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So I decided to play gta IV again this week. Started on Monday and ended just today. I decided this time though to play it on the xbox serise x because I had the disc from my 360 and wanted an upgraded experience, thanks to backwards compatibility. I honestly have no idea why they haven't made an actual port for it yet though, like I know they've got a small project called GTA something or other in the works but couldn't they outsource it again I mean look at the absolute brilliance that was the definitive editio... oh wait yeah I think I'll wait a bit longer. But, I digress.

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Gameplay:

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Not going to lie I felt the gameplay was very weak at best. The player controls felt sloppy, there was multiple times I would press to jump next to a wall and niko wouldn't climb it and simply do the jump animation. So that was annoying at best. But I do like how if you stop pressing forward niko immediately stops. That's really nice. There's no gliding animation like there is in gta v. Gunplay... errm I don't really know how to feel about it. The gun sounds are nice just very repetitive. All guns sounded the same after a while but definitely better than gta Vs sounds, that was a huge downgrade for me. Crouching is nice aswell, but I found the assault rifle holding animations became really scuffed when you crouch, as in niko wouldn't hold the gun properly. Driving is OK when you get used to it, it definitely complements the map so it wouldn't work in gta VI for example, but it definitely was fun once I got used to it. The physics is also brilliant, so much fun to get drunk and getting fling halfway across the map was so funny. Although bikes are abhorrent and you fall of them if you hit a hair for some reason.

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Missions:

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The mission design just isn't there in this game. The missions 9/10 times were just watch cutscene, drive to A, kill a guy then leave. Loose the cops if rockstar was particularly outlandish that day. That said, the cips system is the best in the serise. No doubt. You're not stuck with the cops 1000 years as you loose them pretty much as soon as you leave the bubble, but it's challenging enough to be rewarding when you do loose them. Other times the mission were tail a guy for 10 minutes which is just so so so boring. Especially without checkpoints. The lack of checkpoints is also so bloody annoying. You would be 5 minutes from finishing a mission then your car would decide to explode and because the ai is ancient you're allie wouldn't move and explode and you were back to square 1. I guess the health packs are a substitute to not having checkpoints but they don't really help too much.

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Story:

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Now this is probably going to end up with me having my kneecaps broken by you all, but I don't really enjoy it. I mean it wasn't BAD per se, it just seemed half the time niko complaining about something then doing it anyway and being a total hippocrite by charging 5k to kill someone but saying he doesn't like doing it but needs money, like darko and calls darko a villan for killing all of his freinds. Im sure niko killed hundreds of people others would call there freinds and doesnt care, and then refuses to do something else despite how much he seemingly hates it. You know what I mean? I'll be honest I preferred gta Vs story. And I took my time with IVs, I did as many hang outs I could, did all thr side missions, watched all the cutscenes and stayed in seemed longer to hear all the dialogue. I just couldn't get into it. Characters were very fun to be with though. Jacob was a constant laugh throughout and Romans a true freind to niko. So I liked those. There was just too many antagonists to keep count of so it got kinda confusing in the end. And before you ask I pick the deal ending. Now before I'm verbally abused in the comments I KNOW IT IS THE WRONG ENDING. I saved after the 'make your choice' came up and went back to do both. Although in deal, it felt like dimitri was delt with properly and pegoroino was rushed in as the other final antagonist in the end. I mean the pure aura farming niko does in the deal ending felt so good with 'welcome to America'. Actually sent shivers down my spine. But god only knows why they don't fix the helicopter glitch. I could not climb into the helicopter at all. And it makes no sense as in no scene is A the change camera button but nevermind. Had to move the save to cloud saves, then play it on my 360 because rockstar refuses to accept this game exists for some reason and has never fixed it.

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Overall:

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I would give this game a rating of 8/10. The gameplay was not too bad. I can forgive its problems in that this game is 18 years old, and in that I can forgive it. The story was mid at best but not too bad, It was enjoyable just not as good as people say it is in my opinion. But the mission design was the worst in the serise hands down. I hope this game eventually gets an actual 60fps update and then I will rate it again. But a solid game that isn't just held up by pure nostalgia. The gimic of this game was the physics, graphics and driving and in that it does it excellently. Thanks for listening and let me know your thoughts!

So I decided to play gta IV again this week. Started on Monday and ended just today. I decided this time though to play it on the xbox serise x because I had the disc from my 360 and wanted an upgraded experience, thanks to backwards compatibility. I honestly have no idea why they haven't made an actual port for it yet though, like I know they've got a small project called GTA something or other in the works but couldn't they outsource it again I mean look at the absolute brilliance that was the definitive editio... oh wait yeah I think I'll wait a bit longer. But, I digress.

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Gameplay:

Not going to lie I felt the gameplay was very weak at best. The player controls felt sloppy, there was multiple times I would press to jump next to a wall and niko wouldn't climb it and simply do the jump animation. So that was annoying at best. But I do like how if you stop pressing forward niko immediately stops. That's really nice. There's no gliding animation like there is in gta v. Gunplay... errm I don't really know how to feel about it. The gun sounds are nice just very repetitive. All guns sounded the same after a while but definitely better than gta Vs sounds, that was a huge downgrade for me. Crouching is nice aswell, but I found the assault rifle holding animations became really scuffed when you crouch, as in niko wouldn't hold the gun properly. Driving is OK when you get used to it, it definitely complements the map so it wouldn't work in gta VI for example, but it definitely was fun once I got used to it. The physics is also brilliant, so much fun to get drunk and getting fling halfway across the map was so funny. Although bikes are abhorrent and you fall of them if you hit a hair for some reason.

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Missions:

The mission design just isn't there in this game. The missions 9/10 times were just watch cutscene, drive to A, kill a guy then leave. Loose the cops if rockstar was particularly outlandish that day. That said, the cips system is the best in the serise. No doubt. You're not stuck with the cops 1000 years as you loose them pretty much as soon as you leave the bubble, but it's challenging enough to be rewarding when you do loose them. Other times the mission were tail a guy for 10 minutes which is just so so so boring. Especially without checkpoints. The lack of checkpoints is also so bloody annoying. You would be 5 minutes from finishing a mission then your car would decide to explode and because the ai is ancient you're allie wouldn't move and explode and you were back to square 1. I guess the health packs are a substitute to not having checkpoints but they don't really help too much.

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Story:

Now this is probably going to end up with me having my kneecaps broken by you all, but I don't really enjoy it. I mean it wasn't BAD per se, it just seemed half the time niko complaining about something then doing it anyway and being a total hippocrite by charging 5k to kill someone but saying he doesn't like doing it but needs money, like darko and calls darko a villan for killing all of his freinds. Im sure niko killed hundreds of people others would call there freinds and doesnt care, and then refuses to do something else despite how much he seemingly hates it. You know what I mean? I'll be honest I preferred gta Vs story. And I took my time with IVs, I did as many hang outs I could, did all thr side missions, watched all the cutscenes and stayed in seemed longer to hear all the dialogue. I just couldn't get into it. Characters were very fun to be with though. Jacob was a constant laugh throughout and Romans a true freind to niko. So I liked those. There was just too many antagonists to keep count of so it got kinda confusing in the end. And before you ask I pick the deal ending. Now before I'm verbally abused in the comments I KNOW IT IS THE WRONG ENDING. I saved after the 'make your choice' came up and went back to do both. Although in deal, it felt like dimitri was delt with properly and pegoroino was rushed in as the other final antagonist in the end. I mean the pure aura farming niko does in the deal ending felt so good with 'welcome to America'. Actually sent shivers down my spine. But god only knows why they don't fix the helicopter glitch. I could not climb into the helicopter at all. And it makes no sense as in no scene is A the change camera button but nevermind. Had to move the save to cloud saves, then play it on my 360 because rockstar refuses to accept this game exists for some reason and has never fixed it.

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Overall:

I would give this game a rating of 8/10. The gameplay was not too bad. I can forgive its problems in that this game is 18 years old, and in that I can forgive it. The story was mid at best but not too bad, It was enjoyable just not as good as people say it is in my opinion. But the mission design was the worst in the serise hands down. I hope this game eventually gets an actual 60fps update and then I will rate it again. But a solid game that isn't just held up by pure nostalgia. The gimic of this game was the physics, graphics and driving and in that it does it excellently. Thanks for listening and let me know your thoughts!