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richardhutnik said:

Remember how GTA4 was praised as a masterpiece?  It looked like there was a hype bandwagon behind it.  I wouldn't say it was that Rock Star targeting marketing that resulted in it, because I find a review like this on YouTube, and it is a 10/10:

This was common for reviews of the game early.  Now, you go out and talk to people, it would be HUH?  So, what happened here that caused the game to get into a 10/10 and that be the belief for the game?  Why early, and why not seen as that later on?  Ok, maybe I am wrong, and people do still feel it is a 10/10 game.  If it isn't true, GTA4 being 10/10, the above review looks like someone caught in a trance, and a form of groupthink.

Can anyone explain?

From the start there was a group that thought it was 10/10 and a group that thought it wasn't. INteresting enough people from that second group
often thought Saint's Row 2 was better. SO they were looking for different things, they didnt care for the polish, excellent dialogue, fantastic graphics and atmosphere GTA4 offered. They wanted tanks and airplanes.

I think GTA4 is a 10/10 for what it is, I dont think its any less ofr the things it misses compaired to GTA:SA.