Poll: GTA4... have you really played it?

[Rewdalf]

I've played through it twice.
The first time to complete the story, and the second time to really enjoy it.
And by really enjoy it, I mean walk to the missions, steal cars only when I really needed to, take strolls through Liberty City, hang out with friends...
I lengthened the story by about a day, but it was worth it.
To see all the sights, visit all the places, hear every pedestrian conversation, get completely immersed in the city.
It's a great game.

 

[Ladette]

I've played it enough to buy it rather than rent it. The story is okay, if a bit drab. The multiplayer is amazing if you're playing with friends. Helicopter jousts, racing at the airport, or just launching each other with the swingset of doom.

 

[DarkRyter]

Played it.

Love it.

Played it again.

Loved it some more.

Played DLC.

Loved that too.

 

[gphjr14]

If it wasn't for online free mode I'd say it was a piece of crap in comparison to its predecessors. PC mode with trainer is the only reason I still have it.

Ballad of Gay Tony was way better.

 

[GeneralSeasick]

I loved it,then my friendgot ahold of it and now we play the living hell out of it....Still love it, but i've just done everything...hunting the birds, Side missions, exploration, etc. etc.

I like the story, too.

 

[The Random One]

I did, so I could better say how awful it is.

The story was okay though.

 

[Snotnarok]

I beat it but quickly realized that the game fell far from GTAs more interesting days of being less serious.

I switched to Saints Row and never looked back.

 

[Nemesis729]

I started it, Couldn't finish it, It isn't the series I had a problem with, loved San Andreas, Just really didn't like the game

 

[Uncle_Brainhorn]

Played it. The gameplay itself is really good, but the story needs mention. I'll admit I don't generally play most games for the story. But GTA 4 had a fantastic story.
I remember when

Spoiler

Roman died

I actually cared, and after I beat it, I immediately restarted so I could make a different decision so

Spoiler

he

would live.

 

[SovietSecrets]

I played it all the way through and bought both the expansions for it so yes, I did like GTA 4.

 

[Okuu_Fusion]

Loved it, but it got boring real fast... Big, big city... not much to do...
Also...
Beat it maybe 3 times...
Only killed 299 flying rats...
Love playing BoGT multiplayer... for a few seconds till my screen freezes...

 

[Twilight_guy]

I'm sure it'd probably be entertaining but It's never really peaked my interest. I like being the ehro in games and GTA always seemed like a game where you somehow end up a bad guy no matter the choice.

 

[Vibhor]

Played it, story was quite enjoyable and engrossing.
The tutorial sucks because you cannot skip it and also "MY COUSIN! LET'S GO BOWLING!"

 

[Blemontea]

Played it beat hung around multiplayer for awhile saints row two came out and i moved on to bigger and better chaos.

 

[Randomperson9999999]

loved it i beat every thing and all the dlc and still play multiplayer

 

[Trolldor]

So we hear all the time about GTA4. In this weeks latest Extra Consideration, Yahtzee said "GTA4 was the biggest release of any form of media ever". Pretty big words for a game I've never played! Now, I did play GTA I, II, and III, and thats where my GTA experiences stop. Why? Just not my type of game I suppose. 3 was decent and all but I didn't think it was that special (tho I'll admit at the time it was pretty crazy).

Anyway there's still a ton of media about GTA4. It pops up in seemingly every "gaming culture" article/story.

So what I want to know is, who here has actually sat down on this game for more than 6 hours? And do/did you like it?

I've finished it maybe three or four times.
It's a 'big picture' game, if you want simple and straight-forward action you won't like GTAIV because there's too much of that story, characterisation and atmosphere thing in the way.

 

[crudus]

I played the game for a while. Maybe 8-9 hours. I stopped because I realized that I wasn't having fun. I was doing a story mission followed by a an hour of fucking around. I could never do more than 1 mission at a time.

 

[Tdc2182]

Borrowed it from a friend, twice.

Never got passed the first island either time.

Way to distracting and the motorcycle missions were rage inducing.

 

[Xrysthos]

Played it quite a bit, but I'm stuck on a helicopter mission that I can't seem to get past, so I've more or less given up on it. Not a bad game, as far as that goes, but not my favourite game ever either. I guess I'll give it another shot once I've finished my other games, and the ones I plan to purchase in the near future (Dragon Age 2 *cough*).