It was hyped up as being the best thing in life next to breathing. When it wasn't, and sex was declared better, it was deemed overrated.

lol.like I said you believe what you believe. This game indeed is not GOTY material. MGS4 is.

the story was mindblowing? it was actually pretty crappy compared to some stories in other games/movies.

err...umm... I know this... that's why I said "I will Thanks for letting me.."

are you reading by posts or just guessing???

Sidenote:  "This game is not GOTY materiel?"... really... it doesn't have Material to be GOTY... WOW

maybe you should stop while your behind...

I liked the game quite a bit, although I would like it if they added the whole Fable II aspect of interaction with the people around you.

I see it like this:

The graphics were good.

The story was mediocre.

The city size was about right, not too big, not too small.

About 60% of missions were stale, uninventive, predictable, and in general lackluster. 20% were mediocre. And about 20% are what I expect from a GTA game (I've thoroughly completed them all). Note this means the typical 5 to 10% "beyond what I expect" category has posted a big zilch-0-rama.

There were lots of things to do...but they are the same things that were in previous games..minus many of the best things you could do.  Jetpeck, Harrier Jet, Military Chopper, etc...Look at Saints Row 2 for those new fun inventive things I was talking about (GTA used to be about this stuff).

Multiplayer is very "meh" compared to several other games I already own and would rather play on multiplayer.

In short we've traded good graphics for ...everything else.  Pardon me while I ignore the franchise until they get their shit together.  Oh hello there Saints Row...you seem to know what I want.

/end rant

PS - Still a good game, but it's a shell of a game compared to San Andreas and Vice City.

lol..dude there is not I should stop. This is no MGS4 caliber game. Its a average triple-A game nothing to spectacular. It was built on hype. Just admit it...

And you spelled material wrong. It's spelled material not materiel..lol

@Sega & Xlost,

Stop making this a personal thing, stick to the actual topic.

I know its tough folks but we can at least try to have this topic without the usual drama-whoring over opinions. Give your opinion and let others have theirs, you don't have to convince everyone.

1) What?

2)   What? are you telling me now MGS4 was built on hype? but at the same time should be GOTY??.... dude.. your confusing me, so I will end this convo.

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Topic: Some consider GTA4 over rated because people wanted their personnel favorite game to be the best..

lol...sorry for the long wind posts, but I was stating my opinion on the matter. I said that the game is an okay Triple-A game just not a GOTY game. It doesn't have the elements to be titled like that. I will leave the subject me and sega4life like this and he is entitled to his opinion also. I just don't appreciate how he tells me to stop before I can. As of to say my opinion isn't trust worthy or true.

The amount of threads this site went through on how this game was just built on hype and he acts like he hasn't read or let alone seen the those threads come and go.