The embargo has been lifted and pretty much every gaming website on the internet has their review out now. No surprises but it's pretty much 10/10 across the board, with a few deciding to be more critical and knock a few marks off for various reasons. Below is a huge but probably incomplete list of reviews and their scores.
AusGAMERS - 9.8/10
CVG - 10/10
Destructoid - 9/10
DigitalSpy - 5/5
EDGE - 10/10
EuroGamer - 9/10
Eurogamer España - 10/10
EuroGamer Italia - 10/10
InsideGaming - 10/10
JeuxVideo - 18/20
Joystiq - 4.5/5
Kotaku - YES, Play it
GameBlog.FR - 5/5
GameInformer - 9.75/10
Gamekult - 9/10
GameReactor - 10/10
GamesRadar - 5/5
GameSpot - 9/10
GamesTM - 10/10
Gameswelt - 9.5/10
GameTrailers - 9.8/10
Giant Bomb - 5/5
METRO - 10/10
MTV - 9/10
Multiplayer.it - 9.7/10
Now Gamer - 9.5/10
Official PlayStation Magazine - 10/10
OXM - 10/10
Polygon - 9.5/10
Power Unlimited - 100/100
Rev3Games - 5/5
Strategy Informer - 10/10
T3 - 5/5
The Escapist - 3.5/5
The Guardian - 5/5
The Telegraph - 5/5
The Sixth Axis - 10/10
Thunderbolt - 10/10
TIME Magazine - 5/5
US Gamer - 4.5/5
VideoGame.it - 5/5
VideoGamer - 10/10
Xbox360Achievements - 100/100
As I mentioned, crashing any cars or other vehicles takes the wind out of the sails, and there's plenty of inactivity in such a big map, contradicting at least one comment from Rockstar about addressing those concerns.
Not to say it's entirely unexpected, but many buildings are as before too, just pretty obstacles to dot the landscape, when the map is this big, it's hard to avoid just putting things around it.
I'd knock the score off a 10/10 as well, but still put in the 9 range, it's got enough impressive additions for this generation to warrant it!
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