Tribune: Is 'Grand Theft Auto IV' the greatest writing of the century?

[Fei-Hung]

I can think of several games which were better written, had more emotion and depth and played better:

Shenmue, yakuza, fallout3, oblivion elder scrolls, prince of Persia and possibly several rpg's.

Gta always gets more credit then it deserves. The story has never gript me since the narrative is weak, the driving, shooting and combat mechanics are average and the only thing that is impressive is the scale of the game. Numerous missions without motive and reason are just repetitive, boring and a waste of time.

Everytime they release a gta, I buy it in hope it may entertain me, but the novelty has worn off a longtime ago. However, it is just my opinion and I know millions of gamers do enjoy the gta series. What doesn't make sense is how these gamers can possibly dislike other games for the same reason they like gta!