I think it's clearly the fact that gamers as a whole have lowered their expectations. The game is good, but is it really a 10/10? There are plenty of flaws in this game.
The only game I would ever give a 10/10 to was SMB3.
Amazing. This game simply blows away San Andreas.
Great. It's a significant step up from last gen.
Good. It's GTA with a high-tech paint job.
Not bad, but after Saint's Row I expected more.
Meh.
GTAIV is getting a lot of 10's in reviews. Is it really a huge step forward for GTA?
No gnus is good gnus.
I think it's clearly the fact that gamers as a whole have lowered their expectations. The game is good, but is it really a 10/10? There are plenty of flaws in this game.
The only game I would ever give a 10/10 to was SMB3.
It's a good game, from what I've played of Tain's I like it. But 10/10 is just bullshit hype.
People will be bored with it in a few weeks maybe a month.
I agree Thief. GOW is still getting played a ton by my buddies online and it's what, a year or so old now? I don't expect the same here.
People who only play offline games will probably be playing it for the next two years, or however long it takes for a sequel to hit.
There are a lot of those people, for some reason.
Good game, but it's a step backwards in too many ways for me to even consider it a 10/10 game.
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Let me rephrase by I think TNL will only be playing it for a few more weeks. Every now and then Chux will be like "Hey niggers, let's play some GTA4 online" and they will. But once TNL stops playing I generally stop caring.
Personally I think VC was really the game to compare IV to.
SA just did a lot of out there things because it had nothing new to bring to the table: jet pack, monster trucks, wilderness and some crazy missions about aliens and such. VC on the other hand took all the good things from III and then added in meaningful additions like the helicopters and motorcycles.
Not to mention that the world, characters, music and story of VC was better than both III and SA.
That being said I think GTA IV is the best game in the series by a large margin.
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