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By Aaron Seaney

As if  you needed even more reasons to go out and buy Grand Theft Auto IV, we compiled some for you.

With the release of GTA IV, I have not even tried to hide my feelings about the amazingness of this game, however since my Grand Theft Auto IV review couldn’t even get out all of my feelings, I figured “hey why the hell not give everyone the top ten things that made this game a 10 out of 10!” So here I am, and I am going to tell you the ten reasons this game is perfect.

10. Ditching Missions

While the story of GTA has always been good, and admittedly GTA IV has the best story so far, you can’t deny the fact that there is nothing cooler than going off and screwing around the city stealing cars and wreaking havoc while ignoring all of the main plot. And while this has always been a cool feature, what makes it even better in the fourth installment is the fact that when you choose it ignore these missions it actually effects your relationship with the characters trying to contact you. So if you ignore them too much you may not even get to move on with their missions.

9. Girls

I’m really not trying to be a pervert with this one, but I have always found it absolutely hilarious that you could pick up hookers to get health and then beat them up to take your money back, I mean really? This is what gets people going on games? Well in GTA IV I have yet to see a hooker (though I am sure they are out there), but instead as you rise to the top of the crime world you can now have many different girlfriends, and while you probably won’t score on the first date, if you play your cards right with some fun and original dates, then you will get to hear the overly fake screams of a women who is in love with Nikko, trust me it could be the most hilarious thing in the game.

8. Stealing Cars

Ah the games title, Grand Theft Auto, how great of meaning that has when you can simply walk up to someone’s car and pull them to claim it as your own, well now my friends they delve even deeper into the meaning by stealing cars that are parked. That’s right, no longer will you be able to walk up to any parked car and expect it to be unlocked but now you actually have to break the window and hot wire that son of a gun. It isn’t that hard to do, but it adds a sense of realness to the game when the cops start chasing you….which brings me to number 7.

7. Hardcore Cops

The cops have always been a fun little obstacle in the game, you can kill them and then see how long you can out last them while gaining even more stars making it more difficult to stay alive. Almost always though in previous games three stars or lower and you were pretty guaranteed to get away, however in GTA IV cops won’t just try to catch you, they will make every effort to ram you in a head on collision to throw you from the vehicle, making three stars one of the more impossible things to overcome…that is without a Cheat code.

6. Cheat Codes

Call me a slacker, a cheater, or whatever you want, cheat codes in GTA are a necessity, I mean who wants to run around for 8 missions with nothing but a pistol? No one! Well with the help of a few numbers and letters you can easily use the GTA universe to become your own personal matrix, and have a slew of vehicles, health, cops, and weapons at your command. GTA IV provides excellent cheat codes as well via your cell phone that allows you to easily remember the numbers to getting you whatever your little heart desires. Check out GTA IV cheat codes at Cheat Happens for any of those available cheats.