Grand Theft Auto IV – The Legacy Review
Obsessively detailed and impressively timeless, GTA IV is the prototype for modern Grand Theft Auto.
Obsessively detailed and impressively timeless, GTA IV is the prototype for modern Grand Theft Auto.

Obsessively detailed and impressively timeless, GTA IV is the prototype for modern Grand Theft Auto.
Replaying the pioneering 2001 classic 25 years later and paying tribute to the game that didn’t just change the trajectory of the GTA series forever – it changed the business.
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Grand Theft Auto 2 boasts a number of noticeable technical improvements over the original and feels far better to play, but I'm glad its odd and unrecognisable setting was a one-time experiment.
The original GTA’s prehistoric brand of open-world freedom is fascinating in the context of everything that’s come since, but it demands patience, precision, and a paper map by your side.
