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- Carry on the Grand Theft Auto tradition playing through the single player campaign as Niko Bellic
- Get cars and other modes of transportation anyway you can
- Interact with various colorful characters who give you various missions to engage in
- Engage in multiplayer challenges ranging from cover matches to shoot-outs
- Carry on the Grand Theft Auto tradition playing through the single player campaign as Niko Bellic
- Get cars and other modes of transportation anyway you can
- Interact with various colorful characters who give you various missions to engage in
- Engage in multiplayer challenges ranging from cover matches to shoot-outs
- Game Rated 'M' due to Intense Violence, Blood, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Partial Nudity, Use of Drugs and Alcohol
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ASIN | B001BNFQKO |
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Release date | December 2, 2008 |
Customer Reviews |
4.0 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #39,568 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #1,099 in PC-compatible Games |
Product Dimensions | 6.7 x 0.6 x 5.4 inches; 4 ounces |
Type of item | Video Game |
Rated | Mature |
Item model number | 31510 |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Item Weight | 4 ounces |
Manufacturer | Rockstar Games |
Date First Available | August 6, 2008 |
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What does the American Dream mean today? For Niko Bellic, fresh off the boat from Europe, it is the hope he can escape his past. For his cousin, Roman, it is the vision that together they can find fortune in Liberty City, gateway to the land of opportunity. As they slip into debt and are dragged into a criminal underworld by a series of shysters, thieves and sociopaths, they discover that the reality is very different from the dream in a city that worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don't.
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Customers like the storyline and missions in the game. They say the story is strong and emotional. They also appreciate the great graphics and real interiors. However, some customers have reported issues with the value and ease of use. They mention the game is buggy, poorly optimized, and impossible to install.
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Customers find the game awesome, fun, and entertaining. They also say the concept is fine, the game is new, and has typical GTA gameplay. Customers say they're in store for one of the best single player experiences in gaming. They mention that the conversations they have are pretty funny or interesting.
"...As for the actual gameplay, GTAIV is a pretty decent game. Once you get past the cut screens, it's the same game on the PC and XBOX...." Read more
"...minutes, but the minigames are varied and the conversations they have are pretty funny or interesting, depending on who it is...." Read more
"this game is great. i loved it on the 360 and i wanted to get back into the modding community that i enjoyed with GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andres...." Read more
"...The game itself it pretty good, it looks amazing, but it's not very "fun"...." Read more
Customers like the graphics of the game. They mention it has nice graphics, is incredible realistic, and has real interiors. Customers also say the physics of things are approaching a realistic feel.
"...:pThe graphics are great and they have a long way to scale - the faster your computer, the more details there are...." Read more
"...The game itself it pretty good, it looks amazing, but it's not very "fun"...." Read more
"...The 360 also has the graphics settings turned way down, likely due to the performance issues...." Read more
"...It is a fun game. The storyline and missions are good, The graphics are nice,..." Read more
Customers like the storyline of the video game. They mention that it's interesting, strong, and emotional. They also appreciate the well written story driven cutscenes. Customers also mention that the missions are long and fun.
"...It is a fun game. The storyline and missions are good, The graphics are nice,..." Read more
"...The storyline missions are mostly well done, and the story driven cutscenes are very well written and present a cast of likable characters...." Read more
"...The storyline is phenomenal and has that dark NYC feel. IT is the last GTA made for adults and not "kids," like 5...." Read more
"...There's no way to save the game mid-mission. This can lead to having to repeat the entire mission if you fail them before completion." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the performance of the video game. They mention that the game doesn't work after installation, it doesn'nt come on, and it just crashes. Some customers also mention that it does glitches occasionally and that they need to add many things to use it.
"...through enemies with the auto lock, thus making it frustrating and easy to die...." Read more
"Can not get this program to work properly with Windows 11. Constant errors, and the supposed patches to fix it only made it go from bad to worse...." Read more
"...Not only do you need to deal with Windows Live, a first for me and not at all enjoyable or useful in my opinion..." Read more
"...part, it took me a few hours to find out why the game wouldn't work after installation. Here is what you HAVE to do after installaion:..." Read more
Customers find the value of the video game software to be poor. They say it's buggy, poorly optimized, and not as enjoyable as other GTA 4 games. Some customers also mention that the game is a waste of money and time.
"...*It is extremely hard to play with controller. Analogue sticks are a disgrace to gaming, controller controls are so bad, the game automatically..." Read more
"Let me start by saying this game is buggy and definitely the worst outing from what I would have called a solid development house...." Read more
"...Overall, If you liked the earlier GTA games this one is worth getting, (Wait till it's on sale. I did,)..." Read more
"...You kinda feel like you're going through the motions, and it's not as enjoyable as other GTA 4 games...." Read more
Customers find the installation of the video game software to be difficult or impossible on any of their PCs that meet the software minimum requirements. They mention that the game causes installation headaches and is a hassle to get started and working. Some customers also report that the DVD is useless and cannot be installed.
"...The install was 'not easy', and you will need to run the latest patch from Rockstars website for this game to work properly...." Read more
"...otherwise it's a really great game, but the installation is a pain in the rear even when you have Windows Live...." Read more
"This game is good but can become tidious during installation but once you install it the game then updates taking away some of the dra software...." Read more
"Works great, looks great.The installation was a pain, but I got it working eventually...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the download speed of the video game software. They mention that it lags really bad, feels like they're lagging when they' are moving the camera, and it's a slow download. Some say that the game is still full of bugs, terrible frame rates, and constant crashes.
"...has the graphics settings turned way down, likely due to the performance issues. It runs at 720P on an HDTV with anti aliasing turned off...." Read more
"...everywhere, blurry shadows, blurry textures, texture/item pop in, low traffic, no night shadows, extremely low view distance, and more......" Read more
"...My new system has a Core i5 750 and a Geforce GTS260 and it runs really smooth...." Read more
"...be getting 15-20 fps on average which is still playable, but not worth the fps drop if you ask me. I keep it on medium settings...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the quality of the video game software. They mention that the game has a defect from the manufacturer, the disks are corrupt, and the files are corrupt. Some say that the CDs are fake and don't work.
"...Absolutely useless. This game has a defect from the manufacturer. DO NOT BUY IT...." Read more
"...and then after I spent all the time downloading the game, I got an error message every time I tried to start the game up that wouldn't allow me to..." Read more
"...Because whenever you launch the game it says you have a vcd error. So you have to download 50 stupid links and then download it again!..." Read more
"Great game to mod... just didnt work on my pc. i didnt meet the system requirements even though they are listed on the site... bad on my part" Read more
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The only problem I had with this game was the installation, I don't get why I had to create 2 accounts I was never going to use.
I also have this game for PS3, and the PC version is far superior to the PS3 and Xbox GTA4 version because:
*It is extremely hard to play with controller. Analogue sticks are a disgrace to gaming, controller controls are so bad, the game automatically LOCKS ONTO A TARGET when you aim. You might think this is easier compared to no aim assist on PC, but it is very hard and sometimes impossible(enemies ducking behind a car or wall,etc) to cycle through enemies with the auto lock, thus making it frustrating and easy to die. Moving is also clunky on console, GTA 4 has a weighted feel, like Killzone. It is hard to describe, but it feels like you're lagging when you're moving the camera of trying to move Niko with analogue sticks. Sixaxis controls on PS3 is also a gimmick. You can only fly helicopters, reload a weapon, and drive a motorcycle with sixaxis, and it is near impossible to fly/drive with it.
*The console version runs at 20-30 FPS and frequently drops to 10fps when you blow things up or look far away(no fps drop when cars explode in PC version surprisingly for me)
*The console version is very ugly and not full HD. GTA4 vanilla is very bland and ugly, even on max settings on PC(the only way to make it look good is through modding), so the console version is extremely ugly. There are jaggies everywhere, blurry shadows, blurry textures, texture/item pop in, low traffic, no night shadows, extremely low view distance, and more...
*no modding support on PS3/Xbox. Modding massively expands the replay value and overall enjoy of games. Do you want to be a cop like in real life? There's a mod for that: LCPD first response. There's basically a mod for anything because the community is so huge. You can even replace the stupid real world look alike cars in GTA4 with real Ferrari's and stuff.
MODDING IS NOT HACKING!!!
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Minimum requirements in my opinion for smooth gameplay are:
Quad core(CPU heavy game)
4gb+ of ram(it hogs ram like crazy)
video card with over 1gb of vram(you need 2gb of vram to max out the game, it's stupid)
7200rpm hdd(you want the game to load as fast as you can because waiting 2-5minutes to boot up the game is no fun)
Here are the list of mods I use:
Icenhancer 1.3
ultimate textures v2
road textures by dkt70
real traffic spawn
and over 40 individual car mods and counting
XBOX 360 Release - The Xbox 360 hardware performance specs haven't changed in 4 years and GTAIV makes this fact quite obvious. Some outdoor scenes slow down to around 10 FPS. Everyone knows that below 20-30 FPS, a game will begin to become unplayable. These slow downs can very frustrating during a car chase or a shootout. The 360 also has the graphics settings turned way down, likely due to the performance issues. It runs at 720P on an HDTV with anti aliasing turned off. Once you get up to a 46-50 inch TV, jaggies start to become annoying. It's not all bad with the 360 version. The game loads fairly quickly, even though you are forced to watch the entire intro sequence.
PC Version - I'm running Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit on an i7 920 Quad core with 6 GB of DDR3 and a 295 GTX dual GPU video card. I run all of my PC games on a 52" 1080P HDTV. Even unpatched, the PC version runs very well on this rig. I have all the graphics settings cranked up to max and I get 60 fps through most of the game play. This makes car chases with other criminals and running from the police much easier to do. I went ahead and patched the game using the latest release and I haven't had any problems. I don't have any issues with the "Games for Windows Live" app that runs with the game, but the Rockstar club thing is sort of annoying. I'm not sure why it's there and I think it just adds to the load time of the game. The user is force to watch two sets of cut screens before starting game play. It's not so bad that the game deserves a single star when rating it. One major downfall of the PC port is that it's difficult to control with the mouse and keyboard. There are just too many buttons you need to be able to push and the keyboard can be a little clumsy. I happen to have the windows receiver for the xbox controller, so I fired that up and was able to use my 360 controller no problem. It seems to work better in most cases. Oh, and finally there's the secuROM thorn in everyone's side. Personally, I've never had problem with any game that has it built into it. This leads me to believe that all the claims that state it cripples computers and brings an end to world are completely blown out of proportion. The only part I hate it limited activations, but most publishers have ways to revoke the registration so you don't run out of activations (which is what GTAIV uses).
As for the actual gameplay, GTAIV is a pretty decent game. Once you get past the cut screens, it's the same game on the PC and XBOX. It's my first GTA game, so it's all new to me. The story line is cool and the size of the Liberty City world is quite large. I do have three minor nits:
- Shootouts can be difficult due to the way the autoaiming and take cover functions work. I would prefer just some old school 1st/3rd person shooter controls.
- There's no auto aiming available while driving in a car. The only way to shoot from the car is to first start firing and then aim with the camera joystick.
- There's no way to save the game mid-mission. This can lead to having to repeat the entire mission if you fail them before completion.
The game itself is a ton of fun, but you need to not let your kids play it. There's all kinds of crime, which is great if you know right from wrong and fiction from reality.
Niko is an interesting character, and the characters that he meets up with have distinct personalities. It does kind of turn into The Sims with your friends calling you every 20 minutes, but the minigames are varied and the conversations they have are pretty funny or interesting, depending on who it is. Or if it's Little Jacob, completely unintelligible. :p
The graphics are great and they have a long way to scale - the faster your computer, the more details there are. The gripe I have is that if I want to custom-tune them that's fine but the next time I start the game the auto settings are back. That's OK, I guess, but I can get a bit more "pretty" out of my computer without giving up the framerate and I'd like it to stay that way.
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Reviewed in Mexico on December 9, 2019
また、動くか分からなかったので、様子を見てからEFLCを買うつもりでこの商品を買いました
インストールや日本語化、起動時の沢山のエラー等はググれば先人の方々の解説が沢山あるので、簡単では無いですが円滑に進められます
かなり古いゲームなので自分の低スペックなノートPC(CPUi7ー4500U.メモリ8G.グラボGT740M)でも高設定(最高ではない)で快適に動作しました、これでEFLCも買えそうです(^_^)
ただ低スペックなのでオンラインと車MODはしません
ゲーム本体の感想としては、GTA3~SAをPCでやってきましたが4は最高だと思います
NPCの行動が増えたりする等密度が増え散策も楽しく
このくらい簡単になるとストレス溜まらなくて100%狙えて良いです、カバーも初めてなので面白いです
MODはスクリプト系と武器MODを導入しています
警察の拳銃とかをベレッタPx4にしたり、ボディーガードを沢山率いて警察と戦ったりしています