GTA IV on PC: first impressions
The good
Independence FM. Having your own music just makes the GTA experience that much more what you want it to be. We all have our own favourite driving/party/cranky music, it's nice to finally be able to play it. And commentary that relates to the audio track metadata, nice touch!
Mouse. Nothing beats the mouse. Nice camera control. Nice easy yes/no buttons. Useful for target and attack in combat. Love the mouse.
The bad
Driving with a keyboard — augh! OK, this one is all my fault for not configuring my gamepad — yet. Keyboard control for driving is awful, truly, terribly awful. In any game, this is not a GTA issue.
Antialiasing. Needs to be turned on! Even 2× AA would be nice. I guess this is related to …
The ugly
Graphics performance. I look forward to a patch or new nvidia driver (or both) that brings the framerate up. FPS is hovering in the 16–22 mark and that’s noticably poor. Strangely, dropping the resolution and graphics settings down as low as they go doesn’t improve the situation. I mean, it is good I don’t need to run it on low quality. It’s bad I can’t get the framerate up. So, bring on a patch. It seems to be a hot topic on the GTA forums. Glad it’s not just me.
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Never a better time for gaming …
… and never a worse time to watch TV! Big Brother is back. Not only that, but the finale of Biggest Loser has kicked Smallville from TEN HD for the week and the Logies means waiting an extra week for part 2 of the CSI episode shown last Sunday. TV has never been such a bore!
The gaming scene is alive! Brawl is out (well, we have to import NTSC versions, but it is out), Mario Kart Wii is out, GTA IV is out — I’ll need to buy a playstation 3 for that — and Wii Fit is out next week. Holy how sweet!
If you’re not gaming — what are you waiting for? Get into it!
Labels: games, GTA, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Wii
Andrew said:
How's the PS3 going then? :)
- Garth said:
Don't know if you watch it, but Stargate Atlantis's new season looks promising (at least from the first episode).
Eureka is also coming back. Not that it's a brilliant show, but it does have a charm.
As far as gaming, I'm waiting for: Red Alert 3, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3.
Potentially looking at a console as well, XBOX360 or Wii, but most likely would need to be a Wii to be able to convince my other half it's a good purchase. - Andrew said:
Agreed. Diablo 3 will be worth waiting for!
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