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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.

    robobie's Grand Theft Auto IV (PlayStation 3) review

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    This is the best game I have ever played. 5/5

    GTA IV on the PS3 and Xbox 360 has to be the best game I have ever played. It has everything you could want. Great graphics, great story and great multiplayer.

    First off. Controls. The controls are very good. They are your basic third person shooter controls. R2 and L2 to shoot. Analogs to walk and aim. And the face buttons to run, jump and perform actions such as entering cars. The controls are basic but easy to use.

    Graphics next and they are brilliant. Characters and explosions look great. The town of liberty city looks amazing. The town looks simply amazing at night time. You could just fly around checking out the sights.

    The sound are excellent. From the sound of guns to cars to people in the streets talking to each other. The sounds are great. You know you are in trouble when you hear the whirle of a rocket launcher coming towards you. Also characters sound great. Usually a European accent would annoy me but not Niko's. The game also has a great soundtrack. Lazlo is back again and with he brings more comedy. Also famous artists such as Kayne west, stevie nicks and Ne-yo can be heard on the in car radio.

    You will run into many characters in GTA IV from small time crooks to mafia dons. Each one of them is very convincing. There are alot of hard choices you will have to make in the game such as who to kill, should you spare them and money or revenge. I have many times felt bad about killing citizens in the game because the people seem so real.

    Liberty city is the most real city you will ever experience in a game. People walking down the streets will stop and talk to each other. Cops will arrest people other than you. And there are plenty of buildings for you to enter. Police helicopters will fly around the city looking for trouble. The people in the city will respond to things such as the weather, explosions or police sirens. Their are hundreds of conversation to be heard by people on the streets of liberty city. I have never heard the same one twice. You will not find a game with a more realistic setting.

    The multiplayer side of the game is amazing. Games online are just crazy. You will see the most crazy things happening there. Like are car flying up a ramp and hitting a helicopter into a building to a helicopter chopping of the the back of another helicopter. Seriously I have been in a four way helicopter match over the airport. There are also many ways to customise the match you are in from turning of the cops to allowing only rocket launchers to be used. There are many modes such as race, deathmatch and cops vs robbers. Or you can just play free mode and do whatever you want. The online mode is enough fun to buy the game for alone.

    GTA IV is a game that everyone should play at least once in there lives. This game is very important to me. It is the best game I have ever played.

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