| Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360) | 
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| From: Rockstar
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  132 reviews
Sales Rank: 25
Platform: Xbox 360
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
ESRB: Adults Only
Media: Video Game
Age: 18 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 5026555245920
EAN: 5026555245920
ASIN: B000FNDYWI
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: OPENED TO CHECK CONTENTS OTHERWISE NEW
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| Customer Reviews:
 What a let down! June 17, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the one game I had been looking forward to like no other. I assumed the xbox version would be a massive step forward from all the fantastic progress that had been made on the PS2 platform. I envisaged a "second life" type game where everything was interactive. I thought I'd be able to buy any property I liked, engage in conversation with passers by, use a devastating array of weapons, and control a fantastic array of different vehicles...
I was so so so wrong. What a massive diappointment. San Andreas is superior in nearly every way. There are fewer missions, fewer weapons, far far fewer chances to interact, no advance in individual characters' AI and more bugs. The multiplayer I envisaged of hundreds of people going about their business in the city at once was a dream and what was really provided is laughable after playing games like COD4.
Rockstar have really pulled the wool over so many peoples' eyes here and I feel very let down. I have completed every GTA to be released so far but am not sure I'd buy another after this.
 GTA just aint what it used to be June 13, 2008
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
Firstly it is a good game to begin with but it will get very repetative and eventully boring and will feel like a chore to play. This game is more for the more grown up gamer, its not like san andreas where everything is crazy and fun. so my advice is if you want a good short lived game get this but youll just end up throwing it in the back of the cupboard and go back to san andreas, well thats what i did anyway.
 GTA IV... Worth waiting for? June 11, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I only bought an Xbox 360 because of this game, and i waited nearly a year for its arrival. In my opinion its definately worth it, the only other game that comes close is Call of duty 4, and before that game i could never play a shoot-em-up for more than an hour. The multiplayer on Xboxlive is very addictive though, especially if you have a load of mates that now live far away with the same game!! Enough about COD4, back to GTA..
The main game itself is very addictive, i agree that its not the most difficult game in the world, but it has a good life span and a progressive learning curve, mainly because of the size of it. Plus if you can't be bothered with the missions you can always go on a killing spree or even play some pool!!
The multiplayer is incomparable with COD4 as its so diverse. If you want a serious, skillful deathmatch it just isn't in the same league, but its still great fun, and with the added benefits of vehicles and your mates being able to join you in them you can't go wrong. Another major plus for the multiplayer aspect of this game is the variation; you can race (any vehicle), deathmatch, play mafia or cops and robbers missions or just free rome the city (which is big enough!!) with your mates.
Overall theres no complaints. The game has great graphics, good humour, and fun gameplay that will keep you coming back.
Great game, obviously a continuation of the rest with better graphics and online capability. Buy it (but definately don't buy it for your kids!)
A step in the right direction but still lacking June 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First off i'll have to state something: compared to Vice City on the PS2, San Andreas was lacking for me. I was hoping for a return to form for GTA, especially after playing Saints Row and having an absolute ball of a time. Short review - it's good, but i'm still going back and playing Saints Row and Vice City over this.
Pros:
Lovely graphics - slightly sharper on the 360 however there can be clipping 'lag' in the distance. Graphics aren't a huge thrall for me, but still, the realism does come full circle when you're looking at a game as polished as GTA4.
Realistic quality - I'm gunna state right now I don't like how the cars handle. Bikes are still a mystery to me, how you're almost safer on one because crashes don't seem to be coded right for bikes. I digress. Basically it looks and feels like a real city, down to being able to knock over trash cans to seeing random trains/helicopters and even the police chasing down random crooks.
Story - The script is suberb. I think most of it comes down to the quality of the voice cast, but there's not much cheese factor unless it's for comedic value and in that case it's obviously blatent.
Friend/Cellphone system - A great addition that's been added upon from the Saints Row system. Being able to call for backup or a cab is a good idea, it's quite shocking something like this wasn't present from GTA3 onward.
Cons:
Combat - as listed below, someone has mentioned it's quite frustrating. I'll elaborate - it's a bloody mess. The auto-target feature is horrible, and the free target ability just means you sit with your finger on the trigger spraying bullets wildly. Taking cover can be buggy aswell - instead of ducking behind crates, quite often you'll find Niko sticking to a wall better than Spider-Man himself and leaving you completely open to attack from all angles. It's no Metal Gear Solid, that's for sure.
Realism - one of it's greatest strengths is also a huge flaw, in my opinion. Rockstar have created this vast open city, with winding strees and towering buildings, shops, all the stuff you'd imagine to see in a real city like New York (on which this was modelled). However in this incarnation of GTA, almost 70% of the map is purely wasted space. There are easter eggs, granted, but there aren't as many cool little additions such as masses of shops - this is something Saints Row did well, and something San Andreas did to a lesser, more useless extent. Having a huge island may well be awe inspiring, but is it practical in a game such as GTA? Do I really want to have to drive for about 10 real minutes to get from one side of the map to the other? Do I need that level of immersion?
Friends System - quite frankly, a mission where i'm forced to date a girl isn't a mission. That's "The Sims". I could do without it, and I didn't particularly like it in San Andreas - however at least I wasn't PENALISED for not playing redundant minigames with NPC friends.
Short and sweet - it's a nice game. Like Halo 3 before it, the majority of it's selling power is hype, plain and simple. Does it deserve the title of best game ever? No, not by a long shot. GTA4 while being a competant and semi-enticing RPGSim (I'm calling it an RPG because unlike the early versions of GTA up to maybe Vice, you are on a track exploring Niko. You're not a faceless, quite man of your own choosing), is nowhere near what it should be. I can only summise that the development team felt they could make more money in the long run by adding new cars, weapons, shops and features as downloadable content (a deal was sealed between Xbox Live and Rockstar for a lot of exclusive content), which is quite a shame. I remember a time when a game gave you as much as it possibly could from the word go, and didn't drift along lazily waiting for content additions over the next 18 months. Sadly that seems to be a recurring trend with games in general now and is not limited to GTA4.
Bottom line - you'll be amazed for the first hour or so. You'll really enjoy it for the next week. Give it 2 weeks and it'll be easily forgotten about, unless you're a completionist who really can't stand not unlocking all the achievements.
Business as usual June 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
In short, I believe this game delivers everything that was promised. As GTAIV is the first GTA for the new generation HD consoles, the graphics engine has had a major overhaul, and it looks mighty impressive on 360 in HD. The middle distance does look a little fuzzy compared to uber sharp titles on the PC, but that can be forgiven as everything else just looks lovely.
This new game sees a return to Liberty City (from GTAIII) but the game seems a lot more mature somehow, it has a grown up a little. Instead of being asked to destroy the city you are now encouraged to live in it. This is done by keeping social and work relationships in check with your mobile phone that works great as a game interface. The tone of the game is also more 'life-like' with weightier more solid cars, and a main eastern european immigrant character. Gone are the wacky missions involving jetpacks and gone is the requirement to keep fit in gyms. The stories are great and the characters even more so.
My only gripe is that some of the irritations of the previous GTAs still remain, such as difficulty spikes and having to repeat long missions because of them. Otherwise it is a fantastic update to an already well known template as well as a new multiplayer mode. If you like GTA , the fourth installment is highly recommended.
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