Great Graphics, Great Story Line What More Can i Say?

Love this game, Everything about is amazing i still play GTAIII which is so fun i recomend this game to all GTA lovers

Real High point in GTA

If you compare this game straight across to San Andreas, you see the improvements. but against vice city, its prety equal. the gameplay has come a long way with cover based combat, but the vehicular controls are irritiating at best, and nearly debilitating at worst. My biggest beef with GTA in recent incarnations is the inclusion of the F bomb. Since they started swearing constantly, the jokes are terrible. The funniest parts in the games are when they arent swearing. even listening to Lazlow is far less charming than he used to be. the other issue i have is with the social networking crap. Seriously, i basicls stopped answering the phone becasue its so damn annoying.

buth thats it with the bad. everything else is great. It's still funny, and i realize that they were just trying to do something new and different. there are those little details that push it past an everyday shooter. and for the first time in a GTA title, i have actualy found an intruiging plot and likeable charecters. overall i think if you like GTA, you probably already own this one... but if you dont its definetly worth a purchase. if your not into previous GTA games theres not really enough new content to get you to like it.

Best Grand Theft Auto Ever Made.

FUN FUN

Like the rest of the gta games. Its well...gta... kill people,steal cars, and blow stuff up...good to play with friends...and basicly....FUN!

PS2 classic with cranked up visuals and less content

The baseline of the Grand Theft Auto games, with the bare minimum and some surface level polishing. The only improvement from the previous installments are the covering system, vaulting over obstacle animations, controlling vehicles, and overall graphics.

Other than that: expect less weapons, less vehicles, and many more tutorials. Rock Star has an annoying amount of tutorials.

You also will have more dinner dates with "friends." The dinner dates amount to short and forced mini games of darts and bowling. Throughout the game you can spot go-kart tracks and mini golf courses, but none of those are accessible, leading to me wonder if Rock Star released an unfinished game.

Along with these dinner dates comes the story. It's sadly a very emotional affair, and we end up with a character that whines about how hard life is. This is hardly the Niko that I want. I mean, I bought this game hoping to find someone between a Terminator and Neo. Rock Star ended giving us a bunny who needs tutorials and has a limited weapon selection. Niko is a confused, emotionally broken, and in need of Prozac type of character, which is not a character you can easily fall in love with. There are quite a few times during the story where we see the GTA charm shine through, but those are far and between. My guess is that most people will get bored of the story before they complete it, which will be especially true for the GTA veterans who already know the story before ever buying this game.

This is a rather short review because you can read the old PS2 reviews to get a sense of the game; it's the same engine. If this game was the first in the series, it may have received a 4 stars from me. However, the switch from generations did not bring the improvements of the previous installments and the game often "feels" incomplete.