After all the hype that follows teaser trailers, magazine previews and internet reports, it's too easy to forget that at the centre of the noise is, well, a Grand Theft Auto game. With the same GTA formula we've been happily playing for years.
But that's not to say GTA IV is old-hat - far from it. But in the unprecedented event of being lobbed an Xbox controller and left to roam Liberty City unchained, we knew exactly what to do. Which was basically to steal a car, run over a pedestrian and outrun the police for ten minutes until we got nicked by a bobby hiding behind a tree.
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