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GTA4 PC is a disaster
Too Much Coffee Man | 9:08 PM on 12.03.2008 31 comments




So Rock* using SecuROM was expected as it was reported on prior to release. But now that the game's out the extent of the DRM headache is beginning to come into focus.

*Must install Rockstar Social Club program & keep it running.
*Must create MS LIVE account
*Must use Games for Windows Live (which wont run on 64-bit OSes)
*Must validate over email more than once.
*Must assign 360 LIVE, PSN or PC LIVE account to Rockstar Social Club.
*Must download (abysmally slow) news updates every time the game is played (before it will launch)
*Must have DVD in the drive at all times game is being played.

and this is all just to play singleplayer.

So you've done all that, and you're ready to play the game now.
*Game doesn't support SLi (at least for 8800 GTX)
*Game doesn't run under newest GeForce drivers
*Game wont let you modify graphics settings even if your system is more than powerful enough to run high graphics.
*Game freezes, has graphical glitches and..
*Game crashes to desktop.

The predictable Amazon backlash has already begun one day after release.



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MrSadistic's Destructoid Blog
Lame.
DaedHead8's Destructoid Blog
Gah, what a clusterfuck.
psycho terror2's Destructoid Blog
eugh.

great work rockstar, pirates win again.
vexed alex's Destructoid Blog
"Must use Games for Windows Live (which wont run on 64-bit OSes) "

GFW Live works on my 64-bit machine....
DanlHaas's Destructoid Blog
Any word if the steam release is better than the boxed version?
Puppy Licks's Destructoid Blog
oh wow. This is just plain nuts.

thank shit I have a console version of the game (that I never play anymore, go fig.).
Redzie's Destructoid Blog
Wait till the illegitimate hacks come in to actually "fix" everything wrong in this game.
CWal37's Destructoid Blog
So disappointing.
ThunderHeartXI's Destructoid Blog
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE PIRATE GAMES.
AgentMOO's Destructoid Blog
Damn, that's a shame - 3, VC, and SA were great on PC.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Destructoid Blog
But isn't PC gaming superior?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Consoles win again, fuck PC gaming.
Too Much Coffee Man's Destructoid Blog
@vexed alex, are you just talking about other GFW games in general? because the update module of GFWL which you have to use in order to even start the game doesn't work in Vista 64; and I cant imagine it would run in XP 64 either (considering that it runs in vista 32 so i doubt it's a vista issue rather than a 64 bit one).
psycho terror2's Destructoid Blog
jesus NANBU, did a PC molest you as a child or something?

oh i see, you can't afford one. it's ok, someone has to be poor to make the rest of us look better.
brainderailment's Destructoid Blog
What a pile of shit. This is why I play console games. This is why people pirate games. This is why people get angry and boycott spore.
Timmeh's Destructoid Blog
I saw the list of DRM requirements and lost interest immediately (online activation AND disc check, really)?. Then there was no Steam or D2D preload and people started reporting a mass of technical issues. From looking at screenshots and specs on the forum it isn't that well optimised either because it frankly looks shit on decent hardware.

Poor show Rockstar.
vexed alex's Destructoid Blog
@ Kyousuke Nanbu

Please shut the fuck up and leave already, bitch.

I can't stand reading another word of your impossibly stupid comments. I'm at the point where I'd wish you'd just get hit by a helicopter.

@Too Much Coffee Man

I was just talking about other GFW Live games in general. I didn't know GTA's version of it caused problems.
DarkTravesty's Destructoid Blog
you'll have that.
nebones's Destructoid Blog
lol what
Skribble's Destructoid Blog
Wow

I must say I'm a little surprised.
WastelandTraveler's Destructoid Blog
games for windows live doesn't run on 64bit? LIES! I am running it just fine on my vista 64bit :O. As for the rest, ive been wanting to get gta4 for pc, but I shall wait awhile ;x and then jump on this pile of shit :D.
Char Aznable's Destructoid Blog
Man, that's a lot of hoops to jump through before you can even play the game. Fuck all that.

MSPaint skillz.
fetusmilk's Destructoid Blog
isnt there a video creation mode for the PC version. that sounds cool
SantanaClaus89's Destructoid Blog
This is why I don't like PC gaming. Nothing against people who do, I just find for me that most of the time it's one headache after another. Then again I'm not too patient when it comes to playing my games.
Velt's Destructoid Blog
I dont like GTA so it can live on consoles, I couldnt care less, if it gets an update and a nice score on the PC in reviews I may buy it for half the price.
But even then I will think about it, I will have to be very bored.
Too Much Coffee Man's Destructoid Blog
@dyslixec, theoretically it should. but go buy it and try and get it to run on 64. ;P hence broken/disaster. The whole point of the GFW program was to certify it for vista & 64 bit as well, but their certification process must be non-existent if this game was allowed to be released in its current state.

Also, I failed to mention another problem w/ the game. If you uninstall it, it leaves all the SecuROM on the computer as a parting gift.
WastelandTraveler's Destructoid Blog
@Too Much Coffee Man
Hrmm.. that must be something with the game itself, because all of my GFW games work just fine on windows 64bit .. tho i havent tried gtaIV, but GoW,Halo2,Fallout3 all work just fine :o.


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