I hated GTA 4 too, for the same reason as you and for the reason stated above. It just felt like a drab boring melodrama with unlike-able characters and shitty gameplay.Windcaler said:This might shock people but I only played GTA4 for about an hour before I put it down and never picked it up again. It played things way to straight for my taste. I havnt even touched GTA 5 either, Ive just got no interest in it after how seriously GTA4 played itself.
That said, for my gangster fun I sort of went over to Saints row the third, and only the third one. Ive never gotten around to playing the earlier ones but the fourth one took things to far in the other direction for my tastes. I like the silly gangster feel of Saints row 3 so thats been my preffered game for that genre since it came out and it continues to be my prefered silly gangster game. Im hoping Saints row 5 gets back to those roots
I guess what Im saying is neither extreme fits for me. A more balanced game is right where I want it to be.
You should try Saints Row 2, as it has a good blend of serious and over the top. Yes, it's obvious that you play a self serving raging psychopath. But he/she has a sense of humour and recognize what he/she is and that the world they live in is just as crazy as they are.
Heard the PC version is a bit crap though, so that's something to be wary of.