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:

Things Will Be Different.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

M

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ten years after the game's release, a patch came out on April 26th, 2018 that removed several songs from the radio stations due to licensing issues. A new playlist of tracks was added to Vladivostok FM after all except one of the tracks was removed from the station. The following tracks were removed:

Liberty Rock Radio:

• "1979" by Smashing Pumpkins
• "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks
• "Evil Woman" by Electric Light Orchestra
• "Fascination" by David Bowie
• "Heaven and Hell" by Black Sabbath

Liberty City Hardcore:

• "Enforcer" by Leeway
• "It's the Limit" by Cro-Mags

K109 The Studio:

• "Can't Live Without Your Love" by Tamiko Jones

Vladivstok FM:

• Every song except "Liberty City: The Invasion" by Seryoga. Every other song was replaced by the following new tracks:
• "YA Nenavizhu Karaoke" by Aleksey Bolshoy
• "Mon Ami" by Seryoga (feat. Maks Loren)
• "Dobav' Skorost" by Seryoga
• "Chiki" by Seryoga
• "Goryacheye Leto" by Delice
• "Noch'Ju" by Zhenya Fokin
• "Gulyaj, Slavyane!!" by Kievelektro (feat. Alyona Vinnitskaya)
• "Begu (Rancho Song)" by Riffmaster
• "Riffmaster Tony" by Riffmaster
• "Underground" by Ayvengo
• "Reprezenty" by Ayvengo

The Journey:

• "A Rainbow in Curved Air" by Terry Riley
• "Communique: 'Approach Spiral'" by Michael Shrieve

Radio Broker:

• "Homicide" by The Prairie Cartel
• "The Teacher" by Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band

IF99:

• "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" by Gil Scott-Heron

San Juan Sounds:

• "Ven Bailalo" by Angel y Khriz

The Vibe:

• "C.O.D. (I'll Deliver)" by Mtume

The Beat 102.7:

• "Crackhouse" by Fat Joe (feat. Lil' Wayne)
• "Stylin'" by Papoose

The Classics:

• "All for One" by Brand Nubian
• "Droppin' Science" by Marley Marl (feat. Craig G)

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Goofs

In "She's A Keeper", while Gordon is moving Grace Ancelotti from the safe house to the trunk of the car, he yells out that Grace bit him. How could Grace bite Gordon when her mouth is gagged, her hands are tied behind her back (so she can't grab him to bite him), his hands are on her waist and he's behind her the whole time?

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Quotes

Street Preacher: Hey, hey, you gotta listen to me, you gotta hear me, are you listening? It's not real man! It's a lie, it's all lies. The government lies to us. They put robots in the drinking water, they put spies in the toilets - to watch us! You think it's a joke, the joke's on you, they're killing you! You are being harvested by a marketing machine! You're not free, you're slaves! Freedom is a lie! They use drugs to control you, they did it to me for a long time. You need love! I need you, you need me, I ...

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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

Featured in Previously Recorded: What We're Playing Now (2014)

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Soundtracks

Snap Crackle
(uncredited)
by Roy Haynes
(Roy Haynes)
[Station: Jazz Nation Radio 108.5]

User Reviews

Something truly special

I've spent several hours playing this now, all I can say is WOW this game is truly different and truly stunning the graphics are incredible, the level of detail and care taken over everything is astounding. The story is amusing and engaging and the game is very playable. Something you might find difficult especially if you have it on the PS3 is that the controls are completely different to GTA3/vice city/san andreas but after a few hours youl find your feet and get endless pleasure doing amazing handbrake turns into things. The screen has had a lot of the clutter moved away creating for a more movie like experience and the new mobile phone option adds something truly fun/helpful/original to an already groundbreaking series. I would recommend purchasing, in fact i'd near insist upon it, it's even worth paying out for a nu-gen console for it. The only downpoint is that the game isn't being released on the Wii... which would have been a lot of fun... it is shaping up like the best game ever though

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

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