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Why GTA IV is awesome?


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Okay I am sick and tired of people saying that oh SA was better and stuff. Well 2 words for you people: DONT PLAY: if you guys dislike GTA 4 so much why are you guys playing? Also Gta 4 is better beacause of many things including graphics, its more realistic, has better driving, has internet, has a advanced cell phone and so on. And why in the world do people say GTA 4 sucks beacause of not having fingerless gloves. Either those people are idiots or wtf is the world coming to?

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Okay I am sick and tired of people saying that oh SA was better and stuff. Well 2 words for you people: DONT PLAY: if you guys dislike GTA 4 so much why are you guys playing? Also Gta 4 is better beacause of many things including graphics, its more realistic, has better driving, has internet, has a advanced cell phone and so on. And why in the world do people say GTA 4 sucks beacause of not having fingerless gloves. Either those people are idiots or wtf is the world coming to?

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Okay I am sick and tired of people saying that oh SA was better and stuff. Well 2 words for you people: DONT PLAY: if you guys dislike GTA 4 so much why are you guys playing? Also Gta 4 is better beacause of many things including graphics, its more realistic, has better driving, has internet, has a advanced cell phone and so on. And why in the world do people say GTA 4 sucks beacause of not having fingerless gloves. Either those people are idiots or wtf is the world coming to?

Let me say that GTA4 is my favorite game for the current gen systems. I think people are a little disappointed because of the lack of "fun" features in the game. No casinos, parachutes, bicycles etc... They also took out things that were in previous versions.

 

I for one don't have a problem with the game. It's rahkstar2.gif first GTA on the new consoles so a "vanilla" version of the game is to be expected. I'm sure that Rockstar will add new features in the next installment or perhaps the DLC.

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Who exactly are you addressing and why did you feel to make a useless thread about it? You don't like people saying GTA sucks?

 

2 words, DON'T READ.

 

The fact that GTAIV is even comprable to SA says way more about IV's shortcomings that it does about flaws in SA.

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Who exactly are you addressing and why did you feel to make a useless thread about it? You don't like people saying GTA sucks?

 

2 words, DON'T READ.

 

The fact that GTAIV is even comprable to SA says way more about IV's shortcomings that it does about flaws in SA.

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The fact that GTAIV is even comprable to SA says way more about IV's shortcomings that it does about flaws in SA.

Wrong, it says more about the inmaturity of the average GTA gamer

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The fact that GTAIV is even comprable to SA says way more about IV's shortcomings that it does about flaws in SA.

Wrong, it says more about the inmaturity of the average GTA gamer

I'm sorry... what?

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I'm sorry... what?

I was very clear, but more specifically, if you're missing gangstas, bling bling and graffitis, instead of story, action, graphics and inmersion, then i can only say something like that.

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stop your bitching kid, just like im tired of you ppl complaining about other complainers. suck a lolli pop. you should replace the girl on the cover... homo boy hahaa devil.gificon13.gif

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stop your bitching kid, just like im tired of you ppl complaining about other complainers. suck a lolli pop. you should replace the girl on the cover... homo boy hahaa devil.gificon13.gif

Ur cool....

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I'm sorry... what?

I was very clear, but more specifically, if you're missing gangstas, bling bling and graffitis, instead of story, action, graphics and inmersion, then i can only say something like that.

You think your first post said that? Um...ok... yeah, clear as mud.

 

Unless I'm missing something, SA had story, action, graphics and immersion... You may not like the story, and the graphics and action are 7 years old, but more importantly, why are these two sets of attributes mutually exclusive?

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I'm sorry... what?

I was very clear, but more specifically, if you're missing gangstas, bling bling and graffitis, instead of story, action, graphics and inmersion, then i can only say something like that.

Immersion? In GTA IV? Come one, the story has more loose ends then Santa Barbara had. You just loose contact with most people, they tend to disappear, or haven't you noticed. Gangs in SA were somewhat ridiculous and not realistic but they were FUN. Especially those guys in VC with some of their lines. "Don't touch the Mario men" or "I'm Diaz right hand man" or "vamos, haitian puttas, muerte" and such. That was funny and provided for immersion.

 

I don't miss the clothes and weapons (they probably cut on that because they want to include it in DLC) and to say that GTA IV is sh*tty game only because of that would be dumb. However, why are there nor recoil animations and believable shells? Bikes were nice, although who does drive around on bikes in big towns? Since there aren't any hoods or suburban areas it makes sense to leave them out. But gangs and turfs? Those were some of the nicest features in GTA. It made you a bit more vigilant when walking the opposition ground. Noww the whole town just blend in one dull area.

 

No jetpacks? OK, we want more realism. No planes? The city is to small. NOT 75% of SA as it was originally announced. Where would one go in a plane? But no parachutes? Why did they leave them out, with all those tall buildings? It doesn't make sense. Parachutes don't hurt "reality" and add a lot to content. Maybe in DLC, remains to be seen.

 

Story with all those second choices? Definitely an improvement but needs more work. Cutscenes are too long and boring (IMHO) but variations in conversations are nice. Loose ends? Bad. Again, maybe because of DLC, maybe we find out what happened to those disappearing characters there. In that case I blame R* for toning down the game and leaving it undone only to promote x360. Really immature thing to do.

 

I definitely miss open, intercity areas. They provide for a lot of fun and immersion for me. I understand that this is one city GTA but they could expand it a bit, with some suburb sites. Radio stations are lame. I liked the hip hop stations in SA, but there are like 5 of those now. Come on! Radio stations where a lot better before.

 

All in all, this is not 10/10 games and this is why I hold reviewers in contempt for spreading lies. OK, this is vanilla GTA or whatever, but it definitely is not perfect 10 game. The one thing that sting in the eyes the most is gameplay. The game is just to easy. It's obviously been targeted for under aged even if it is rated M (17 or 18+).

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Geez. I hate the constant topics being generated saying the same thing over and over again. Can we put all this hate into one topic instead?

 

And something off-topic but I am very annoyed when people consistently type "you're" as "your". Even if your English is not top-notch, this kind of error is too common to be acceptable.

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Ha! Yeah, make one hate thread, and make one love thread, pin them and we'll be good...mostly.

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Who exactly are you addressing and why did you feel to make a useless thread about it? You don't like people saying GTA sucks?

 

2 words, DON'T READ.

 

The fact that GTAIV is even comprable to SA says way more about IV's shortcomings that it does about flaws in SA.

You hit the nail on the head homeboy!

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I'm sorry... what?

I was very clear, but more specifically, if you're missing gangstas, bling bling and graffitis, instead of story, action, graphics and inmersion, then i can only say something like that.

lol, story and immersion, I'll f*cking play Mafia for that, get that already. I want a funny game like III/VC/SA, not a game that's trying to be too much. GTA IV hit the sweet spot with seriousness, but removing cool features was just sh*t and getting 100% is very easy.

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Unless I'm missing something, SA had story, action, graphics and immersion... You may not like the story, and the graphics and action are 7 years old, but more importantly, why are these two sets of attributes mutually exclusive?

Indeed it was good, but the story and the action were very derivative and stereotyped, it was even more cliché than vice, and vice already was the most generic mafia story.

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Okay I am sick and tired of people saying that oh SA was better and stuff. Well 2 words for you people: DONT PLAY: if you guys dislike GTA 4 so much why are you guys playing? Also Gta 4 is better beacause of many things including graphics, its more realistic, has better driving, has internet, has a advanced cell phone and so on. And why in the world do people say GTA 4 sucks beacause of not having fingerless gloves. Either those people are idiots or wtf is the world coming to?

They don't stop playing because secretly, they love the game too.

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Okay I am sick and tired of people saying that oh SA was better and stuff. Well 2 words for you people: DONT PLAY: if you guys dislike GTA 4 so much why are you guys playing? Also Gta 4 is better beacause of many things including graphics, its more realistic, has better driving, has internet, has a advanced cell phone and so on. And why in the world do people say GTA 4 sucks beacause of not having fingerless gloves. Either those people are idiots or wtf is the world coming to?

You just said what a hundred other people have said on here. The only difference is you put it worse.

 

Almost every post on here has left out one thing - It's down to personal opinion. No one can say it's better or worse because there are no parachutes, or because they left out clothing for realism.

 

One guy on here put it perfectly, the fun aspects that you would find on SA and the new, more realistic aspects on IV ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. Just because you have one doesn't mean you can't have the other, if both were included then everyone would be happy and no one would have anything to bitch about. It seems more often that people are advocating the omission of the 'fun' aspects not because they think they should have been left out, but so they have something to argue about. You could play all the realisic aspects of the game and never have to use the parachute if you didn't want to, there's no problem in that. If anything, I don't see the reasoning in arguing between the game being this perfect work of art, which IN MY OPINION it is not, and the game being deeply flawed.

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To answer the original question: I play gta4 because I payed 60 f*cking dollars for it and I'm gonna get my money's worth. Even if it sucks.

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GTA3 gave us a game that has never been done before.

 

Vice City had the same concept, but with more things! It had everything GTA3 had AND introduced Helicopters, Motorcycles, Plane (Skimmer), new weapons (katana, tools such as hammer, knifes, ect), being able to purchase Safe Houses/Assets, the option of wearing different outfits, enterable buildings, mini games and being able to croutch

 

San Andreas came and introduced EVEN MORE things! It had everything GTA3 and VC had. It introduced airplanes, fully customize your protagonist (weight/muscle/haircuts/Outfits), even MORE enterable buildings, able to learn 3 different fighting styles (boxing, karate, wrestling), way more cars (Huge selection of new cars, new boats, new helicopters + go kart and mosnterr truck and 4wheeler bike! lol), fighter jets, a f*cking jetpack!, ability to use airport to travel from one city to the next, able to customize cars (colour,wheels,hood,bumpers,ect) being able to swim and not drown like previous GTA and udnerwater too! And the amazing big selection of weapons (heat seeking RPG, Satchels, DILDOS!! FLOWERS!! haha) and stats (stamina, sex appeal, ect) and weapon stats (dual weapons, walk while shooting ect), have girlfriends that you could eventually f*ck! being able to make bets (horse races, casinos) PARACHUTES! Gangwars

 

*takes a deep breath* Im sure I can list more.

 

When GTA4 came... People didnt like it much because we we're only to assume that each new GTA is to bring EVEN MORE to the table. But that wasnt the case for GTA4:

no underwater swimming, no parachutes, no ridiculous cars (tanks, monster truck, bycicles, 4wheeler bike, go karts ect) no airplanes.

But what did we get? Car washes, tv, comedy club, bowling, darts, cell phone.

 

Thats why it was a big letdown. It took away instead of elaborting.

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I'm sorry... what?

I was very clear, but more specifically, if you're missing gangstas, bling bling and graffitis, instead of story, action, graphics and inmersion, then i can only say something like that.

You think your first post said that? Um...ok... yeah, clear as mud.

 

Unless I'm missing something, SA had story, action, graphics and immersion... You may not like the story, and the graphics and action are 7 years old, but more importantly, why are these two sets of attributes mutually exclusive?

look at his flag wayninja. I think his english is quite good.

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When GTA4 came... People didnt like it much because we we're only to assume that each new GTA is to bring EVEN MORE to the table. But that wasnt the case for GTA4:

no underwater swimming, no parachutes, no ridiculous cars (tanks, monster truck, bycicles, 4wheeler bike, go karts ect) no airplanes.

But what did we get? Car washes, tv, comedy club, bowling, darts, cell phone.

 

Thats why it was a big letdown. It took away instead of elaborting.

Don't forget the internet.

 

The things added to GTA IV might be boring to some people, but they are additions nonetheless. One thing I was sad about in SA that was taken away from VC was assassination missions, and now they're back in GTA IV. So that's another thing GTA IV has over SA.

 

Oh, and wasnt the car wash a wanted feature in SA? I've seen quite a few people talk about this.

 

This isn't directed at any person in particular, but the spoilt brats are lucky they got what they got. I would hate to see the reaction if GTA IV was stripped down to say The Getaway style.

 

No that's a game where there's NOTHING to do. Atleast R* put some things in for the player to do in GTA IV.

 

Yes that's kissing R*'s ass, but some people are so ungrateful.

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When GTA4 came... People didnt like it much because we we're only to assume that each new GTA is to bring EVEN MORE to the table. But that wasnt the case for GTA4:

no underwater swimming, no parachutes, no ridiculous cars (tanks, monster truck, bycicles, 4wheeler bike, go karts ect) no airplanes.

But what did we get? Car washes, tv, comedy club, bowling, darts, cell phone.

 

Thats why it was a big letdown. It took away instead of elaborting.

Don't forget the internet.

 

The things added to GTA IV might be boring to some people, but they are additions nontheless. One thing I was sad about in SA that was taken away from VC was assassination missions, and now they're back in GTA IV. So that's another thing GTA IV has over SA.

 

Oh, and wasnt the car wash a wanted feature in SA? I've seen quite a few people talk about this.

 

This isn't directed at any person in particular, but the spoilt brats are lucky they got what they got. I would hate to see the reaction if GTA IV was stripped down to say The Getaway style.

 

No that's a game where there's NOTHING to do. Atleast R* put some things in for the player to do in GTA IV.

 

Yes that's kissing R*'s ass, but some people are so ungratful.

Only the people who pirated the game and are complaining are ungrateful. For those that shelled out 60$, I'm sure R* wants that more than kind words.

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I like San Andreas a lot more than IV but that doesn't mean I can't still play IV. But right now since I already beat IV 100% I'm gonna beat San Andreas 100% again.

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Yes that's kissing R*'s ass, but some people are so ungrateful.

ungrateful??? You act like Rockstar has done US a favor by making this game. We are doing them a favor by buying it. If they alienate too many fans, they are fuct. I bet most of the people who are complaining will be right there to buy the next chapter of GTA on release day, though.

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ungrateful??? You act like Rockstar has done US a favor by making this game.  We are doing them a favor by buying it.  If they alienate too many fans, they are fuct.  I bet most of the people who are complaining will be right there to buy the next chapter of GTA on release day, though.

Actually in a way they have.

 

It could have been much worse. Like I said GTA IV could've been stripped down to something like The Getaway. Not that it's a bad game, but some people don't realise how f***ing lucky they really are.

 

Yeah I reckon most people will still buy the next GTA.

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Actually in a way they have.

 

It could have been much worse.

Huh? We should feel grateful and lucky that R* didn't make their game worse? You are quickly losing me.

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ungrateful??? You act like Rockstar has done US a favor by making this game.  We are doing them a favor by buying it.  If they alienate too many fans, they are fuct.  I bet most of the people who are complaining will be right there to buy the next chapter of GTA on release day, though.

Actually in a way they have.

 

It could have been much worse. Like I said GTA IV could've been stripped down to something like The Getaway. Not that it's a bad game, but some people don't realise how f***ing lucky they really are.

 

Yeah I reckon most people will still buy the next GTA.

I don't know about that. If this game had gotten all kinds of 4/10 reviews, I would have seriously not gotten it and rented it before buying.

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Huh?  We should feel grateful and lucky that R* didn't make their game worse?  You are quickly losing me.

What I'm saying is people saying GTA IV isn't fun don't see that things could have been alot worse. They are lucky to even get what they got. Do you see what I'm saying?

 

The reason I've used The Getaway as a comparison is, because anyone who's played it knows how incredibly boring it is when you're not on a mission.

 

GTA IV could have been stripped down even further if R* wanted to.

 

I know I wont change the minds of some people, but I'm just trying to gt my point across that GTA IV could be alot worse. (In their minds)

 

To me though, it's brilliant, but there are signs of things that need improvement.

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