i think SAN ANDREAS was bigger and better than GTA4. i mean what happen to the tank? and the sword?, and the chainsaw?, the minigun?, the jet fighter? the cool ass cheats?, alot of shit is missing on this new game. and NIKO looks like crap, even with a suit and glasses, he still looks like a drunk.......entering the cheat codes is retarded too if u get shot once, u have to do it again. i think SAN ANDREA was twice or 3 times as big as GTA4........the graphics are so so and the driving sucks i also always get hit by a car and the cops are though as hell, even with 1 star..........and what happen to the flame trower?........ why is this game a 10?

...............oh shit i forgot about the rocket back-pack , that cheat was the best. and what happen to the cheat that makes people go crazy and attack everyone?

 BTW: Screw metacritics and gamerankings. The best game of all time voted by users is Super Mario 64.

Users of games have more credibility than Game site reviewers paid to review games and bribed by companies to give out inflated review scores.

Currently stalled in GTAIV, but still think I'm on track to playing this one all the way through, unlike GTAIII, Vice City and San Andreas.

I thought San Andreas was overrated, and I waited over a year before buying it. Other than the different story line and characters, I didn't see enough of a difference from the previous chapters to bother finishing the game. It was a bigger game, but that doesn't mean anything if you don't spend months playing it.

GTAIV has addressed some of the issues I've had with the series previously, but others like the driving (improved, but still too loose for a game that focuses so much on driving) still have room for improvement. But change too many things (driving and cars have a definite "GTA" feel to them) and eventually the game may wander too far from the original concept. Good if you don't like the series, bad if you do.

From a character, performance and plot standpoint, this is the first GTA that I'm actually interested in playing to see how the story progresses rather than just plodding through missions just for the sake of playing a GTA game.

Niko in is a bit less of a stereotypical protagonist than in previous iterations of GTA and I find myself liking the character despite the fact that he's essentially an amoral sociopath.

Maybe I'll end up liking the game less as I continue to play through it to the point where I stop playing altogether. Still too early to say, but so far it's been a better experience than previous GTAs. More believable world and more detailed, immersive environment thanks to the updated visuals.

Overall, I just prefer killing time in this version of Liberty City more so than in previous versions.