Are the MTA and LU servers still up?

[JackDockz]

GTA III's Liberty City is so much better than the one in IV. They're both two completely different places.

Sorry for that comment. I take my words back

[Vitorrio]

The difference between III's Liberty City and IV's is that in IV (at least in my opinion), Rockstar Games has tried making every aspect of it as a parody of the American lifestyle and of what New York simply is. Also, let's not mention Rockstar's Easter Eggs scattered all over the map, especially the Hillary Clinton rendition with a cup of coffee in one of her hands, resembling the Statue of Happiness (a parody to the Statue of Liberty).

Spoiler for The Statue of Happiness, for those who don't know what it looks like:

Spoiler for The Statue of Liberty:

I think that the part that annoys players about GTA IV is, first of all, the fact that it is poorly optimized, and second, because of Rockstar's humor and the way the flaws of the American life are simply shoved in front of everyone who played the game. I'm not complaining about the story, it was a fantastic one, and both endings were heartbreaking.
Now, let's take a look at GTA III. It's more tame and cartoonish when it comes to the gameplay, pedestrians and/or graphics. I have to admit, it did a brilliant job by grounding the player for shooting in the public (also, the bullets and their traces were so funny and unrealistic). Also, some Easter Eggs were neat, actually.

Spoiler for You weren't supposed to be able to get here, you know:

Still, they both were awesome games and will bring nostalgia to a lot of players for years to come.

[Kessu]

Coming from a VCMP Leader  (not biased at all)

[Kowalski.]

I know I'm bumping a topic, but I do have a question in terms of MTA SA

Although we have a really developed SAMP, what about MTA SA? It's a good client, even if it's not better than SAMP. What was the reason behind it's shutdown?

[Huntsman]

I know I'm bumping a topic, but I do have a question in terms of MTA SA

Although we have a really developed SAMP, what about MTA SA? It's a good client, even if it's not better than SAMP. What was the reason behind it's shutdown?

The people that were developing the MTA:SA were quite isolated from the community. They decided to have their own seperate forums, for example. This led to lack of a proper playerbase, which lead to its shut down. The primary reason is JayL abandoning it, I believe.

I played there for a few days. It was a very well developed script. Shame it had to meet it end. Seeing how SA:MP Argonath has problems keeping its own playerbase stable, opening another Argonath server would be insane. And SA:MP ha gotten pretty much to the same standart as MTA:SA with it's recent releases. When MTA:SA Argonath was open, though, MTA:SA was milestones better than it's SA:MP counterpart.