Poll: Best of the GTA series.
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For me, its between Vice City and San Andreas. The former because of its atmosphere, superior soundtrack and the fact that it was my first sandbox game so its impact was deeper, San Andreas for sheer scale and the amount of fun you could have.
Vice City. More style and substance than GTAIII, not as grey as GTAIV. GTA2 was good, but I would be lying if I said I missed the overhead view in these games.
Didn't play San Andreas until very recently, though even that was exclusively to mess around with the Touhou character mods. Not into sandbox games right now.
Didn't play San Andreas until very recently, though even that was exclusively to mess around with the Touhou character mods. Not into sandbox games right now.
From a gameplay perspective, San Andreas got it perfect, the level of customisation in that game was also bang on.
From an atmosphere perspective, Vice City hit all the right buttons for me. I still get a warm fuzzy feeling everytime I think about speeding down the sun drenched coast, with 'she sells sanctuary' blasting out of the radio.
GTA4 is still a great game, but dear lord, they done goofed on the car physics.
From an atmosphere perspective, Vice City hit all the right buttons for me. I still get a warm fuzzy feeling everytime I think about speeding down the sun drenched coast, with 'she sells sanctuary' blasting out of the radio.
GTA4 is still a great game, but dear lord, they done goofed on the car physics.
Vice City for music and atmosphere, San Andreas for gameplay and overall craziness, IV for story and the sheer amount of things to do.
Overall I think I like Vice City best. I don't want to know how much time I've spent with that game.
Overall I think I like Vice City best. I don't want to know how much time I've spent with that game.
GTA IV is my favorite game, of all time.
San Andreas is probably my second favorite.
Vice City is my third.
San Andreas is probably my second favorite.
Vice City is my third.
San Andreas for the full package hands down, I hate the whole retarded "gangsta" thing with a passion, but the game is so good you can just phase it out.
GTA4 surely has the best engine but they forgot we play these games for fun not boredom.
GTA4 surely has the best engine but they forgot we play these games for fun not boredom.
It really depends on how you look at it.
GTA2 was the first one I played, and I had a lot of fun on there - hell I bought it off Steam a couple of days ago and (even though for some reason it always crashes after about 20 minutes) it's still fun.
GTA3 was the first 3D one and thus always has a special place.
San Andreas, though, I think I had the most fun on. There was just so much to do, and the world was pretty massive.
And then GTA4 was still good - I like the driving mechanics a lot.
GTA2 was the first one I played, and I had a lot of fun on there - hell I bought it off Steam a couple of days ago and (even though for some reason it always crashes after about 20 minutes) it's still fun.
GTA3 was the first 3D one and thus always has a special place.
San Andreas, though, I think I had the most fun on. There was just so much to do, and the world was pretty massive.
And then GTA4 was still good - I like the driving mechanics a lot.
Best Protagonist = Nikko Bellic - One of my favourite game characters of all time. Unique, funny and badass.
Most interesting world = San Andreas - GTA IV's living, breathing detail of Liberty city was amazing, but San Andreas variety wins the day.
Best Atmosphere = Vice City - The cool, funky days of 80's Miami captured perfectally, and brought an unforgetable experience.
Best Soundtrack = Vice City - GTA IV dropped the ball on the music with too much hip hop / RnB etc. Vice City's 80's tunes were just awesome.
Best Overall = Personally, the next gen physics and graphics combination, combined with some unforgetable characters makes GTA IV the winner in my books. Roll on V!
Most interesting world = San Andreas - GTA IV's living, breathing detail of Liberty city was amazing, but San Andreas variety wins the day.
Best Atmosphere = Vice City - The cool, funky days of 80's Miami captured perfectally, and brought an unforgetable experience.
Best Soundtrack = Vice City - GTA IV dropped the ball on the music with too much hip hop / RnB etc. Vice City's 80's tunes were just awesome.
Best Overall = Personally, the next gen physics and graphics combination, combined with some unforgetable characters makes GTA IV the winner in my books. Roll on V!
The Vice City experience was far and away my favorite. It's the only one I actually finished on my first go (i.e. I didn't have to come back weeks/months later). After finishing IV i went back and played Vice City and San Andreas and whilst VC was a great experience, SA was a bit of a grind to get through.
San Andreas for me.
I had the most fun playing that. I used the jet pack so much I had the code engraved into my memory, it's gone now but still. I also remember hunting for big foot for hours because I heard a rumor, I was gullible.
Then it would be GTA VI, I loved Niko in it, and just generally everything about the game.
Except for "HEY COUSIN, WANT TO GO BOWLING?!"
I had the most fun playing that. I used the jet pack so much I had the code engraved into my memory, it's gone now but still. I also remember hunting for big foot for hours because I heard a rumor, I was gullible.
Then it would be GTA VI, I loved Niko in it, and just generally everything about the game.
Except for "HEY COUSIN, WANT TO GO BOWLING?!"
GTA IV, no question at all. While more custimization on a few things would have been very much appreciated, virtually everything else they added in was for the better and made it a brilliant experience. While a lot more of the radio was forgettable, they had the best classic rock station in any of the series, so it doesn't matter too much, and the improvements they had to both the shooting and driving were perfect, especially when put into free roam.
I honestly don't get people who moan about the cars suddenly being crap though. The majority of them felt different from one another, something that couldn't really be said for earlier installments, and had a bit of a learning curve to them. Once you started to get the feel of it though, it nailed the spot between a set of mechanics that allow for several options and one that isn't too complicated that you need to know it inside out in order to do it right. All people need is a bit of practice, and to not hold down the trigger all the time, especially when turning, and they'll realize that it's actually a very solid system that blows most others out of the water, especially Saints Row 2.
I honestly don't get people who moan about the cars suddenly being crap though. The majority of them felt different from one another, something that couldn't really be said for earlier installments, and had a bit of a learning curve to them. Once you started to get the feel of it though, it nailed the spot between a set of mechanics that allow for several options and one that isn't too complicated that you need to know it inside out in order to do it right. All people need is a bit of practice, and to not hold down the trigger all the time, especially when turning, and they'll realize that it's actually a very solid system that blows most others out of the water, especially Saints Row 2.
I loved Vice City personaly. I'm something of a 80's junkie so this was a pure overdose of fun for me to play. Nothing really beats crusing down the road at sun set with a full 80's soundtrack blaring as you sing along. 
It's the first sandbox game I've ever played so it will always be close to my heart.
It's the first sandbox game I've ever played so it will always be close to my heart.