I don't like Grand Theft Auto IV all that much and I think its very noticeable flaws are very overlooked. amirite?

Your complaints are basically all related to playing the game in 2025 and not when it released

by tillman23 2 days ago

I felt like this at the time - the Ballad of Gay Tony was so much more fun than the main game

by Kundecade 2 days ago

It is a good DLC

by tillman23 2 days ago

You understand this game was released in 2008, right? It was a groundbreaking game 17 years ago. This is just a narrow-minded and unnecessary take.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

IV is my favorite one. Vice City is a close second. I've never understood why people don't like IV. Of course, I'm not able to articulate what it is I love so much about it, but there's just some kind of secret sauce that pushes the right buttons in my brain

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I'll admit the phone calls are annoying.

by ShotWatercress6948 2 days ago

I think it's a pretty fun game

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I mean they started development on this game two decades ago

by Feisty-Mail 2 days ago

Have you tried going bowling with Roman? Best part of the game

by Anonymous 2 days ago

It's 2025 and GTA VI is on the verge of releasing on the latest consoles. We're sorry that in this current day and age, a revolutionary game from a time long far and passed doesn't meet up to your expectations.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

All your complaints are the same ones people had pretty much when it came out. People like to look at it now with nostalgia goggles. But there is a reason they went so far in the other direction with gta v.

by bridgettekuvali 2 days ago

Played it back in the day. Ugly and repetitive. Sometimes I think people only like IV because of the rag doll physics…

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Grand Theft Auto IV was released 17 years ago... Maybe cut it some slack. I would say that it's enduring popularity and terrific sales numbers would suggest that this is in fact an unpopular opinion.

by harbereladio 2 days ago

I really enjoyed it, the city felt really immersive, the npcs were really cool, the music was bomb... i have a complaint though, lack of checkpoints for some missions was infuriating, but overall it was 9.5/10

by Same_Progress8407 2 days ago

Lemme elaborate my take a bit: First of all, just because a game is old and a product of its time, doesn't mean it shouldn't receive criticism. This is mostly because I've played games released before GTA IV that do a better job at a lot of things than in IV, in my opinion. And I'm only using V as a comparison because I believe it was an improvement, but if you want more; I feel better driving in old Vice City than IV, I feel better gunplay in Liberty City Stories, and I feel better story-telling in San Andreas. Sure, it was a pretty good, mind-blowing game at the time, but even still, most of the faults I see in it is not a product of time, and those that are, I understand. But just because it's old, doesn't mean I won't complain about this ugly ass gray filter everywhere. I get it's supposed to be a depressive setting, but this is just ridiculous. (I will say the euphoria physics are pretty cool and still hold up really well, though.)

by Beginning_Cover_2048 2 days ago

I wfh and like to have things on in the background. I watched a playthrough of the game on YouTube recently and felt the same way. Some of the stuff seemed cool for the time and the franchise as a whole (making choices that alter the story), but it definitely does not deserve some of the praise it gets, especially Nico's story.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I like shootouts and driving cars, but I think GTA 4 has a boring and repetitive mission design, and even the much-praised story is 70% boring, meaningless filler. But I like the TBOGT DLC because they've greatly improved the creativity of the mission designs.

by Dense_Salamander 1 day ago

This is why V is superior. Not that IV is bad, but because rockstar just got better, simple as that. People can say what they want and like what they want, but the sales PROVE V is better

by Anonymous 1 day ago

If sales mean quality then Ark is on the podium of the best games in history

by tillman23 1 day ago

lol you're saying ark made more money than GTA V?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

You said "sales" and I'm also not comparing Ark to GTA V lol Btw Ark is the 4th most sold game of all time

by tillman23 1 day ago

Copies difficult to compare across generations too, way higher video game ownership during V's era. I just don't like sales as a 1:1 quality metric tbh. I don't think Minecraft is the best game ever made. There are many arguments for why V is better than IV that have nothing to do with sales imo

by Feisty-Mail 1 day ago

4 is better cause i prefer that one. Lots of mental gymnastics going on there.

by Alexanne33 1 day ago

The sales do not prove that

by Anonymous 1 day ago

So you think Taylor Swift makes the best music because hers sells the most?

by Anonymous 1 day ago