Has somewhere around 150 missions, twice as long as GTA V and slightly longer than RDR II. Missions - the GTA IV complete edition is an insanely long game. Shootouts are still the funnest in maybe any game ever. Best physics in a Rockstar game other than RDR II. GTA IV is entirely city San Andreas gives you three cities, a massive forest, and a desert bigger than GTA V's. I think you'll find more immersion in GTA IV but San Andreas is several times the size and has a fuckload more variety. GTA IV's is detailed to the same level as V but San Andreas definitely feels like a PS2 game. Also, both CJ and Niko are amazing protagonists but I'd say Niko's more developed. Where it shines is by having of the best casts of characters in any game - as well as GTA IV. The plot's all over the place - intentionally.

On the other hand though, San Andreas doesn't exactly try to have a good story. GTA IV has easily the better story it's probably the best of any Rockstar game besides Red Dead Redemption. They're both phenomenal games so it's a tough call.

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