I feel really silly for posting about a game I don't even own, for a system I don't have...but then again, this describes most games.
GTA IV. Played a little at the office today, and man oh man, I haven't laughed so hard in weeks.
Running grannies over. Chasing people and spraying them with the fire truck's high-powered hose. Watching people duck and weave as they try to avoid your destructive antics. Bringing a knife to gun fights. Stealing cars with hapless peds screaming in the passenger seat, then driving the car over a cliff, bailing out, and getting clotheslined by a power line mid-air.
And that's just free-roam.

It has its share of imperfect collision, animations that don't always match with the player's movement in the world, strange AI (I saw a dump truck calmly cruise over a taxi as if it wasn't even there). The characters are a huge step forward for a GTA title, but some have a shiny, plastic "fake" look.
The increased level of world detail means it's very hard to drive any significant distance without _completely_ wrecking the car. *shrug*

Anyway, I don't own a 360--have never owned a console, actually--and yet the gears are turning.
They call this game a "hardware driver". Damn right! In order to properly enjoy this game, I'd need:
1. Xbox 360, controller
2. GTA IV
3. Television
4. Item of furniture on which to place the TV
5. Item of furniture on which to place myself
6. Item of furniture on which to place food and drink, so that I need not stir ever again.
Bottom line: I'm going to bide my time and see if the burning desire to kill pedestrians fades. If not, It might be time for decisive action.