Best Grand Theft Auto yet, but its still to violent for people 18 or younger... NOT!

I have to say, this may be one of the most fun games that I've played, mainly because it's free roam, but there are TONS of things to look out for. 1) Violence: I'd say it's about 110% certain you will kill people, whether or not you do the missions. The blood isn't too graphic (nothing explodes, no limbs lost) but when the person is dead on the ground, a pool of blood is usually seen. And the player can go on a rampage killing civilians (no kids, but adults and up) and start shooting police and swat units. You can also use knives and baseball bats. And you can start people on fire with molotov cocktails. 2) Edited: They wouldn't let me put words that weren't even bad, just to tell what this game has. 3) Language: This was the biggest problem for me, because I couldn't find a way to avoid it. "F" word here, "F" word there, "F" word EVERYWHERE! I could not find a way to turn down speech at all. There's a bunch of other swearing too. The "F" word is sometimes used as a sexual term too. 4) Drinking/Drugs: There are bars and pubs around quite a bit, and you can get drunk. If you do, your character will be dizzy, and the screen too. You can drive while drunk too. There are a few cigarettes around, but there are also narcotics such as cocaine. One mission actually has you kill a bunch of other criminals, to get some stupid cocaine, and then kill a bunch of swat members. 5) Messages: I don't recall any good messages in this game. What's good about picking up hookers, doing drugs, and killing people? Nothing I can think of. 6) Role models: No good role models. You don't want your kids to become drug dealers or murderers.

I've played the game, and I found it to be one of the most fun games ever. Yes, there is a lot of things involving drugs, drinking, language, violence, and a little bit of sex, but not much sex. The Drugs: The main character doesn't once light up a joint throughout the game, and he hates drugs. A lot of people around him use it because of the high money it gets, but they do have a high price to pay in the end. The Drinking: In the game, Niko can go to bars and drink with his friends, then become drunk. Lots of other characters get the ideas too, but it's not a major issue in it. The Language: It's something you're gonna have to ignore. Yes, there is a lot of language, but Niko attempts to slow down on what he says to people. Lots of other people swear like crazy, one for example is Patrick McReary. He drops the F-word in almost every sentence he says, more than once. The Violence: Another thing you'll have to get used to, but again, even Niko himself doesn't want to do it. In the game, you cannot hit any women. The main thing is, there are lots of characters that are thrown off buildings and some are even set on fire. One had both of those. The Sex: This is something I would say you'd have to least worry about. You can have sex with your girlfriends in the game, but you don't see it at all, but you can hear them. Niko goes to strip clubs too. Now for the good stuff. The Good Role Model: Niko is a man who loves his cousin, but he hates how his cousin had lied about being rich, but promised they could achieve it. Niko is a Russian man at first looking for revenge on someone who killed twelve of his army friends for a thousand dollars, but has the choice of whether to kill them or not. If he doesn't, he actually feels very relieved. He doesn't like the drugs or too much violence, he tries to clean it up by doing violence to stop the evil people from smuggling drugs in the end. The Game-play: It's pretty easy to learn if you've not played any of the GTA games. The first thing you'll notice though that the controls and camera have changed since San Andreas. Bottom-line: I'd recommend this game for fifteen and older, but sure to teach them not to do the wrong things that others do in it.

terrible all you do is kill evrybody randomly

I do agree it is an explicit violent game. But heres the thing, the strip clubs are very dirty but just find out where they are and stay the heck away from them!!! And even if you do by accident you can leave in 2 seconds. Don't kill random people, don't hire a hooker, and don't drink, go to the "Adult" shop, buy drugs, and don't repeat the language just do the missions and don't ever steal cars in the game or definatly in REAL life, mute the TV, and skip the cuscenes so you can't see their mouths because the cutscenes do have foul language, I thought the game was OK, i didn't feel comfortable killing police because I have 2 in my family you don't have to, but even if u follow these steps it's violent so it's best 12+, if you don't follow these steps the child proably should be 14 to 15 years old.

should only play if ready for the truth

The gameplay is easy to play.The Graphics are awesome and neat(literally).For me,this game is good.I played it everyday.The storyline is awesome.The game is realistic and the map is based on New York.GTA IV removed Head-Shots so Gore is not a problem but still,blood squirts on your screen each time you shoot somebody.Also if you hit someone with a car,the blood stains on your car.Like previous GTA,you can pay whores to have sex with you in the car.In GTA IV,You can date with your girlfriend(Michelle/Karen or Kate) and have sex in thier house.You can only hear them have sex,not see it.So sexual behaviour is a problem.A lot of bad words contains in GTA IV like F**k and many more.GTA IV also allows you to go drunk ONLY if you go out with your friends.