Gta Iv

Just finished a three hour marathon of GTA IV and was wondering what people's thoughts on Rockstar's new GTA and how its changed from San Andreas.

From what I've playing I thought that:
Pros
-Great graphics
-More realistic
-Sweet new cover system
-Multiplayer
-Lots of extras like cinematic mode

Cons
-Occasionally the frame-rate drops noticeably
-Harder to blow up cars with gun fire
-Stronger cops - sometimes they headshot you
-Controls can be a bit unresponsive sometimes

Personally? I'm dissaponted.

They downgraded it down from SA. No leveling your skills (weapons, driving, fitness), no airplanes, feels like a small, less diverse game world, less verity of weapons. And ofc, less cheats.

Do love the weapon effects and cover though. But I'd trade the graphics of 4 for the awesome gameplay of SA.

Ewww San Andreas was shit. All of that extra crap detracted from the gameplay. In many regards IV is more realistic than SA. In other ways it is less realistic, AND IT WORKS BETTER. No one wants to fucking exercise in a game, so why have that crap?

GTA IV is the ultimate perfection. It's like if Rockstar were all alchemists, this shit is the Philosopher's Stone.

To give you some idea, I went out and bought a 360 just so I could play this game.

No one wants to fucking exercise in a game, so why have that crap?

I liked it, it was fun to better yourself over the course of the game.

Oh, also forgot, less clothing options in this game too. And playing an ex-soviet guy kicks so much ass it's not even funny.

GTA 4 had just as much hype as Halo 3, if not more. I dunno what planet you are living on...

I love the fact that a Serb is the main character :))

I haven't beaten the story yet, but they never say WHERE is from exactly, just from eastern Europe. But he defiantly isn't Russian (/cry).

Yeah, they purposely don't tell you. At some points they call him a Serb, at others a Russian, and then just a Balkan.

And on this one, I must admit that Rockstar did a better job of hyping the game. Why? They kept everything under wraps, as hushed up as possible. This just served to increase the hype a thousand-fold.

And Stallion: I went the Tuesday that GTA4 came out to go buy it :P

Looks like Niko is a serb after all.

Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTA_4

The game is set in a re-imagined Liberty City, a fictional city based heavily on modern day New York City. It follows Niko Bellic, a Serbian veteran of the Bosnian War who comes to the United States in search of the American Dream, only to find his cousin has lied about the wealth that was promised to be awaiting him.

Originally Posted by Dr00d

Looks like Niko is a serb after all.

yea they got a perfect noob for such an awesome game

He's a great character, but I'd love him more if he was more Eastern European and less Baltic...

Originally Posted by skrab

yea they got a perfect noob for such an awesome game

A perfect noob? Why? Because he's a Serb?!

Originally Posted by CMarket

A perfect noob? Why? Because he's a Serb?!

nope hes not a serb...
rockstar games never said that hes serb or whatever...
and wikipedia can be edited by everyone :)

his history sucks...but its also a perfect story for such a game :D

So why did you call him a perfect noob?

Well he DOES speak in his native language a few times. If that was Serbian he was speaking, couldn't it be safe to assume that's where he's from?