- Publisher: Rockstar Games
- Release Date: Dec 2, 2008
- Also On: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
User Score
Mixed or average reviews- based on 3664 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 2,227 out of 3664
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Mixed: 760 out of 3664
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Negative: 677 out of 3664
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RobertC.Dec 19, 2008Unplayable. Apparently the "critics" are more than willing to give high marks to a game that barely functions due to bugs. The fix is in between the "professional critics" on this site and Rockstar games...sad.
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EZDec 2, 2008
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RickJamesDec 22, 2008Couldn't get more than 20fps... every other new game I can run on the highest settings, and the other games look WAY better also... Rockstar used PC gamers as a footstep to the gaming world, and now they just opened the door and spit right on us... I'm boycotting Rockstar unless they release some serious fixes!
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serkanusluDec 24, 2008It is not a PC game. It is the console game emulated to the PC. Do you remember the PS2 emulators and how bad they ran? That is what I am talking about!
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SMDec 27, 2008Horrendously bad port. The number of hoops to jump through just to install and play the game is ridiculous, and then the bugs within are numerous and crippling. As yet Rockstar haven't done anything to geniunely help and until they do I strongly recommend passing on this.
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AlexK.Dec 2, 2008
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MikeN.Dec 30, 2008
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DorquemadaJDec 30, 2008Look at the comparison of all the scores up here. It's obvious what reviewers obviously BOTHERED to test this port out. Sorry, but when I can run Crysis fine on high settings I expect this game to be somewhat playable on my rig. Somewhat. The lag is so atrocious and the game is so buggy even at low settings that I ended up dropping 50 bucks for an unplayable box. Sad.
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JetBoomDec 4, 2008Extremely buggy and bad port. I'm surprised at Rockstar's terrible choice with using Games for Windows and SecuRom. They screwed it up so bad that even retail buyers have near-unusable installations and performance issues.
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GuessAgainDec 4, 2008
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JohnMDec 4, 2008
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JohnDoeDec 4, 2008
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MarkS.Dec 5, 2008
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SergeyRubinDec 6, 2008
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WarrenJDec 6, 2008Stop giving this godawful port such lofty praise. Regardless of the quality of gameplay, the optimization and overall porting job is pathetic, and shouldn't be tolerated.
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MalcolmF.Dec 6, 2008
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andersl.Dec 6, 2008
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AlanG.Dec 6, 2008
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DarrylC.Dec 6, 2008
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AlexDec 7, 2008It could be a good game, but it's really bad because of terrible porting to PC. For such a high system requirements graphic is poor, and whole game is one big bug. It often crashes or shows errors durnig loading. It took them more than half a year to port to PC, and result is very amateur stuff.
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AMoffattDec 7, 2008It's a shame about the bugs, the crashes, the way it crawls, the way it only gives you the option of loading up the most recent game from start, the 'social club' nag screen, the load speed (gah - the load speed!), the car handling, the poor reward for exploration and doing side-quests. It is a shame, because I'm sure that there's a good game in there somewhere.
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ehafhDec 8, 2008
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ShauneE.Dec 9, 2008
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ShawnJNov 4, 2009
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EpzoOct 18, 2009Ok fools check this out...it is cheaper to buy an Xbox 360 elite and this game rather then spend over a thousand dollars on a computer that can keep up with the graphics. having said that this game rocks and pc users should just suck it up and get an xbox to play this game at an optimal level.
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JonEwingJan 18, 2009I've played this for a couple of days but now it's listed on ebay where I will try to recoup as many of my losses as poss. I finally gave up after the 10th crash to desktop. I wasn't even enjoying the bland missions anyway so it wasn't worth the hassle of rebooting the game every time. Avoid- even with a high end PC.
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RickR.Dec 30, 2009Bought this on steam holiday sale for
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ClareJan 25, 2009
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EikCorellJan 3, 2009I haven't bothered trying to play the game beyond the very start because the performance is just so abhorrently bad. This is as far as I know the only game in existence where lowering resolution and textures does virtually nothing at all for performance.
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AnonymousMCJan 7, 2009
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Awards & Rankings
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PC Gamer UKIt'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]
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PC FormatThe 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]
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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.