The radical jump in tone from San Andreas to GTA IV (Or lack thereof)

[KissofKetchup]

I was reading the article about how THQ isn't worried by GTA V's trailer and in the article it talks about GTA's radical shift in tone from San Andreas to IV. And that made me think that the shift in tone wasn't all that radical as everyone really made it out to be in my opinion. The dark humor was still there, the scathing social commentary intact, and the deep storyline filled with compelling characters was kept. The only radical difference in tone was in the visual department with the darker, gritty graphics.

Anyway that's just my opinion anyway.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

Well it was a bit more that the game was grounded in realism more, the driving was different (in my opinion better) The missions didnt have the crazy shit going on, and the storyline was a bit more serious.

Overall Im actually really happy about the changes they made, despite the fact that they got rid of a lot of the crazy balls to the walls missions, I didnt mind because most of those missions pissed me off to high hell due to being insanely difficult.

 

[TheEldestScroll]

yeah i definitely agree. gta will always be gta.