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GTA 4 appears to be the best of the series. Only just.

Published August 23, 2008
5 out of 5 starsScore: 100/100
GTA 4 puts you in the shoes of Niko Bellic trying to get a better life in Liberty City. The story of GTA 4 progresses very much like a gangster movie but only longer and more action packed. Story mode took me a lot of hours (I lost count) to finish seeing that I decided to play slow and do side missions at the same time. Weapons are a hoot. There are many like 9mm, Combat Sniper, RPG, Knife, combat shotgun, pumb shotgun, SMG and many more. Explosions look terrificly movie like and spectacular. The graphics have some glitches but overall look great even though its a GTA game.

Controls have greatly improved. Especially the aiming which is much easier to do now. There are less clothes to buy but you shouldn't really miss that seeing that it is a mostly story driven game, still there are good clothes to buy out of whats there but nothing too flashy like SA because its a New York based city not California state based. The whole design of the New York is truly captured in Liberty City such as the stunning lookong Rotterdam Tower (Empire State Building), Star Junction (Times Square) with it's stunning advertisment lights, Broker (Brooklyn) and Alderney (New Jersey) etc.

You can go out on dates with various women who have a variety of likes and dislikes. You can send E-Mails and surf the internet on a dating site or many other sites featuring many jokes with Rockstar humor. Sound effects are incredibly realistic and voice acting is top notch even for the minor roles. Overall GTA 4 is great for both GTA fans and casual gamers.

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