Seriously, it’s GTA IV, I didn’t spend 60 bucks to take Niko’s idiot cousin bowling. I’m talking the whole character reputation system: the fact that you had to keep doing really stupid things with cousin Roman, a character who was spectacularly annoying. Well, it might have been if not for all the bogus side quests that filled Grand Theft Auto IV. The story wasn’t strong enough to pull me in and motivate me through it. Then it came out and we all got our hands on it and it was… good.ĭon’t get me wrong, I enjoyed what I played of Grand Theft Auto IV but that’s just it: I didn’t even beat this game. So yeah, people were understandably pumped. Grand Theft Auto IV wasn’t reviewed as a good game or a great game, it was billed as a perfect game.
A+ from 1up.com, 10/10 from Edge magazine, 10/10 from Game Informer, 10/10 from IGN, 10/10 from Gamespot… I could keep going but you get the picture. Not only was it a new Grand Theft Auto but it was receiving such enormous critical praise. Everyone was excited an with good reason. Grand Theft Auto IV, the juggernaut, the first true successor to Grand Theft Auto III, the first Rockstar title on the then new generation consoles (that people cared about, sorry Rockstar Table Tennis), an all around huge deal. Let’s take the clocks back to 2008, more specifically April 29, 2008.
