You mean like they already did in GTA IV? There was no "rags to riches" in GTA IV.

HD console fans on the Internet blabbed endlessly in the months leading up to GTA4 that that game would be the "Game of the Generation," and that it would propel the HD consoles to overtake the Wii permanently.

Turns out that GTA4 couldn't sell many consoles. But guess what could? Wii Fit. :)

I enjoyed my first playthrough of GTA4, put had no ambition to play through again and sold it.

unless it improves dramatically i'm with the fish on this one. its not that great. and i'm PS360, i'm not some wii fanboy who hasn't played the game saying this. I had it pre-ordered a month in advance

well i did enjoy GTA IV over Smash bros brawl, and i hate GTA

@fishy do you use the multiplayer.... i had not tried that untill about 3 weeks ago and started loving that

If I were to rate it, I'd give it a 71%.
Man, I forced myself through it.
Saint's Row is much much much (much) funner.

Truth'd.

5-6 hours?

The best part about previous GTA's, to me, was that I could pick it up any time, never do a mission, and have tons of fun.

Fishy, the first 5 hours are what I liked most about the game. If you hated it, then you'll hate the rest.

I did like it, early on I gave it a 95%, but later wanted to change my score to 90%.

I think Crackdown was almost as good, to be honest, and I definitely got sucked into the hype, though, there is no doubt in my mind that I certainly did have a good time when I was playing GTAIV, for the most part. The end had a little bit of that old GTA frusteration crappiness, but overall, this was my favorite GTA game, but there are tons of other games this gen that I've liked better, including Galaxy, RE4 Wii, Radiant Dawn, Metroid Prime 3, Gear, Vesperia, Bioshock, Braid, CoD4, Orange Box, Brawl, and a ton of DS/PSP/PS3, and PC games that I've failed to mention here.

It's a great game, but in a time of great games, to me, and imho, it didn't stand the test of time like some of the other games I've played recently, or am playing, did/will.

I sold my copy 1.5 hours after beating the final mission. Didn't bother for the alternate ending. No regrets. Stick with a 9/10, or if you wanna get specific, 8.9999999/10 Not quite as good as most other games I'd give 9/10. This is also according to my personal taste, which, for instance gives Tales of games a 10/10, and gives GTAIV a 1/10, which definitely affects the scrores.