>>528622798
I agree, I think what hit Rockstar was that to this day many people don't like how real and gritty IV is compared to every other game in the franchise, it's a very depressing game but It's still one of my favorites.
It feels a lot like what would you expect from a NY crime drama with Eastern Europe people.
They sort of departed a bit from that with the DLC and brought it a bit back to GTA standards but it was still good and not bad as GTA V ended up being, specially in retrospect.