Does GTA IV Deserve Game of the Year?
Rockstar’s urban crime epic is on a spree of its own, stealing awards from some of the industry’s many year-end celebrations of video game excellence. Whether or not you think Grand Theft Auto IV is “stealing” these awards depends on your perspective on the game: GTA IV has proven to be one of the most polarizing titles to arrive in a good long while. There are those who praise it for innovative features like its friend system, realistic car handling, and gritty “coming to America” story. Then there are those who condemn the game for exactly the same reasons. For now these squabbles seem to be limited to online message forums, but there is a large and vociferous minority that thinks GTA IV does not deserve to be crowned “Game of the Year”. Whatever the hardcore fanbase thinks of the title in online forums, the mainstream press still appears to be enamored with Sam Houser’s controversial magnum opus (at least until the next installment comes out). Last night at the Video Game Awards, Gr
