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Assuming you enjoyed GTA IV, it's worth it.Korten12 said:
Both cut to the chase a hell of a lot faster than GTA IV did. The Ballad Of Gay Tony is my favorite of all the GTA IV stories. The main story and The Lost & The Damned both have a self-doubting hero who kills hundreds, but endlessly whines about. While in Gay Tony, you're a guy who is willing to do anything to escape a dead-end life... he's not a psychopath, but if living the good life requires killing a couple of hundred bad guys standing in his way, then he doesn't have a problem with it.
Anyway, two good sized campaigns that eliminate a lot of the annoyances of the original... i.e. no fat cousin calling you up for man-dates.
Very little customization in the main game. You can buy clothes, but I rarely bothered unless it was required for a mission.
So, since you've not played GTA IV before, I'll list the basic pros and cons of it.
Pros:
-Liberty City is amazing and there's quite a lot to do it. Beyond the missions, there's bowling, pool, an arcade game, air hockey, yadda yadda yadda.
-The stories are all quite involving. Unlike previous GTA games, it plays more like a crime tragedy, with the hero being pulled back into his old life to settle old scores.
-lots of great TV and radio to listen to.
Cons:
-"Nico, let's go down to the titty bard." The friendship/dating system in the main game is annoying as hell. In order to get the perks of any particular person (such as curb-side weapon deliveries), you have to take them out until they like you... then you have to keep doing it so they don't stop liking you. The add-ons feature the same mechanic, but it's completely optional.
-Lots of people don't like the car handling (raises hand). Once you get the hang of them, you can pull off a couple of neat tricks, but you have to train yourself not to touch the handbreak, which usually just put you into an uncontrolled spin.
-The main game probably takes about six hours to really get going. Up until then, you're basically in tutorial mode, sometimes learning skills that you'll never have to use (such as fist fighting or throwing objects). Once it gets going, it's quite good.
-No checkpoint system in the main game... this can be really frustrating when a mission requires you to drive half-way across town to pick up a vehicle, then drive back to actually start the mission. If you fail, prepare to drive halfway across town to pick up the required vehicle, before driving back to start the mission.
I personally enjoy Saints Row a lot more than GTA IV, because it's such over-the-top fun; but there's no denying that GTA IV is a really good game.
So, since you've not played GTA IV before, I'll list the basic pros and cons of it.
Pros:
-Liberty City is amazing and there's quite a lot to do it. Beyond the missions, there's bowling, pool, an arcade game, air hockey, yadda yadda yadda.
-The stories are all quite involving. Unlike previous GTA games, it plays more like a crime tragedy, with the hero being pulled back into his old life to settle old scores.
-lots of great TV and radio to listen to.
Cons:
-"Nico, let's go down to the titty bard." The friendship/dating system in the main game is annoying as hell. In order to get the perks of any particular person (such as curb-side weapon deliveries), you have to take them out until they like you... then you have to keep doing it so they don't stop liking you. The add-ons feature the same mechanic, but it's completely optional.
-Lots of people don't like the car handling (raises hand). Once you get the hang of them, you can pull off a couple of neat tricks, but you have to train yourself not to touch the handbreak, which usually just put you into an uncontrolled spin.
-The main game probably takes about six hours to really get going. Up until then, you're basically in tutorial mode, sometimes learning skills that you'll never have to use (such as fist fighting or throwing objects). Once it gets going, it's quite good.
-No checkpoint system in the main game... this can be really frustrating when a mission requires you to drive half-way across town to pick up a vehicle, then drive back to actually start the mission. If you fail, prepare to drive halfway across town to pick up the required vehicle, before driving back to start the mission.
I personally enjoy Saints Row a lot more than GTA IV, because it's such over-the-top fun; but there's no denying that GTA IV is a really good game.
I do not care for that game at all. The multiplayer was not fun, but mainly because I don't like how the game plays. The cars are not fun to drive. The story takes itself too seriously, at the sacrifice of fun. Its a mundane game. You are better off buying Saints Row 2.
This today I loaded the game, waited about for a text message and a phone call giving me a marker across the city, got a taxi to save time, get in car with two charachters (trying to avoid any spoilers), follow another car across city, kill a load of people working up to and through a building, get on a motorbike to chase a boat, drive up ramp and jump off bike to grab on to helicopter, hammer x over and over to climb up helicopter, chase boat shooting it with miniguns, message comes up to fly lower, I accidentally land in the water... swim to land so I can reload mission [at the point where I failed the mission continues with you following boat until you get to land, shoot a load of people including FINALLY the antagonist.]Netrigan said:
This is a longwnded but minor complaint, the mission in itself is fun but like TLaTD no mid-mission checkpoints so frustrating as hell.
The game is hugely immersive with a hugely impressive city. I found the story engaging and Nico a sympathetic complex character.
I loved the more down to earth missions, I thought it suited the sombre tone of the game but some people prefer the more outlandish mission of Saints Row 2 (and TBoGT which answered a number of criticisms including over the top missions and mid mission checkpoints).
I'm playing through the main story for the third time (completed it once on PS3 and once on the 360.) In my opinion the best game of this gen and a toss up between GTA IV and Vice City for the best game ever. Ten dollars is an absurdly good price.
It's a fun game, if you don't mind the odd bit of grind and bore, but once you become friends with people, the benefits are very useful, and the missions are fun once you get past the opening tutorial section.
It all depends how you like your games; if you like them incerdibly over the top, constant action then in some parts you will be dissapointed. But ifyou like a bit of between mission pacing as well, then it is very good.
It all depends how you like your games; if you like them incerdibly over the top, constant action then in some parts you will be dissapointed. But ifyou like a bit of between mission pacing as well, then it is very good.
