I started getting excited for this game when the third trailer was released. Before that it was "Eh, new GTA, I'll give it a shot." After that video, though, it turned into crack for me. I watched every possible video, gameplay live-stream, and ruined the experiance for myself, but it was worth it. It took me 31 hours to beat the first time I played, stretched over three days. While I heavily enjoyed this game, certain plot and gameplay elements just got...boring. For the past two months I haven't been able to play more than 30 minutes at a time, if I can even stomach putting the disc in the Xbox. When a game makes you physically ill, you know something's wrong, right? I don't believe Grand Theft Auto IV deserved its perfect rating, it was a spur of the moment fluke - the game was amazing, yes, I'd recommend it to anybody I know, but it was not perfect. It pushed gaming just a little bit further, but at the same time bored some of us to the point where we can't beat it, or in my case, can't replay it.
