Overrated/Underrated GTA'S

[Matty]

Overrated - GTA Online. All it really does, in my view, is cobble together a whole lot of side activities, many of which are unrelated, and calls it a game. There is no real structure to it, and accessing the more in-depth content, unless one is willing to pay through the roof for Shark Cards, requires hours of grinding.

I'd also say that GTA San Andreas is overrated too due to the insistence of all too many people that it forever be the 'gold standard' of what a GTA title should be.

Underrated (by fans, video game critics were a lot more complimentary) - GTA IV. Sure, it didn't have jetpacks or the physical amount of side activities that GTA San Andreas had; but the side activities it does have are more fleshed out and all seemed to fit well within the context of the overall gameplay. Plus the main storyline is better in general due to the fact that it sticks to a core theme and doesn't go off in a tangent; and the missions themselves have more depth and structure to them too IMO.

[.Ryan.]

Id also say that GTA San Andreas is underrated too due to the insistence of all too many people that it forever be the gold standard of what a GTA title should be.

 

Think you might have made a typo Matty.

[Jimmy]

Overrated: GTA Online, it has amassed a lot of fans over the course of time. GTA:O has made good money for Rockstar. Shark Cards and all that content. Leveling up becomes difficult at times. A lot of things and activities are a big waste as well.

 

San Andreas: GTA Game with the largest fan base. People think San Andreas serves to be sort of standard like Matty pointed out. They keep comparing the old and new games with it. TBH, I'm not even a huge fan of San Andreas. It's the large number of side activities and huge maps which has kept the hype going for over a decade.

 

Underrated: Stories (VCS & LCS). Both were released on non-PC platforms and till this date, they don't have any PC ports atleast. A lot of modders have tried bringing these to PC through the other game engines but nothing is 100% perfect. Rockstar doesn't care anyway. LCS got a mobile release and VCS is overdue on the subject.

[Keano]

Can't think of an overrated GTA but GTA Liberty City Stories is definitely my underrated pick. One of my favorite games ever. The music, characters, etc was a blast to experience and being able to take the game anywhere as I got it for PSP. MY 2005/2006 was centered around this game.

[Tommo91]

Not sure if any are overrated, some are better than others sure.

 

But for underrated, GTA IV for me, loved by critics, but many friends and forums often say its the worst in the series. I think the story and atmosphere for this game are second to none. The story is on another level to any other GTA. Niko is a brilliant protagonist too.

[Moonstone Lazarus]

Overrated>GTA SA and GTA IV

But IV is your favorite game according to your profile

[Prasdana21]

Overrated: GTA:Online.

 

Underrated: GTA Vice City Stories.

 

Yes, I'm with the majority.

[bahraini_carguy]

Overated: GTA Online, it was fun at first but it's now ruined by R* with their overpriced stuff and the casual fan base who likes to talk sh*t against everyone else. I don't understand why players tend to love this game over all the other GTA games. I love GTA V, I hate GTA Online.

 

Underated: Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories: Players always talk about the 3D trilogy then jump straight into GTA 4 without mentioning these two titles. In some aspect, GTA VCS is actually better than VC in one way or another. They also tend to give a bit of a backstory for various characters and how the city changed over the years.

 

GTA IV and EFLC: While GTA Forums and that Crowbcat video made some fans appreciate the game, most other players write it off as the worst game ever because it's not GTA San Andreas. It has flaws but it doesn't mean it sucks. It doesn't help that there's a lot of IV vs V fanboys that tend to ruin the images of both games and their fans.

[Gummy]

GTA IV would've been underrated if it was 2008/pre-V years. But now everyone is appreciating it and is praising it to no end and it's almost rare to see a dislike on the game. It's the other way around with V, praised when released, hated now. And no, it's not only in this forum where IV is praised and V is criticized, but it's everywhere else.

[simond1986]

overrated is san andreas underrated is chinatown wars it was so great and perfect for the ds

[B Dawg]

Overrated: Vice City, Ballad Of Gay Tony, V

Underrated: Liberty/Vice City Stories, The Lost And Damned

[.Ryan.]

GTA IV would've been underrated if it was 2008/pre-V years. But now everyone is appreciating it and is praising it to no end and it's almost rare to see a dislike on the game. It's the other way around with V, praised when released, hated now. And no, it's not only in this forum where IV is praised and V is criticized, but it's everywhere else.

 

The only thing I agree that GTA IV seems to get unanimous praise for is the story and characters. Anything to do with missions, core gameplay etc usually ends up with its haters letting their tears flow. It's quite amusing actually.

 

It's always been a divisive game. Everyone who's been a GTA fan for more than 10 years should know that.

[Niobium]

overrated: GTA V. people have criticized GTA Online for the microtransaction-simulator that it is, but they insist that the SP is a good game with a good campaign (blegh). at least GTA online is where all the content is.

 

underrated: TLAD. need i say more?

[.Ryan.]

overrated: GTA V. people have criticized GTA Online for the microtransaction-simulator that it is, but they insist that the SP is a good game with a good campaign (blegh). at least GTA online is where all the content is.

 

As flawed as GTA V is I'd still rather play it over GTAO. However it makes me worried for how RDR2 might turn out.

[Niobium]

 

overrated: GTA V. people have criticized GTA Online for the microtransaction-simulator that it is, but they insist that the SP is a good game with a good campaign (blegh). at least GTA online is where all the content is.

 

As flawed as GTA V is I'd still rather play it over GTAO. However it makes me worried for how RDR2 might turn out.

 

that's fair. i don't want to always deal with people with bad taste in cars trying to kill me with sticky bombs either, but at least i could goof around with friendlies.

[CluckinGuy69]

 

Overrated>GTA SA and GTA IV

But IV is your favorite game according to your profile

 

Opps sorry, I forgot that was my favorite game, so I decide to edit my replies

[Timcatgt5]

Overrated: GTA V - Difficult to find a radio station with good music, missions don't offer much of a challenge, no single player additional content and even worse online maintenance.

 

Underrated: GTA Chinatown Wars - Available for mobile devices so I can play anywhere.

 

Has a large selection of activities with good rewards like drug dealing, firefighter, taxi driver, noodle run and ambulance missions.

[ViceBoy69]

Thing is with IV we got a lot of complainers about the game and how V is better, but even Rockstar admitted that when making IV there was a lot of guess work because it was a new engine, they just tried things to see if it would work, so with this explanation i can deal with IV's flaws and i think its a great game, but if this is the case how come 5 years later when they should have got to grips with the engine and know what they are doing they bring out a travesty like GTA5 ?

To me GTA5 is what happens when you are just getting used to a new gaming engine not 5 years later when your supposed to understand the f*cking thing.

[hasidichomeboy]

Thing is with IV we got a lot of complainers about the game and how V is better, but even Rockstar admitted that when making IV there was a lot of guess work because it was a new engine, they just tried things to see if it would work, so with this explanation i can deal with IV's flaws and i think its a great game, but if this is the case how come 5 years later when they should have got to grips with the engine and know what they are doing they bring out a travesty like GTA5 ?

To me GTA5 is what happens when you are just getting used to a new gaming engine not 5 years later when your supposed to understand the f*cking thing.

 

gta 5 actually runs a lot better than iv ever did on consoles and pc, granted there are still issues but generally there is a huge leap from IV to V when it comes to the visuals and performance.

 

and at least gta v on the pc actually f*cking works properly without having to jump through a whole bunch of hoops and deal with 3 f*cking DRMs just to play the game i paid 21 dollars for

 

 

 

overrated: san andreas, the lost and damned on this forum (nowhere near being as good as IV or TBOGT IMO but i still had some fun with it)

 

underrated: the ballad of gay tony and chinatown wars. tbogt and chinatown wars are a lot of fun with tons of likeable characters and excellent dialogue in general

[.Ryan.]

 

Thing is with IV we got a lot of complainers about the game and how V is better, but even Rockstar admitted that when making IV there was a lot of guess work because it was a new engine, they just tried things to see if it would work, so with this explanation i can deal with IV's flaws and i think its a great game, but if this is the case how come 5 years later when they should have got to grips with the engine and know what they are doing they bring out a travesty like GTA5 ?

To me GTA5 is what happens when you are just getting used to a new gaming engine not 5 years later when your supposed to understand the f*cking thing.

 

gta 5 actually runs a lot better than iv ever did on consoles and pc, granted there are still issues but generally there is a huge leap from IV to V when it comes to the visuals and performance.

 

and at least gta v on the pc actually f*cking works properly without having to jump through a whole bunch of hoops and deal with 3 f*cking DRMs just to play the game i paid 21 dollars for

 

 

I don't think he was talking about either game's performance. Of course GTA V should run better and have better visuals, but that doesn't excuse the watered down physics and mechanics within the game itself.

Edited December 1, 2017 by Algonquin Assassin

[hasidichomeboy]

 

 

Thing is with IV we got a lot of complainers about the game and how V is better, but even Rockstar admitted that when making IV there was a lot of guess work because it was a new engine, they just tried things to see if it would work, so with this explanation i can deal with IV's flaws and i think its a great game, but if this is the case how come 5 years later when they should have got to grips with the engine and know what they are doing they bring out a travesty like GTA5 ?

To me GTA5 is what happens when you are just getting used to a new gaming engine not 5 years later when your supposed to understand the f*cking thing.

 

gta 5 actually runs a lot better than iv ever did on consoles and pc, granted there are still issues but generally there is a huge leap from IV to V when it comes to the visuals and performance.

 

and at least gta v on the pc actually f*cking works properly without having to jump through a whole bunch of hoops and deal with 3 f*cking DRMs just to play the game i paid 21 dollars for

 

 

I don't think he was talking about either game's performance. Of course GTA V should run better and have better visuals, but that doesn't excuse the watered down physics and mechanics within the game itself.

 

 

my apologies if i i misinteperted his post

 

anyways while i agree that the ragdoll physics are a step down from IV, i really don't mind the driving mechanics at all. i thought driving was smooth and fun in V, the bikes being the most notable improvement. as much as i didn't mind the car handling in IV i found the bike handling to be a total f*cking nightmare and i hated how easy it was to just slide all over the place or get knocked off the bike, so i just stuck to cars which works for me. chances are i probably suck ass at it so there's that too or whatever

 

and as for stuff like shooting and cover mechanics, i think these were improved on too. shooting is great in IV but it feels very fluid to me in V, and with the improved cover system i don't think i ever really found myself going the complete opposite way of where i wanted to go. for example in IV i'd go to take cover behind something but sometimes i could end up going against a wall and get gangraped by 40 angry russian mafia members with ak47s

[.Ryan.]

 

 

 

Thing is with IV we got a lot of complainers about the game and how V is better, but even Rockstar admitted that when making IV there was a lot of guess work because it was a new engine, they just tried things to see if it would work, so with this explanation i can deal with IV's flaws and i think its a great game, but if this is the case how come 5 years later when they should have got to grips with the engine and know what they are doing they bring out a travesty like GTA5 ?

To me GTA5 is what happens when you are just getting used to a new gaming engine not 5 years later when your supposed to understand the f*cking thing.

 

gta 5 actually runs a lot better than iv ever did on consoles and pc, granted there are still issues but generally there is a huge leap from IV to V when it comes to the visuals and performance.

 

and at least gta v on the pc actually f*cking works properly without having to jump through a whole bunch of hoops and deal with 3 f*cking DRMs just to play the game i paid 21 dollars for

 

 

I don't think he was talking about either game's performance. Of course GTA V should run better and have better visuals, but that doesn't excuse the watered down physics and mechanics within the game itself.

 

 

my apologies if i i misinteperted his post

 

anyways while i agree that the ragdoll physics are a step down from IV, i really don't mind the driving mechanics at all. i thought driving was smooth and fun in V, the bikes being the most notable improvement. as much as i didn't mind the car handling in IV i found the bike handling to be a total f*cking nightmare and i hated how easy it was to just slide all over the place or get knocked off the bike, so i just stuck to cars which works for me. chances are i probably suck ass at it so there's that too or whatever

 

and as for stuff like shooting and cover mechanics, i think these were improved on too. shooting is great in IV but it feels very fluid to me in V, and with the improved cover system i don't think i ever really found myself going the complete opposite way of where i wanted to go. for example in IV i'd go to take cover behind something but sometimes i could end up going against a wall and get gangraped by 40 angry russian mafia members with ak47s

 

 

That's fair enough.

 

I agree the cover system is indeed improved, but then again things like the melee combat completely suck ass compared to GTA IV. That's the thing that kind of annoys me about GTA V. There are obviously areas where it improved, but other areas where it didn't.

Edited December 1, 2017 by Algonquin Assassin

[Badman_]

GTA IV is overrated.

GTA Vice City Stories is underrated.

[Crossbones]

Overrated- GTA SA

Underrated- GTA LCS

[Yinepi]

Under:

 

GTA - What GTA actually is without all the garbage and bloat plaguing the series these last 17 years.

 

London - Original and interesting take on hippie London.

 

GTA2 - OMG Rockstar had originality.

 

GTA3 - Clunky and dated, but a true 3D GTA.

 

CTW - Interesting game mechanics.

 

VCS - Vice City done right.

 

LCS - Like an improved GTA3.

 

Advance - It's so bad it's actually good.

Over:

VC - Only redeemable quality is '80s theme.

 

V - Shall I write a movie? It will have three scenes. All written and directed badly.

 

Online - It's like getting your testicles stomped on. It sounds kinky at first, but it's painful in the end.

 

SA - Not quite vinegar, more like sour lemons.

 

IV, EFLC - I'm all that ever was while also being all that never will be.

Edited January 5, 2018 by Yinepi

[Jack Lupino]

Overrated:

4,VC and SA

 

Underrated:

VCS,LCS and V

 

Neverrated:

GTA 1,2,3,CW and Advance.

[Gian_Yagami]

Overrated: San Andreas

Underrated: GTA2

 

As an ps2 2004 game, san andreas has bad graphic compared to Driv3r and the getaway: black monday. And about gta2, as top down games, that awesome. Good graphic and car damage. The minus point when compared to driver 2 is camera perspective

[terrytheman947]

Overrated: Vice City and that Tommy prick.

Underrated: III (bc Vice City overshadowed that game) and Chinatown Wars. Chinatown Wars reminded me why games like GTAIII was fun in the first place.

 

 

Edit: To the reviewer saying that GTAIV looks dull. It's supposed to look all gritty on purpose to match the dark theme amd environment.

Someone's got a pleasured hate boner for Tommy. Would you like to join Son of Zeus in on the fun? He'd like a hate boner partner with him. lol

[XNOR]

Overrated : GTA V, GTA Online, GTA San Andreas

Underrated: GTA TLaD, GTA IV, GTA VCS

[ArmyRaidFail404]

Overrated: Vice City

 

This game really is absolutely nothing special. I mean, sure at the time it would have been an interesting take from the bland atmosphere of GTA 3, but now it just seems like a boner for the 80's. The soundtrack wasn't really that good; the only station worth listening to is Emotion 98.3, and you have not 1 but 2 talk radio shows. The story really fell off in the second act of the game because instead of having literally any goal you are tasked with buying everything. I honestly thought by the time I finished the Cuban and Haitian missions I was done with the story.

 

Also Ken Rosenburg's dialogue just sounds forced and unnatural.

 

 

Underrated: Chinatown Wars

 

The mechanics and mini games were really creative. It just added a sense of immersion and interactivity unmatched by other games. The story, while not particularly imaginative, was new and refreshing. My favourite was the drug dealing mechanic. It felt like you were an actual criminal making actual real criminal money, instead of being magically handed $1000 just for driving someone somewhere. Also the game allowed you to interact with gangs, which before Chinatown Wars I didn't even think to even look for them in IV.

 

Also it gets a platinum reward for map-poster girl. Still the best one