Quick Question PC Gamers. Is GTA IV Worth The 14 GB install?

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#1 OoSuperMarioO
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That's a pretty big requirement when you take into consideration that GTA San andreas was only 4gb( Gta IV is roughly 3.5 times the size of Gta Sa). I totally understand GTA IV is a recent title but is it worth the requirement let alone the 50$ price tag buds? Pros and Cons will be marvelous!
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#2 zerosaber456
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to be honest, I had no problems with that game other than the pixelated shadows and z-lighting. So I'll say yes it's worth it.
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#3 TheFragcat
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Read some user reviews about the game. Always helps.
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#4 migs17
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yeah it's really worth it. the only downside is that you need a pretty nice rig to run it smoothly. nevertheless,the story is freakin awesome. lol!
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#5 OoSuperMarioO
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Read some user reviews about the game. Always helps.TheFragcat
OoSuperMarioO doesn't bother with Game Industry reviews bud. I much rather feedback from the community.
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#6 OoSuperMarioO
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to be honest, I had no problems with that game other than the pixelated shadows and z-lighting. So I'll say yes it's worth it.zerosaber456
Ah it's great you point that out bud about visual sufferance, I remember Mass Effect having a similar issue with pixelated shadows but overall didn't hurt my playthrough experience that much.
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[QUOTE="TheFragcat"]Read some user reviews about the game. Always helps.OoSuperMarioO
OoSuperMarioO doesn't bother with Game Industry reviews bud. I much rather feedback from the community.

Notice how he said USER reviews.

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#8 Tuzolord
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Didnt really bother my 1.7TB Hard Drive Space :)
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#9 OoSuperMarioO
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[QUOTE="OoSuperMarioO"][QUOTE="TheFragcat"]Read some user reviews about the game. Always helps.Legendaryscmt

OoSuperMarioO doesn't bother with Game Industry reviews bud. I much rather feedback from the community.

Notice how he said USER reviews.

Dangit, lol.. Sorry bud. Now I feel like Uwe Boll.
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#10 pulica_muistul
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I think it is. I mean, yeah, it's alot of disk space but c'mon, dou you have a 60 gb hdd ? Buy it, install it, play through it and then you can always remove it if you need the space, keep your savegames, and you're fine. In my opinion the game really is worth it, has a good story and is fun to play.
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#11 the_ChEeSe_mAn2
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If you have a good pc (talking about a high end dual-core or a quad core pc and 8800 nvidia card and above), a large HD, I think you will enjoy this game.
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#12 kemar7856
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the 18gbs is the only reason why I dont have it I dl games from stream and my isp has a dl lmit of 60gb a month so forget that
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#13 vinylrhino
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Worth the install? Real question is, what are you rating on what a game is worth or isn't? The space it uses up? Or, the TIME it takes to install? Or,, what? Most likely if it's space you are worried about, can't you just delete it if you need more space? A 500GB External HD which you can play games perfectly fine off of, is under 60 dollars now. SO yes I'd say worth it... GAMES, are NOT going to get smaller with time, they will only get bigger.

The game itself rocks, ocne you have the latest patch installed, the framerates have gone way up for me on my 8800GTS 512 Car.. It's beautiful as well, and the story indeed is one of the best GTA stories.. Very good acting, solid gameplay, huge world, dynamic.

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#14 Macutchi
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yes its definitely worth an install despite the size. great game with unvbelievable attention to detail, definitely should be experienced. much more serious than sa though.
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#15 _rpg_FAN
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If you meet requirements , than yes its really worth it i belive

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#16 rmfd341
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Most people like it, it was a letdown for me, but yep, it's worth it.
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#17 RK-Mara
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I can't see how you are comparing the size of a PS2 game to GTA4. And 14Gb isn't really a problem with the current size of hard drives.
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#18 OoSuperMarioO
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You guys really have me excited, GTA IV will be brought on board immediately! Marvelous...
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#19 the_ChEeSe_mAn2
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Just remember to have your SP1 installed if you have vista or SP3 installed if you have xp, have 3.5 .net framework installed, along with the latest drivers.
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#20 zerosaber456
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I have have an 15-20 FPS when I play the game and I don't really have an powerful rig and most of my settings are set to high.

Processor: AMD Athlon X2 4000+ @ 2.1 Ghz

Ram: 2 GB

Video Card: Radeon X1950 Pro

OS: Windows XP SP3

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#21 mhofever
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Hell yea , GTA IV is worth the space and money. Some ppl on this forum talk down on it because they cant play it properly. Well if you got the necessary specs and updated drivers and install the right things, nothing can go wrong.

The Storyline missions are frikkin awesome and if you finish it, you can try to complete 100% of the game and compete with other people's rankings in who finished first etc. Multiplayer is just as fun, there are almost 15 game modes to choose from, 3 of which are Co-op , where you and 3 other players can do a mission which isnt related to the story.

The others ? Well , too much to mention right now, but it's fantastic, so get it.

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#22 nutcrackr
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It's worth about 12.26gb...but Yes, install the whole lot, even with poor performance it was an amazing game.