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GTA San Andreas vs. GTA IV
GTA San Andreas
Pros: Long, Had casinos, You can buy property, A lot of weapon tiers, Had jets and other aircraft, Were able to take lessons like flying lessons and driving lessons and other things like that, Gang members, territory
Cons: Glitchy at times, Not Enough property's, (cant think of anymore at the moment)
GTA IV
Pros: Everything seems life like, Very Long and In Depth story that changes for every action you do, Able to walk into all important buildings with no loading time (or screen), Graphics look amazing, Driving seems life like (especially when it rains) Lots of different skins for pedestrians, ONLINE PLAY!
Cons: Took out a lot of stuff (Casinos, Jets, Property, Weapon tiers), The weapons seem limited *Example* there are only 2 of most things like 2 pistols and 2 smgs and 2 assault rifles.
If you were to ask me which one is better, I would say there both pretty damn good games and you should get them both.
Now the thing with GTA San Andreas is that it felt like you had more options to do with the city with the whole property thing (some of them even payed you for owning them) and it was also nice going onto the vegas strip and gambling your money on blackjack and video poker and others. You also had gang members and territory's which are taken out of GTA IV. (all i can think of now)
On the other hand with GTA IV everything just feels more life like. When it rains the people of liberty city put up umbrellas and when you are taking the highway you can pay the toll to take it or get busted. Some times when you hit a wall hard enough or anything hard enough your character will fly out from the windshield. The missions in GTA IV are also very creative in what they have done. They will have you storming in apartments and shooting people from rooftops. What gets even better is there's online play! (This is coming from a 360 player sorry PS3 I know nothing on how the online works for you) When you do ranked matches with other people you gain money to buy new appearances online and theres a wide variety of modes to choose from! (Cops and Robbers, Team Deathmatch, Racing, Free roam and others)
This is just coming from my opinion and I would like to see what you guys say about these 2. So...which is better?