So, sorry I was unable to put any others, but if you select "other", please specify WHICH other. Now, with me, its certainly San Andreas. Yes, its a bit dated, but I would choose SA over GTA4 any day.............
San Andreas bar none. VC has a great protagonist and seeps pop culture references, IV has a great atmosphere and wonderful physics... but SA just hit absolutely every high note and pushed the boundaries for open world sandbox games. It was the Ocarina of Time for sandbox games. Truly, it was. The story carried on a little long, and lost itself a few times along the way... but it was a glorious game, and I was reminded of it's greatness this morning when reminiscing about past GTA's while playing my new beau IV. V is going to have some really massive shoes to fill in Los Santos, and I am quickly growing confident that Rockstar will definitely deliver. I'm hoping mostly for tons of references to Grove St.
San Andreas did wonders to the series. I can only hope they bring it all back for 5.
LegatoSkyheart
Its not that GTA4 was not innovative.......... it was just so damn repetitive. Mission variety was like... no variety. And the health system was sh!t. Shooting mechanics were sh!t. I think GTA 5 will be amazing. Why? Because I think that Rockstar has taken some ideas from the mechanics of Red Dead Redemption, and will incorporate it into GTA 5. Make a GTA game with the game mechanics of RDR, then I will love it.
IV. I much prefer the tone Rockstar's taken with their games this gen.Phoenix534
Everyone, since the game came out half a decade ago, has said IV has a "darker tone". I'm playing it and I just don't see it. It's no "darker" than III, VC or SA. All the protagonists have been brutal, remorseless psychopaths, and despite the "fluffier" pop culture surface (IV is just set in a much less candy-coated era), they are all criminals through-and-through, and are just seeking their "place" in a world that eats lesser men for breakfast.
[QUOTE="Phoenix534"]IV. I much prefer the tone Rockstar's taken with their games this gen.Zeviander
Everyone, since the game came out half a decade ago, has said IV has a "darker tone". I'm playing it and I just don't see it. It's no "darker" than III, VC or SA. All the protagonists have been brutal, remorseless psychopaths, and despite the "fluffier" pop culture surface (IV is just set in a much less candy-coated era), they are all criminals through-and-through, and are just seeking their "place" in a world that eats lesser men for breakfast. Refer to an earlier comment of mine.
.................. and then GTA 4 took it all away.Kevlar101
Yes, and...? SA was the peak of GTA games on the PS2/Xbox. It took two iterations to reach that level. IV was the first step on brand new consoles. You actually expected everything from SA to transition over, even when they had to build an entirely new engine?
[QUOTE="Phoenix534"]IV. I much prefer the tone Rockstar's taken with their games this gen.Zeviander
Everyone, since the game came out half a decade ago, has said IV has a "darker tone". I'm playing it and I just don't see it. It's no "darker" than III, VC or SA. All the protagonists have been brutal, remorseless psychopaths, and despite the "fluffier" pop culture surface (IV is just set in a much less candy-coated era), they are all criminals through-and-through, and are just seeking their "place" in a world that eats lesser men for breakfast. How far are you in the game? It gets progressively darker near the end.
4 easily. Best gameplay by a wide margin (even though it's not up to modern TPS/driver standards), crushes the others technically and has the best characters+story. The one I enjoyed the most is Vice City though. Partly because it was the first I played and partly because it had great atmosphere. San Andreas had a ton of content. Problem is almost none of it was that fun and a lot of it was tedious.
How far are you in the game? It gets progressively darker near the end. princeofshapeir
I was talking about overall tone, including the game world. But I just started doing work for a suit who is connected with a particular person who betrayed me.
Depends on your definition of "best". My favorite is Vice City because it's the one I spent the most time with and had the most fun playing, but the quality of San Andreas tops it on every front. Gotta vote for San Andreas.
[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"]How far are you in the game? It gets progressively darker near the end. Zeviander
I was talking about overall tone, including the game world. But I just started doing work for a suit who is connected with a particular person who betrayed me. The game world in each of the GTAs has always been a parody of American culture. I wouldn't call Liberty City dark and gritty, but the story of IV certainly tilts towards that point near the end.
[QUOTE="Zeviander"][QUOTE="princeofshapeir"]How far are you in the game? It gets progressively darker near the end. princeofshapeir
I was talking about overall tone, including the game world. But I just started doing work for a suit who is connected with a particular person who betrayed me. The game world in each of the GTAs has always been a parody of American culture. I wouldn't call Liberty City dark and gritty, but the story of IV certainly tilts towards that point near the end. A lot of it has to do with Niko being the darkest character the franchise has ever seen. Finding out about his background is enough.
Being a New Yorker,I was quite impressed with the attention to detail with the environments,cultures,and overall atmosphere of liberty city.Though,I can understand why the people who enjoyed the features with SA ...would be let down with GTA 4.
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