| Fei-Hung said: it was hated by for the same reasons why I hate previous GTA's: 1) the novelty of being an anti hero and random killings has worn off. 2) they all have shit stories 3) repetitive missions 4) average driving mechanics 5) average combat mechanics 6) average shooting mechanics 7) the world maybe alive but no where near as alive, real and beautiful as the shenmue or yakuza games. 8) it's all about gang banging gangsters and majority of the games supporters are wanna be gang bangers and in Britain referred to as " yobs, chavs, thugs" and many other names. 9) all the above is IMO, but I'm sure therein do lay some facts |
3. Yeah, but life itself is pretty repetitive. So, trying to criticize a life simulator for being repetitive might have more to do with the nature of life itself.
4. I think all of the mechanics were good enough. It tried to do many things well. While a game like Gears tries to do one thing great.
7. At least in GTA IV, the characters in the world are pretty much doing their own thing on their own. You don't have to walk up to them and hit the A button to bring them to life. There are many more things available to do in GTA IV than in Shenmue or Yakuza.
8. GTA IV has an excellent story that depicts very well the state that the US is in now in its decline where the only real way to keep up with the Joneses these days does take a bit of extreme behavior.
