Which had Better storyline? Gta 4 or Gta 5?

[Proletariat]

@SonOfLiberty, can you just make it clear that GTA IV had the best storyline of any of the GTA games? Please?

[Algonquin Assassin]

@SonOfLiberty, can you just make it clear that GTA IV had the best storyline of any of the GTA games? Please?

 

Well to me it is, but it's all largely subjective.

[MaddenSixx]

IV will always be my baby, but honestly I like V better. The missions and such are more straight forward and you don't have the girlfriend missions that you must complete inorder to get 100% game mission.

[Official General]

 

 

I love SA and I still do but I admit a lot of the people who wanted IV to be SA clone turned me off. Ironically the same thing is happening with IV and the way a lot of people are mad that V went in a different direction. People catch serious cases of nostalgia whenever a new game comes out.

 

You keep saying this, I think you need to revise it. You could not have made a more sweeping generalization that is highly inaccurate. I did not want another SA, and while I was very critical of IV's flaws, I was happy with the new direction it took.

 

And for the record I don't care for nostalgia, I just wanted the most recent GTA games to be better than the previous ones, which involves drawing inspiration from the great stuff they were known for.

 

If you look at this forum people didn't think this highly of IV until V came out. People hated the driving in IV and now it's the worst thing ever in V because they made it slightly more user friendly?

 

 

It's more to do with the fact that GTA V somehow managed to do things worse than GTA IV, and in some cases, not do anything at all. This has caused many people on here who previous disliked GTA IV to appreciate IV even more and realize that IV should not have been taken for granted, and that it was a actually a very good game.

Edited January 11, 2014 by Official General

[Algonquin Assassin]

 

 

 

I love SA and I still do but I admit a lot of the people who wanted IV to be SA clone turned me off. Ironically the same thing is happening with IV and the way a lot of people are mad that V went in a different direction. People catch serious cases of nostalgia whenever a new game comes out.

 

You keep saying this, I think you need to revise it. You could not have made a more sweeping generalization that is highly inaccurate. I did not want another SA, and while I was very critical of IV's flaws, I was happy with the new direction it took.

 

And for the record I don't care for nostalgia, I just wanted the most recent GTA games to be better than the previous ones, which involves drawing inspiration from the great stuff they were known for.

 

If you look at this forum people didn't think this highly of IV until V came out. People hated the driving in IV and now it's the worst thing ever in V because they made it slightly more user friendly?

 

It's more to do with the fact that GTA V somehow managed to do things worse than GTA IV, and in some cases, not do anything at all. This has caused many people on here who previous disliked GTA IV to appreciate IV even more and realize that IV should not have been taken for granted, and that it was a very actually good game.

 

I remember once (It's buried among my 16000 posts somewhere) when GTA IV was new I said that one day people will realise how much they've taken GTA IV for granted and that's exactly happened in some ways.

 

It's a shame however it's taken another GTA with weaknesses of its own to make people see GTA IV isn't the spawn of satan like it's always been given credit for.

 

Should've had that appreciation from the start.

[Captain Arthur]

I look at it this way:

 

IV had the better story but repetitive missions.

 

V had awesome missions but a crap story.

[Official General]

I look at it this way:

 

IV had the better story but repetitive missions.

 

V had awesome missions but a crap story.

 

Yeah I agree, but with IV it had a decent set of side missions to make up for some of the repetitive hitman missions, plus there was EFLC. So really IV kinda vindicated itself with the repetitive sh*t.

[Algonquin Assassin]

I wouldn't say GTA V's story is crap. I mean it's hardly one of the worst stories ever written. As far as R*'s concerned IMO it's not up to the standards of some of their previous work though.

[Captain Arthur]

I wouldn't say GTA V's story is crap. I mean it's hardly one of the worst stories ever written. As far as R*'s concerned IMO it's not up to the standards of some of their previous work though.

I think it's crap when compared to IV's story. I have to be honest, I don't have any problems with V's story but when compared to IV's story, IV just sh*ts all over V from a great height.

[Algonquin Assassin]

 

I wouldn't say GTA V's story is crap. I mean it's hardly one of the worst stories ever written. As far as R*'s concerned IMO it's not up to the standards of some of their previous work though.

 

I think it's crap when compared to IV's story. I have to be honest, I don't have any problems with V's story but when compared to IV's story, IV just sh*ts all over V from a great height.

 

You won't get any arguments from me for it being crap compared to GTA IV's.

 

In saying that it does have its pluses. I really like the individual stories of the three, but it feels weak when they work together.

[woggleman]

 

 

 

 

I love SA and I still do but I admit a lot of the people who wanted IV to be SA clone turned me off. Ironically the same thing is happening with IV and the way a lot of people are mad that V went in a different direction. People catch serious cases of nostalgia whenever a new game comes out.

You keep saying this, I think you need to revise it. You could not have made a more sweeping generalization that is highly inaccurate. I did not want another SA, and while I was very critical of IV's flaws, I was happy with the new direction it took.

 

And for the record I don't care for nostalgia, I just wanted the most recent GTA games to be better than the previous ones, which involves drawing inspiration from the great stuff they were known for.

If you look at this forum people didn't think this highly of IV until V came out. People hated the driving in IV and now it's the worst thing ever in V because they made it slightly more user friendly?

It's more to do with the fact that GTA V somehow managed to do things worse than GTA IV, and in some cases, not do anything at all. This has caused many people on here who previous disliked GTA IV to appreciate IV even more and realize that IV should not have been taken for granted, and that it was a very actually good game.

I remember once (It's buried among my 16000 posts somewhere) when GTA IV was new I said that one day people will realise how much they've taken GTA IV for granted and that's exactly happened in some ways.

 

It's a shame however it's taken another GTA with weaknesses of its own to make people see GTA IV isn't the spawn of satan like it's always been given credit for.

 

Should've had that appreciation from the start.

 

People will do the same when VI comes out.

[kvic]

IV NUFF SAID!!!!

[FranklinDeRoosevelt]

I think the story could have been way better, but it's Rockstar's first time using 3 usable protagonists simultaneously with 2 of them having a back story to it. I think it was inevitable it was going to be the best one.

[Proletariat]

 

 

 

 

I love SA and I still do but I admit a lot of the people who wanted IV to be SA clone turned me off. Ironically the same thing is happening with IV and the way a lot of people are mad that V went in a different direction. People catch serious cases of nostalgia whenever a new game comes out.

You keep saying this, I think you need to revise it. You could not have made a more sweeping generalization that is highly inaccurate. I did not want another SA, and while I was very critical of IV's flaws, I was happy with the new direction it took.

 

And for the record I don't care for nostalgia, I just wanted the most recent GTA games to be better than the previous ones, which involves drawing inspiration from the great stuff they were known for.

If you look at this forum people didn't think this highly of IV until V came out. People hated the driving in IV and now it's the worst thing ever in V because they made it slightly more user friendly?

It's more to do with the fact that GTA V somehow managed to do things worse than GTA IV, and in some cases, not do anything at all. This has caused many people on here who previous disliked GTA IV to appreciate IV even more and realize that IV should not have been taken for granted, and that it was a very actually good game.

I remember once (It's buried among my 16000 posts somewhere) when GTA IV was new I said that one day people will realise how much they've taken GTA IV for granted and that's exactly happened in some ways.

 

It's a shame however it's taken another GTA with weaknesses of its own to make people see GTA IV isn't the spawn of satan like it's always been given credit for.

 

Should've had that appreciation from the start.

 

One day, people will realize how great GTA V was when GTA VI comes out.

[BarelyLegal]

GTA V's storyline was very disappointing, hell.. the entire game was. The only likeable aspect of the game was Trevor, the rest was atrocious. The map, the majority of the music, the characters, the storyline, vehicle handling, one-hit kills, you name it, I hated it.

 

GTA IV was far superior in most ways.

 

San Andreas was almost perfect. Add Euphoria Physics and man.. you wouldn't be able to get me off that game.

[98 in 1]

No one is denying that V isn't great, it's just not as great as it could have been.

[Official General]

 

 

 

 

 

I love SA and I still do but I admit a lot of the people who wanted IV to be SA clone turned me off. Ironically the same thing is happening with IV and the way a lot of people are mad that V went in a different direction. People catch serious cases of nostalgia whenever a new game comes out.

You keep saying this, I think you need to revise it. You could not have made a more sweeping generalization that is highly inaccurate. I did not want another SA, and while I was very critical of IV's flaws, I was happy with the new direction it took.

 

And for the record I don't care for nostalgia, I just wanted the most recent GTA games to be better than the previous ones, which involves drawing inspiration from the great stuff they were known for.

If you look at this forum people didn't think this highly of IV until V came out. People hated the driving in IV and now it's the worst thing ever in V because they made it slightly more user friendly?

It's more to do with the fact that GTA V somehow managed to do things worse than GTA IV, and in some cases, not do anything at all. This has caused many people on here who previous disliked GTA IV to appreciate IV even more and realize that IV should not have been taken for granted, and that it was a very actually good game.

I remember once (It's buried among my 16000 posts somewhere) when GTA IV was new I said that one day people will realise how much they've taken GTA IV for granted and that's exactly happened in some ways.

 

It's a shame however it's taken another GTA with weaknesses of its own to make people see GTA IV isn't the spawn of satan like it's always been given credit for.

 

Should've had that appreciation from the start.

 

One day, people will realize how great GTA V was when GTA VI comes out.

 

 

@ Son Of Liberty

 

To be fair, it took for EFLC for me to finally appreciate that GTA IV was a very good game after all. IV on it's own, hmmmm, I probably would still been a bit more critical of it. But EFLC really redeemed that game, and when I add it to the really good stuff that I discovered after playing the original IV game more, it sealed the deal for me.

 

@ Proletariat

 

Well right now, GTA V has not greatly improved on many things that GTA IV has done (in some cases IV even did some things better), so if V cannot even do that, the chances of me remembering how great V was when GTA VI comes out is very thin indeed. And if VI turns out to be even worse, then of course I will criticize it accordingly.

 

And for the record, I began to like IV a lot more than I initially did after a second playthrough, long before V came out.

Edited January 11, 2014 by Official General

[Smith John]

I look at it this way:

 

IV had the better story but repetitive missions.

 

V had awesome missions but a crap story.

I share fairly similar sentiments. I wouldn't go as far as to say V's story was "crap" or as bad as the haters and trolls are trying to make out (it was much more riveting and convincing than the ridiculous tale we got in SA for example), but it wasn't quite as gripping or in-depth as IV's campaign.

 

However, gameplay is my top priority, and while IV still remains my 2nd favourite title in the series, V far outshines it in terms of fun & replayability.

[notsoslimshady14]

I havent gotten GTA 5 yet sadly because my ps3 broke, but I'll get a new ps3 or a 360 soon. But I did get to play up to the part where you unlock Trevor at my cousins house. And it was probably one of the best playthroughs I've had in a long time if not ever and had a better time than pretty much any mission that was in GTA 4, probably the only one that compares is Three Leaf Clover

Edited January 12, 2014 by notsoslimshady14

[Algonquin Assassin]

I'm playing through GTA V atm and the story is so much better when they're doing their own thing IMO. Really the heists are what kills the story's potential.

 

I would rather it be scraped all together. The LS criminal underworld is barely touched otherwise. Heists are cool, but I wish we just got one like previous GTAs and a narrative with Michael, Trevor and Franklin dealing with their individual lives and crossing paths at different points.

[Geeteeaifive]

San andreas and gta v, gta iv had an okay story.

[woggleman]

I'm playing through GTA V atm and the story is so much better when they're doing their own thing IMO. Really the heists are what kills the story's potential.

 

I would rather it be scraped all together. The LS criminal underworld is barely touched otherwise. Heists are cool, but I wish we just got one like previous GTAs and a narrative with Michael, Trevor and Franklin dealing with their individual lives and crossing paths at different points.

Heists and robberies are part of criminal life as well. I like the idea of a crew of bank robbers. We have had mafia and gang bangers so why not bank robbers?

[Captain Arthur]

San andreas and gta v, gta iv had an okay story.

Wow. San Andreas' story better than IV? But whatever each to his own I guess but care to explain why? When I'm playing Gta IV's story, I always think that I'm watching a good movie, I can't say that that's the same with SA.

[woggleman]

I love SA and it had some great moments but it get absurd at times.

[Cyper]

GTA IV had a much better story. But the mission design was not that good. Many missions was to repetetive and not creative enough.

 

GTA V had a good story but it felt like I never really learned to know about the characters and their struggle, and it felt like the game wasn't focused on heists but more or less only heists and prep work for heists. The story in previous GTA games made me explore the map through the story. But it didn't feel this way in GTA V. I never learned anything about other gangs, or other characters outside of the whole ''heists'' thing.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Cyper

[fish61324]

Can I pick neither? I play a lot of RPGs and other story heavy games..... all GTA games are crap when it comes to their stories. If all I played was CoD or Battlfield maybe then I would be fooled into thinking GTA games' stories are good.

 

I buy GTA for the same reason people by games like CoD.... just for some fun when I'm bored. I don't get investigated into the story like I would a game with a good story

Edited January 12, 2014 by fish61324

[Mr WN]

Did GTA V even have a storyline?

[Cyper]

Can I pick neither? I play a lot of RPGs and other story heavy games..... all GTA games are crap when it comes to their stories. If all I played was CoD or Battlfield maybe then I would be fooled into thinking GTA games' stories are good.

 

I buy GTA for the same reason people by games like CoD.... just for some fun when I'm bored. I don't get investigated into the story like I would a game with a good story

 

Call of Duty was once a great game. The first two games had a great story.

 

What you're trying to say is this: people who think the story in GTA is good are CoD players.

 

I'm not a CoD player. I think you go to far when you say that the stories in GTA is crap. Sure, it can't be compared to the stories in the mafia franchise, but that doesn't mean it's crap. GTA V on the other hand didn't really have an interesting story in my opinion. It felt predictable and... casualized for the masses.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Cyper

[Official General]

I'm playing through GTA V atm and the story is so much better when they're doing their own thing IMO. Really the heists are what kills the story's potential.

 

I would rather it be scraped all together. The LS criminal underworld is barely touched otherwise. Heists are cool, but I wish we just got one like previous GTAs and a narrative with Michael, Trevor and Franklin dealing with their individual lives and crossing paths at different points.

 

According to the first GTA V previews, I thought that was Rockstar's original plan from the start, but it appears that was not how it turned out in the end. I thought that all 3 protagonists were gonna have their own individual and separate stories that only connected with each other when it came to the heists. It so turns out that the heists pretty much took up nearly all of the storyline, and the 3 protagonists did not really have enough of their own personal sections of the story. And even then, most of the heists were done on the orders of the FIB for their benefit, which made the focus on heists even worse. I agree with you on this, I really think the focus on heists should have been toned down. This heist thing was simply not the grand feature that Rockstar claimed it to be. They should have just put three big heists in the game and give the 3 protags all their own stories.

 

I don't know if you remember, but a while back I created a thread to discuss my big concern that GTA V would be focused too much on heists, and that not enough of the story will cover on the LS criminal underworld. It just so turns out that I was right.

[Girl_Next_Door]

Gta IV is too serious. It had a depressing vibe and the story left me feeling bored.

Gta 5 on the other hand.. THAT was a story. 2 not really mature middle aged men and 1 young thug trying to make something out of his life caught up in life's bullsh*t and they try to get out doing a lot of funny messups accompanied by funny lines.

Gta 5 sh*ts all over IV. Truth.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Girl_Next_Door