About This Game PLEASE NOTE: Microsoft no longer supports creating Games for Windows-LIVE accounts within Grand Theft Auto IV. You can create an account through account.xbox.com and then log into your account in game. What does the American dream mean today? For Niko Bellic fresh off the boat from Europe, it is the hope he can escape from 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 get 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. New high resolution technology brings Liberty City to life with even more stunning graphical detail Expanded multiplayer will require even more strategy and skill to come out on top Custom Match allows you to pick your favorite multiplayer options and then instantly find online matches that fit Optimized for PC controls and Xbox 360 controller a09c17d780 Title: Grand Theft Auto IVGenre: Action, AdventureDeveloper:Rockstar North, Rockstar TorontoPublisher:Rockstar GamesRelease Date: 2 Dec, 2008 Grand Theft Auto IV Key Great game and the usual GTA experience.. Can you believe that this is one of the best selling games of all time, and that Rockstar is probably the richest software developer of all time, and yet they can still have a game engine running as badly as this? How can they still sell this and sleep at night?Rockstar should be ASHAMED of themselves. Running this on modern hardware, in front of somebody, is EMBARRASSING! If you enable 4x DSR from drivers and max the game out, it looks incredible. BUT IT RUNS SO BADLY. THE FRAME PACING IS THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN ANYWHERE EVER! What's so disheartening, is that in 50 years time, when hardware is thousands of times more powerful than it is now, this game will still stutter like this, not because of performance reasons, but because of a game engine which doesn't render ahead correctly (and that's literally all that it is).They won't fix the relentless stuttering and hitching. They won't patch GFWL out. Is this too much to ask of these billionaires? The only thing they'll do is patch some music out of the game, because the 'license expired'. It's like all the "evils of capitalism" satire, that Rockstar like to bang on about on their progressive left wing ideological platform, come true, with none of the irony lost on them, as they battle against what little remaining freedom you still have in the world. What, you thought that because they took the\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665out of some roasties and soyboys, that they aren't a bunch of big government socialists? Might as well keep on pretending that you can get a gun without a license in California.GTA IV is one of my favourite games of all time, ok? But looking back, it's almost unbelievable that we had to have GTA V, before they pull fingers out and give us a half decent game engine. And even then, it looks like they finally just patched\/improved\/optimised the existing RAGE engine, so that it runs more efficiently and renders ahead correctly, then employed a group of enthusiastic ENB series modders, far more skilled than the folks at Rockstar are, to make the graphics look nicer. And then litigate and persecute anybody who dares attempt to import GTA IV into the new engine, you know, the engine that actually works properly, unlike this one.... idc what anyone says, gta 4 has an amazing story. Good game, too bad GFWL had to ruin it.With how dependent this game is on GFWL, you're essentially buying a unplayable game. I managed to get 29 hours in before GFWL decided to render any of my progression obsolete.4\/5 for the game.0\/5 for GFWL. When I played GTA IV first, back in 08, I was 16, and replaying the game as an adult has been a profound experience.Grand Theft Auto is a slow game, sometimes annoying, sometimes boring and definitely clunky, but behind all these downsides there's a magic that only this chapter of the saga has and has never been replicated since.The uniqueness of GTA IV is in its "cozy" nature; long gone are the wild and bombastic gameplay opportunities of San Andreas and the less serious fun factor of GTAV is still far away.Grand theft auto IV took what is the core of the grand theft auto experience (arguably the driving and shooting), evolving it to a level that has never been matched, and that was severely downgraded in the still amazing (and in some case superior) GTA V.Driving takes patience and experience but is tremendously satisfying, as a result of this driving never gets old in this game, not even after 50 hours of playing, and the city is a joy to navigate through, with all its winding roads and interesting structures.The shooting mechanics share the same care, with a much better weapon feel than GTA V and a better choreography for the shootouts themselves.Unlike every other GTA game the city itself offers less gameplay opportunities, but it's built with a care and character that was rarely matched in any other entry of the saga.The atmosphere is purposely grey and dreadry, portraying a dark city where only the ruthless go ahead, and this is well in tone with the grim tone of the story...And what a story...GTA San Andreas had a great narrative, but GTA IV reached some untouched levels of storytelling, inside the Grand Theft Auto universe; characters are insanely well built and every single dialogue gives us a bit of insight into the mind of whoever is speaking.GTA IV is a mosaic of accents, habits, phobias, behavioural problems, different motivations and so on; there's a bit for everyone...grim characters, funny characters, serious characters...you name it, and every single mission and cutscene fits into a vast tapestry with interconnected pieces of narrative, which all work towards a final glorious narrative, with some insanely satisfying payoffs and genuinely heartbreaking moments.GTA IV is a must play for every grand theft auto fan and it's well worth enduring its many shortcomings (mainly the fact that all the missions basically follow the same structure of driving-chasing-killing) to experience an amazing piece of digital entertainment and a design philosophy which, for better or for worse, will never be followed again (at least in the GTA franchise).A truly unique game.. Often overshadowed by it's successor I find this game to actually be the superior of the 2 games, it has some compatability issues but if you get them worked out you are in for a great time.The Story is engaging, dark, deep, rough and real, Niko is a great protagonist putting you in the world of foreigners immigrating to America in search of the "American Dream" but getting caught up in the crime rings. You meet several interesting and wonderful characters along the way who can surprise you, everything is done in a personal and human way.This stands to possibly be one of the greatest games ever made it's just a little rough around the edges with compatability issues and some (often funny) graphical glitchesDefinately buy it, you won't regret it
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