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[Zombie James]

As amazing as it is, it's not perfect. In fact, some of it's pretty damn annoying! Here are some issues that i've run into (no spoilers or TEH SYSTEM WARZ, please!):

1. The GPS. It makes learning the city's layout harder because you're always looking at it. Good thing you can turn it off.
2. Too many calls. Too many times have I wanted to do something specific and on my way there i'll get a call or text message asking me to do something else. My map has too many icons.
3. Hanging out. Building friendships is cool and all but it gets repetitive.
4. No on-screen clock. "Pick up Roman by 10:00AM"... ok, so what time is it now? Oh, I have to pause the game every time I want to check the time now? Fuck off.
5. You can't run while talking on the phone. I was running from the police, answer a call, and then Niko starts casually walking. The cops catch up and I miss the call.
6. My controller, it's supposed to rumble. You vibrate when you get laid but not when you crash head-first into a concrete divider.

 

[RiskyChris]

Worrying about pissing off my girlfriend in GTA4 by ignoring her calls reminds me too much of pissing off my girlfriend irl by ignoring her calls this week while I play GTA4.

 

[Stumpokapow]

two billion threads about it

 

[rod]

geeeee teeeee ayeeeeeee

 

[SmokinGunZ1981]

As amazing as it is, it's not perfect. In fact, some of it's pretty damn annoying! Here are some issues that i've run into (no spoilers or TEH SYSTEM WARZ, please!):

4. No on-screen clock. "Pick up Roman by 10:00AM"... ok, so what time is it now? Oh, I have to pause the game every time I want to check the time now? Fuck off.

Just bring up your phone it has the time on it.

 

[Justin]

All the threads.

 

[Nemo]

The way Niko walks. Seriously, WTF.

 

[Septimus]

I hope there is a hidden handling code like in the other games...

 

[Salazar]

I bought it expecting to trade it after a while. Now I'm going to have to keep the son of a bitch. So much fun, and I've hardly even stepped off the goddamn porch. I want RPG devs to watch what this game does - it has a society, not just a population.

 

[funkmastergeneral]

if you want to know the time just pull up your phone

 

[Y2Kev]

As amazing as it is, it's not perfect. In fact, some of it's pretty damn annoying! Here are some issues that i've run into (no spoilers or TEH SYSTEM WARZ, please!):


5. You can't run while talking on the phone. I was running from the police, answer a call, and then Niko starts casually walking. The cops catch up and I miss the call.
.

DEAD RISING STRIKES AGAIN

GTA: OTIS

 

[Dark Octave]

two billion threads about it

Ha!

 

[RiskyChris]

if you want to know the time just pull up your phone

Holy shit, just like in real life! :lol

 

[Zombie James]

Just bring up your phone it has the time on it.

Hmm, never noticed.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

close quarters control. Niko can't turn on a dime, plus I always fucking hit the L3 button to crouch on accident, so chasing someone down an alley is always a pain in the ass.

That won't stop me from putting 100+ hours into the game.

Everything else works great. I'd give it a 10 (no, not perfect, but its better than the sum of its parts). Can't wait to open up the rest of the map.

 

[oldschlgmr]

People that bitch about the graphics...

 

[birdman]

DEAD RISING STRIKES AGAIN

GTA: OTIS

"Hey! It's rude to hang up on people!"

"As I was saying..."


Damn you Otis.

 

[inner-G]

I wish the phone was easier to read. Needs more contrast or something.

(Even on a HDTV)

 

[Cheeto]

Peer to Peer multiplayer

 

[SMZC]

The controls and camera. What's the point of letting you control the camera with the right stick if it is going to reset its position whenever you move? And why do I have to hold X in order to run? If I wanted to walk, I should be able to do that by slightly moving the analog stick.

 

[Beaulieu]

I wish the phone was easier to read. Needs more contrast or something.

(Even on a HDTV)

I dont understand this.

I have no problem whatsoever with the phone, but everyone keeps bitching about this.

The problem I do have and that no one else seems to have is that I cant see shit on my radar. The icons are way too small. I always have to bring up the map and zoom on it to see what the icons are representing.

That really sucks. Especially in MP.

 

[TheGreatDave]

No checkpoints.

 

[Nemo]

The controls and camera. What's the point of letting you control the camera with the right stick if it is going to reset its position whenever you move? And why do I have to hold X in order to run? If I wanted to walk, I should be able to do that by slightly moving the analog stick.

Also, this. A patch seriously needs to come for the camera reset thing.

 

[AstroLad]

The problem I do have and that no one else seems to have is that I cant see shit on my radar. The icons are way too small. I always have to bring up the map and zoom on it to see what the icons are representing.

That really sucks. Especially in MP.

No it's hard to make things out on the map. Especially, e.g., weapons in multi. Like you I haven't had problems seeing anything else, including cell phone text.

 

[Unison]

The soundtrack, the melee combat, the map interface, the low quality of the cutscenes, the load times, the pop-up, the low framerate....

Plenty not to like here...

 

[jjasper]

The controls and camera. What's the point of letting you control the camera with the right stick if it is going to reset its position whenever you move? And why do I have to hold X in order to run? If I wanted to walk, I should be able to do that by slightly moving the analog stick.

This. Plus I am pretty disappointed so far in the soundtrack and of course the freezing.

 

[krypt0nian]

The Clothing interface is archaic. Its been done so many time so much better in other games.

Other than that, I'm in love.

 

[Kintaro]

The controls and camera. What's the point of letting you control the camera with the right stick if it is going to reset its position whenever you move? And why do I have to hold X in order to run? If I wanted to walk, I should be able to do that by slightly moving the analog stick.

Both of these points. The controls/camera seriously piss me off.

 

[longdi]

Is it me or the audio quality very low fi, like they use 128kbps mp3, wtf man, this is next gen!

 

[slewis7]

The lighting at night is too dark for me.

 

[RiskyChris]

Crackdown had a better on-foot control system.

 

[inner-G]

I dont understand this.

I have no problem whatsoever with the phone, but everyone keeps bitching about this.

The problem I do have and that no one else seems to have is that I cant see shit on my radar. The icons are way too small. I always have to bring up the map and zoom on it to see what the icons are representing.

That really sucks. Especially in MP.

When I look @ the phone screen from my couch, it looks like one gray square.

I have to lean fwd and squint to make it out. It's like Gray on Dark Gray.

(I have 20/10 vision FWIW)

 

[Dead Prince]

Is it me or the audio quality very low fi, like they use 128kbps mp3, wtf man, this is next gen!

space man space.

 

[lionelhutz]

I'm not a fan of the soundtrack in this version, the car cameras, the car handling seems to be worse, and it's really hard for me to tell what the buildings are on the side of the road. In previous version it was easy to see "AMMO" on the side of the building. I find myself just relying on GPS.

 

[Unison]

Crackdown had a better on-foot control system.

No doubt... as I feared, it's kind of hard to go back to controlling a slow, earth-bound GTA character after the kind of freedom and jumping ability that Crackdown offered.

 

[CurlySaysX]

Shitty, unacceptable frame-rate.

 

[batbeg]

two billion threads about it

.

There are currently 9 threads on the front page alone, over half of which could go into the official thread (like "Things you DON'T like about GTA IV" - CAUSE YOU COULD NEVER TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE OFFICIAL THREAD NUH-UH, NO WAY!).

 

[RiskyChris]

No doubt... as I feared, it's kind of hard to go back to controlling a slow, earth-bound GTA character after the kind of freedom and jumping ability that Crackdown offered.

Well, I mean, besides that freedom the actual movement of the character w.r.t. the camera system is retarded. It feels like playing fucking RE1 compared to RE4:Wii.

 

[AstroLad]

Is it me or the audio quality very low fi, like they use 128kbps mp3, wtf man, this is next gen!

I noticed that too. The dialogue quality seems really bad at times. Almost makes me wish I was just running the sound through my TV so it would be less noticeable. Dialogue volume issue mentioned earlier doesn't help things. fwiw this is all just nitpicking as i quite like the game.

 

[eviltasan]

Night time was seriously dark until i cranked up brightness/contrast from the default settings.
Just me?

 

[industrian]

The fact that I have to wait another week for it. Then again that's the price I pay for importing the Amazon exclusive Special Edition.

 

[Thrakier]

Shitty, unacceptable frame-rate.

This. The same shit like in San Andreas and no fucking review is mentioning it. Are you kidding me!???

 

[RiskyChris]

I noticed that too. The dialogue quality seems really bad at times. Almost makes me wish I was just running the sound through my TV so it would be less noticeable. fwiw this is all just nitpicking as i quite like the game.

Yeah, GTA4 is a great example of a 10-is-not-perfect case. The game will likely remain above even OOT for me, but there's always flaws. OOT had tons of flaws too.

 

[jakncoke]

The brakes are terrible.

 

[cordonbleu]

Not able to enter more buildings, lack of use of Car Boots, chains setup ala Cluckin Bell and Burger Shot like the fuel stations and banks, and they are not used?

Other then that, its fantastic.

 

[Y2Kev]

I haven't played it yet, but this kind of reminds me of when MGS3 came out. I picked up the controller and I was like GODDAMNIT WHY DO THEY STILL NOT GET IT.

Are the controls that bad?

 

[NTom64]

The fact that I don't own it yet

 

[Unison]

I haven't played it yet, but this kind of reminds me of when MGS3 came out. I picked up the controller and I was like GODDAMNIT WHY ARE DO THEY STILL NOT GET IT.

Are the controls that bad?

If by "that bad" you mean largely the same, yes.

 

[longdi]

space man space.

Should have give ps3 users higher bitrate patch, what is the use of all those soundtrack when they sound so flat.

 

[MrCompletely]

1. The GPS. It makes learning the city's layout harder because you're always looking at it. Good thing you can turn it off.

I had this exact problem in saints row, never really learned the city because I was being guided the whole time. I'm definitely turning it off.

2. Too many calls. Too many times have I wanted to do something specific and on my way there i'll get a call or text message asking me to do something else. My map has too many icons.

You can disable your phone so that the plot doesn't progress, and people won't 'need' you without your discretion.

4. No on-screen clock. "Pick up Roman by 10:00AM"... ok, so what time is it now? Oh, I have to pause the game every time I want to check the time now? Fuck off.

I think you can check the time on the phone; there's usually ample time to reach your destination.



In the beginning I thought combat was way too easy. Then I disabled auto-aim, it really changes the dynamic of the gunfights. I recommend it for added challenge.