Although I can't help but feel GTA's graphics have always appeared slightly out-dated, this game doesn't look too bad.

I'm excited.

I'm not a GTA fan so I don't know the answer to this question: Have we ever seen GTA in Hi-Def?

Perhaps that's the difference. An HD signal might make anything look better. From the GTA that I've seen in the past, it's always been on a SD tube TV.

This is the first GTA iteration made for PS3/Xbox 360, so yes, it should be the first HD GTA.

Also remember that the game is tracking events everywhere in the city simultaneously, perhaps requiring a few less polygons. It's got better graphics than the original GTA 3, and that had me hooked. Let's hope the gameplay is as good.

Rap, you actually played GTA 3/ VC/ SA and didn't like it? Just never heard anyone simply not like it.

I played GTA 3 a little, but I really just didn't like the concept very much. It was kinda like Crackdown in that the only enjoyable aspect of the game was seeing what you could do, and that gets boring very quickly.

I will probably give this iteration a closer look, but I don't see myself buying it at the moment.

I've never played any other GTA game for more than an hour, but I'm looking forward to this one.

People have wondered if the protagonist is Russian or Middle-Eastern. I'm in the Russian camp.

I'll vote for Eastern European, including Russia. There's a lot of 'stans he could be from.