I was sorely disappointed with IV. I don't know what it is, but it's missing something. It doesn't really feel like GTA anymore but I can't explain why. It's just lost something.
The driving is easily one of the worst features of IV, if you ask me. I've played this game for over 14 hours now, for hours at a time, and I still can't handle corners. Sometimes my car spins out of control over the slightest turn, even at moderate speed.
Maybe this is just me, but somehow, the missions seem a bit boring and not very challenging. I haven't gotten excited about any of the missions yet and I've yet to really get stuck on one. I've only had to redo a few missions. Alot of the time it was due to the new controls that I can't get used to/remember. I keep forgetting to turn the camera to get Niko to shoot behind him. This means that I keep dying when someone shoots at me from behind, because I can't get Niko to turn around and shoot the guy(s). With all the previous titles, SA especially, if I ever got stuck on a mission, I really was stuck and not because I couldn't control the character or cars. Some missions in SA took me weeks to do and some I never did complete (such as the one with the little flying planes that you had to shoot down from the roof).
I can't see myself playing IV after the missions are done. There is a bit of a lack of things to do and places to explore (dispite it being based on New York). With the other games, I continued to play regularly after the missions and still got just as much enjoyment out of them.
Huge disappointment...
By the way, I'm new to this forum, so hey everyone!
