Is GTA IV the Best or Worst of the Grand Theft Auto Series?
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Is it just me, or is GTA IV like the most awesome game ever?! I don’t know, I’ve never played GTA to be honest. Grand Theft Auto is just not my thing. I have a top five list though, from someone who was also disappointed with GTA. He waited anxiously for the release of GTA IV, purchased it, and spent the night in Heaven playing it. He now regrets buying it instead of renting it first. Here are his reasons to not buy the game:
- From the second he started playing, he noticed the weird camera angles. Running and walking is very slow. The camera won’t stay directly behind him, so you have to re-adjust constantly.
- GTA IV received way too much hype over online play. Firsly, the maps are way too big for the number of people trying to play in a game. It’s hard to find anyone, and there are a limited number of cars in too large of an area.
- The auto-aim system needs to be revamped. It’s nearly impossible to switch from one enemy to another. There’s almost no free aim. When you aim with any weapon, it automatically aims at the nearest person. This makes things all the more frustrating.
- There’s one thing that is consistent, the missions. It doesn’t matter whether you’re playing a mission full of explosives or killing a family of Italians. There’s no variety. Each mission is the same. There’s no originality in the missions, like in past games.
- There is a serious lack of things to do. The city is the largest, but there isn’t much there. Bars and strip clubs get old after awhile. There’s a limited number of buildings you can enter. There’s no shops, restraunts or theaters. I don’t understand why the company would spend so much time building a beautiful game, yet limit us on what we can do.
The reason why I pointed this out was not because I’ve played GTA, but because this is a very well laid-out list. I don’t complain about something unless I really care. When you hear me complain, then you know I care because there is passion behind my complaints. The person who sent this list truly cares. It’s a very well constructed bit of criticism.
I’m curious to hear your opinions on the entire GTA series, and specifically your thoughts on GTA IV as compared to the rest.
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6 Comments
The Flooring Diva
October 13th, 2008
at 7:01am
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Fred
October 12th, 2008
at 5:53am
There sure are some disapointing things in GTA 4, but I think it’s a great game anyway. As for the free aim, there is one.
iGeostigma
October 12th, 2008
at 7:23am
Wow. You couldn’t be any more right buddy. I agree with you. i thought it was rubbish tbh. Lol.
OekelWm
October 12th, 2008
at 8:57am
One other thing I don’t like about the GTA IV Multiplayer is that, if someone says something you don’t know who said it. Unlike Halo 3, in which there would’ve appeared a broadcast icon with a gamertag in the bottom-left of the screen. I think GTA IV is a great game, but if you look at the gameplay only, it’s far from perfect.
Dwayne
October 12th, 2008
at 7:04pm
I thought the game was sick. Now that you mention all of those things i notice them a lot more when im playing the game. It kind of made the game get old quick because theres nothing fun to do except fool around with the weapons and smash up cars
uk_john
March 22nd, 2009
at 8:24am
GTA IV looks good, but is not immersive (at least on PC) because there is no way to stop the cityscape pop in, so when you urn a corner a building appears, or at night, the building is there, but the lights all come on as you get close. Sometimes even a trashcan or tree pops in!
Then, when you take all the roleplaying elements and I think you have a GTA game that comes third, after GTA San Andreas, a game that will never be repeated, and GTA Vice City, a game with a personality and fantastic gameplay and gameworld immersion.