GTA 4 was more fun, and it had a better presentation than San Andreas ever could have. SA, even though it was awesome back then, was really ridiculous in some places. The story was a mess and had a lot of irrelevant parts to it, the gang wars was a mess, the stat building was a chore (aside from weapons), and it had the weakest soundtrack out of all the GTA games (not because of its rap theme though, I actually liked RLS more than any other station). It was loaded with content, but a lot of it wasn't good content. GTA 4 had a greater focus into what it wanted to achieve and it did near-perfectly. The amount of effort, and the hard-hitting realism put into the game makes it easy for me to recommend it over any other GTA game. The video editor alone on the PC version makes GTA4 the best in the series.
not crazy about either but i hate the driving in GTA IV
Slambo86
you hate, realism?
so youre blaming someone for wanting something to be more fun :? games are meant to be experiences, they dont have to replicate reality aand I tell you GTAIV may have had realistic driving, but it sure as hell wasnt as fun as driving in Vice City or San Andreas.
For me I enjoyed San Andreas more than I did IV but I can certainly see how people can think otherwise. Perhaps after many (and I mean MANY) hours on GTA3, Vice City and SAn Andreas the GTA formula has finally wore out on me... Which brings me to my next point: GTA3. Best. GTA. Ever.
Even with it's "outdated" graphics I think San Andreas will always be THE best GTA to date. If you play the Xbox disc on your 360 it will upscale it to HD and it looks pretty sweet. I don't know if the XBL download version is HD or not.
This being my first GTA game I played.. I thought it was pretty good but got extremely boring in the end.. There just wasn't enough options and meaningful decisions to make.. I would rather they made the game smaller and worked on completing and doing missions differently and have more meaningful choices.. I could care less about half of a barren map that I will probably never run through to begin with.
Even with it's "outdated" graphics I think San Andreas will always be THE best GTA to date. If you play the Xbox disc on your 360 it will upscale it to HD and it looks pretty sweet. I don't know if the XBL download version is HD or not.
fanboy999
Yea I think San Andreas still looks pretty good on the PC. I played GTA4 on PS3 and couldn't believe how good San Andreas looked on my PC for a old game. When I replace my stolen GTA4, I think I will get it for PC this time. Not only cheaper, but better looking and it has mods.
I liked Vice City more than both of em. That's right, I said it.siLVURcross
For me VC was the one that had the best vibe, and had the best soundtrack and radio stations to go with the vibe. Overall I will have to say I prefer SA, because it had the most things to do after or within the main story. IV went into a different more realistic direction, which gave it a good vibe, but still I prefer VC over it, and there aren't much things to do after or within the main story.
This being my first GTA game I played.. I thought it was pretty good but got extremely boring in the end.. There just wasn't enough options and meaningful decisions to make.. I would rather they made the game smaller and worked on completing and doing missions differently and have more meaningful choices.. I could care less about half of a barren map that I will probably never run through to begin with.sSubZerOo
Thank God, another person who sees GTA like this. I've always hated how some games get bashed for having repetitive missions yet GTA gets special treatment just because the cutscenes leading to these repetitive missions are quite good, the actual missions usually just consist of shooting someone, or a group of people then chasing someone, in what can only be described as the most irritating sections in gaming.
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