** GTA IV: It feels like a chore to continue playing SP mode thread**

[rp2000]

I am 30% through and kinda bored. Seems like a chore to continue. I take Taxis to all missions to save time.

Anyone else?


rp2000

 

[rp2000]

Are you guys bored cause you played all the other GTA games and its just kinda more of the same, or is it really just stale?

Would like to know how people have never played a GTA game are finding it.

Bought it couple days ago and its still in its shrink wrap. Might just take it back and wait til its cheap if it really is that boring.

Played every single previous game, maybe 95% ish average completion. Normally I love and hammer these sandbox games to death. I can't quite put my finger on what is missing in this game as it is a combination of things, I think.

Interesting thread, I kept away from GTA because I've never played it before and thought i'd just play it at a later date from a Members market bargain.

Don't you guys think the game would have been better if played over say 3 months off and on for an hour or two here and there?

Rather than desperately trying to hammer out such a huge game in a short space of time?

Thats where I think I went wrong with mass effect.

I have put in 14 hours to get 30% completion. This is spread over 2 weeks. Not much at all really. Maybe 3-4 hours in the week and a bit more on launch weekend. Quite a slow pace compared to others, I would say.

It is interesting that many people agree with me (I thought people did discreetly but just wanted to make sure it wasn't just me!!). Ironically, none of the reasons people are annoyed are to do with bugs/pop-up/fps/tearing etc. Despite all the HD advances and everything, it has lost the fun factor somewhere, I think....


rp200

 

[rp2000]

They aren't reason to be bored though, annoyed; yes.
Pop-up is frustrating when your motoring down a street and corner (or some other "hard" thing) suddenly pops-up in front of you, causing a bad crash
FPS seems to become a problem at certain times of day (lighting conditions in game) and when smoke is present - more annoying than anything.
Bugs & Tearing, personally havent come across.

But all this is OT as it's not about being bored with it

Annoyed would have been a better word...


rp2000

 

[rp2000]

SA > all GTAs so far.

I agree, the sheer amount of things you could do made up for the fact that parts of the map were crap.

Plus I liked having 3-4 gang members follow you out and help etc.


rp2000