Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)

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.

Writers:

Dan Houser, Rupert Humphries

Stars:

Michael Hollick, Jason Zumwalt, Timothy Adams

4 wins & 21 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Hollick	...	Niko Bellic (voice)
Jason Zumwalt	...	Roman Bellic (voice)
Timothy Adams	...	Brucie Kibbutz / Commercial (voice)
Moti Margolin	...	Dimitri Rascalov (voice)
Doris Belack	...	Mrs. McReary (voice)
Thomas Lyons	...	Francis McReary (voice)
P.J. Sosko	...	Gerry McReary (voice) (as PJ Sosko)
Ryan Johnston	...	Packie McReary (voice)
Mary Catherine Donnelly	...	Kate McReary (voice)
Coolie Ranx	...	Little Jacob (voice)
Seeborn	...	Real Badman (voice)
Charleigh E. Parker	...	Elizabeta Torres (voice) (as Charlie Parker)
Anthony Patellis	...	Jimmy Pegorino (voice) (as Tony Patellis)
Joe Barbara	...	Ray Boccino (voice)
Frank Bonsangue	...	Phil Bell (voice)

Storyline

An eastern european veteran migrates to Liberty City to forget the horrific and graphic memories of his past and for a better life, things don't come out as planned as he has to wipe out mobsters and loan sharks that are preventing his cousin from making money freely.

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Plot Keywords:

microsoft windows | console game | playstation 3 | xbox 360 | part of series | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

M

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Rockstar Games [United States]

Country:

UK USA Canada

Language:

English Serbian Russian Spanish Polish Chinese Portuguese Ukrainian Albanian Italian Korean Greek Yiddish

Release Date:

29 April 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Grand Theft Auto IV

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rockstar North, Rockstar Games, Rockstar Toronto

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When shooting civilians/enemies/police, often times they will be incapacitated rather than outright killed (unless shot in the head or harmed further). They may writhe on the ground, call out to the protagonist character (usually pleading for their life), and even attempt to stand up only to limp away wounded. Enemies marked with a mission objective marker (whom the player must eliminate) are no longer considered a threat when in this incapacitated state, most likely because they always drop their weapon.

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Goofs

When traveling down Babbage Drive in Central Alderney, it is a 4-lane road, like a highway, and there is the north and south bound lanes. Like a highway, the north and south bound lanes have two lanes each. When looking at either highway lane, it has the double solid yellow line, which would mean that the northbound and southbound lanes are in fact, a two-way road, and that Babbage drive is in fact, two different roads.

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Quotes

Niko Bellic: [Niko is transporting 2 dead bodies to a doctor and the trunk pops open on the way. Niko closes the trunk] Shit, were you guys trying to make a break for it?

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Crazy Credits

The Crowd of Liberty City - No Names

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Alternate Versions

The PC version has several changes from the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions such as: -The ability to change several in game graphics settings. -Video Editor -Independence FM -The clothing available at Perseus has new and altered suits.

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Connections

References Goodfellas (1990)

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Soundtracks

Liniya Zhizni
("Lifeline") (uncredited)
by Splean
(A. Vasiliev)
[Station: Vladivostok FM]

User Reviews

This is unlike anything you can believe

Perfection, or the closest thing possible is achieved with GTA IV. This may sound weird but it's hard to not think that this is a real breathing city. If one word could sum up the game I think it would be 'detail'. Every aspect of the game is as detailed as possible and it is easily the best game ever made respective of the technological possibility. For instance, the AI of the people walking down the street is almost creepy, it seems like these are living people. The dialogue is truly impressive, I believe that this game could compete with some of the best films around. Some people say that the cut-scenes have errors and other minuscule details are slightly askew, but truthfully if they are looking that close for errors they are missing the grand picture. Fantastic acting, worthy of film awards, breathtaking graphics, beyond realistic physics, and just enthralling game-play make this the first truly next-gen game that goes beyond just better graphics, pushing the limits of what I thought was possible. It's one hell of a deal for only $60, it's easily worth hundreds. Rockstar is genius for a making a game so immersive, so realistic, but yet manages to keep that funny, satiric GTA feel. Congrats Rockstar, you deserve your success.

P.S. screw off anyone that believes that video games cause people to do crimes. That's just being lazy.