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{{Gripe}}The humor is weak throughout the game.

:::::::{{Rebut}} Don't you know how hard it is to make a game that remains serious but still has a sense of humor? There is a clear border between being serious-funny and stupid-funny.

:::::::: {{Rebut}} To be honest, I found GTA IV mmore funny than San Andreas, but maybe that was just because I found San Andreas to be the worst of the games. Toreno and The Thruth were the only good characters...

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:{{Rebut}}Even though R* said GTA IV is set in a new universe, evidence exists to prove otherwise. Lazlow references Chatterbox FM and Vice City radio stations and San Andreas is alluded to massively in the game.

::{{Rebut}}There is Lazlow He's been in every game so far.

::::{{Gripe}}Still, getting Niko out of the picture would have been a decent idea for Dimitri. Oh, and how many times has Niko been interrupted when not in "Story Mode" via cell phone.

:::::{{Rebut}}Go and play GTA3 again, then, if you really like being denied access to parts of the map. Pretty much all of Portland was a no-go area after you finished that part of the story, as were significant sections of Staunton and Shoreside Vale. Enjoy being one-hit killed by the Mafia in Portland who are somehow able to spot your face out of dozens of passing cars and shoot your fuel tank with their shotguns. Then come back to GTAIV and be grateful this idiocy was removed.

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{{Gripe}} According to the police database website, Bulgarin is dead. This is just a stupid idea from Rockstar, because I'm betting that every person here wants to kill him.

::::{{Rebut}}I think that the database was purposefully made by rockstar to show false info. Bulgarin could have bribed or lent a favor to an official (Francis?)to make the police think he was dead

:::::{{Rebut}} Is this gripe pointless now? Seeing as TBoGT clears this up?

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{{Gripe}} The Alderney State Correctional Facility being in the game along with Gerry getting sent there made for a ton of potential for a jailbreak mission. The fact that the prison isn't featured in any mission aside from getting briefings from Gerry is just disappointing.

:{{Rebut}}The Three Leaf Clover mission is reminiscent of the movie HEAT. GTA:VC is reminiscent of the movie Scarface. There are many other similarities and references to pop culture throughout every GTA game (or at least the post GTA:III games). This is one of the best qualities of the games.

::{{Gripe}}Not really. I'm wishing that R* would design missions better and avoid references from popular movies. It gets annoying on how R* had to go with something that are from the movies and not in the game. Unrealistic.

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{{Gripe}}After Roman gets the insurance money and rebuilds his business, the location of the new taxi depot is never revealed as it doesn't seem to exist. Admittedly, it's a minor gripe, but it makes the whole venture feel a little inauthentic when Roman's taxis seem to just materialize out of nowhere.

{{Gripe}}Missions seem extremely predictable, especially during the middle part of the story (when you unlock Algonquin). It's travel here, murder him, evade that $50K.

:{{Rebut}} To be fair, all past GTAs have been just as repetitive. Personally, I was motivated by story and didn't care how the missions were setup. They were still fun.

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{{Gripe}}How can the mission be completed? Was'nt Niko supposed to search and kill Bulgarin no matter how good (Revenge) or bad (Deal) it is? No plot has ever made any sense, even when Bulgarin sent out his gang members to steal his diamonds back from the Anchelottis (although he blames on Niko instead).

:{{Rebut}} Maybe in the second downloadable content Bulgarin's faith shall be revealed. He was last seen in the mission Diamonds are a girl's best friend with Luis who's probably going to be the protagonist in the next downloadable content and he's gonna have something to do with it.

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{{Gripe}}, Why is it that Niko never gives Roman money, in yet it is stated throughout the story that he did or was going to.

:{{Rebut}} Sometimes to enjoy any piece of work, suspension of belief must be exercised. Or you could use your imagination like, each mission only gave you a fraction of what Niko really requested because he gave a good cut to Roman, who always spent it. Honestly, I had the same thought but I did the first thing.

::{{Gripe}} Thanks, I actually thought of that before but I was just making sure that I didn't miss something in the story.