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giving up that GTA
13 years ago
To be honest I had never really sat down and hammered through a gta game since vice city. I've been around since its inception and I had a lot of trouble even warming up to the 3d versions of the game. I mean, for me they were the last of the top down driving games. I really enjoyed them too.
Anyway, after warming up to the new ones after my play through of vice city I felt I had exhausted the fun out of the series. I fiddled around with four a bit on the company x-box, but I had not really played them. At least not with my usual fervor to crush the game into the ground.
I got myself a discount bin copy of gta4 and I was having a bit of fun driving around, but it didn't take long for me to figure out the sandbox was gone. Now you could get your butt into crazy places and guess what would always be waiting for me? Nothing. There is a butt load of nothing in this game. Even the mission system was turning me off.
So, it made me wonder what happened with San Andreas. So I acquired it legally of course. Of course. Annnyway after playing it a bit I can see where things went.
The music in the game is f-in awesome though. All sorts of stuff from my youth. Like rap when it didn't suck. I used to like rap. Then it seemed to be in competition with itself to be more 'gangsta' and yeah just turned to shit. Snoop dog is still my hero. He's even hosted some hardcore pornography.
So the issues. It was still nice and sandboxy. So that was nice. I even liked the rpg sorta stuff. However I found myself out of money quickly. So I was stuck doing a mission. I guess I was supposed to do some b&e but I could never find the proper truck. I ended up finding an ambulance, and 12 levels of picking up bleeding people later I had more money than I ever needed.
This filled me full of meh. Rockstar lost it's ability to scale. SA was were it happened. The game has lots of good points, but I really feel it's where the developers got bored. Stuff like picking clothing and crap never really mattered to me. Though I did have to spring for a Mr.T mohawk and beard. Never found myself a denim vest though. Which made me sad.
I just remember the thrill of eluding the police and driving like a maniac in crowded city streets. I guess for me the thrill really is gone.
Anyway, after warming up to the new ones after my play through of vice city I felt I had exhausted the fun out of the series. I fiddled around with four a bit on the company x-box, but I had not really played them. At least not with my usual fervor to crush the game into the ground.
I got myself a discount bin copy of gta4 and I was having a bit of fun driving around, but it didn't take long for me to figure out the sandbox was gone. Now you could get your butt into crazy places and guess what would always be waiting for me? Nothing. There is a butt load of nothing in this game. Even the mission system was turning me off.
So, it made me wonder what happened with San Andreas. So I acquired it legally of course. Of course. Annnyway after playing it a bit I can see where things went.
The music in the game is f-in awesome though. All sorts of stuff from my youth. Like rap when it didn't suck. I used to like rap. Then it seemed to be in competition with itself to be more 'gangsta' and yeah just turned to shit. Snoop dog is still my hero. He's even hosted some hardcore pornography.
So the issues. It was still nice and sandboxy. So that was nice. I even liked the rpg sorta stuff. However I found myself out of money quickly. So I was stuck doing a mission. I guess I was supposed to do some b&e but I could never find the proper truck. I ended up finding an ambulance, and 12 levels of picking up bleeding people later I had more money than I ever needed.
This filled me full of meh. Rockstar lost it's ability to scale. SA was were it happened. The game has lots of good points, but I really feel it's where the developers got bored. Stuff like picking clothing and crap never really mattered to me. Though I did have to spring for a Mr.T mohawk and beard. Never found myself a denim vest though. Which made me sad.
I just remember the thrill of eluding the police and driving like a maniac in crowded city streets. I guess for me the thrill really is gone.
