Do you think GTA IV is really better than GTA San Andreas?

A few people have been complaining about Grand Theft Auto IV receiving a better score on GameSpot (a perfect 10) than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (which received a 9.6). So I would just like to know, do you really think that GTA IV is better than GTA San Andreas? Feel free to post your thoughts here.

I enjoyed GTA San Andreas (PC) far more than GTA IV (PC). Both are great games. I do think that San Andreas was better though.

I liked Vice City more than both of em. That's right, I said it.siLVURcross

and I liked 3 more than all of them. word.

not crazy about either but i hate the driving in GTA IV

not crazy about either but i hate the driving in GTA IV

voxware00

not crazy about either but i hate the driving in GTA IV

voxware00

[QUOTE="voxware00"]

not crazy about either but i hate the driving in GTA IV

Slambo86

To me, I thought that GTAIV had a better story (still laughible though), but SA offered a lot more.

A few people have been complaining about Grand Theft Auto IV receiving a better score on GameSpot (a perfect 10) than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (which received a 9.6). So I would just like to know, do you really think that GTA IV is better than GTA San Andreas? Feel free to post your thoughts here.

Tigerman950

SA was terrible imo. GTA4 pwns it. I just liked the gang rivalry thing from SA.

I still play IV regularly, haven't touched San Andreas in years. However, the missions in San Andreas were pretty fun and I wouldn't mind going through them again, it'd be a chore to do all the missions in IV to get to the Bank one.

[QUOTE="voxware00"]

not crazy about either but i hate the driving in GTA IV

Slambo86

[QUOTE="voxware00"]

not crazy about either but i hate the driving in GTA IV

Slambo86

A few people have been complaining about Grand Theft Auto IV receiving a better score on GameSpot (a perfect 10) than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (which received a 9.6). So I would just like to know, do you really think that GTA IV is better than GTA San Andreas? Feel free to post your thoughts here.

Tigerman950

i wouldn't take GTAIV over ANY of the PS2 games. Especially Vice City and SA. GTAIV was just not fun to me like those were

San Andreas is one of my least favourite GTA games. I felt there was a bunch of crap thrown in for the hell of it and that didn't do it for me. I couldn't get into the story, thus I didn't care what happened and I didn't get attached to any of the characters. I felt the opposite about GTA IV. I loved the story, characters and I found the game play to be a lot better. I thought GTA IV had just the right amount of side missions to do, rather than having a bunch of random mini missions thrown in. There are some things I do miss from the past GTA games like vigilante missions and ambulance missions which would increase armour and give you infinite sprint but overall I found GTA IV to be an improvement over the past games.

San Andreas is one of my least favourite GTA games. I felt there was a bunch of crap thrown in for the hell of it and that didn't do it for me. I couldn't get into the story, thus I didn't care what happened and I didn't get attached to any of the characters. I felt the opposite about GTA IV. I loved the story, characters and I found the game play to be a lot better. I thought GTA IV had just the right amount of side missions to do, rather than having a bunch of random mini missions thrown in. There are some things I do miss from the past GTA games like vigilante missions and ambulance missions which would increase armour and give you infinite sprint but overall I found GTA IV to be an improvement over the past games.

SOedipus

GTA SA is so much better because, there was a wider area that you can go to which was mainly of cities, farms and country settings. You could do a lot more things in SA than GTA 4. Also, in GTA SA you could play planes but in GTA 4 you can only play helicopters which pretty much sucked. Planes are awesome to fly in GTA. Rockstars should make the next GTA game as best as San Andreas was.

Both are good but I thought SA was a much better and funner game overall with much more to do on a much grander scale than IV.

[QUOTE="Slambo86"][QUOTE="voxware00"]

not crazy about either but i hate the driving in GTA IV

Candy-Star

between those two i'd say San Andreas for story, gameplay, but IV for the lulz from playing with friends and the physics

overall i'd say i enjoyed Chinatown Wars more than both of those though, much more

GTA4 had a better story and MUCH better characters but SA was just so much more fun Juggernaut140

GTA IV is clearly the leader in the technical department, and is better presented with a better story...but I had so much more fun with San Andreas.

Vice City > both, though.

SA had a much better story,and more importantly SA missions > 4's missions by a long shot. Niko kind of bugs me too, I can't really feel for the guy and the other characters all pretty much annoy me to some extant. GTA4 is a lot better for wanton destruction if you enjoy that type of thing, and i do. The physics and car handling in 4 are much better as well, SA's feels too arcadey now after having played 4. In the end I still like SA more, but I enjoy causing chaos in GTA 4. Now if they remade SA with GTA4 engine I'd be a happy gamer.

[QUOTE="Juggernaut140"]GTA4 had a better story and MUCH better characters but SA was just so much more fun Slambo86

[QUOTE="Juggernaut140"]GTA4 had a better story and MUCH better characters but SA was just so much more fun Slambo86

going back to san andreas was a dream,and going back to GTA IV was unREAL.Realism killed driving, realism killed the way you move in that game, realism killed fighting, realism killed the overall attitude of GTA.GTA isn't suppose to be a "serious", so called "Dark Game" if you look back at the last 3 GTAs. Its supposed to be about free roam Kill 'Em All fun with plenty of great weapons, vehicles, and explosions!wat your left with in GTA IV is a game that likes to look at itself in the mirror.thats it.

GTA IV is in every way better than San Andreas, except the customization options of your character.

[QUOTE="Juggernaut140"]GTA4 had a better story and MUCH better characters but SA was just so much more fun Slambo86

and I liked 3 more than all of them. word.

lespaul1919

not played any others.