday ;)  It was a fine b-day last year, and I couldn't pick a better game to play it with."

And despite it all, I have yet to finish the game, despite a restart after not playing it for months...

What a bad game... Thanks for reminding me of the year anniversary of GTA IV. When I bought such an overrated game. Plus, I got the extremely shitty Collector's Edition. You know, with the lockbox that had a generic key that any idiot could break into. The messenger bag that could probably carry some toilet paper and eggs so you can make a visit to Rockstar's headquarters. Plus the dump of a soundtrack and the lackluster artbook.

It outdid all previous incarnations in the series because of a few often overlooked aspects: immersion, atmosphere, tone and focus. I'm all for arcade gameplay but what Rockstar has achieved with GTA IV has truly pushed the boundaries of what is expected of a videogame. I just don't get all the complaints about wanting parachutes, jetpacks and sex toy shaped melee weapons...it's been done.

LOL THIS GAME WAS TEH SUX

fun game, horrendous single-player

A very good game. Nothing ball bursting. LMFAO at calling it Godfather of video games. I want you to name one thing this game did that turned the game industry upside down and make developers stop what they were doing and say "Wait, I want to make this." The past GTA games did that. That was because GTAIII, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas was offering something fresh, well polished and outrageous. GTAIV was only well polished. The single player missions got repetitive as hell. The cover mechanic was just broken at times. The city wasn't as liveley as I would expect out of a GTA game on a 360 and PS3.

But it was still enjoyable. It was still fun to boot up the game for 10 minutes just to play with the physics. I really liked some of the charaacters. I would have liked to play the DLC, but I have it for the PS3.

I bought an Xbox 360 just for this game in June of last year. The hype was still big, but I was let down. It was the same but more confined in its story. I felt trapped unable to enjoy and play, never finishing it.