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noslodecoy on 25 July 2008
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dougsdad0629 said:
Arkk said:
dougsdad0629 said:

I feel like I'm forcing myself to play it.  It has to be one of the biggest gaming disappointments I can remember.  Fun at times, but nowhere near living up to the hype.  I blame the lack of forward progress for the series on the multiplatform development.  Had they not been forced to dumb down the game to also fit on a DVD for the 360, we may have seen a much better product.  Anyway, just my opinions.  I'm thinking of trading it in while it's still worth something and maybe renting it at a later date to maybe finish it then.  I dunno.  Anybody else totally lost interest?

I underlined and emboldened the part that I thought was complete bollocks.

 

Getting that out of the way, I do feel as though I don't really want to finish the game. It kind of lost me about 50% through because it was all very similar. Same type of thing happened with the GTA3 series as well. It's just too redundant. I will finish it though. It's not my style to just leave something half assed.

 

Surely we can agree that anytime a game is developed for both 360 and PS3, concessions are made to fit it onto the DVD format as opposed to being developed solely for the BD format.  Exactly what those concessions are could be up for debate.

 

I actually enjoyed the single player more than past itterations of the series

If you're going to blame the DVD format, please just look at San Andreas.  I don't think they were constrained by the DVD format in San Andreas.  There's a huge misconception of what consumes the most data.  The sounds and most notably the high resolution textures are what consume the most space.  Neither of which would be required to add house purchases or skydiving to the game.  Now making a much larger playable area that requires new textures and new complex models would take up a great deal more space, but you don't seem to like traversing the expansive playable area as it is.  I think you'll need to blame Take Two for having financial problems and not being able to "finish" the game.  All in all though, I enjoyed the game.  It was actually the first one I finished and I've been playing since the original top down GTA.