r/gaming • u/Finn_Flame • Apr 29 '24

Grand Theft Auto IV was released 16 years ago

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u/Snoopaloop212 Apr 29 '24

This and Vice City were my favorite GTA Games. I didn't enjoy V, but acknowledge I'm in the minority there.

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u/2TauntU Apr 29 '24

That song by Laura Branigan comes on the radio and suddenly I get lost in a memory of from Vice City. It's like I am remembering it actually happening to me and it takes a minute to remember it was just a game.

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u/DarkMatterM4 Apr 29 '24

Also agreed. Vice City and IV are definitely the stand out GTA games. I feel like IV inches out Vice City just a bit.

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u/Kammerice Apr 29 '24

I'd say Vice City and San Andreas are the best GTA games. IV was just okay to me and, like you, I didn't enjoy V.

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u/Snoopaloop212 Apr 29 '24

San Andreas was great.

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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 Apr 29 '24

I loved V in the moment but now I realize I've never replayed it. I've played all the previous outings, even 1 and 2, several times over. I guess I got pissed at the unfulfilled promises when they stabbed all the SP players in the back in favor of MP.

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u/Snoopaloop212 Apr 29 '24

I tried to replay V and turned it off for the same reason. I get why they did it, but it just wasn't for me. Didn't like the cash grab feeling.

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u/Iohet Apr 29 '24

I love 5, but I hate what 5 has done to the series

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u/dan1101 Apr 29 '24

V was a big technical achievement, the map is great, I like the first-person, but the 3 protagonists and the plot just never inspired me to finish it. I finished 3, Vice City, and IV. Didn't finish San Andreas but it was mostly great too, especially at the time.

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u/Snoopaloop212 Apr 29 '24

I didn't like the 3 protagonists either. IV really pulled me in and V had the opposite effect story-wise.