What is the American dream? Does it mean different things to different people? How far are you willing to go to achieve it?

Walking into the Schottler Medical Center brings me to mafia boss John Gravelli, a long-time friend who can help me find one of the men I’ve been looking for. John is old and he is dying. He takes long pauses between statements to cough and breathe from the oxygen mask in his hand. He asks me to eliminate Kim Young-Guk, who is laundering counterfeit hundred dollar bills into Liberty City. Kim's local hangout is the tastefully named Mr. Fuk's Rice Box, and it’s up to me to make sure he doesn’t hang out there anymore.

I have never had such a hard time writing a review as I have had with Rockstar's newest mega-title, Grand Theft Auto IV. It isn't that I don't know what score to give it or whether to recommend it to those who didn't enjoy the other titles in the series, it is just that I don't feel that anything I can write will truly do justice to the size, the scope and the sheer undertaking that is GTA IV. The game is fantastic, a true work of art, and should be owned by anyone who considers themselves a fan of video games. Grand Theft Auto does so many things right that calling it a "sandbox" title is doing it a harsh disservice. It does shooting better then many shooters, driving better then many racing games, and has a better, more involved story then half of the most popular RPGs.