So the reviews are in and it’s all good.

At the time of writing GTA IV has a 99 on metacritic which is pretty unheard of.

To be able to consistently meet and surpass expectations of this kind is really quite extraordinary. Got mine on pre-order and will be zoning into Liberty City for a good few hours over the bank holiday weekend. My own expectations hinge on whether it is able to evoke the kind of emotional connection that tv and film can so easily provoke and video games have long promised.

All the graphical sophistication, all the realistic physics models, all the uncanny ai in the world doesn’t matter a damn if you don’t care about the characters.

Give me Liberty….

LCD Soundsystem-Get Innocuous (Soulwax Remix)