IV (aside from the crappy optimization wtf)

san andreas

San Andreas

It redefined what a game can be

>>694029478
Cheapest bait I've seen for ages, I had to respond

>>694029590
A lot of people say this but I also felt the gameplay was jagged and lacking. Why do you think it was the best?

4 is the best

a mix of SA and V would be great

>>694029766
Seriously. I feel that IV was underrated.

>>694029858
What do you think the perfect mixture of the two would contain?

>>694029478
GTA 2 was my favourite. Obviously it's eclipsed graphically but it was a cool game.

>>694030062
V was waaaay to easy and had kind of a dumb gameplay, rubber band AI etc. graphics was great though.

>>694030062
It should be like V but with a shitload of cheats like SA

GTA V kicked some ass.

>>694030350
I get what you mean. I thought the game mechanics in early GTA titles made certain mission overly difficult but with V I never had this problem as it was overly simplified. A midpoint would be ideal.

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Vice city because of the soundtrack. I love me some 80's pop. Flash.FM was my jam

>>694029478
Personally I'd say San Andreas, for many reasons.

The production value was tremendous, with the celeb voice actors, charismatic characters , character arcs, settings.

I'd also say with gameplay, there was so much to do in that game, GTA V I'd say narrowly beats it with content.

One of the things I think San Andreas did great was make such a small map (in today's standards) felt like a living, breathing environment.

That's just my view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF3yrdv3eY8

(link unrelated just something funny I found in a thread tonight, kek)

>>694030351
So you liked the overall feel of GTA V but you would like the option to have some wackiness via cheats like some of the older titles?

>>694030690

vice city was great until you left the car. SA was a real improvement there.

>>694030723
I agree with all of the above points but at the same time feel that the limitations of 2004's hardware meant San Andreas wasn't at its full potential as the control system suffered and made actions such as shooting more complicated than it should have been.
e. g. Shooting in San Andreas: R1, left analogue and O.
Shooting in GTA IV: L1

>>694029773
different poster but the shittier gameplay was the charm for it for me. I guess it might be 'cause I grew up on it

San Andreas was the best.

Liberty City has the best theme track next to Vice City

>>694031637
Yeah although San Andreas is an amazing game I feel that people hold it high up because they grew up with it and therefore see it through some rose tinted nostalgia glasses. I say this as someone who has played all of the titles on their original release date.

>>694029478
GTA IV has more open buildings and things to do compared to gta v. GTA V needs an overhaul

>>694032270
will there be a story dlc for V?

>>694031969
I personally like the theme tracks of Vice City, San Andreas and IV as they give you a feel of the games atmosphere before you even play. Vice captured 80s perfectly, San Andreas captured 90s rap culture perfectly and IV captured the essence of the gritty tale of an immigrant trying to make it large in the land of opportunity.

In order, for me it goes

San Andreas > Vice City > GTA IV > GTA V > GTA 3 > PS1 games >Spin offs (liberty city stories etc)

>>694032343

Not confirmed but they'd be pretty dumb if not.

GTA 3 was based god

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>>694032565
I don't think it's likely this time around as the development team is really focusing on the online prospects of the game but that being said if story DLC where to be created you would likely see it at the end if the Base games life cycle.

>>694032793
GTA III suffered greatly from motion blur and jagged gameplay in all aspects of its being. Plus I found the main protagonist Claude to be rather uninteresting. That being said the game does have a few redeeming features such as being the first truly 3d open world experience.

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San Andreas for sure!

I think most people who enjoyed vice city was partly cause of the soundtrack. I've heard lots of people say that it was real simple to pass the whole game

>>694033150
That has been heavily modded and unfortunately still doesn't live up to the graphics of it successors.

GTA III and San Andreas.

>>694033430
The soundtrack for this game was a big selling point. I distinctly remember trying to save Lance Vance fromantic Diaz and him dying without fail on the way to the hospital as you can imagine this was a pain in the ass.

>>694033556
What's your reasoning for this and how come you don't enjoy Vice City? Share your opinion.

>>694031631
I totally agree with that as well mate, good point

>>694034244
Thanks mate. For me it was always about the gameplay first and everything else second.

>>694032343
i think yes. it would be like printing money.

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>>694033462
Who cares about graphics? That thing is 12 years old, do you think any of the games you are playing today will look good 12 years from now?
GTA San Andreas was fun as hell and was the last GTA game to come in a full package, no DLC bullshit, no "updates", just an awesome game at the price of a game.
Some of the San Andreas feautures are not even topped by GTA 5, like the diversity of the landscape, the 3 cities, the gangwars to claim back your territories.
Man that game was EPIC back then, and still is in some degree.

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>>694029478
The one after part two and before part three, called it Driver and they have just been remaking it with better graphics every five years.

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Can someone please eloquently explain in what way Vice City is better than 3, as far as I can see motor bikes??? pretty cool but 60$ for motorbikes was a scam but EVERYONE loves Vice City and disregards 3,
Soundtrack? its not a fuckin musical its a GAME

here are tits for a well articulated reply to ease te genuine tension this causes me in GTA convos with friends

>>694035875
Graphics aren't my main peeve with San andreas. I understand this is a game you are fond of and therefore probably won't see what I'm trying to say but seriously look back at the story of San Andreas and tell me it's well written and thought of when compared to a more realistic story with IV. Also your argument of content is valid although I found it partially tedious with the gang wars become straight up repetitive. Still I respect what you are saying San Andreas was a masterpiece of its time I just don't think it holds up.

>>694036329
I liked 3 better, easier cheat codes, better weapon management, but Vice City had the Scarface theme which was kinda cool, but couldn't make up for the annoying weapon management.

GTA 4

>>694036329
In the best way I can put this GTA Vice City took what III had created and improved upon it with the addition of more vehicles a better selection of music, superior graphics and slightly better gameplay. Just my two cents on the matter. I played every title on its release date.

VICE FUCKING CITY

>introduced using motorcycle/helicopter/airplanes
>KILLER SOUND TRACK
>best story line
>Etc

>>694037074
$60 patch, cool.

>>694030690
Right? 3 showed us the new world, but Vice City showed us what it could do

>>694037091

the were motorcycles and helicopters in gta 1 dude.

San Andreas. Just the dynamic between all cities/parts of the game was enough for me. And it had the best music imo

>south central LA as Los Santos
>countryside
>San Fransisco as San Fierro
>Las Vegas as Las Venturas

>>694036096
I agree GTA3 was a Driver ripoff

>>694032834
GTA V has been available for almost three years now. I think story DLC for it is overdue.

>>694030690
still our favorite fucking music for me and the wife

>>694032793
It does have some of my best child hood memories.

>>694037286
Your statement isn't really well thought out or indeed valid as calling a brand new and improved game a 'patch' is as stupid as saying a remake is the same as a Remaster.

>>694029478
I actually enjoyed V the most. I really felt like the game mechanics were really fun and I enjoyed roaming and doing shit more than the other titles. Not that I didn't immensely enjoy the other ones, too. I played San Andreas and IV a lot.

San Andreas, GTA IV, Vice City, GTA V, GTA III

>>694037892
When I say end of its life cycle I assure I mean the time at which the buzz around the online modes functions wears down.

I find IV to be a better sandbox game as a whole; the driving mechanics (even better with realistic handling mod) and damage is fantastic. The cars were unpredictable in stunts and crashed... I'm sad that this ended with V, since cars can be controlled in car and no longer have that chaos of being a free physical object.

The Euphoria engine was way better in IV, too. V basically turned it into normal ragdoll.


>>694037637

Glad you pointed out that distinctions, don't think anyone ever realized it until now.

>>694029478
None, but then I lost interest in the series when I noticed videogames were, typically, just reskins of the same game with some better bling to keep people thinking it was new. So my opt doesn't rly matter.

Rockstar should be ashamed of GTAV, they spent almost 5 years on a game with an oversized map with almost nothing to do, then spent another 2 years to make doing nothing look pretty. Why can't they look at Bethesda to see how to make a game that has stuff to do in it?

>>694036329
Tommy Vercetti (Day Liotta) could speak
Claude couldn't.

>Get raped

4 for graphics and gameplay. 5 for physics. Vice City for story. San Andreas for fuck-around fun. London for nostalgia.