Now that the dust has settled is GTA4 a good game or not ?

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disolitude said:

oliminator1994 said:
I would call it a 7.5 out of 10

With San Andrea being a 9.5

And Vice city being a 9

In my books its as follows.

GTA3 - 9.9/10

GTA3:VC - 9.5/10

GTA:SA - 9/10

GTA4 - 8.5/10

And I have played them in that chronological order. If you've never played any of them, GTA4 is the best one by a mile.

I just find that they are not adding enough and keeping too much the same.

 

I'll second this, though I would probably switch VC and SA. GTA III was the landmark title and deserves all the accolades thrown at it. It was also the funniest GTA by far, IMO. It created the formula from which all other GTA titles have followed.

As for GTA IV, it's a good game. It could be argued that it's a very good game. I was one of the most vocal critics of the game after the reviews released (shit, even wrote an editorial about it) but never once have I denied it being a good game. Some huge leaps were made with the game (immersion, the world is absolutely gorgeous) but it came at the expense of size and options. I didn't mind the change in direction the series saw (grittier, more realistic driving & animations), I merely felt that some of the choices were implemented in a rather uninspired way.

Buy the game, play it. I don't see how anyone could not have fun with the game for at least a few hours, though I will be the first to say that it's far from 10/10. Shit, it's not even a 9.5/10.