Previews are previews and videos are great, but reviews are the final decisions and in the case of Grand Theft Auto IV, whether it's worth the hype or not.
The list below is updated as often as possible, with release of the game we won't be posting reviews from every single website.
"Grand Theft Auto III was a revolutionary title, one that inspired a
whole new generation of 3D action games. Grand Theft Auto IV is just as
big a leap forward, though perhaps in subtler ways, and sets a new
benchmark for open-world games. Everything in GTA IV works in harmony.
The story would be nothing without the city; the city gains realism
from the physics engine; the physics compliment the improved AI; the AI
would make no sense without the new cover system. And on and on. There
is no one major weak aspect.
A "10" is not a score we give out very often. In fact, the last
time we gave a 10 to a console game was Soul Calibur in 1999. A 10
doesn't mean a game is perfect -- it means a game is pushing
boundaries, expanding a genre, and doing many things to a level so far
above and beyond its competitors that they overshadows any flaws.
Certainly, GTA IV has some issues, the most noticeable being the
occasional flaw in the cover system, but there are many more pieces of
GTA IV that are better than anything I've seen from a game in the past
decade. We don't give 10s often -- just to games that merit the score."
- IGN
