San Andreas was popular in my mind for it's insanely large map and amount of pure freedom it gave the player, but after playing Grand Theft Auto 4 it just seems too arcade like to me. The Euphoria...
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San Andreas was popular in my mind for it's insanely large map and amount of pure freedom it gave the player, but after playing Grand Theft Auto 4 it just seems too arcade like to me.
The Euphoria physics engine in Grand Theft Auto 4 is a ground breaking part for sandbox games as all their driving feels fake and the games had a very artificial feel to them. Not that it's bad to have a fake feel to a game, after all they are just GAMES but GTA4 brings a sense of realism to Libery City. For instance, driving feels like driving in real life, and pushing people down stairs and watching them fall down them differently every time is amazing.
The vast map size in San Andreas is an upside, but when I go back to play it and mow down innocents in my truck, the repeating death animations are annoying. If I want to hit somebody, I want them to fly, not fall to the ground over and over. Physics, physics, physics.
The Euphoria engine is mostly what makes Grand Theft Auto 4better than San Andreas. Not only is Liberty City almost exactley like New York City, it feels real, and it is fun even though the map isn't as large as San Andreas.
Grand Theft Auto 4
