Let's just see what the next GTA brings, alright?

As opposed to lots of substance but no fun?  Come on, what made GTA fun is that they didn't over-develop the plot and instead emphasized the freedom and gameplay diversity.  GTAIV is not that game. It's not GTA.  It has no right to call itself GTA.

the driving ruined this game for me,,,I mean if I spend 60% of time driving,I do't want it to be realistic,,I want it to be fun,,,,,,beside after you fail a mission it's pain in the ass to start all over again and drive o other corner of the city.I am at 32% and haven't touched the game in like 2 months.

for me, it was a disappointment when they announced there won't be character customization..... :(

I like the storyline enough to ignore the lack of content. As for dates/hanging out, I couldn't care less about these things. I just want the achievement for having 90% or more with all your friends. If it weren't for achievements, this game wouldn't be half as fun as it is because ther would be no motivation to do these tedious side missions and activities.

The next GTA should involve some spunky and ambitious young punk who ran away from home and does odd jobs in the inner city. Also, he knows Taekwando. See, that would kick ass, and I didn't even have to think that hard.

why not, it was an great experience and the begining was slow, but once the game got rolling, its just as good as any GTA game. The problem is, we expected too much with so many reviewers giving it a 10.

I hear people talking about san andreas, yet i heard all kind of complaints when that was released as well. btw, it was just an ugly looking game on the consoles.

How many of you guys have given online an honest shot? I personally haven't because as soon as I finished single player, I moved on to MGS then Mario Galaxy and now Zelda: TP. I would think that the online would provide a lot of that over the top crazy thrill from the old games.

Unless there's some magical mystery achievement that unlocks the enormous list of missing features I posted up there, there's no way it's any better later in the game than it was in the 10 hours I've played of it.  People complained about San Andreas's lack of humor, but they never complained about a lack of content.  Lack of content in GTA is a ridiculous problem. 

This game is a mockery of the franchise. It's not a bad game for what it is, but it's a very bad GTA game.  What it is is a practically linear third person shooter.  You ever played Metroid Prime Hunters?  It was a good first person shooter, but a horrible Metroid game.  This is the Metroid Prime Hunters of GTA, and yeah, I'm pissed about it.

Meh. I had fun with a game...any game that is fun is not a disappointment.

I wasn't dissapointed at all. I've put more hours into gat 4 then any other gta infact (and I've played them all). Its a different direction but I liked it.