This game is a masterpiece! We have never seen such a harmonic virtual world before. The story is as good as a movie and the graphics offer tons of incredible moments. GTA IV is more than a game.
An absolutely essential landmark title for the games industry. In terms of the sheer scope, emotion, ambition, and the stupidly high fun factor it offers, there is no better available in the genre today. In fact, no one else comes anywhere near.
ter jogado GTA III como o terceiro que joguei da franquia e perceber o quanto ele me deu mais motivos pra ser fã mostra que eu realmente entendo o peso histórico e a revolução que esse jogo representou. Não é só nostalgia é saber valorizar quando um jogo muda tudo, como GTA III fez ao transformar mundos abertos em algo memorável
It's not merely the fact that Rockstar have taken an already engaging gameworld and rebuilt it from the ground up, it's the fact that they've done that, and shoehorned in realistic weather systems, day to night transitions, realtime lighting, realistic character movement and animation, realistic physics and kinetics, incidental details, solid and well written dialogue, convincing AI and non-player characters and a multiplayer system that puts other games to shame.
Almost everything you do in Liberty City would be good enough to drive its own game, and the best parts would be good enough to outrun the competition, but the reason it works so well is that Rockstar has made a game that requires no patience to play. This, as much as its usual coherency and the best script in the series, is what makes GTA IV the best openworld game yet, and why it will take something miraculous to rob it of game of the year status.
Grand Theft Auto IV is the sex, drugs, and rock and roll of video games. It's a little less brave and intimidating this time around, but it’s also the most refined and polished game in the franchise’s history. This kind of sheen is generally reserved for titles with a much smaller scope.
This is a more refined, smoother game than its predecessors, and is almost certainly the most thoroughly interactive form of entertainment ever created, especially with the fantastic multiplayer options. But it's also more self-consciously constructed than the previous two GTA games, and in my eyes, a little less engaging.
I'm giving this one a 10 because I still go back and play this in 2025. In some ways I like it a lot more than GTA 5. I still haven't played the expansions and I'm looking forward to doing so before GTA 6 comes out. The driving is really fun and the missions are all entertaining. I like making the cabbies accidentally punch each other when they're trying to punch me and then they fight each other after I punch all of their cars.
I am not able to give it a 7.5 so I am giving it 7. It is a good game no doubt. Some well written characters, interesting story which makes the characters feel really human. But the story is often dragging and lost pacing sometimes. As for the characters not all of them are well written, don't get me wrong, Niko Bellic is THE best gta protagonist, he is so well written, along with roman, Jacob, Dimitri and Mikhail Faustin were memorable characters. But the rest? they were so forgetful. I do not even remember their names. The shooting is a stepup from San Andreas, is not very polished but is very enjoyable and every bullet, you can feel the impact. The driving is what drives me nuts, what is that man, like it's like driving on ice. But I hated it so much that I used only taxis. The bike driving is even worse.
The open world is literally breathing man, it is alive. Once I was in the rain and some woman came up and offered me some space under her umbrella, it is amazing. For the first time, itis good enough. But the game is not replayable at all, you notice that half of the game is just driving from place to place and the deal or whatever always goes wrong, you shoot everyone and go back. This repetitive mission design bored me. It is worth playing one time though
Grand Theft Auto IV is an okay game. It offers a decent story and open world, but nothing about it stands out as exceptional. The gameplay and graphics are fine, but overall it feels just average compared to other entries in the series.
GTA is the same game recycled over and over just like cod and many more these days. Anything in GTA series should not even be close to a ninety. San Andreas maybe because it brought a lot of new and fresh ideas. Still same old game though
Summary[Metacritic's 2008 PS3 Game of the Year; Also known as "GTA IV"] What does the American Dream mean today? For Niko Belic, fresh off the boat from Europe. It's 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...