Grand Theft Auto IV review

After dozens of hours of playing (still undoubtedly not enough to truly take it all in), my review of "Grand Theft Auto IV" is done and up. Is it the greatest game since "Ocarina of Time?" Am I angry and bitter that I didn't get to run an "exclusive review?" Have I been paid by some competitor of Rockstar to write a bad review?

Read it and decide for yourself. Here's the opening paragraph:

"Grand Theft Auto IV” marks a huge leap forward for videogames as an immersive experience while making little more than a few tweaks to the ultra-successful franchise's formula. The technological prowess and artistic detail are so phenomenal and the sheer amount of content is so staggeringly deep that players will find themselves drawn into Liberty City like no other fictional place. Such deep immersion sometimes highlights the flaws in “Grand Theft Auto’s” well-worn formula, but that will be little more than an asterisk for the millions of gamers sure to be carjacking their way through “GTA IV” for a long, long time to come.

And you can read the entire thing by clicking here. If you have any thoughts, please go ahead and share them in the comments.

Some further analysis of the game that didn't make the review is coming to The Cut Scene soon.