But please, for the love of god, keep this garbage off PC's out of your sense of self-respect.
I'm truly happy for Rockstar's sales on PS3 etc.
Rockstar must be the last game producer in the industry that did not realize that PC gamers are quite a bit more discerning than the rest, so you have to release something that's at the very least tolerable. Because even the higher quality settings look like shite. Not only do you fail to make the game run properly, you restrict us from looking at the highest quality visuals possible, even at 5 fps. The game won't even allow you to increase your graphical settings in the most retarded attempt to "be helpful in selection of fitting graphical options". The game will run like a paraplegic up a mountain even if you have a decent dx10 capable card like 8800gt, although it should really be running fast enough to give you a heart attack just watching. CRYSIS, MOVE OVER PLEASE, someone over here wants your title as the most unoptimized game of the DECADE. But the really astounding thing is that the game manages to run like shit on all but the most ridiculous setups that cost thousands of dollars. Around the level of 2004, maybe worse, definitely worse than some games from that period, maybe better than some.
They really deserve rants of epic proportions but I'll try to keep it short. Do you honestly care about "criminal A arrives in a big city B and tries to carve out his destiny by killing off gangs X, Y and Z?" they did in the whole GTA 3 series? The graphics. Sure there may be a storyline in there somewhere, like other reviewers say, but I'm not here for the storyline, it is merely a means to unlock parts of the goddamn city for me.
The mechanics are all the same, although vehicle physics are now horrendous albeit slightly more realistic (thanks, I guess you wanted us to have realistic driving in a VERY REALISTIC GAME where the PROTAGONIST can run around shooting civilians and then trying to get away from the cops, but FAILING because of the new driving model). It is on many levels a rehash of GTA 3 vice city and san andreas, with some parts taken out and new ones added in. And here's why: the game itself is garbage.
What I didn't understand before was why are they trying to delay you from playing the actual game with their ridiculous activations and obtrusive mandatory soft/spyware. Under their EULA you never really "own" the game, so I guess they can make you do whatever it is they want.
It is somewhere at the level of Internet Explorer (the piece of garbage it is) costing 39.99 and then making you install 5 toolbars or it won't connect you to the internet.
What better way to do this than install 2 extremely obtrusive pieces of software like games for windows and rockstar social club on your computer and telling you the game will not run without them. I understand the publishers/developers want YOU, the paying consumer to have the complete experience uploading your gameplay movies for other people to watch and share. They might have as well released this game to the torrents and told us to take it for free, because honestly, the gameplay makes you feel like you should get paid for every minute you waste in this game. What I do mind, however is that Rockstar are actually expecting to get any money for this game. I don't mind that it may be a lot more fun to play it on a couch with your friends on a big TV, while I sit in front of my measly 22". I don't mind that they may have had to make some sacrifices to "port" this back to PC. What I do mind, however is that Rockstar are actually I don't mind that this game came out almost a year later on PC's than it did on consoles. I don't mind that this game came out almost a year later on PC's than it did on consoles.