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. Shinoadoto
    Aug 18, 2023
    7
    Многие считаю гта 4 худшей частью серии, мол задания однотипные, принеси, подай, отвези, убей. Но на это я закрываю глаза, ведь история Нико, с этой темной атмосферой Нью-Йорка пробирает до мозга костей. Этот белградский сукин сын завоевал мое сердце. Его история лучшая во всей серии
    7 раст из 10    Многие считаю гта 4 худшей частью серии, мол задания однотипные, принеси, подай, отвези, убей. Но на это я закрываю глаза, ведь история Нико, с этой темной атмосферой Нью-Йорка пробирает до мозга костей. Этот белградский сукин сын завоевал мое сердце. Его история лучшая во всей серии
    7 раст из 10
  8. 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
  9. Paradox981
    Aug 13, 2023
    9
    Gelmiş geçmiş en iyi GTA oyunudur. Aksi idda edilemez idda edenle muhattap kesilir
  10. tillas
    Aug 12, 2023
    4
    i don't understand people who like this game. Really.

    Missions is just: Go to point A kill a dude after that go to point B. Mission end. And a boring car physics made it even worser. Also PC port is absolute **** Especially in 2008 with a ton of bugs. The main character. Niko is just random fool that is doing other people jobs. Very rarely he is having his decision. Game is just    i don't understand people who like this game. Really.

    Missions is just: Go to point A kill a dude after that go to point B. Mission end. And a boring car physics made it even worser.

    Also PC port is absolute **** Especially in 2008 with a ton of bugs.

    The main character. Niko is just random fool that is doing other people jobs. Very rarely he is having his decision. Game is just boring.

    And some people telling this game is better than GTA V lol. GTA vice city is even better than that ****.

    Also there is no autosave in this game. Game relased in 2008 and there is no autosave? Seriously? Some people telling this game is better because there is a serious story... In GTA... Who even needs a serious story in GTA? Especially with so boring missions. Btw whole story is boring and not interesting.

    "very nice game"    … Expand
  11. Czechinator
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    At first, I enjoyed the game. I liked the driving model, which was not as braindead as in other gta. I also enjoyed the shooting mechanics. However, the game lost its appeal to me fairly quickly. (I did a run of all GTA games from the first to the latest part, and no other gta left me feeling disappointed like this one.)
    GTA 4 is incredibly long and boring, with uninspiring repetitive    At first, I enjoyed the game. I liked the driving model, which was not as braindead as in other gta. I also enjoyed the shooting mechanics. However, the game lost its appeal to me fairly quickly. (I did a run of all GTA games from the first to the latest part, and no other gta left me feeling disappointed like this one.)
    GTA 4 is incredibly long and boring, with uninspiring repetitive missions and no checkpoints!
    Around mission 40, I just wished for it to be over, after that i only wanted to know how the story ends. I'm playing it in 2023 on a powerful PC (GTA 5 on max settings is no problem, but this one lags on medium ,experiencing graphic issues, texture flickering, and so on.). Uninstalled and i have no desire to play any DLC content and would rather watch a story compilation on YouTube.    … Expand
  12. Tunahan_cevik
    May 21, 2023
    10
    It has the best story and physics engine in the series.
    Still the best gta game.
  13. 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
  14. Harthik69
    Jul 9, 2023
    8
    Nice Game. Would love to play again in future. Good Graphics and mechanics!!!
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. Niko-Bellic
    Jun 25, 2023
    9
    The most comprehensive GTA part, not much to say, this is the best GTA game, experience it now!
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. Nick7000
    Jun 2, 2023
    8
    Очень недооцененная часть серии. Прекрасная история, отличная атмосфера.
  21. ProsteNicolas
    May 28, 2023
    7
    This game is legendary, the story is actually good, but its not too fun, but the atmosphere of this game is absolutelly unbelievable, the physics is the best, a lot better than GTA 5. In this game the PC Optimalization is horrible, If you had a better computer back in 2009 when GTA 4 came out, it would have been hell to run the game anyway, the game was unplayable in that time on PC, ButThis game is legendary, the story is actually good, but its not too fun, but the atmosphere of this game is absolutelly unbelievable, the physics is the best, a lot better than GTA 5. In this game the PC Optimalization is horrible, If you had a better computer back in 2009 when GTA 4 came out, it would have been hell to run the game anyway, the game was unplayable in that time on PC, But I'm also a bit disappointed about the story, the story didn't entertain me as much as in GTA 5 or GTA San Andreas. Good game, but unfortunately there is not much in this game, when the story is finished, I find the game a bit underdeveloped. I understand they were trying for physics. Anyway, I didn't like the city either, it's just that when you finish GTA 4 you mostly don't turn the game on until you want to play it again, which doesn't happen anyway, or you go play the DLC, but when you finish the DLC there's nothing you can do in the story or the DLC anyway, in GTA San Andreas after finishing the story you could play for tens of hours to finish GTA San Andreas 100%, also the gangster wars in GTA San Andreas were very good. Anyway, in GTA 4 there are no conveniences like in GTA SA, you can't customize your character, you can't tune cars, you can't use planes, although actually GTA 4 couldn't do that because Liberty City, you couldn't explore the water world. GTA 4 just wasn't my cup of coffee, even though I finished it.… Expand
  22. nietzfk
    May 20, 2023
    7
    There is a mod called 'Definitive Edition'. I recommend you to play the game with this mod. It largely solves the optimization problems it has. Game is absolutely awesome.
  23. Taken_Hades
    May 19, 2023
    8
    -9/10 story
    -7/10 gameplay
    -10/10 characters
    -8/10 environment
    -10/10 music
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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.
  28. MrMayheMx
    May 5, 2023
    0
    favorite gta ever, the best story in the franchise and more realistic, the protagonist, although not the only one, is the most humanized in the franchise, sounding convincing enough for the player who appreciates the story. excellent graphics for the time and the physics of this game is an example to this day. several current games do not do the incredible job done in the physics of gta iv.
  29. Magical_Viktor
    Apr 30, 2023
    6
    Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»
  30. MrOldModern
    Apr 10, 2023
    6
    Із гарного це атмосфера та фізика. Усе інше душе унило. Хтось скаже, що тут реалістичний сюжет про тяжке кримінальне життя. Вибачаюсь, але сюжет дуже затягнутий.
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#5 Best PC Game of 2008
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#3 Most Discussed PC Game of 2008
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#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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