Grand Theft Auto IV (and R* rant)

[Ferret]

Good news, but November?! Ugh, I want mayhem now.

I must admit however that I was a bit underwhelmed by GTA: SA on PC. For those who've played both IV and SA, how do they stack up?

Singleplayer is more dynamic and you have some choice, not much but a little, and MP is a lot easier to play quickly, and there are loads of game types to keep you at it for hours.

[Craterus]

Better MP would be lobbies IMO, I'm not too fond of the current system currently employed on the 360 version.

I'll assume it's the same as on the PS3 and I think it works fine if you have some understanding, so what are your difficulties?

[Husar]

I'll assume it's the same as on the PS3 and I think it works fine if you have some understanding, so what are your difficulties?

I guess some of the difficulties might be that the automatic game selection may just drop you into a game that lagsor select a game and then tell you that game doesn't exist...

The latter could be due to certain pingout settings or so but I have to admit sometimes I would like an expert option for those with a bit more understanding than the average consolero this seems to cater to.

[Mailman653]

I guess some of the difficulties might be that the automatic game selection may just drop you into a game that lagsor select a game and then tell you that game doesn't exist...

Yeah something like that. Sometimes I join MP but it creates a game and makes me host when I didn't want to host, I just wanted to jump in a game in progress. And the other thing was (although maybe it was just the server I was on) if I wanted to play one mode and say I was in the game, and the level finishes, it jumps to another mode, say DM, when I dont want to play a DM match.

Then there are people that are just morons on there but R* can't fix that, or can they?

[Craterus]

I think it probably puts you in the lowest-ping unfilled game automatically. I only get lag on the cops and croooks mode and only as a cop.

I think connecting problems/finding a game is simply due to problems between your connection and those that you are trying to connect to. I find it works better to host yourself and then it will be others who are kicked from the game/can't join.

Mailman, are you doing custom match? Because that can mean that you are the host. It will definitely mean you are the host if you choose a number of private slots.

As for your second problem, that's the host's fault. They select the game mode at the end of each round. Frustrating, but there's not a lot you can do. Unless you host a game and just give it a little while to fill up with a decent amount of players.