GTA 4 Graphics

Do i have a defective copy or something? I recently saw that GTA 4 was awarded a 10 rating so i went out and bought a copy. When i got home i was rip roarin mad at the graphics. This game isnt even finished! whats up with the blurry graphics? I like the game so far( probably 10% complete), but seriously the graphics are absolutly terrible, far beyond any excuses. Comments?

Do i have a defective copy or something? I recently saw that GTA 4 was awarded a 10 rating so i went out and bought a copy. When i got home i was rip roarin mad at the graphics. This game isnt even finished! whats up with the blurry graphics? I like the game so far( probably 10% complete), but seriously the graphics are absolutly terrible, far beyond any excuses. Comments? Go play GTA 3 and come back, you'll thank god it doesn't look the same.

ANNIHL8TOR

Do i have a defective copy or something? I recently saw that GTA 4 was awarded a 10 rating so i went out and bought a copy. When i got home i was rip roarin mad at the graphics. This game isnt even finished! whats up with the blurry graphics? I like the game so far( probably 10% complete), but seriously the graphics are absolutly terrible, far beyond any excuses. Comments?

ANNIHL8TOR

Consider how huge Liberty City is, and how much is going on in it. Now consider that the game has to process it all at once, hence no load times. Thats why it looks average.
Games like Gears look amazing, but are far more linear than GTA.

Consider how huge Liberty City is, and how much is going on in it. Now consider that the game has to process it all at once, hence no load times. Thats why it looks average.
Games like Gears look amazing, but are far more linear than GTA.

hazbazz

Exactly. It's as if people are focusing purely on textures and anti-aliasing.

There is so much happening in the city and you can go anywhere without loading, so that in itself is a remarkable feat.

Oh well, I guess great gameplay wins out over uber perfect graphics. I'm glad I didnt get a defective game like the TC.:o

Go stand by the water as the sun sets, and get back to me. This game has some stunning graphics.rragnaar

The lighting especially. I keep visiting the same spots to stand in awe at how impressive the lighting is in this game. Animations are quite good, also. But I believe that rather than expect razor-sharp visuals (which the GTA franchise has never been known for), one should consider the size and scope of this massive gameworld, and the lenghts R* went to make it seem so believable.

Go stand by the water as the sun sets, and get back to me. This game has some stunning graphics.rragnaar

Agreed. This game looks top notch. I have no clue what the TC is talking about. Maybe he should toy with the in-game settings.

You get used to it.

The cruddy framerate, the blurry shadows, the ugly textures, ridiculous post-processing effects (particularly at dawn and dusk) and questionable resolution sort of fade away as you get into the game.

People claim the 360 version runs at a legitimate 720p but the PS3 version doesn't - I have a hard time believing it does, since the game looks just as chunky as others that cheat (Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, PGR3) and in some spots is even more muddled. Maybe the menus and your cellphone are in 720p and everything else it upscaled.

It's sort of a tradeoff for the overall scope of the game, and it's something I'll live with as I'm not sure if the alternative would have the same impact, shinier graphics be damned.

GTA isn't really known for great graphics.

I have the PS3 version and had my console set to 1080p. I was seriously disappointed at the gfx :(

I dropped it to 720p to solve the freezing issue (it did - try it) and they seem a lot smoother. That could just e the beer though!

This is a concept it seems some people can't understand. The graphics in GTA IV aren't bad at all.

Let's say you had two boxes that were the same size. One box labeled GTA IV and another box labeled Gears of War or something else.

Now the box labeled GTA might be filled to the top with 8 large chocolate chip cookies and the GTA IV box might be filled to the top with 40 small chocolate chip cookies.

Now someone can say "Whoa the cookies in the GoW box are fricking huge and I like those cookies better" but in reality they have the same amount of actual food in them.

One game pushes graphics in quality and the other pushes it in quantity

*sigh* must I say this again? ok.....

I think Gametrailers said it best :

"It's not really fair to hold a free roaming game like GTA to the same visual standards you'd expect from a shooter that runs on a pre-determined path. With such a vast enviroment coupled with the ability to do anything at anytime, some concessions have to be made. Not many have been made here. GTA 4 is one fine looking game."

For an open world game, GTA 4 still looks better than many linear games of this generation.