Grand Theft Auto=overrated IMO

Seriously, I can't see what people find so great about it. It's fun for 10 minutes, then it gets really old. I think the producers are riding an awful lot on their reputation. I just don't really like it. It feels pretty uninspired, seeing as GTAIV felt to me about the same as GTAIII/Vice City. They can add all the "realism" they want, but the formula's kind of stale, and am I the only one who finds the bikes and cars a little loose? What happened to innovation in games? I mean, it's not like GTA's as bad as Guitar Hero for this, it's just it would be nice if some older concepts got brought back. Picture GTA fused with the fast-paced run and gun action of Contra. Wouldn't that be good?

Agreed. These games bore me. And they give me motion sickness due to the hyper-low frame rate which is attempted to be covered up by really bad motion blur.

Some people don't like GTA and I can see why. Because all the people who talk about the games all talk about "ZOMGZ I GOTZ A TANKZ WEPONS". I play the missions all the way through and then get bored. Although GTA lost and damned will have me dusting off GTA 4.

My favorite GTA is San Andreas. No matter how many Grand Theft Autos come out, I'll still play through San Andreas every summer. I'm really nostalgic for GTA SA. I played GTA : SA and Streets of Rage every day in the summer of 2006.

The reason I love GTA is because that even though the gameplay is the same, the landscape and issions are brand new. I mean, if you're going to bitch about GTA, you might aswell bitch about the NES Mega Man's (1 through 6) or Mario Bros. (1 to 3)

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Originally Posted by KenshiroX

Picture GTA fused with the fast-paced run and gun action of Contra. Wouldn't that be good?

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good on paper, bad execution.

I enjoyed both Vice City and San Andreas, but GTA IV bored me. I hated how they went with a more realistic approach. It zapped out all of the fun and it became a chore to play. I think I traded it in after a week of owning it.

The series has gotten stale and I don't think that there is anything they can do to make it fresh again. It's time to put it to rest, but I know they won't as long as it keeps raking in cash.

I remember it was really shocking when III came out. The thing feel very stale now. Sort of the same feeling I had for SFII about a year or two after it came out.

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Originally Posted by KenshiroX

Seriously, I can't see what people find so great about it. It's fun for 10 minutes, then it gets really old.

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That's exactly my opinion too!

I start the game, then I drive around a little, get out of the car, start beating people on the streets, rob a bike and keep on beating people and running from the cops until I'm arrested. And that's it, there's nothing more for me in this game. :?

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Originally Posted by drewza89

I hated how they went with a more realistic approach.

The series has gotten stale and I don't think that there is anything they can do to make it fresh again.

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You say they went with a new approach then you say the series is stale?

I like GTAIV, playing in free mode with a load of friends has given me hours of fun.

I never played GTA as a game, in fact, I refuse to play any more missions than it takes to unlock all of the areas.

For me, the whole point of Grand Theft Auto is making your own fun, like I used to do with the original game's DOS demo with a no time limit crack. I would spend hours on my dad's laptop lining up busses and tankers and then opening fire with the machine gun and getting the cops mega pissed. Then I would jump in the nearest sports car and drive as fast as I could, hitting the handbrake on every turn, until the cops set up roadblocks and gunned me down. No matter how many times I did it, it never got old. If you try to play Grand Theft Auto like you play Final Fantasy, you are missing the point and it won't be fun. Its not about story, its not about leveling up, its about doing whatever the hell you want for the first time in video game history. I don't play it much anymore, but for about 3-4 years straight I would play that game for hours every weekend. I still love it, but I won't be buying any new installments unless there is a serious change.

For those looking for Contra meets Grand Theft Auto, there is a game called "Mercenaries" that is kind of like that for PS2 and XBOX. I didn't play it for very long, but its seemed like a more linear Grand Theft Auto (take any vehicle, but more straightforward landscapes).

Grand Theft Auto is the RPG for people that don't give 2 fucks about listening to some convoluted melodramatic storyline and just want to snipe a random dude on the street and then run someone over in an ice cream truck and then run from the cops until they gun you down. Ahhhh, so fun.

I used the time limit demo as a game itself. Kill as many people/do as much damage before the timer runs out. Except you cannot get busted or killed.

I used to piss the cops off till they set up roadblocks, steal a bus, and plow through roadblocks at full speed.

In "Vice City" after I'd officially got 100%, I'd do a bunch of dumb shit just to see if I could. I'd piss the cops off till wanted level 4 or 5 then RUN around the city ducking into alleys and shooting down the helicopter. I think I managed to circle the city 2-3 times before getting killed.

I remember discovering that you could get the tank to speed up & jump long distances by firing the turret backwards.


The only thing I hated about VC was that the place was too small and that there weren't more places to go/do to goof off. And the fact you couldn't swim.

GTAIII and Vice City were okay, but they really didn't hold my attention for long. San Andreas and GTAIV are a totally different story though; there was so much more to do in those games.

GTAIV is the only game in the series that I've completed and I might go back to San Andreas, because I'd bought it when the Xbox was pretty much dead.

I liked the first one the most. Played it on the PC when it first came out. Great stuff & innovative.

Some of the most "meh" games for me... my brothers go crazy over the game though...

I approve this thread, GTA is crap. There is nothing good about it, the graphics, the story, the design, the music... Nothing. It is probably the worst video game series together with Mortal Kombat, Guitar Hero, Compendium of Final Fantasy VII, Halo, John Madden Football, Gears of War, Street Fighter II etc.

Zebbe: joking or serious?

I've played hours and hours in GTA: SA and GTA: IV. Once you first start playing GTA, it's fun in some hours but it won't take long until you're tired at the gameplay. But if there's something good with the games, it's the music when you're driving. It's atleast music with origina and well known artists.

Another problem I have with the games (except for GTA: 4) is the polices. Once they started to hunt you, it goes on and on and on and they won't stop. It's just way too annoying that it really takes long time to get away from the people who wants to stop you.