GTA 4 or GTA 5 what is better?

[knighttime]

this has been debated before but i never asked but now im asking and i think GTA 4 is definitely better. GTA 5 is amazing but so is GTA 4. actually i love the entire GTA series.

[..:: eeZee ::..]

IMHO:
Single player:
GTAV is basically GTAIV+EFLC slammed into one game (3 protagonists and much of the new gameplay mechanics the DLC brought into GTAIV now Incorporated into GTAV), with better graphics, dumbed down physics and a less dramatic storyline (still fun, though).

Multiplayer:
GTAV = Elaborate, but, with a grind to hell economy, private sessions with friends is to be preferred.
GTAIV = Simple, straightforward and pretty much dead in comparison to GTAV:O, but, still fun.

[B Dawg]

GTA 4, easy. 5 is just too much of a downgrade in comparison to both 4 and San Andreas.

[Maeve]

GTA 5 is better imo

[StingingVelvet]

I prefer 4. Simpler gameplay, cooler location, better characters. GTA5 gets bogged down with silly side stuff and mechanics like San Andreas did, and Trevor is super annoying and not fun to play as.

[Lend_of_the_Word]

GTA 5

[PendzelekJR]

In my opinion GTA 4 because it has better story but in GTA 5 you can do more things.

[Jahn]

GTA IV if you care about a dark, solid and coherent storyline, believeable physics, great characters with meaningfull backstories, and great firefights with guns that actually feel powerfull.

GTA V if you like constant madness, a hectic but kinda funny storyline, arcade physics, and a great but also kinda flawed multiplayer mode.

I would go for GTA IV anyday of the week, but GTA V has it's place for some.

Also the characters from GTA V can get anoying at times, some jokes and habits feel forced, Franklin is whiney all the time, Michel can't get his ♥♥♥♥ together and constantly blaps out anoying one liners, and Trevor's madness can get tiresome and predictable very fast.

[fadyclb]

GTA 4

[B Dawg]

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[Incarnate]

Played over 170 hours on both. And I gotta say GTA IV hands down is the better game. GTA IV is leaner and more engaging. There's no fat on the game.

GTA V has a ton of features, but a lot of it is bloat. GTA V does pretty much everything worse than GTA IV. For example:

-GTA V has more weapons BUT has demonstrably dumbed down and boring combat (you can't shoot guns out of hands and a bullet to a foot is the same damage as a bullet to the head, and cops kill you instantly if you aren't hiding behind cover making shootouts an aggravating hassle instead of dynamic).
-GTA V has more territory to explore BUT most of it is barren, useless filler content you will have to drive through to get anywhere worth going. And it gets tedious really quickly.
-GTA V has more variety of missions BUT fewer of them, and they are even more linear and annoying. Some of the missions are so rudimentary they don't even qualify as real missions.
-GTA V has extensive online play BUT the online is full of grinding, hackers, idiots, griefers, five-minute-long loading screens, and bugs (read the forums for the newest game-breaking bug)
-GTA V has better car handling BUT the coders screwed up the physics so every car you drive has no weight or horsepower.
-GTA V has RPG skill leveling BUT that just means you are awful at everything unless you spend time grinding to become mediocre, then good. Flying in this game is especially terrible.

That's not even going into detail how GTA V gutted parkour and the fighting system for a really stupid bullet-time feature and humping dog. Or how Rockstar messed up the physics and damage models.

So, yeah. GTA IV is better. Anyone saying otherwise is lying to you.

GTA V has better graphics and a stable fps. That's it.

[-XeVoN-]

Originally posted by knighttime:

this has been debated before but i never asked but now im asking and i think GTA 4 is definitely better. GTA 5 is amazing but so is GTA 4. actually i love the entire GTA series.

GTA IV. I had over 2.500hrs in GTA V and I know what I'm saying. GTA IV it's my favorite and over 60% of GTA V players have the same opinion as me

[fludgers]

gta 5 is the best game of all time. other games are dumb. gta 4 is okay but the character you play Nico is totally stupid. why on earth they thought nico would be cool is beyond me. he's like the worst character in any video game ever made.

[B Dawg]

Originally posted by fludgers:

gta 5 is the best game of all time. other games are dumb. gta 4 is okay but the character you play Nico is totally stupid. why on earth they thought nico would be cool is beyond me. he's like the worst character in any video game ever made.

Lmao

[-XeVoN-]

Originally posted by fludgers:

gta 5 is the best game of all time. other games are dumb. gta 4 is okay but the character you play Nico is totally stupid. why on earth they thought nico would be cool is beyond me. he's like the worst character in any video game ever made.

Go and get a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ life GTA V fanboy

[Гасторбайтер Алтынгуль]

GTA4 is better by far