Grand Theft Auto IV

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  1. Kervin619
    Sep 12, 2023
    10
    The main story of the game talks about a man named Niko Bellic. A Siberian is a former military soldier who fought during the Yugoslav Wars. Like Niko said he killed, smuggled, and sold a lot of people. During the war, Niko's unit of 15 men was killed and the 3 of them survived that is Niko, Florian, and Darko. When the war ended, he moved to Liberty City alongside his cousin Roman to liveThe main story of the game talks about a man named Niko Bellic. A Siberian is a former military soldier who fought during the Yugoslav Wars. Like Niko said he killed, smuggled, and sold a lot of people. During the war, Niko's unit of 15 men was killed and the 3 of them survived that is Niko, Florian, and Darko. When the war ended, he moved to Liberty City alongside his cousin Roman to live the "American Dream". Which obviously turns out to be not what we have in mind. You have to start something small before you do something big. The story in the game was very emotional and depressing making the story very interestingly deep to learn about more of Niko Bellic. Some of the characters in the game have special abilities. My favorite is Dwanye's Backup. Including datable characters like Carmen's Health Boost, Kiki's Remove Wanted Level, and Alexandra's Store Discount Also, non-hangout-able characters like Francis McReary's remove wanted level just like Kiki'sThe weapon choices in the game were a little small. Not enough variety though but still the weapons are still very useful. Some of my favorites is the carbine rifle, rocket Launcher, and combat shotgun. You can even buy outfits in the game like the Russian Shop, Modo, and Perseus. This game also features using a computer. It feels ironic that I am using a computer in my computer to connect the GTA version of it. And hang-out spots in case there is nothing to do like, bowling, darts, strip club, eating, drinking, pool, and of course non hang-out spots like the arcade. The best part is that not just you can have 3 safe houses but 4 safe houses in one game. I only that I could have 3 safe houses because I only played the City Story Games on the PSP. As for Chinatown Wars, I will review that later. The game did not have planes like GTA 3, but I will still let it slide. This is one of the games that I would definitely recommend for people who want to play this game like the good old days or want to know what is going on and what they missed before GTA V.

    And the choices in the game always mattered depending on the situation.    … Expand
  2. nemix3d
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This game have some optimization problems and you may need a decent system. All performance issues at the side the game is actually very well written. Filled with character and a dark vibe the story is very well made. Gameplay can be a bit clunky but overall it's immersive and you never feel alone in this lively city.
  3. Scarletta
    Sep 8, 2023
    9
    Oyun harika ama bazı ufak tefek boktanlıkları var. Mesela NPC'ler. Genel olarak çok reziller gerek yaya gerek araç kullanırken ne yapacaklarını kestiremiyorsunuz. Yolda hız limitlerini zorlarken bir anda önünüze kırabiliyorlar Niko uçup gidiyor falan. Onun dışında mükemmel her yanıyla, alıp oynayın pişman olursanız gelin götümü sikin.
  4. eefeef
    Aug 31, 2023
    9
    The introduction, with its brooding, glowing Liberty City and epic OST, still gets my heart racing. On the downside, the missions are a bit cliched.
  5. PenetratorGod
    Aug 22, 2023
    10
    My favorite game of the series. It has the best story. Negative opinions about the game are usually due to optimization, but if you have a computer that will have difficulty playing a game released in 2008, it is probably not for you to play games. This may have been a problem for the time it came out, but not for today.
  6. ArekSuzme
    Aug 20, 2023
    10
    Literally a perfect game. Perfect GTA experience, amazing story, great characters and best physics. For me, Top 5 game OAT.
  7. Rancestor
    Aug 18, 2023
    10
    arguably the best game in the world
    Story: 9.8/10
    Gameplay: 9.7/10
    Graphics: 10/10
    Open World: 10/10
    Enjoyability: 10/10
    Conclusion: 10/10
  8. Paradox981
    Aug 13, 2023
    9
    Gelmiş geçmiş en iyi GTA oyunudur. Aksi idda edilemez idda edenle muhattap kesilir
  9. Tunahan_cevik
    May 21, 2023
    10
    It has the best story and physics engine in the series.
    Still the best gta game.
  10. threeoftendie
    Jul 13, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. GTA IV. Отличная, но противоречивая игра. Полноценное продолжение, вышедшее через 4 года после GTA: SA. На сей раз под нашим управлением оказывается Нико Беллик, эмигрант из Восточной (скорее, Южной) Европы, прибывший в Америку за "американской мечтой". Вспоминается фото сценариев этой игры и GTA III. К сожалению, здесь слишком обширный и затянутый сюжет, и его невозможно описать, не задев впечатлений от остальных аспектов, поэтому сделаю описание одним предложением. Нико Беллик эмигрирует из Европы в Америку, здесь он встречает различных представителей мафии и работает на них, а также на своих друзей, просто заказчиков и копов, попутно он ищет предателя времен войны, находит его, отпускает либо убивает, затем срабатывается или убивает человека, который его подставил, после чего на свадьбе двоюродного брата гибнет сам брат или девушка Нико, и тот мстит за одного из них. Это в целом весь сюжет. Перейду к остальным составляющим игры, гораздо лучшим. Вся игра состоит из деталей! Физика всего, что есть, графика, прорывная для серии GTA уж точно, социально-ролевой элемент общения со всеми персонажами делают эту игру невероятно оригинальной! Телефон, получаемый в начале и присутствующий до самого конца, обрастает контактами, встречами, можно звонить по отдельным номерам и вызывать такси, делать фото и отправлять MMS, а также получать их и SMS, распознавать музыку. Электронная почта и интернет - не менее важная часть жизни персонажа, здесь мы получаем спам, деловые письма, личные, читаем новости (о своих же похождениях!), сидим на сайтах знакомств, покупаем рингтоны... Бои прекрасны: вид из-за плеча, Euphoria позволяет наблюдать гиперреалистичное поведение тел от любого действия, также обширен арсенал и, опять же, физика дает простор экспериментам. Машины повреждаются, можно сказать, лучше, чем в реальности, так впечатляет, когда едешь на вогнутом со всех сторон ведре, которое встает и не включается, даже радио затухает. А собственно поездки реализованы детально вплоть до меняющегося поведения шин в зависимости от погоды, не говоря об уязвимости самих шин, стекла, дисков. Другие виды транспорта просто неплохо собраны. Музыка хороша лично для меня на двух радиостанциях: Broker и известной Vladivostok FM, но все остальное также часть неплохого саундтрека. И, конечно, гениальная заглавная тема игры, написанная Майклом Хантером, долго не выйдет у меня из головы. Минусы игры в плохой оптимизации и растянутом сюжете, идея которого в том, чтобы просто "убивать за деньги", причем, почти во всех миссиях - и это неясное решение. Я описал то, что сильнее всего запомнилось. Просто одна из важнейших игр. So this is what the dream feels like? This is the victory we longed for.… Expand
  11. Harthik69
    Jul 9, 2023
    8
    Nice Game. Would love to play again in future. Good Graphics and mechanics!!!
  12. denizgurpinar
    Jul 5, 2023
    10
    Oyun tek kelimeyle müthiş ara sahneler özenle hazırlanmış açık dünyası mükemmel görevleri anlamlı ve eğlenceli nikonun diğer karakterlerle ilişkisi anlamlı Ayrıca oyunun açık ara en iyi görevi banka soygunu görevi onun gibi daha birçok görev oyunu eğlenceli kılıyor
  13. Aslmj
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    Love this game. Best fo gta series. It is badly optimized but still sho many memories with this game. Still like this more than gta v.
  14. Niko-Bellic
    Jun 25, 2023
    9
    The most comprehensive GTA part, not much to say, this is the best GTA game, experience it now!
  15. Kuzya_Zeleniy
    Jun 22, 2023
    9
    This is a very unusual part of the GTA series. It has parts to be considered the worst in the series as well as the best.
    In my opinion, if the 4th part came out after the 3rd, and then Vice City and SAN ANDREAS came out, then everything would be fine. And we've seen the series improve all the time. But knowing that GTA 4 was released after GTA SAN ANDREAS, this is disappointed. In my    This is a very unusual part of the GTA series. It has parts to be considered the worst in the series as well as the best.
    In my opinion, if the 4th part came out after the 3rd, and then Vice City and SAN ANDREAS came out, then everything would be fine. And we've seen the series improve all the time. But knowing that GTA 4 was released after GTA SAN ANDREAS, this is disappointed. In my opinion, in this part, the series went down, on the contrary, but definitely not higher.
    This part is special because the phone first appeared here and the plot became non-linear. And very nicely done Liberty City. Graphics, character animations and car physics have improved a lot. Also relationships with friends, for which you can get good bonuses.
    But what is disappointing, although the city is beautifully done, the area of the city is much smaller than it was in SAN ANDREAS. Although SAN ANDREAS came out earlier, so the technology could allow the open world to be expanded, but not reduced.
    The plot is very dark. Since the plot is non-linear, there are very moral choices here. But still, in the final, I consider one of the endings to be far from canonical and it definitely does not fit into the dark and moral game.
    Some characters are almost not revealed and I cannot sympathize with them.
    I liked the main character. His character, values and charisma are well shown.
    And it is very unusual after bright past parts to start playing this depressing game.
    The plot really breathes reality. But I think it's too long. The game could be speeded up a lot, but there are still many new characters and many new missions from them.
    And let's not forget what state the PC version of the game was in at the time of release. Terrible optimization and lots of bugs.
    But I am glad that many patches have been released over the years and the game is now playable.
    But in terms of humor and fun, this part is much worse than the previous parts of the series.    … Expand
  16. phantomromano
    Jun 21, 2023
    8
    Great game, great story. Nico is one of the most relatable GTA characters to this game.

    The PC port is an absolute shame though. Even on modern hardware the game runs worse than GTA V, with some absolutely devestating framedrops especially in the night. I would definitely recommend playing it though.
  17. Nick7000
    Jun 2, 2023
    8
    Очень недооцененная часть серии. Прекрасная история, отличная атмосфера.
  18. Taken_Hades
    May 19, 2023
    8
    -9/10 story
    -7/10 gameplay
    -10/10 characters
    -8/10 environment
    -10/10 music
  19. kolarz3
    May 19, 2023
    8
    It was PC burner. I like that slovan climate that main characted represented. I appreciate that rockstar decided to make a game with that climate
  20. Cool_guy1234
    May 15, 2023
    10
    For starters, yes, the pc port of this game is a bad one, and at the time the worst port of a game ever. But here I am in 2023 getting this port and doing some tweaking, and I'll tell ya, this game is good. Very Good.

    The graphics are impressive for its time, the gameplay is good, the story is very good, and the world is big, which is standard for an open world game. Now I was    For starters, yes, the pc port of this game is a bad one, and at the time the worst port of a game ever. But here I am in 2023 getting this port and doing some tweaking, and I'll tell ya, this game is good. Very Good.

    The graphics are impressive for its time, the gameplay is good, the story is very good, and the world is big, which is standard for an open world game.

    Now I was playing with the game downgraded and as I mentioned early, added tweaks to it to make it run better.

    For general purposes I'd recommend these guides to get the game running on your hardware:

    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=921826093
    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2387882370
    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2438808634

    There are other good guides on steam, but those are the ones I went for.

    But yeah, this game is a 10/10 for me.    … Expand
  21. IamNader
    May 13, 2023
    8
    Very good game, some glitches and bugs here and there the performance is not also well but the game itself is great - 8/10
  22. Isseiotakureal
    May 12, 2023
    10
    Technically, the PC version has some problems, but it's nothing that you can't play with. Story is deep and dark. Niko as a character goes through a lot and you understand his doubts about himself.
  23. djtomee86
    Apr 2, 2023
    9
    It's definately a masterpiece, but sadly not that well optimized for the PC, that's the only reason, I'm only giving it a 9... However it's somehow understandable, because light and shadow FX were uniquely awesome at the time!
  24. Kerber
    Apr 1, 2023
    9
    Just finished it on Steam Deck and still fun to play. Fun quirky story, working on deck flawlessly, a lot of modes available... It is rare games holding so well as gta titles.
  25. shkipermann
    Feb 25, 2023
    9
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  26. Allord
    Feb 22, 2023
    9
    38 saatlik bir oyun deneyiminde sonra bana göre bu oyun Gta 5'ten sonra en iyi Gta oyunudur. Oyun da ciddi ve resmi bir ortam olduğu girer girmez hemen anlaşılıyor. Karanlık bir teması var, etraf hem renkli hem renksiz gibi pek anlaşılmıyor. Ayarlardan açılıyor ama yine de bir yere kadar Gta 5'te ki o cıvıl cıvıl ortam yok, işler ciddi, Ciddi anlam da mafyaya çalıştığımızı hissediyoruz.38 saatlik bir oyun deneyiminde sonra bana göre bu oyun Gta 5'ten sonra en iyi Gta oyunudur. Oyun da ciddi ve resmi bir ortam olduğu girer girmez hemen anlaşılıyor. Karanlık bir teması var, etraf hem renkli hem renksiz gibi pek anlaşılmıyor. Ayarlardan açılıyor ama yine de bir yere kadar Gta 5'te ki o cıvıl cıvıl ortam yok, işler ciddi, Ciddi anlam da mafyaya çalıştığımızı hissediyoruz. Çatışma mekanikleri güzel. Yapay zekada iyi. Vuruş hissini alabiliyoruz. Araba sürüş gerçekten zor, çok hızlı gidersek dönmek neredeyse imkansız hale geliyor. Araba sürüşünü gerçekçi tutmuşlar. Gta 5'in aksine oyuncuyu eğlendirmek yerine daha çok gerçekçi yapmışlar oyunu. Takip etme görevleri bazı yerlerde çok zorluyor. Polislerden kaçmak ise göründüğü kadar kolay değil. Önünüze kırıyorlar, arkanızdan sizi yana iterek kaza yapmanızı sağlıyorlar. 3 yıldız olduktan sonra helikopterde peşinize takıldıktan sonra bir de yavaş bir arabadaysanız Allah sabır versin, başınıza bela almışsınız demektir. Oyunun ne kadar finali güzel olmasa da görevleri olsun, hikayesi olsun, karakterleri olsun çok güzel. 2008 yılına göre bir başyapıt, şuan da günümüzde 2023 yılında bile çoğu oyundan iyi.… Expand
  27. arllda
    Feb 6, 2023
    8
    I think it's the best gta game. I would like to see the old dark scary weather in gta 6, the main character niko was really us, he was a player for his dreams, we go to the americas, we would not see the america in our dreams, we would be surprised by the crazy people around us like niko, this helps niko and the player empathize with the player
  28. nejnej55
    Feb 3, 2023
    9
    Maybe my favorite GTA game, though I have not played many but plan to soon. Nico is an interesting character and the way characters act and the voice acting is really realistic. The city looks really good and the atmosphere is really nice. I also found the main story interesting and I was super excited to learn more as I progressed throughout the story.
  29. SaoirseIsLive
    Jan 31, 2023
    9
    Great game, amazing story, but I cannot give it a 10 because of the quality of the port. Without downloading third party bug fixes it can be broken and the overall optimization makes it hard to run on the highest settings on modern PCs, let alone PCs of the time.
  30. DonldTrump_45Th
    Jan 26, 2023
    10
    Hello, this is a default review because i'm forced to use 75 characters. I'll edit this review in the future talking about the game, don't worry ;)

    My final rate is: 10
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Awards & Rankings

5
#5 Best PC Game of 2008
3
#3 Most Discussed PC Game of 2008
2
#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2008

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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. PC Gamer UK
    92
    It's the peripheral distractions of both going out with Roman, and meeting your girlfriends, that really make your virtual life so worth living. Although incredibly simplistic, they're oddly touching...One of the finest videogames ever. [Christmas 2008, p.87]
  2. PC Format
    89
    The most grown-up GTA and the best realised, but it doesn't respect the PC much. Enjoy the multiplayer madness if you can. [Christmas 2008, p.96]
  3. Eurogamer
    90
    A genuinely ground-breaking blockbuster in videogame history. There were moments playing GTA IV that I thought back to my initial experiences with games, and realised exactly how far we've come. There's never been anything quite like GTA IV in the world. That there makes me genuinely happy to be a gamer.
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