Worth playing GTA IV now?

I have played all games in the GTA series, except GTA IV. When it first came out, I had a pretty bad PC, and since the game was very poorly optimized, I was sure it wouldn't run on that PC. Now, GTA IV, along with Episodes From Liberty City, costs dirt cheap and I too have a pretty good PC. I just wanted to know, is it worth picking up the GTA IV complete edition now? I really loved the previous games in the GTA series. Also, are GTA IV and episodes too tough? I heard that these games have some really long and tough missions with no checkpoints. I'm a gaming veteran and have played lots of difficult games, but I do tend to become frustrated quite easily if a game is tough and I have to repeat large sections over and over again. Please advise me. Thank you.

I just started a brand new playthrough and loved it, beat the whole game on PC at least 3 times now.

I have played all games in the GTA series, except GTA IV. When it first came out, I had a pretty bad PC, and since the game was very poorly optimized, I was sure it wouldn't run on that PC. Now, GTA IV, along with Episodes From Liberty City, costs dirt cheap and I too have a pretty good PC. I just wanted to know, is it worth picking up the GTA IV complete edition now? I really loved the previous games in the GTA series. Also, are GTA IV and episodes too tough? I heard that these games have some really long and tough missions with no checkpoints. I'm a gaming veteran and have played lots of difficult games, but I do tend to become frustrated quite easily if a game is tough and I have to repeat large sections over and over again. Please advise me. Thank you.

funkyzoom

I thought the controls in the game were some of the worst I've ever had to experience in a video game. The controls alone completely stopped me from playing the game. I didn't really care how good the gameplay or the story was if the controls were so unintuitive. fighter91

[QUOTE="fighter91"]I thought the controls in the game were some of the worst I've ever had to experience in a video game. The controls alone completely stopped me from playing the game. I didn't really care how good the gameplay or the story was if the controls were so unintuitive. FelipeInside

Don't see why not. Most of the problems at launch are fixed, it runs better than before. Getting the Icenhancer for it will make it look nicer.

I have played all games in the GTA series, except GTA IV. When it first came out, I had a pretty bad PC, and since the game was very poorly optimized, I was sure it wouldn't run on that PC. Now, GTA IV, along with Episodes From Liberty City, costs dirt cheap and I too have a pretty good PC. I just wanted to know, is it worth picking up the GTA IV complete edition now? I really loved the previous games in the GTA series. Also, are GTA IV and episodes too tough? I heard that these games have some really long and tough missions with no checkpoints. I'm a gaming veteran and have played lots of difficult games, but I do tend to become frustrated quite easily if a game is tough and I have to repeat large sections over and over again. Please advise me. Thank you.

funkyzoom

I just bought it, started playing it, and am loving it.

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I have played all games in the GTA series, except GTA IV. When it first came out, I had a pretty bad PC, and since the game was very poorly optimized, I was sure it wouldn't run on that PC. Now, GTA IV, along with Episodes From Liberty City, costs dirt cheap and I too have a pretty good PC. I just wanted to know, is it worth picking up the GTA IV complete edition now? I really loved the previous games in the GTA series. Also, are GTA IV and episodes too tough? I heard that these games have some really long and tough missions with no checkpoints. I'm a gaming veteran and have played lots of difficult games, but I do tend to become frustrated quite easily if a game is tough and I have to repeat large sections over and over again. Please advise me. Thank you.

FelipeInside

GTA IV is the second worst port? Which is the worst? Let me guess....is it Dark Souls? I haven't played Dark SOuls because I'm not into RPGs, but I hear people say that its a horrible PC port.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="funkyzoom"]

I have played all games in the GTA series, except GTA IV. When it first came out, I had a pretty bad PC, and since the game was very poorly optimized, I was sure it wouldn't run on that PC. Now, GTA IV, along with Episodes From Liberty City, costs dirt cheap and I too have a pretty good PC. I just wanted to know, is it worth picking up the GTA IV complete edition now? I really loved the previous games in the GTA series. Also, are GTA IV and episodes too tough? I heard that these games have some really long and tough missions with no checkpoints. I'm a gaming veteran and have played lots of difficult games, but I do tend to become frustrated quite easily if a game is tough and I have to repeat large sections over and over again. Please advise me. Thank you.

funkyzoom

GTA IV is the second worst port? Which is the worst? Let me guess....is it Dark Souls? I haven't played Dark SOuls because I'm not into RPGs, but I hear people say that its a horrible PC port.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="fighter91"]I thought the controls in the game were some of the worst I've ever had to experience in a video game. The controls alone completely stopped me from playing the game. I didn't really care how good the gameplay or the story was if the controls were so unintuitive. harry_james_pot

I don't really play the bonus missions much, some of them tend be hard base on my experience with gta in general.

Though gta 4 is like the rest it isn't very hard at all. It won't be like those new games nowadays where you get 1000x checkpoint, but again is relatively on the easier side for the main mission like the past gta 3,vc, lcs, etc. Never beat episodes, but they added secondary objectives which can be frustrating.

Even my friend who isn't great at games beat it in a week or so. I think is worth playing to get you geared up for 5 imo. The game is fairly long and I felt the story doesn't really pick up until the end where it ends in a bang thats where it gets good.

Dark Souls is fine if you play with the Mod and a GamePad. For me worst PC port of all time was Splinter Cell: Double Agent. Not only did it have crashes, bugs galore and instability....they actually removed cutscenes from the PC version which made the story have no sense.FelipeInside

OMG! The PC version of Splinter Cell Double Agent doesn't have cutscenes? That's ridiculous! But I did play that game when it was released, and I don't remember cutscenes being removed, although I'm not sure about it.

I don't really play the bonus missions much, some of them tend be hard base on my experience with gta in general.

Though gta 4 is like the rest it isn't very hard at all. It won't be like those new games nowadays where you get 1000x checkpoint, but again is relatively on the easier side for the main mission like the past gta 3,vc, lcs, etc. Never beat episodes, but they added secondary objectives which can be frustrating.

Even my friend who isn't great at games beat it in a week or so. I think is worth playing to get you geared up for 5 imo. The game is fairly long and I felt the story doesn't really pick up until the end where it ends in a bang thats where it gets good.

Bikouchu35

Geared up for 5? Well.....GTA V hasn't been announced for PC. I know that many previous GTA games were released late for the PC, but I have a sickening feeling that Rockstar might give PC gamers the cold shoulder with GTA V. They did the same thing with Reed Dead Redemption. I really shudder to think if GTA IV indeed turned out to be the last GTA on PC, especially since the next gen consoles are being released this year.

Errr.. my bad. I keep thinking about my standpoint since I would likely dust off the console again just for 5, but I guess for pc it will be much later.

R* will more likely than not release it to pc eventually is just too big for them not to, they did it episodes also, mafia 2, max payne, and la noire.

Yet again, what are you waiting for? Just play it!

Errr.. my bad. I keep thinking about my standpoint since I would likely dust off the console again just for 5, but I guess for pc it will be much later.

R* will more likely than not release it to pc eventually is just too big for them not to, they did it episodes also, mafia 2, max payne, and la noire.

Yet again, what are you waiting for? Just play it!

Bikouchu35

I don't think Mafia 2 is a Rockstar game. And I do hope that you're right about GTA V being released for the PC eventually. In the third world country where I live, buying a console doesn't make sense because console games cost almost thrice as much as PC games.

I have gta 4 and both episodes. i could only get through part of lost and damned because it would crash. never figured it out. ballad of gay tony just doesnt work at all. but gta 4 itself is worth it. great game. no taxi, ambulance, vigilante missions which brings it down alot but youll have alot of fun just driving around and shooting at things. playing with a friend and taking turns to see who can survive the longest. great game 

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]Dark Souls is fine if you play with the Mod and a GamePad. For me worst PC port of all time was Splinter Cell: Double Agent. Not only did it have crashes, bugs galore and instability....they actually removed cutscenes from the PC version which made the story have no sense.funkyzoom

OMG! The PC version of Splinter Cell Double Agent doesn't have cutscenes? That's ridiculous! But I did play that game when it was released, and I don't remember cutscenes being removed, although I'm not sure about it.

[QUOTE="Bikouchu35"]

I don't really play the bonus missions much, some of them tend be hard base on my experience with gta in general.

Though gta 4 is like the rest it isn't very hard at all. It won't be like those new games nowadays where you get 1000x checkpoint, but again is relatively on the easier side for the main mission like the past gta 3,vc, lcs, etc. Never beat episodes, but they added secondary objectives which can be frustrating.

Even my friend who isn't great at games beat it in a week or so. I think is worth playing to get you geared up for 5 imo. The game is fairly long and I felt the story doesn't really pick up until the end where it ends in a bang thats where it gets good.

funkyzoom

Geared up for 5? Well.....GTA V hasn't been announced for PC. I know that many previous GTA games were released late for the PC, but I have a sickening feeling that Rockstar might give PC gamers the cold shoulder with GTA V. They did the same thing with Reed Dead Redemption. I really shudder to think if GTA IV indeed turned out to be the last GTA on PC, especially since the next gen consoles are being released this year.

It's so cheap there's no reason not to

If you're talking about worth playing because the PC version is a horribly optimized piece of sh*t, then no, it's not worth playing on the PC.

If you're talking about worth playing because the PC version is a horribly optimized piece of sh*t, then no, it's not worth playing on the PC.

airshocker

Got this on steam due to the sale, even after a few years its still an epic game, runs really well on modern machines. Really highly recommended. 

Yeah man, just go for it. It's really good game. I just bought GTA complete pack on steam (7,5 euro for all GTA games with expansion packs) and playing it on PC. Controles are fishy but not deal breaking.

Only problem i have is with main character. Off all the serbian people in the world and developing money that rockstar have, they could not find anyone who can speak proper serbian (because some of his words are not even serbian)? Also his english-serbian accent is not even close.

Yeah man, just go for it. It's really good game. I just bought GTA complete pack on steam (7,5 euro for all GTA games with expansion packs) and playing it on PC. Controles are fishy but not deal breaking.

 

Only problem i have is with main character. Off all the serbian people in the world and developing money that rockstar have, they could not find anyone who can speak proper serbian (because some of his words are not even serbian)? Also his english-serbian accent is not even close.

Boris_Lion_SLO

Why is that? You can't understand his serbian dialect anyway and his english-serbian accent in game is more anoying than any other.

Authenticity is nice, but it's only good to spice things up, Eastern European, Western Asian languages and Russian, also Chinese (except being a bad and mediocre game overall, I despised Sleeping Dogs for its authenticity) are not easy on the ears, even languages considered to be melodious, like Italian, Spanish and French can be very annoying if overdone (like AC 2 is for quite a lot of the duration of the game, where the developers wanted to add a lot of authenticity, which reminds me of the disaster that was AC 3 with their excessive Indian and bad accents), the entertainment world knows this, that's why what happened with Niko is present in all media, be it games, movies or music.

In general, console ports are terrible unless you use a console controller on your PC. If that's the case, go for it I guess? But yeah, PC gamer here. I don't play games that aren't designed specifically to take advantage of my superior hardware.SKaREO

[QUOTE="SKaREO"]In general, console ports are terrible unless you use a console controller on your PC. If that's the case, go for it I guess? But yeah, PC gamer here. I don't play games that aren't designed specifically to take advantage of my superior hardware.kraken2109

It's one of the best games released this generation. You should absolutely play it.

Definitely.

Although, it's the most disappointing GTA game in the series in my opinion. Absolutely not worth the 10/10 score here at GameSpot at all. But it's still a great game.

Definitely.

Although, it's the most disappointing GTA game in the series in my opinion. Absolutely not worth the 10/10 score here at GameSpot at all. But it's still a great game.

Cyberdot

I could not agree more.

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Definitely.

Although, it's the most disappointing GTA game in the series in my opinion. Absolutely not worth the 10/10 score here at GameSpot at all. But it's still a great game.

_SKatEDiRt_

I could not agree more.

I agree. But for some reason, the aim feels a bit awkward compared to other PC shooters. I love GTA games, totally. After playing them on the Playstation and the PC, my opinion is that they are better played on consoles, despite that shooters are generally better to be played with a mouse and keyboard. That's just my 2c, though.SKaREO

Yeah. Get the dlc too, it's some of the best dlc ever made in my opinion.