Grand Theft Auto IV follows the experiences of Nikolai "Niko" Bellic, an immigrant from an undisclosed eastern European country, whose troubled pa st and the persuasion of his cousin Roman have brought him to the fictional Liberty City. Unfortunately, Niko’s search for the American Dream and a much needed fresh start, hits an immediate snag when the rags to riches story Roman spun to pique Niko's interest is exposed as not only a complete fabrication, but a ploy to enlist Niko’s well-known skills as a tough guy against the ample list of enemies clamoring for Roman’s debt-ridden blood. Because Roman is the only person Niko knows in Liberty City he begrudgingly accepts his role as Roman’s protector despite the deception. But as time goes on Niko comes into his own, and his experience on the wrong side of the tracks proves more valuable than he could have ever imagined as he fights for survival and later supremacy on the crime ridden streets of Liberty City.
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Best ever sequel
good game. but the buggiest game i've ever played
The best game in the world.
good game
While It doesn't have great atmosphere as previous GTAs It's still not bad.
Also It is worst PC port I've seen.
Worst. Port. Ever.
That, and the nasty SecuRom crap that comes with it (AND slows the game down significantly: i got about 10 fps more with the Razor crack, disabling SecuRom), useless Rockstar Social Club program, and having to use a Windows Live Account, makes for quite a bad experience.
Until you're in the game.
Then, everything changes (IF the game runs smoothly).
Graphically, it looks amazing, and the storyline and gameplay are what we're used of from Rockstar Games, making for an awesome and addicting experience.
If only they had fired the port team, and opted out of the #$*%^!@&$% crap called SecuRom.
Great game that stays being fun even after you finished.
Runs great on my system and a really fun game.
Phenom II X3 @ 3.5 GHz
GeForce 9500 GT
Runs even better on my HD 4770 but it's borked.
In fact the GTA Series developed by "Rockstar North" and Published by "Rockstar Games"
I have q9550, 4gigs of ram, 8800gt and this damn game can barely maintain 30fps. This is after the shortcut tweak too. Another bitch of a problem is their securerom crap and 14 gigs to install this POS? wtf
I'm officially done with GTA IV series
Very Nice Game, ..
Excellent Game for EVER !
hmm, I can't play it well. it's 25 FPS and alot of drops/spikes
It makes me really sad seeing that an AWESOME work of art like this game can go straight to hell in the hands of a bad porting team. Do yourself a favor and invest on a X360 just for playing this game.
قشنگ بود .. با اینکه از قبلی یه چیزاییش رو کم کرده بودن ولی بازم در مجموعه خوب بود ... من عاشق صدای له شدن مردم باهاشم :D it's awesome !
GTA IV isn't a bad game, but the XBox -> PC port is horrible. You need 1GB o videoram to run it properly in HD resolutions, so the recommended specs are wrong. Also there are a lot of patches, eight if I remember well. And the Social Club and Games for Windows and all that overcomplicated DRM pushed me to use a crack (even when I have a legal copy of this game).
But hey! it is as fun as all the GTA saga, and the high realism that it has make it even better.