GTAIV was pretty good. It looked fantastic and the whole living enviroment Rockstar created was brilliant. Sadly, they went too much for story. They wanted the gamer to focus solely on the storyline which to be honest wasn't that great anyway.
They took away the freedom of GTA, modding cars, peddle bikes and other assortment of mini games were lost in hopes they could create something a bit 'gritty'.
To be fair though, the online mode is severly overlooked. Get online with a few friends and it can be a blast. There were a lot of fun modes and it never felt 'competetive', just plain fun.
As for the DLC, I like it. Doesn't really bring anything new the to the table, although the few mini games they added are fun, my personal fav being the bare knuckle boxing in TBOGT.
I felt the DLC added more to the 'living city' rockstar have going this GTA, showing other peoples lives within it and how it can change from where the main protagonist is set (Johnny on Alderney ect).
Overall, no I don't really touch GTA much anymore and once I'm done with 'Episodes...' I'll probably put it on the shelf and leave it be. But I will go back to it, like other GTA games for a good old fashioned killing spree. Nothing better then getting 6 stars and going on the run although the removal of the army was very dissapointing.
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