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Grand Theft Auto IV

Brand: Rockstar Games

Platform : Windows Vista, Windows XP |

Rated: Mature

773 ratings

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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

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ASIN

B001BNFQKO

Release date

December 2, 2008

Customer Reviews

773 ratings

3.9 out of 5 stars

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#42,970 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#1,158 in PC-compatible Games

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Product Dimensions

7.5 x 1 x 5.5 inches; 4 Ounces

Type of item

Video Game

Rated

Mature

Item model number

31510

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

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.

WARNING:

CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

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3.9 out of 5

773 global ratings

5 star		60%
4 star		13%
3 star		3%
2 star		4%
1 star		20%

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Micah Hope

Got what I expected

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 31, 2023

Platform: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Wonderful game
However haD to upgrade my pc

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Ken

No kidding, the PC version plays better for me than the XBOX 360 version

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 1, 2009

Platform: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

I can't help but be amused by all the negative reviews of the PC version of GTAIV. So much complaining about SecuROM, Games for windows Live, and the Rockstar club thing. I own both the XBOX and PC versions, and I think the PC version is better. So you ask "How is this possible?" Let me explain:

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.

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Bob

works

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 8, 2022

Platform: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

If you redeem the serial on the Rockstar Launcher, you could get the two addons bundled in.

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Spike

Fun But It's a Pain

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 5, 2009

Platform: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Let me start by saying this game is buggy and definitely the worst outing from what I would have called a solid development house. The biggest problem, even after patching, and this game is a year old, is that there are several graphic bugs. The biggest is the graphics fade. For instance occasionally I'll be driving down the road and the road will turn into what looks like grey mud with fog on top and then flip back eventually and repeat. Smaller issues continue to pop up as well, like all of the sudden the on/off freeway ramps will appear to be blocked by a long grey slab which, thankfully, I can still drive through. I've had the same problems on two computers using different graphic cards, both nVidia, a 260 GTX and an 8800 GT. The many graphic issues with this game have been well documented so I'll let the rest go.

Installation and running this game is a ridiculous continual slap in the face. Not only do you need to deal with Windows Live, a first for me and not at all enjoyable or useful in my opinion (it feels like they took Steam, ripped it's guts out and tried to put it in a pretty box that they're gonna make you open). Second, Rockstar Social Club is a necessary installation and not only will it attempt to make itself launch when your computer starts but it must be running when you launch the game and will reinstall the auto launcher each time you run the game. This makes for a fun mini-game after I'm done playing of cleaning up after it so it won't auto launch itself the next day.

As for the game itself, so far I am finding it enjoyable even with the problems. It's not groundbreaking, there are several uneven spots, such as the Snow Storm mission that suddenly really amps up the difficulty and pretty much keeps it there, but this is small and you'll adjust, just expect to replay this mission a few times. If you're like me you'll enjoy the random chaos you can create in any GTA game and pretty much that's why I bought it, then you won't be too disappointed. I would have preferred to get it as a digital download but for some reason Rockstar is keeping the prices on these at any retailer at the original asking price, $50. I wouldn't pay that for this game then, because of the many bugs, and definitely wouldn't now so Amazon is your best shot at this point.

I have to say before I played this game, even after San Andres which I didn't like, I had a much higher opinion of Rockstar. With the way they handled and continue to handle, the lack of patches to fix these old problems says a lot, I wouldn't trust them any further than any other house that would make it's customers jump through this many hoops for what is still, a year later, an unfinished game.

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Salo Hernan

Ideal para coleccionistas de la franquicia GTA.

Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on December 9, 2019

Platform: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Nada como tener el juego en físico, un plus para coleccionistas. A pesar de que lo tengo en descarga digital, quise darme el gusto de tenerlo con su estuche y discos; más un teniendo un buen descuento como incentivo. Al momento de instalarlo tuve algunos inconvenientes, aunque es de suponerse debido a que fue lanzado en el 2008 y únicamente para los sistemas operativos compatibles de la época (XP y Vista) aunado al hecho de que varios servicios de los que depende (Social Club y MGFW) para instalarse y ejecutarse se han suspendido o cambiado en la actualidad (2019). Por ejemplo lo he instalado exitosamente en W8.1 y funciona perfectamente con un control de XBOX One y a resolución 1920x1080, gracias al parche 8 de actualización v.1.0.8.0.

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REAL PRODUCT REVIEW THE BEST PRODUCT FROM AMAZON

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on May 30, 2022

Platform: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

ACTUALLY SOME PEOPLE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE RELEASE DATE CHECKING ISSUE WHICH HAS NO SOLUTION.BUT IF YOU SEE THE LIBERTY CITY MANUAL IN THE BACK THERE IS A CODE WHICH CAN BE USED TO REDEEM GTA IV FROM ROCKSTAR GAMES LAUNCHER AND IT WORKS PROPERLY BUT REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU ENTER THE CODE ADD DASHES WHEN NEEDED BEST PRODUCT

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rpitre98

Fun, but PC version isn't as good.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 9, 2013

Platform: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Although this is sold by a secondary seller, the product I was expecting came. Everything was intact. Only complaint I have, and this obviously isn't the sellers fault, is that the PC version has it's low sides compared to the console versions, but it is still fun for using modifications and such. Good price for a new product though

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Alex

Ripoff

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 26, 2020

Platform: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

Con job
Doesn't work on upgraded systems

francois de la durantaye

One Star

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 28, 2017

Platform: PCEdition: StandardVerified Purchase

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