GTA 4 isn't a real GTA compared to San Andreas. GTA 4 was ruined because the controls were frustrating and gay, it was too serious, it didn't have many cheats, it was not funny or stupid, it was less customizable, it had horrible driving controls, no skills, not a lot of guns, no air planes, no mod shops, no odd jobs, no gangs (wtf!), and there were no insanely crazy things. San Andreas is the best game of its genre. San Andreas gave me insanely high hopes & expectations for GTA4, but instead GTA4 was a game that bored the shit out of me after a while. For example, I tried playing it today and I was bored after 10 minutes.

The next GTA should have the classic controls. In GTA 4, if you were standing on the edge of a cliff or building, you were ****ed because when you pushed down on the analog stick, your character would walk forward THEN backwards. But since he walked forward, he fell to his death. In San Andreas, your character moved immediately where you wanted him to move (so what if it's not realistic... gameplay beats the shit out of realism). Also in San Andreas, it felt a lot faster and less blurry. And lastly, the map was ****ing HUGE!!! It was a state that was composed of cities, towns, and more! There were deserts, mountains, schools ( << oh yeah there were schools to get licenses!), and just a shit load of open areas. A great game in my opinion is Saints Row 2. It has great controls, a shit load of guns, the most customization any game has (look up on YouTube all of the famous recreations people have made!), crazy vehicles, an insane amount of hilarious side stuff, and the graphics are almost as good as GTA4. It's one hell of a game. In a way I guess you could say it's San Andreas with the graphics of GTA4. It's in a city though like GTA4. I'm excited for Saints Row 3 which is coming out soon.