This game is so depressing, it's my least favorite main game in the series

That's exactly why it's the best one

This.

Go into the options. Ads a bit of brightness, about 25% contrast, and half saturation. Enjoy GTAIV the way it was actually meant to be played.

It's the best in the series. The grittiness really gives it a special touch and grounds it, compared to the oh so self ironic sequel
got it right
nothing like meeting your agressive /fit/bro at his dockside penthouse after murdering some russian mobs
>cousin's flat and shop is on fire
>we have to flee to shitbronx via the overpass
>I just happened to begin this mission in a police car
>the car is very damaged and all but one of the flashlights are broken and the siren only does like 20% of it's sounds
>race through the gritty streets, my broken car bumping up and down on the hills, crash through the toll station on the overpass bridge, all accompanied by that broken police siren
my personal pure Kino GTA IV moment

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same, i actually got a fever playing GTA4

Mine was the first time I played the bankrobbery mission there was a downpour, so I had an intense gunfight through chinatown as the rain crashes down on the neon lit pavement

I like IV. But for me, it's really out of place in the series in terms of story, character, and atmosphere. The entire premise of the GTA series is absolutely absurd in every way. You can have gangwar shoot outs in the street with no mask on and no one will bat an eye if you can outrun the police for 30 seconds. They'll even say high to you on the street literally one minute after a giant gang war mission, as if nothing ever happened. Where IV went *wrong* is that it tried to be too 'realistic' and 'moody', and it just felt off given everything else you're doing. It also isn't funny. By comparison, the satire in San Adreas, Vice City, and V hit perfectly every time, and is unironically more subtle. IV's isn't very clever or funny and that's unfortunately by design. I don't want random girls calling me on my phone, going on dates, going upstairs for 'coffee', going to a computer lab to check my email etc. Lmao like wtf? You're a sociopath, it makes way more sense to bang a prostitute in your care in an alley like in Vice City, SA and V than to have a serious relationship with someone. I don't want a life simulator, and if I did there are games that do it far far better than GTA.

IV to me is a fine game, definitely a good game, but it never felt like a true GTA title, and therefor I got bored of it in 30 minutes. Some might prefer that style, but it's story was too out of touch for the rest of the game, and frankly wasn't very interesting. I'm convinced anyone who says it's the best in the series are saying so solely to be contrarian. After replaying it recently, especially after playing V, it's flaws become much more apparent

look at all that aliasing

still too grey and former communist state looking

Mine "the got it right guy" is whenever you have to go kill Lenny Petrovic in "Final Destination". Early mission for Faustin where you have to go to the subway in Bohan and murder him. I remember it was just around dusk, with a cold fog covering the streets. I ran up and shredded his friends, eventually shooting him as he tumbled down the stairs right where his Banshee was parked.
After quickly nabbing his Banshee I sped back to Broker, heading toward the highway bridges back as the rain broke and began to pour hard down on the streets. As this happened '1979' by The Smashing Pumpkins came on, and listening to that while reflecting on the murder that took place, with the adrenaline still pumping and receiving my call from Dimitri about how this was REALLY bad.

I'll never forget that.

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I used to do that but seeing this pic makes me think the version without the saturation looks better.

The brightness is too fucking high you idiot. You're not supposed to touch it, only the saturation.

yeah I just bump all of them up about two or 3 times

So can we all finally admit that GTA IV is good as a linear game but bad as an open world sandbox game?

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What would a happy-go-lucky GTA be like?

well i think it has the best cop shootouts in the series

Saints Row 3?

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Anyone who says IV is an open world sandbox didn't really play any other GTA before.
>tiny world
>no planes
>only a handful helis
>no tuning
>no real side activities except for Roman's Brother Simulator

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It's so extremely easy to get away from the cops in this game. You just go really fast and leave the circle

i don't find it depressing, i find it kind of cozy

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>This game is so depressing
Literally part of why it's so great.
Unironically still replay it at least once a year.

i should have known that Yea Forums is retarded enough not to understand that image when I made it. of course you fucking retards unironically think maxing out the gamma slider looks good.

Cover shooters are for retards and fuck R* for killing any kind of fun in the franchise. No gang wars, no rampages, just a boring slav that kills thousands of people to avenge the death of his village friends.
Some of the missions were fucking atrocious. Like the white guy beating his ghetto trash girlfriend or the invincible biker chase mission. Just padding and lazy coding. Niko was the true villain in that game. And he did it all for his fat fuck of a cousin that would turn on him at the first chance.
At least your mom emails you.

Even the street races are piss easy and the two laps is fucking stupid for real street races

One of the three good songs in the whole game

here's another of the three
youtube.com/watch?v=eukAfV8H7X8

Not sure if its the best GTA, but Niko is definitely the best protag in the series

>the siren only does like 20% of it's sounds
not sure why but I really loved this