GTA 4: First impression

Well, I "finally" got the game, after 2 trips to EBGames at around 1-2AM this morning...

I've been playing it since, except for sleeping/eating and some occasional exercises. Anyway, my first impressions are that it's good, and fairly addictive (as GTA should be), but I really think the media over-hyped it. The general game mechanics are pretty much the same and it builds over GTA3 (which I have played countless hours of). So the changes, while there are a good number of them, I didn't find them to be groundbreaking and I certainly don't think it's PERFECT as the folks at IGN would have you believe.

It's still a really fun game, and I will certainly spend tons of time on it over the next 2 weeks before I head to China... Well, back to the game! =D

Update:
Both IGN and GameSpot gave this game a perfect score... here are the links for the review:
GameSpot Review
IGN Review