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    Grand Theft Auto IV

    Game » consists of 25 releases. Released Apr 29, 2008

    Take on the role of Niko Bellic, a Serbian immigrant who comes to the US at his cousin Roman's request, to find a better life, search for "that special someone" and participate in lawless activities in an upgraded generation of Liberty City.

    New mod makes this game look awesome.

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    Icemael

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    #51  Edited By Icemael
    @SeriouslyNow said:

    @Icemael said:

    @emem: I'm referring to how Niko controls like a tank ship riding a wheelchair.

    What's a tankship?

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    #52  Edited By SeriouslyNow

    @Icemael: You mean an oil tanker? Not sure which game you played but in GTA IV Nico arrives on a ship but doesn't control like one. All GTA games since 3 basically control the same.

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    #53  Edited By Getz

    Your wish has been granted, it's on sale right now

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    #54  Edited By Sooty

    It does look good but the game is still a terrible port. The guy that made this mod should have a crack at The Witcher 2.
     
    I wonder if they fixed this game for ATi cards yet. On my old 4870 the game would have a high framerate but still stutter and feel off, heard it does the same for many other models. It doesn't have that problem with Nvidia cards.
     
    Might have to give this a try on PC since I have GTA IV installed, I can get past the fact it's such a shitty port by brute forcing it with better hardware but I still feel that the game is way too much of a system hog for what it is.

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    #55  Edited By Icemael
    @SeriouslyNow: Yeah, tanker is another name for it.

    I seem to remember the movement controls in III being a little more snappy, but it's been a while  so I could be wrong. IV to me was just painful to play. I've had issues with the controls in all Rockstar games I've played, but that one took it to another level.
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    #56  Edited By emem

    @Icemael: Hm that's odd. Did you finish those games or stop playing them, because of the controls?

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    #57  Edited By Sooty

    The controls are fine but the game is a bit clunky and the driving is very weird. I think it just being clunky is the problem really.
     
    It's certainly no Just Cause 2 or Infamous, I hope V plays better! RDR was a step forward but still a little bit off.

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    #58  Edited By Chummy8

    Yeah, it looks better.  But it's not as if the game ever looked bad in the first place. 

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    #59  Edited By Icemael
    @emem: I haven't finished a single Rockstar game. Not purely because of the controls, but they certainly played a part.
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    #60  Edited By Emilbus

    This was the first Rockstar game i've played on PC and i really liked using keyboard+mouse combo for shooting and 360 controller for driving/travelling around.

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    #61  Edited By Heltom92

    Bought it in the steam sale, now I just need to work out what mods to get and how to install them.

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    Are you always contending with lens flares like that at night? That'd probably be a dealbreaker for me, with this mod. Seems like there's potential there for that to be rather irritating.

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    #63  Edited By xMP44x

    That is spectacular. He needs to be picked up by Rockstar for that work, because he could do some amazing things with Grand Theft Auto V when it releases. With the lens flare and other little features like that, it feels almost like the graphical style of Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days. I'm not saying that as a negative though because the visual style used for that game felt properly unique.

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    #64  Edited By clstirens

    God, some of these mods are amazing. good thing I bought a copy recently, I plan to test a few of these out.

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    #65  Edited By napalm
    @SeriouslyNow said:

    @Icemael: You mean an oil tanker? Not sure which game you played but in GTA IV Nico arrives on a ship but doesn't control like one. All GTA games since 3 basically control the same.

    I don't agree with that at all. The games before IV were much snappier and moved quicker. When you ran and turned, your character did it quickly. Nico controls like a tank. Just basic movement is slow and tedious and anything that involves staying behind cover in tight places so you don't die becomes a nightmare. I would have much preferred movement akin to San Andreas. They gave you more tactical ways to deal with encounters without feeling the need to shoehorn a cover system in, or drastically altering basic movement functions.
     
    That's great if some modders made the game look exponentially better, but it doesn't matter because they're still putting a spit-shine on a turd. 
     
    That's what I think, at least.
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    #66  Edited By hoossy

    the filters make it look like an HBO series.... I'm loving it! 
     
    I hope Rockstar takes note for number V

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    #67  Edited By Kyreo

    Wow. That looks fantastic.

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    #68  Edited By Three0neFive
    @Heltom92 said:
    Bought it in the steam sale, now I just need to work out what mods to get and how to install them.
    Hate to burst your bubble, but most mods won't work with the Steam version since they're built for an older version of the game and the Steam auto-patches.

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