I don't think so.

I got the game at 7pm. I played it till 3 in the morning, I just couldn't stop! I woke up at about 6am... I was very tired - my eyes were burning. But who cares when you've got GTA IV? I played the game till I simply had to sleep... at 11am. I never stopped. Even when I was eating, I ate while watching some Liberty City TV. Today, I played throughout the whole day - without stopping once. 65% of the time was multiplayer, so anyone without multiplayer can't enjoy the whole experience.

Tough question for me because I like and dislike an equal amount of things about it. I think R* made some dumb decisions such as re-creating the whole of LC, and not having Claude in the game and I also think they could have payed more attention to detail with certain things such as when the in-car view moves to the side of the car every time you go round a corner. But nevertheless I still enjoyed playing through it and I do feel inclined to play-through a second time.

I'm one of the people that really likes the game. It's probably one of my favourite games ever. I can see why some people might think it was a disappointment but I prefer the realism to the craziness.

I loved it at first but got bored of it fairly easily. If you're a San Andreas type of guy then maybe you'll miss the longevity but different people find their own fun in IV.

With al the hype it had I'd say it's definitely over-rated.

Braden I did the exact same thing as you when I first got GTA4. I played it constantly. On April 29th I had a 15 hours non-stop session. I kept telling myself 'It'll get better once I get to the next island'. It never did. I started to realise that I was'nt really having fun. I was playing purely for the sake of wanted to get 100%.

Imo, GTA4 is the most overhyped GTA yet. At least SA delivered on the hype it had. GTA4 however didn't even come close to my expectations. I thought I'd still be playing it today as I was still playing SA months after it's release. IV simply doesn't have any replay value.

So to answer your question. Yes GTA4 is way over-rated.

Over rated? No.

Over expectations people had that exceeded the game itself, and thereby gave an inaccurate impression of the true value and quality of the game? Yes.

It was just as good if not better than I expected.

quote Master

Over rated? No.

Over expectations people had that exceeded the game itself, and thereby gave an inaccurate impression of the true value and quality of the game? Yes.

quote Braden

I got the game at 7pm. I played it till 3 in the morning, I just couldn't stop! I woke up at about 6am... I was very tired - my eyes were burning. But who cares when you've got GTA IV? I played the game till I simply had to sleep... at 11am. I never stopped. Even when I was eating, I ate while watching some Liberty City TV. Today, I played throughout the whole day - without stopping once. 65% of the time was multiplayer, so anyone without multiplayer can't enjoy the whole experience.

I liked it in the beginning but i got sick of playing the same type of missions over and over again. I got bored quickly plus i hate the new 6 star wanted level.

I've read over this thread a few times and I'm hoping that Chiro is being sarcastic and cracking a joke. There is nothing that has been said in here that warranted such a reaction. Has Braden been flooding the forum with pro-GTA IV propaganda and "pigeon-holing" the forum members who don't like it as babies? I must be missing something. I've looked at the last 7-8 forum pages and really haven't seen him go after people just because they don't like the game as much as he does.

I think the "realism" excuse is the real smoke-n-mirrors to cover up the San Andreas complaint. I think I've had more 'insane' and 'unrealistic' adventures in IV than any of the other games. Why you guys can't do the same is beyond me.


/Waits for chapter 87 of Chiros 'jump on GMs ass whenever he suggests that game-stopping faults are created in the eye of players who had unrealistic expectations for the game and just want to place the blame somewhere other than on themselves' novel.

ChiroVette, as you know I'm a huge fan of SA. SA's storyline sucked. I could never get the hang of it. Whereas, IV's storyline is easily understandable and realistic. The car handling in IV is way better and in a few minutes I had already mastered the cars' physics. No jetpacks simply add a little more challenge to the game as you have to find a way of how to climb there yourself. The thing is that most of you are missing the point of the game. A huge portion of the game is multiplayer so one can't judge only on the storyline. I have played for four hours straight with GTA KH2 freak - teaming up against cops, doing crazy stunts etc.

Now I got to go. See you guys on Friday.

Overrated? Yes. IMO, rather than a 10, a 9.6 would be a better score, due to the lack of side missions, and, in general, things to do after finishing 100%.

Actually, I'm rather pleased that the ambulance and fire fighter missions have been dropped. To me, I repeat, to me (for all you R3 mission fans out there, this is just my opinion) the missions were sort of a funless burden, which I just finished off in an hour or two with the air of "let me get this out of the way". I haven't played Saints Row as I don't have a XBox, but, I have to say, they are the ones who really got the clear idea of side missions, for example, the insurance fraud, fight club, etc, which are going to appear in SR2. IV had great physics, if they had just put in some fun activities, then ti would have been perfect.

quote The Omega

I've read over this thread a few times and I'm hoping that Chiro is being sarcastic and cracking a joke. There is nothing that has been said in here that warranted such a reaction. Has Braden been flooding the forum with pro-GTA IV propaganda and "pigeon-holing" the forum members who don't like it as babies? I must be missing something. I've looked at the last 7-8 forum pages and really haven't seen him go after people just because they don't like the game as much as he does.

quote Master

I think the "realism" excuse is the real smoke-n-mirrors to cover up the San Andreas complaint. I think I've had more 'insane' and 'unrealistic' adventures in IV than any of the other games. Why you guys can't do the same is beyond me.