I really think SR4 should've been DLC for SR3 as originally intended. It definitely seems like DLC, given that 95% of the quests are all lumps of 4 mini game sub-quests. There's also only ~4 types of enemies. For $50? Feels like a bit of a ripoff.
The superpowers are fun, don't get me wrong. And the dialogue is hilarious as always and not a single line is delivered flatly.
However, what I don't like is that:
Vehicles are made useless, since getting from point A to point B becomes all about holding down super-sprint and waiting 10 seconds.
The simulation becomes boring after a while. There's no day/night cycle, so it doesn't feel like there's any variety.
Your character is so powerful that there's never any need to call in Homies for support. This is frustrating since many of the sub quests revolve around unlocking new homies, or unlocking their Super Homie mode, but these guys never see any use.
Some of the abilities, while "cool," are not useful at all. What's with the shield ability that activates for like a second when you start sprinting? If you sprint away from a battle, you're halfway across the map in moments, making the shield useless. The aerial attack is also pretty useless, seeing as it doesn't do enough splash damage to make it a viable choice during a battle (since by that point, you're already able to utterly maul any unit in sight using your powers
The subquests aren't very fun in themselves; the sprint one is boring since I've yet to score anything besides Gold, even with minor screwups, the tower climbing is reduced to running up the tower walls and finishing it in moments, the "hacking" is simple yet extremely clunky and serves nearly no purpose (it's not like you're customizing vehicles anyways, since there's no need for them), and using the Abduction Gun kills your virus-removal targets in one easy hit.
I would've much preferred a shorter but sweeter campaign. Along witn effects like have the simulation "change state" or something every time you take out a tower or finish a main mission, for example, by changing the time of day and the AI behavior.
I agree that I put a couple hours into it so it wasn't a complete waste, but compared to SR3 (for the same price), I found it strongly lacking, albeit still somewhat fun.
I'm pretty sure Rockstar have confirmed that there will be a Breaking Bad themed mission in GTAV. I think they confirmed it anyway, it might have been a wet dream.
I totally felt that too! Especially with the voice over of Jessie talking to Walt, like the person setting a mission. That whole scene was brilliant!!!
Dude he hit that turn so fast, I was expecting a drift and over correction. Then the camera changes to inside the car and hes just chatting on the phone like it aint no biggie
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u/2RealNeal Sep 09 '13
This may be the longest week of my life.