Watching some gameplay right now, and it's like being inside an episode of Law & Order.
Wonderful. Real, immersive, atmospheric and addictive.

Hi. This may sound stupid but it is irritating me. I got the game Tuesday night and its pretty sweet. My problem is I want to play online and I can't even find the option for it. When I turn on my PS3 it just loads my game. If I press start I don't see anything about multiplayer. It says in the guidebook to go to Rockstar.com but I am at work and that site is blocked. Hoping someone here could please tell me what I am missing. Thanks!

It's an option in the cellphone.

When I tried it, it couldn't find a server or something (I assume the multiplayer server was getting hammered).

Well, I've finished it and it was highly enjoyable, and even a tad involving as a story, but I have one major complaint.

Why oh why was there no option for Custom Soundtracks?

My greatest anticipation for this game was the idea of putting me own toons on as I patrolled a real, breathing city.
In 2008, for a game, especially of the type that is GTA, to not have custom s/trax....unbelievable.

And amazingly, having read a ton of reviews, I think I found one brief mention of this omission!!!

Doesn't anybody else wanna fuck off Rockstars sounds and put on yr own??

considering all the work that was put into recording radio dialogue and getting the rights to the variety of music in the game, i think rockstar should feel insulted that people would rather just listen to their own music. you can just turn the music off in-game and listen to an MP3 player if you want to pick tracks.

Oh come on flea! Are we living in a fascista video gaming world? It's all about choice these days. Sure I can turn off the music and stick to what's on my hard drive, but its' not quite the same, is it, as that eliminates the audio balance.
Of course Rockstar have done a fine job with the audio, but it's hardly an insult to Rockstar to want to have another choice when you have grown tired of the in game sounds (most of which I own already anyway).

Looking for GTA IV players in the Philly region to be interviewed for article about the game in Philadelphia Inquirer.
Respond if interested.

I just found the reviews of GTA IV for XBox 360 on the http://www.testfreaks.co.uk/xbox360-games/grand-theft-auto-iv/.
Guys! I'm very impressed, but also I'm very confused! I see this game has been released on PS3 and Xbox 360 only? Am I right? But will in be on PC? I read about it at the first post of this thread. Please explain me the situation. Thanks!

This game is astounding... I thank you, Rockstar!!!

So damn, I blinked only to find out I had spent 5 hours playing this game online in 'free mode' or whatever. This isn't so much a game as an immersive experience. I should probably save my comments until I play the storyline. It'll be easy to get bored of the repetitive gameplay - find gun, take car, get frustratingly lost driving somewhere, arrive, die, repeat - but I don't think I will ever tire of the whole 'experience'. I need to go buy an HDTV solely for this game.