Highest reviewed Console games 2008 (so far) - Metacritic

You're arguement is laughable. So are OCUkers the only ones who have given the game their score on these review sites? In your view, yes.

I'm not saying all reviews are too high, but the vast majority are, hence the high overall score and the massively contrasting user scores.

Conveniently ignore the rest of my posts as well, you're in the minority for a reason, take the tinted glasses off and think about other peoples criticism, in the wake of previous GTA's, GTA4 and Rockstar disappointed.
 
Spunj99 said:
Can you show me where I said "ground-breaking" please.
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Alright sorry my fault! I just read it like it was the second coming. I meant how the hell did GTA take a different approach?! And what you thought was "mediocore" about COD4. :)

Thanks and FACT.
 
da_mic_1530 said:
I have to quote this, gta4 was not new direction for the games industry, nor was it new direction for the GTA franchise

I don't care what amazin new coding ideas they have, fact is (do'h) that gta4 was/and still is quite a boring game to play. Regardless of the techincal ability of it, it bores the pants of me and many others

Hell, for example, me and Anders0n play FIFA religiously, we should love repetitive gameplay, but we both seem to hate GTA4
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It was a new direction. A more realistic, serious, gritty take on the whole thing which obviously many people didn't take to. Hence the differing opinions from fans of the series.

Anders0n said:
Conveniently ignore the rest of my posts as well, you're in the minority for a reason
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I tend to block out necessant gibberish automatically.
 
I'm not sure about this one, I loved GTA IV, so at least some of us like it, and would be fairly happy putting it up there with my best games of 2008.

If I was to ask for some shred of proof that the masses think GTA IV is poop, would I just get a handful of people on here as the 'evidence' that it's poop? or is this some widely held opinion that truly indicates the reviewers had it so wrong?

I don't mind 'facts' but so far, all I hear are people trying to insinuate that because something doesn't fit their beliefs, and a couple of other people share that belief, that this is representative of the entire gaming community.

I'm willing to be open minded, but knowing OCers, you have to take these outbursts with a pinch of salt sometimes..
 
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http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17877898&highlight=GTA


Thats the "Was it as good as expected Poll"

Not exactly a love or hate poll though, As "good as expected" could mean, Average. lol.

I hated GTA4, Not any sort of bandwagon conspiracy theoriest crap, I just didn't like it. I don't care enough be willing to die for it's honour, Although Spunj99 may be willing. :p
 
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GTAIV was a big step forward for the technical side of the game, much like GTA3 was. However, it was a huge leap backwards for the gameplay side, if they can sort out the framerate and add in some good content then the next game could be fantastic.


I'm of the opinion that GTA has had its time though.

[EDIT] I'd like to add, when that poll came up i voted 'it's what i expected' as i had only been playing the game for a short while. After the 20th near-identical mission and the utterly inconsistent character design however i grew to dislike it.
 
I dont really trust metacritic anymore, wasn't there a fiasco a while ago that PS fanboys put bad marks against Gears of War 2. Aint' let reviews alter my decision on a game in years. Unless its widespread and doesn't look up to scratch.

edit - I thought GTAIV was a fantastic game, certainly made the other GTA's seem poor in comparison to its handling imo. The story perhaps wasn't as good but i loved the missions even more as they felt a bit more ambitious.
 
I'm not sure about ps3 but for the pc, my 4870x2 and 4ghz q9550 couldn't run it properly at 1920 and the shadows seem blocky, and textures alwys seem to go missing, on top of the crap u gotta install play it and the fact that when I try to play my game which I bought and pre ordered, it says it won't launch because I have a. Image of the game mounted, whenthe disc is in the drive.... IT'S PAP!!!!

IMO best gta of the series was vice city :)
 
be interesting to see how many download the actual GTAIV download content. I would presume the majority got shot of the game once finished or bored with it. GTAIV wouldn't even be in my top10 games of this year.
 
I personally couldn't stand gta4 after a while of playing. Extremely annoying cousin constantly ringing you and some stupid cow that wants you to take her out, like **** off please.

The game is also so slow paced, like everything is in slow motion.
 
Gta4 was the best game of 08 for me. Probably joint first on my best game ever with HL2. Can't get enough of it.
 
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