Is this all there is to GTA4?

I'm about 35% done with the game and it's really just boring the hell out of me because so far just about every mission is the same. Go kill this guy. Go kill that guy. Go kill a group of guys. I mean, there is zero variety. Do you ever get to do anything fun in this game or is it the same dumb mission over and over? Please, don't spoil anything, but if possible just let me know if the missions ever change.

There are slight variations, but it doesn't change in a major way. It remains "steal this car, kill that guy, fly a helicopter, deliver a body, fight through this building etc..." To me, the missions are varied enough. Whenever you get sick of them, you can do some other stuff, like search for random characters (some are very interesting), steal cars, do some assassination missions, go bowling etc.

I'm sorry you're not enjoying it. I think it's a fantastic game, albeit one that doesn't quite deserve a 10, in my opinion. It's a solid 9-9.5, though.....

Funny you mention this. I didn't buy GTA when it came out as I had exams and knew I would get distracted. About a week ago I went to a friends and started playing GTAIV. It just felt so familiar: it felt like I was playing the other three GTA games from last gen; from the driving, to the story, to the city.

I think you are right.

I got about 55% completion and then I couldn't force myself to play it anymore. There is zero variety in the story missions. It doesn't have any of the great features of Saints Row or San Andreas. You get calls constantly to hang out with your friends. The leisure activites get boring and repetitive real quick. There's nothing to spend your money on. Extremely limited clothing options.

Guess I'm not alone in my feelings for this game.. It's too bad, because I really want to like it. I mean, I paid sixty bucks for it and I expected it to be awesome because it was worked on for so long and because it got solid 10s by almost every reviewer. Eh...guess I can't place my trust in game reviwers anymore.

There are deinitely some great things about the game, but I still find it to be quite boring. Oh well, at least Prototype looks badass.

GTAIV's mission structure is pretty uninspired. It doesn't take long to realize this. Drive here, kill that guy, drive there, get new mission to repeat the process. I think maybe the developers thought that throwing in dating, and various other outings with friends would spice things up. The problem with that line of thinking is how doing stuff with friends isn't much fun at all, and becomes a chore pretty quickly.

I did finish the storyline, but I think the only thing that kept me going (not including my own will to finish) was how even though the missions all boiled down to the same thing, within the huge environment i often had crazy things happen to me.

I can actually sit down with a couple friends and play a game series like Metal Gear Solid and have the spectators enjoying themselves just watching the game be played, and the storyline unfold. But GTAIV's story is very much "just there" to set up the next mission, and has very little to set it apart.

It's a great game, don't get me wrong. But I find that whenever I sit down to play, I just mess around for a bit, and then move on to something else.

Is this all there is to NHL08?

I'm about 35% done a season with the game and it's really just boring the hell out of me because so far just about every game is the same. Go skate up the rink. Go skate down the rink. Go put the puck in the net. I mean, there is zero variety. Do you ever get to do anything fun in this game or is it the same dumb games over and over? Please, don't spoil anything, but if possible just let me know if the games ever change.

seriously.

Didn't you all know that's what you're signing up for when you get a GTA game? How are the other ones any "better"?leilamayhem

Um, gee.. the other ones had lots more activities and features, not too mention less one-dimensional characters.

Is this all there is to NHL08?

I'm about 35% done a season with the game and it's really just boring the hell out of me because so far just about every game is the same. Go skate up the rink. Go skate down the rink. Go put the puck in the net. I mean, there is zero variety. Do you ever get to do anything fun in this game or is it the same dumb games over and over? Please, don't spoil anything, but if possible just let me know if the games ever change.

seriously.

Chogyam

Thank god I'm not the only person on here to actually like the game. It has a few flaws, but when people start speaking about the "lack of content", "no story", "one-dimensional characters", "no variety", I start wondering whether they even played the same game as me.

The only things that really bothered me were that acquiring property has been taken out, and that there are still no mid-mission checkpoints. Most of the criticisms on this thread, however, I completely disagree with.

This is the only game I've ever played that's hated solely because of high review scores. How anyone can argue that it's a poor, boring game is totally beyond me...

I feel ya. Though I love the GTA series, I usually just do the missions and camp out at 80-95%, just screwing around with cheats and such.

But I was able to finish IV and LCS.

If you've seriously run out of things to do in GTA4 you're imagination really **** sucks.SovietMudkipz

Oh, so it's up to me to make the game fun. I'm sorry, I thought that was the job of the developer. My bad.

Thank god I'm not the only person on here to actually like the game. It has a few flaws, but when people start speaking about the "lack of content", "no story", "one-dimensional characters", "no variety", I start wondering whether they even played the same game as me.

The only things that really bothered me were that acquiring property has been taken out, and that there are still no mid-mission checkpoints. Most of the criticisms on this thread, however, I completely disagree with.

This is the only game I've ever played that's hated solely because of high review scores. How anyone can argue that it's a poor, boring game is totally beyond me.streak000

Are you that closed-minded? How can you ask "How anyone can argue that it's a poor, boring game"? Have you read any other posts in this thread? And BYW, this criticism comes from people who played the game. Don't believe me? Not that I care, but check my gamer card.

If you've seriously run out of things to do in GTA4 you're imagination really **** sucks.SovietMudkipz

I agree to a degree. Sandbox games are best for those with wild imaginations.

I think instead of adding so many pointless missions they should have upped the graphics and made a better multiplayer. I had to force myself to play through most of the game as well, and most of the missions were boring as all hell, with the exception of the Clover mission, which is probably my favorite of any GTA.

Also, they went a little overboard with the pigeons. 200 in the whole game? god damn, I got bored after like 20 haha.

Is this all there is to NHL08?

I'm about 35% done a season with the game and it's really just boring the hell out of me because so far just about every game is the same. Go skate up the rink. Go skate down the rink. Go put the puck in the net. I mean, there is zero variety. Do you ever get to do anything fun in this game or is it the same dumb games over and over? Please, don't spoil anything, but if possible just let me know if the games ever change.

seriously.

Thank god I'm not the only person on here to actually like the game. It has a few flaws, but when people start speaking about the "lack of content", "no story", "one-dimensional characters", "no variety", I start wondering whether they even played the same game as me.

The only things that really bothered me were that acquiring property has been taken out, and that there are still no mid-mission checkpoints. Most of the criticisms on this thread, however, I completely disagree with.

This is the only game I've ever played that's hated solely because of high review scores. How anyone can argue that it's a poor, boring game is totally beyond me..

Amen. I think some people just like to complain for the sake of complaining.

I'm about 35% done with the game and it's really just boring the hell out of me because so far just about every mission is the same. Go kill this guy. Go kill that guy. Go kill a group of guys. I mean, there is zero variety. Do you ever get to do anything fun in this game or is it the same dumb mission over and over? Please, don't spoil anything, but if possible just let me know if the missions ever change.

arachosia

I think instead of adding so many pointless missions they should have upped the graphics and made a better multiplayer. I had to force myself to play through most of the game as well, and most of the missions were boring as all hell, with the exception of the Clover mission, which is probably my favorite of any GTA.

Also, they went a little overboard with the pigeons. 200 in the whole game? god damn, I got bored after like 20 haha.

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