SubJeff on 15/1/2009 at 22:56
The PC textures and lighting looks far superior on that video. But then it is a video of a video...
sh0ck3r on 27/1/2009 at 17:54
I bought it and cannot even install the game... It recognizes disc 1 at the start of the install but not at the end. very likely a result of the DRM shit. cannot get a refund and the tech support has been hopeless.
steo on 27/1/2009 at 18:10
Just got the new patch which adds some extra video options but even dropping everything but resolution (since 1680x1050 is the only 16:10 res supported) to absolute minimum, I still couldn't get better than 20-30 fps on my E8400 and GTX260 during standard outdoor gameplay. And on any setting less than high, the shadows seem to flicker abhorrently in addition to being ugly as fuck in the first place.
gunsmoke on 27/1/2009 at 20:21
Wow. GTA has ALWAYS been a series that has been EXTREMELY well optimized for PC and very friendly to lower end hardware of the time. This is such an anomaly for the series...:nono:
june gloom on 27/1/2009 at 20:35
Welcome to the new era of PC gaming.
sh0ck3r on 27/1/2009 at 21:41
It's true. And I don't think it's going to get any better, especially when the new gen of consoles hits.
I think with Rockstar the tech support tries to ensnare you in an endless loop of sending screenshots and tech files and forwarding your problem to SecuROM in the hopes that you will eventually just give up patience... rather than ever conceding they are incompetent pricks who should refund your money.
SubJeff on 28/1/2009 at 11:44
Looks like I'll be getting this for the PS3 after all... :(
gunsmoke on 28/1/2009 at 16:02
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Welcome to the new era of PC gaming.
Yeah, unfortunately this is why I am losing interest in the new PC games. I still love my legacy games on PC, but something just changed after VISTA came out. STALKER was one of the last great scalable games. To bad the expansion isn't.
GTA IV is a bit extreme, though.
SubJeff on 28/1/2009 at 16:30
This isn't Vista's fault, its Rockstar's.
demagogue on 28/1/2009 at 17:21
It might not be Vista's fault per se, but putting it in terms of the Vista-era is still sort of fair in defining the general features of a period ... the market and how publishers generally think these days. It just seems like part of a bigger trend than a mere oversight by Rockstar.
