Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA IV) (Xbox 360)

I have been a fan of the Grand Theft Auto Series since the first 3D version came out (Grand Theft Auto 3) on PlayStation 2, I remember buying it and spending a good week or two playing it none stop as I was simply addicted and I’ve never experienced such an interactive and open world game that could knock Mario World 64 out of my top favourite. I have prided myself in become a somewhat expert on all the PlayStation 2 versions of the game, I’ve completed them all multiple times and have been dreadfully close to completing them 100%. My heart did a flip off joy when I heard they were releasing a ... more

GTA IV's sense of timing is impeccable - perhaps somewhat ironic for a game which arrived six months overdue. Liberty City is an apt venue to exorcise Rockstar's creative ghosts, as this certainly feels like the game they wanted to ship back in 2001 - bringing to bear myriad ideas previously left on the cutting room floor due to timing and technological constraint. This pastiche of criminal life in New York City has greater subtlety, richness of content and self-assuredness; all leaving an impact which grows incrementally with each playing session. This GTA is important because it takes the ... more

GTA 4 Review History Grand theft auto was first introduced onto the PC platform in 1997. It was then introduced onto the popular console platform, 'Playstation,' a couple of months later. It was created by at the time a relatively unknown game company originating in Scotland named DMA designs. The name of the company then later changed to Rockstar and Rockstar North. Over the years there have been a number of sequels and add ons in the franchise. Below I have listed all of the games, beginning with the first and given a brief overview of the story. Grand Theft Auto was the first game that used ... more

No game has ever made me take a weeks holiday from work on release week but this one. No game has ever had me queuing outside a store at midnight on release day (let alone the fact I'd been kickboxing training that day and was pretty tired and sore) but this one. To put it simply Grand Theft Auto IV when taken as a stand alone game is one of the most enjoyable games I've ever played. You play Russian immigrant Nico Belic, a low level criminal looking to live the American Dream and also plotting revenge for a 'incident' in his past (I'll not go into this as it would spoil part of the story for ... more

Grand Theft Auto IV's creators, 'Rockstar Games' have been admired by millions of people world wide for a substancial amount of time. Their most famous, most successful achievment of the past 10years has undoubtedly been the 'Grand Theft Auto' series, in which gruesom reality reacts violently with a hilarious 'comedy' twist on modern and past-day life. I have to say that with this game, the comedy aspect has been grinded down considerably since the previous GTA, San Andreas. Rockstar Games have taken a much more realistic approach, which in my opinion wasn't a bad desicion. The realism really ... more