The above is not on all machine/setups. I have great performance on GTA IV and do not need to cap it to 30fps to finish the last mission. My mouse also works just fine with no acceleration that I can tell. I also have never had a FPS drop below 50 in fact it sits between 55-60. Your post makes out as if that is all fact when in reality it must just be a few select setups.
The fact that is 6 years since the release of GTA IV and now we are getting to a point that the game can be run at 60fps on high end hardware shows that something is quite wrong with it. You only have to have a quick glance at the GTA IV thread to see people with really high end setups getting FPS drops to sub 30.
Last mission has a QTE where you have to mash a button. However the amount you have to mash is tied to your FPS, so if you are getting a high frame rate at that point it's impossible to complete.
Mouse aiming just felt weird and inconsistent. And was super sensitive at the lowest setting.
Also if you get high FPS during cutscenes the game becomes a stutter fest as it has no idea what it is doing. Limit the FPS and load times increase.
I love GTA IV as a game (the story is amazing imo) and for £5 it was worth dealing with all that crap. But £30-40 for dealing with a bugfest is not something I can tolerate.
It's not common sense in all possible circumstances which is what many PC gamers are arguing, I'd be buying this on release day anyway - I own every GTA title to date and haven't been disappointed with any of them.
That's the key point here, this individual publisher has never failed to deliver for me personally, I avoid pre-ordering in most instances due to having been burnt before e.g. Ubisoft, X-series, Total War, any MMO. However in my own personal experience Rockstar when releasing a GTA title will make a good show of it - do I expect a flawless game? Absolutely not, hecked I'd be shocked if the servers didn't go down for a few days due to some idiot group DDOSing them or simply due to load balancing issues, but the bottom line is that the game itself will most likely be fine.
Pre-order or not Rockstar get my cash regardless, I can understand people being against pre-order with Ubisoft or trying to discourage the increasingly common "early access" games which have seemingly replaced simple demos but doing so in a blanket "every publisher is garbage" way is simply pointless.
I'll pick who I pre-order from, I'll do it rarely and only from companies or individuals I trust or have a proven track record with - but this entire "WE MUST NOT PRE ORDER PC GAMERS" stuff is frankly childish especially when you look at some of the early access titles out there which are laughable poor.
Add Bully to list of shoddy rockstar pc ports. And the fact that the game has been delayed 4 times is a disappointment too.
Don't forget there is a first time for everything. There was a point when ubisoft, EA and activision used to make back to back good games. Now it is just dross. It is not a pleasant thought but it could happen to R*.
It is also possible that this port is far worse than everything we have seen from R* before. The day before release, or whenever the NDA is up, every news outlet might cry "Avoid at all costs, doesn't run at all" or something along those lines and those who were plan to buy on release will put their wallets away and walk off. But those who pre ordered will be stuck with 60GB of poop on their hard drives and money down the drain.
The flip side is that the port is amazing (I really really really hope it is) and we are told at midnight of launch about how great it is. Those with pre orders on steam will have preloaded and can play straight away, maybe R*SC players can too. Those who haven't will just buy a copy there and then and start downloading. On
my connection I'd lose a day tops, most will have it by the following morning and there are always methods of acquiring game files before launch.
Plus the pre order bonuses are almost game breaking. Playing as Franklin who in the story is struggling to gather paper and making risky deals whereas he has $300,000 in his backpocket makes no sense.
PS. Early access is a whole nother can of worms. Long story short: it has to be judged on a game by game basis.
