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MasterThief said:
Mr Puggsly said:
It was a technical marvel, game mechanics felt great, and story/voice acting was exceptional.

The only thing really wrong with the game is the campaign kinda sucks. If they just made some tweaks it could be a lot more enjoyable though, like mission checkpoints would make it less tedious (which was added in DLC expansions).

you must have not drove a car in GTA IV if you think the game mechanics were great.  

It was okay, I liked that car felt it had weight. When you hit pedestrians the impact along with the physics felt pretty good.

However the driving camera never felt quite right and I recall it being kind of slippery. But like most GTA games the problem is you often spent too much time driving around.



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collint0101 said:
Because 5 and San Andreas have it beat in basically every way

Actually, this makes me look at it from a different angle. Are you asking why it didn't deserve the scores, or why it was rated so high in the first place?



VGPolyglot said:
collint0101 said:
Because 5 and San Andreas have it beat in basically every way

Actually, this makes me look at it from a different angle. Are you asking why it didn't deserve the scores, or why it was rated so high in the first place?

well that was my initial question. I mean I liked GTA 4. but it was the worst one out of vice city san andreas and 5. in my completely honest opinion

 

it just didn't seem very polished around the edges and the phone mechanic was just really really annoying 



MasterThief said:
VGPolyglot said:

Actually, this makes me look at it from a different angle. Are you asking why it didn't deserve the scores, or why it was rated so high in the first place?

well that was my initial question. I mean I liked GTA 4. but it was the worst one out of vice city san andreas and 5. in my completely honest opinion

 

it just didn't seem very polished around the edges and the phone mechanic was just really really annoying 

So, the question is why it got those scores in the first place?



Just like FF7, I don't get how GTA4 can be considered overrated when you have more people calling it overrated than defending it.



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HomokHarcos said:
Just like FF7, I don't get how GTA4 can be considered overrated when you have more people calling it overrated than defending it.

Because most people thought GTAIV was overrated, and the people who think FF7 is overrated are just salty 6&9 fans.



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Ka-pi96 said:
Azuren said:

Because most people thought GTAIV was overrated, and the people who think FF7 is overrated are just salty 6&9 fans.

There's also us 8&10 fans, we're not salty though, we're just awesome

Exactly, 8&10 fans are okay. It's just the 6&9 fans who get insufferable.



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PwerlvlAmy said:
GTA 4 wasnt overrated. It had NICO MY CUZZZZINNN

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