The free-roaming guns-and-driving formula is still there, but its come a long way.
The first thing that strikes you aboutGTA IVis how many of the previous games shortcomings have been addressed.
The game also gives its all to make you feel like an independent character in a huge world.
It lends the people you meet and the world you inhabit a previously-missing sheen of authenticity.
You are Niko Bellic, fresh off the boat from Eastern Europe.
Fortunately, this gives you a chance to try out the slick combat system.
It makes combat far more satisfying than the previous titles haphazard shooting.
Thanks to a far more advanced driving engine, ripping around the city is more fun than ever before.
There are some nods to realism that were previously lacking.
Rating:
5 out of 5
