Time took to 100%: 41hours:25mins:07secs
Woo! This was something I wanted to do for a long time. Got close once, was a few stunt jumps off, then my PS3 got YLOD. Then I started again but VITA came out and GTAIV was one of the games to be traded in to knock off the VITA price but then GTAV news reminded me of my self promise, which was to 100% every GTA from now on and so I went on PSN and got the GTAIV digitally and went on to keep my promise to myself.
My feedback on the game has not changed. Yes Niko controls like a tank but I don't mind, the shooting is smooth. Other than the jeeps, the vehicle handling I actually like. And other than the first hour or so of boring 'baby missions', the game has superb mission design that still holds up to this day. Then there is the absolutely amazing atmosphere.
But that's just a recap, I don't want to talk too much about a game we talked endlessly about in this forum so my experience in 100%ing - It was surprisingly fun! I thought I would feel the grind much more than I actually did.
One thing pissed me off, when doing vigilante missions, I wish they turned off wanted levels. Yes I know vigilante =/= being a cop but I am doing their work! And about 10 or so times while doing random crime or hunting most wanted, I died because cops were shooting me in the ass while I was fighting criminals and it got REALLY annoying.
I also hope in GTAV the collectibles are things you collect. Here you shoot the pigeons and it gets cops on your ass and it's bit tedious to dodge them after almost every pigeon kill...Which there are 200 of.
They kept it fun by putting most of them in varied places. Some you have to do some platforming across rooftops, some you have to snipe, some you have to swim for, some you have to nade etc. Looking back the 200 didn't feel like 200 at all.
Stunt jumps were just pure badass. There is one epic one that jumps you from one island to another and since her are 30, all were just great fun to do.
Friend activities was fun I guess. It was a bit annoying they didn't want to do anything with you soon after you had done a previous activity so you had to sleep a few times to get them wanting to go out again.
Stevie and Brucie car collecting just reminded me of classic GTA. Get a car, park it in the garage. They pulled off the nostalgia very well with the good old style shot of the garage door closing after you put the car in.
I can't remember if I covered all tasks to get 100% but yeah lots to do and the world is fun to be in they didn't feel like an hassle. Great game. If I had this much fun in an admittedly bleak and uneventful GTA, I seriously can not wait for V. Going to love 100%ing that!
Rockstar for it's flaws which I happily admit just gets so much more right and the things it gets right are just simply unmatched. Add to that years after its release, I had a blast playing it non-stop for two-three sets off weekends to 100% it, it truly is a FANTASTIC game;
9/10.
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