GTA IV: Not very impressed.

[crazzyyfool]

OK, maybe its me but I picked up a copy of GTA IV and well I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. So much so that I find it unplayable.

What's with all the anti-aliasing all over the place - everything looks blurry and it really hurts my eyes after a bit. The graphics aren't that hot either with jaggies and glitches. Shadows look like they've shaded with a pencil and walls inside buildings look flat with no interactivity.

Everything is so dark at times it's really hard to see what you're doing and you get the feeling your just fumbling to accomplish something. The camera viewpoint is also annoying.

If you don't get to complete a particular mission, you have to start the whole section from the beginning. Its so frustrating at times. I literally cannot play this for longer than about 15 minutes before my eyes hurt and I get ****ed off.

Is it really just me or does anyone else feel the same? :blink:

[Prince Charming]

It's really just you.

[crazzyyfool]

It's really just you.

Thanks for that.

[Green_Eye]

I well and truly believe it is just you not that you are wrong but I see the problems you are mentioning and they are no where near making it unplayable let alone even come to the point where they diminish it as a truly great gaming experience it is.

My suggestion, sit further from the tv, that may be the problem secondly you failing a mission is not the games fault although a mission checkpoint system wouldn't have hurt...

It is a truly great game shame to hear you are having problems :(

[User6060]

This is by far the best game i've played in ages. Yes you do have adjust the contrast and brightness settings for day and night but i feel the game is almost perfect.

[Nighthawk-F117]

I agree to an extent, it's still not as good as GTA3 or Vice City; and the critics have been getting away from themselves. Because NO game should get 10/10: it would need to be perfect in every respect; which GTA4 certainly isn't.

I will say that after playing it for a few hours it gets better and is more fun.

[Kerm]

turn the brightness up in the options. Looks better for it.

*edit* And do you really care about some jaggies when you've got a game like this?

[The2]

Problem with blurry picture is easilly solved with 1080p Tv. Before, I was playing on a regular TV and it was shi**y

[FiREFLi]

Is it really just me or does anyone else feel the same? :blink:

I'll agree with you. I don't have a console to play it on but I've played the previous games a bit so was quite excited to see that improvements in IV and I saw it for the first time yesterday, on PS3, and the first thing I thought was that I was disappointed with the graphics, particularly the anti-aliasing, it looks terrible!

Now, I haven't played it at all and I was only watching for about 5 minutes so I don't know about it hurting my eyes but I have to agree that it looks a LOT less impressive than I was expecting!

[crazzyyfool]

I am on 1080p. Problem is, the PS3 version doesn't support 1080 even though it says so on the box. It's upscaled to 720p. I doubt that has anything to do with the anti-aliasing in the game though.

[Mike]

Yes the game is dark in buildings/under bridges/at night but that is why they invented colour controls both on TVs and in games. As for the camera I find it excellent, it is almost always behind the car/niko like it should be unlike Metal Gear Online that just seemed to stay at one angle no matter which direction I faced. If you're not happy with the camera, move the right analog stick and the camera will move, or, press R3 and the camera will reset (basically R3 will make you look behind while held so a quick press causes the camera to look behind then straight forward). Finally, failing a mission of course means you'll start from the beginning of the mission, after all in racing games you have to start a race again if your car is totalled :p

[crazzyyfool]

Yes the game is dark in buildings/under bridges/at night but that is why they invented colour controls both on TVs and in games. As for the camera I find it excellent, it is almost always behind the car/niko like it should be unlike Metal Gear Online that just seemed to stay at one angle no matter which direction I faced. If you're not happy with the camera, move the right analog stick and the camera will move, or, press R3 and the camera will reset (basically R3 will make you look behind while held so a quick press causes the camera to look behind then straight forward). Finally, failing a mission of course means you'll start from the beginning of the mission, after all in racing games you have to start a race again if your car is totalled :p

I shouldn't have to alter the TV brightness/contrast for one game, that means it will be out for everything else. I don't have to do it for every TV channel or DVD/BD movie or anything other game.

[krazycasey]

I think the graphics isn't superuber clear as we have expected to be, but still it's pretty impressive. If it does hurt your eyes, perhaps you guys sitting too close to the TV? I have the ps3 version coupled with Sony LCD TV and it looks pretty fine. Well asides from the occasional freezing bug, which is really annoying, the game is quite fun to play. I hope em fixes the bugs soon.

[Smigit]

I like it so far. Only thing I dislike atm are the controls for walking. It's my 1st GTA game on a console and I'd personally prefer it if the left and right was for straffing rather than turning like in FPS titles and the 2nd analogue controlled turning while on foot.

Besides that I like it, and I'm sure ill become accustomed to it.

Actually one other thing, I dont like having to hold "A" to run and tapping it to sprint. Thats what analogue sticks are there for, to provide different levels of sensitivity.

Not game breakers but.

edit: Mines a 360 version, but the complains in this topic could apply to either anyway I gather.

[Kudos Veteran]

I shouldn't have to alter the TV brightness/contrast for one game, that means it will be out for everything else. I don't have to do it for every TV channel or DVD/BD movie or anything other game.

Alter it in the game options, not on your display.

[|Rapture|]

Your critique: Not very impressed.

[Huleboeren]

I turned both brightness and saturation(?) to the max ^^

I agree, there should be some checkpoints every now and then..

I agree to an extent, it's still not as good as GTA3 or Vice City; and the critics have been getting away from themselves. Because NO game should get 10/10: it would need to be perfect in every respect; which GTA4 certainly isn't.

I will say that after playing it for a few hours it gets better and is more fun.

But no game will ever be perfect

GTA4 deserves a 10 just because of the huge amount of playing time and the replay value - add on top of that all the other stuff

[sundayx Veteran]

Your critique: Not very impressed.

QFTBBQ.

[Miuku.]

On a 55" HDTV the graphics are ridicilously blurry - they actually hurt my eyes. I've asked a few friends to look at them for a while and they complain exactly the same thing - this has absolutely nothing to do with the settings on the TV as the same issue crops up on 42" Philips, L?ewe and other televisions at work.

Of course the fanboys will go Q_Q THE GFX ARE FINE THE GAME IS PERFECT WAWAWAA. It's about as far from perfect as Uwe Bolls movies.

[Brodel]

I wasn't that impressed with the graphics either, jagged edges and plants popping up as you walk over them. I understand why though, because of the free playing nature of the game, the gameplay is great fun but I'll be waiting for the PC version anyway. I can't stand playing GTA with a pad.

[Sethos]

On a 55" HDTV the graphics are ridicilously blurry - they actually hurt my eyes. I've asked a few friends to look at them for a while and they complain exactly the same thing - this has absolutely nothing to do with the settings on the TV as the same issue crops up on 42" Philips, L?ewe and other televisions at work.

Funny, on my 42" Pioneer Plasma the picture is extremely crisp and looks beautiful - The game does have a stream engine which allows you to see individual pixels in certain scenes, mostly on shadows,

but that doesn't take anything away from the game.

[.KICK]

I too am in the same boat, it makes my eyes wierd and gives me headaches everytime I play especially at night. The blurryness and out of focus points just makes all screwy for me. This has truely affected the amount of time I have put into the game too :(

[popisdead uk]

Funny, on my 42" Pioneer Plasma the picture is extremely crisp and looks beautiful - The game does have a stream engine which allows you to see individual pixels in certain scenes, mostly on shadows,

but that doesn't take anything away from the game.

Which platform are you playing it on? The PS3 version is a little more blurry but it all comes down to preference. I actually prefer the PS3 look (and pad) so I play it more on the PS3.

The 360 is a lot sharper, but in my opinion too sharp and has far more jaggies.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

If this topic was about Vice City or San Andreas, then I'd 100% fully agree :p

[Sethos]

Which platform are you playing it on? The PS3 version is a little more blurry but it all comes down to preference. I actually prefer the PS3 look (and pad) so I play it more on the PS3.

The 360 is a lot sharper, but in my opinion too sharp and has far more jaggies.

I'm on the 360 version