ScreenCritics Groot takes a look back at Grand Theft Auto IV - arguably the most divisive of Rockstar's hugely popular gaming series.
As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.
We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now
Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.
This site supposed to be for news.
These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.
Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.
There’s never a bad time to relive its magic, and with rumours of a potential Grand Theft Auto IV remaster making the rounds, why wouldn’t you?
Not really
Overrated
Boring
Liberty City despite being a reimagined version for the HD era lacked any variety
Lacked the GTA fun charm overall
Niko was bland compared to past protagonists like Tommy, CJ or Victor
Like hell it is. San Andreas was far better, much more fun and a better game overall.
Nah, it's a masterpiece in attention to detail and the amount of immersive systems at play. But it really isn't very fun, ESPECIALLY when compared to the previous games in the series. Like tons of things are just wonky and actively kneecap lots of experimentation, or is just lame. Like why do I take huge damage when falling into water, why can I only stand in very specific large trucks when they are moving but not smaller trucks and vehicles, why is the melee combat such a massive down grade from GTA SA and GTA IV, why is the euphoria nowhere near as reactive, why is being drunk using a rasterized animation of staggering rather than the far more entertaining euphoria GTAIV and RDR used when you were drunk, why do npc vehicles barely react to you popping there tires even at high speed, etc etc.
I've always loved playing around in GTA games world. Like the campaigns are great but the majority of my time was always spent just playing in the open world. Yet GTAV is the only game in the series I never really returned to after beating it, it just lacks that fun factor the others have, I spent more time in GTA SA remastered than GTAV
It's one of my least favourite GTA games. It's clunky, the ai is exploitable, it's far too long and the writing is absolutely awful.
I revisited it 6 months ago on pc. When the graphics are maxed out it manages to hold up and even still look quite nice for a 2008 (2009pc) game.
I also revisited liberty city when the 360 version recived backwards compatibility and father time has not been as nice.
However the story is still engrossing past the 20 training missions seriously the first 20 missions are dedicated to learning the mechanics.
The radio is still absolute quality and over 8 years your musical prefrences have probably changed and I discovered more music I disregard previously.
Everything about the game is quality however dated it has become it holds a candle to the other early high definition open world games and dominates them all seriously it's main competitor was sr2 which after seeing what gta 4 deliverd took a massive detour into let's abandon seriousness and get silly because we can't compete
"some features, that were featured in earlier games, were dropped and this might just be the reason why the game is underrated. The ability to customize your character by changing your hair style or getting a tattoo was not longer an option, while the clothes were also downgraded."
This definitely isn't the reason why GTA4 is my least favorite 3D universe GTA game. The real reason for me is that the game is simply boring in comparison to other installments in the series. Gunfights, driving, characters - all of those very boring.
"But I can see way it was underrated in comparison to Grand Theft Auto V and San Andreas, cause it lacks features that made the game so interesting. The developers took this as an experiment to try and show to the gaming public the realism and the visuals..."
No way Rockstar would make a GTA and consider that as an experiment. It's the biggest gaming franchise in the world (not counting annual acti/ea releases).
I know I'm in the minority but I personally enjoyed GTA IV more than V, plus if you check out some comparison videos like Crowbcat's you can see R* payed more attention to lot of small details that they didn't in GTA V https://www.youtube.com/wat...