PorkyThePaladin
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I think both are all right. IV attempted a more serious, grounded tone (in comparison to SA) while V went back to the San Andreas tone of causing a massacre at a construction site and burying the foreman alive in his own shit because they catcalled your sister.
Let's see, story about war, revenge, searching for something VS bored with family life (Michael), making money (Franklin), and batshit retard (Trevor).
What? I know the car handling changed completely and was made more unrealistic, but that was for the better since it makes driving more fun. Air control and the ability to flip the car is great, realism be damned.
How exactly is it more fun? Cars handle like on rails, no skill, nothing. In 4, you actually had to learn physics, get gud, etc.
Was it even changed from IV? And it's such a miniscule detail in a GTA game, who even uses melee fighting?
Ah, everyone?
Melee was always one of the most fun parts of GTA games. They even had 3 different styles in San Andreas. IV was best though, you had timed blocks and counters, and beautiful animations.
In V, you just do one swing, and knock everybody out. It's not a gameplay element anymore.
What? IV's combat is literal popamole, designed for cover shooting since that was the hottest trend at the time. The combat in V is more mobile with higher FOV (and faster movement speed?) while aiming - in IV I used cover the entire game because it felt necessary, whereas in V I barely ever used it because it didn't feel like a must anymore. You could just run and gun all the time.
Enemies in V are also more squishy, leading to encounters where you quickly dispatch a whole lot of them where in the same situation in IV you would only face a few. Headshots are also always instantly fatal in V (IIRC) whereas armored enemies require 2 headshots in IV.
They are too squishy, and the gunsounds are too quiet, and the guns handle too easily. It feels like paintball more than actual gunfire. In IV, shooting had more weight to it, felt like actual shooting more.