Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (VG)

User Rating:

9.7/10   

Writers:

Dan Houser (written by) &
Rupert Humphries (written by) ...

Release Date:

29 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Welcome to Liberty City, where the only dirty word is hope

Plot:

Niko Bellic comes to Liberty City, America to live the good life, but ends up having to assist his dangerously indebted cousin Roman with his financial troubles, by any (mostly illegal) means necessary.

Plot Keywords:

City | Liberty City | Car | Bedroom | Run

Cast

Michael Hollick	...	Niko Bellic (voice)
Jason Zumwalt	...	Roman Bellic (voice)
Timothy Adams	...	Brucie Kibbutz (voice)
Moti Margolin	...	Dimitri Rascalov (voice)
Doris Belack	...	Maureen McReary (voice)
Thomas Lyons	...	Deputy Commissioner Francis McReary (voice)
P.J. Sosko	...	Gerry McReary (voice)
Ryan Johnston	...	Patrick 'Packie' McReary (voice)
Mary Catherine Donnelly	...	Kate McReary (voice)
Coolie Ranx	...	'Little' Jacob Hughes (voice)
Seeborn	...	Teafore 'Real Badman' Maxwell-Davies (voice)
Charlie Parker	...	Elizabeta Torres (voice)
Tony Patellis	...	Jimmy Pegorino (voice)
Joseph Barbara	...	Ray Boccino (voice)
Frank Bonsangue	...	Phil Bell (voice)

Also Known As:

GTA 4 (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
GTA IV (International: English title) (short title)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Russian | Serbian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:M | Australia:MA (censored version) | Singapore:M18 | Norway:18 (self applied) | New Zealand:R18 (uncensored version) | New Zealand:R18 (censored version) | Germany:18 (uncensored)

Company:

Rockstar North

Trivia:

The game runs on the RAGE game engine, the same engine that powers Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis (2006) (VG). It also uses Euphoria animation software by NaturalMotion, allowing realistic body physics such as catching ledges before falling over, and stumbling when intoxicated.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the police look for you, and you are in a Cognoscenti, the dispatcher will call it a "limo."

Quotes:

[First lines]
Dave Bosoy: Daddy's back, you bitches... Daddy's back, you bitches!

Movie Connections:

References America's Next Top Whore (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

On a Journey

So good it makes San Andreas look like GTA 2.

Seriously: BUY. THIS. GAME!! I've been running around all over the city trying to buy it today but they were all sold out everywhere. I finally find a copy at a kiosk where I usually buy movies. I think I bought their last copy, haha.

Anyway, so I get home and install it (it takes only a couple of minutes to install on PS3) and I start to play and the first thing that strikes me is the unbelievable freedom of movement in this game. I start driving around and speed up and hitting the brakes and running over people and so on and it's the most intense experience I have ever had playing a GTA game.

And just you wait till you get out on the street, there's no walking through other people on the street in this game, no, in this game you actually run into people, knock them over, and make the very angry with you. Hehe, I got a lot of people running after me my first time on the street. I know how that sounds, that sounds like bad AI right? Wrong! It actually felt extremely real being chased.

So go out and get this game, but the people who live in my town has to wait a week cos I bought the last copy in the entire city.

Peace out!