Worth playing GTA IV now?

90% of GTA consists of driving somewhere, then watching a cutscene then driving someone somewhere then watching a cutscene then driving them back to where they came from. Its almost like a taxi game. There are a few good missions but most of it is just escorting people around in your car. Ballad of Gay Tony is a thousand times better than vanilla GTA4.bonafidetk

90% of GTA consists of driving somewhere, then watching a cutscene then driving someone somewhere then watching a cutscene then driving them back to where they came from. Its almost like a taxi game. There are a few good missions but most of it is just escorting people around in your car. Ballad of Gay Tony is a thousand times better than vanilla GTA4.bonafidetk

Started playing the game yesterday. The shooting missions are enjoyable, but the driving missions are too damn frustrating mainly due to poor controls. When played with keyboard and mouse, the vehicles swerve out of control so easily. Thus far I'm able to complete shooting mission in the first attempt itself, but the driving missions are taking several attempts due to very poor handling and controls. The worst was Brucie's racing mission. It was so damn tough to drive while ensuring it doesn't swerve out of control. This game DEFINITELY needs a controller for the driving parts. Unfortunately, I'm kinda broke right now so unable to purchase a controller. :(

Use the brake/handbrake, problem solved, no idea how people have problems with the driving, it's by far the most enjoyable and easy to handle with a keyboard in the entire GTA series.DanielDust

Well.....I just tried driving on my friend's PC with his controller, and its MUCH MUCH easier.

Whether you use mouse and keyb or controller, the driving was a bit taxing at first, but once you get the hang of it and drive the nicer cars it was pretty sweet!

90% of GTA consists of driving somewhere, then watching a cutscene then driving someone somewhere then watching a cutscene then driving them back to where they came from. Its almost like a taxi game. There are a few good missions but most of it is just escorting people around in your car. Ballad of Gay Tony is a thousand times better than vanilla GTA4.bonafidetk

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]Use the brake/handbrake, problem solved, no idea how people have problems with the driving, it's by far the most enjoyable and easy to handle with a keyboard in the entire GTA series.funkyzoom

Well.....I just tried driving on my friend's PC with his controller, and its MUCH MUCH easier.

If you don't use a controller when piloting helicopters, GTA IV will give you nightmares.

Seriously, flying with kb/m is the worst.

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[QUOTE="DanielDust"]Use the brake/handbrake, problem solved, no idea how people have problems with the driving, it's by far the most enjoyable and easy to handle with a keyboard in the entire GTA series.SPYDER0416

Well.....I just tried driving on my friend's PC with his controller, and its MUCH MUCH easier.

If you don't use a controller when piloting helicopters, GTA IV will give you nightmares.

Seriously, flying with kb/m is the worst.

[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

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"]90% of GTA consists of driving somewhere, then watching a cutscene then driving someone somewhere then watching a cutscene then driving them back to where they came from. Its almost like a taxi game. There are a few good missions but most of it is just escorting people around in your car. Ballad of Gay Tony is a thousand times better than vanilla GTA4.donalbane

I recall a mission on san andreas where you get dropped in a ship without weapons, the option of course being to jump ship, obtain weapons, and then hop back in. The freedom of creativity for the missions is what make gta one heck of a sandbox game.

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[QUOTE="DanielDust"]Use the brake/handbrake, problem solved, no idea how people have problems with the driving, it's by far the most enjoyable and easy to handle with a keyboard in the entire GTA series.SPYDER0416

Well.....I just tried driving on my friend's PC with his controller, and its MUCH MUCH easier.

If you don't use a controller when piloting helicopters, GTA IV will give you nightmares.

Seriously, flying with kb/m is the worst.

OMG! You're scaring me! I thought driving with KB/M was hard enough, and now you say this! Are these helicopter missions mandatory or optional? If they're optional, I'll definitely skip them.

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Well.....I just tried driving on my friend's PC with his controller, and its MUCH MUCH easier.

funkyzoom

If you don't use a controller when piloting helicopters, GTA IV will give you nightmares.

Seriously, flying with kb/m is the worst.

OMG! You're scaring me! I thought driving with KB/M was hard enough, and now you say this! Are these helicopter missions mandatory or optional? If they're optional, I'll definitely skip them.

Most definitly!! Still 10/10 in my books. I plan on re-playing it in the coming months to prepare for V (My most anticipated game in 4 years)

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Well.....I just tried driving on my friend's PC with his controller, and its MUCH MUCH easier.

funkyzoom

If you don't use a controller when piloting helicopters, GTA IV will give you nightmares.

Seriously, flying with kb/m is the worst.

OMG! You're scaring me! I thought driving with KB/M was hard enough, and now you say this! Are these helicopter missions mandatory or optional? If they're optional, I'll definitely skip them.

You don't use them too much, but there are about 3 or 4 major chopper missions. One at the end, and a couple for the Paper company or whatever.

Definitely use a controller, it's possible to do it with kb/m, but yeesh... not nearly as easy as with a controller.

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"]90% of GTA consists of driving somewhere, then watching a cutscene then driving someone somewhere then watching a cutscene then driving them back to where they came from. Its almost like a taxi game. There are a few good missions but most of it is just escorting people around in your car. Ballad of Gay Tony is a thousand times better than vanilla GTA4.Jacanuk

Go for it. I bought it last October and had a blast with it. 

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If you don't use a controller when piloting helicopters, GTA IV will give you nightmares.

Seriously, flying with kb/m is the worst.

SPYDER0416

OMG! You're scaring me! I thought driving with KB/M was hard enough, and now you say this! Are these helicopter missions mandatory or optional? If they're optional, I'll definitely skip them.

You don't use them too much, but there are about 3 or 4 major chopper missions. One at the end, and a couple for the Paper company or whatever.

Definitely use a controller, it's possible to do it with kb/m, but yeesh... not nearly as easy as with a controller.

If you don't have a huge backlog and planning to spend about 5-8 hours with it then no. Otherwise, hell yeah!