GTA IV: Why So Serious?

Aeons ago, my brother purchased a little game called 'Crackdown', in which you played a "policeman" with powers, who could jump as high as a skyscraper, throw lorries around like toy lorries, and kick a man across an ocean. It was awesome fun, and we still play it to this day.

A few months ago, I purchased a far bigger and more hyped game called 'GTA IV', in which your played a "criminal" with no powers whatsoever, who could slowly run around, throw small objects at people, and punch a man fifty times with barely any impact. It wasn't nearly as much fun as I had hoped, and I haven't played it for many many days.

I'm not kidding: I find GTA IV boring. The realism has reached a point where it's no longer that fun. You want to get up a building? Find a logical and long-winded route from an undisclosed point somewhere. Want to kill a huge group of guys? Spend twenty minutes shooting over and over from behind cover (but be careful, as you'll die if you get shot more than five times). This endless dedication to immersion and realisim is commendable, but sometimes it just goes too far. GTA IV isn't a bad game. It's just one that is too mature to be enjoyable.