Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition

The main plot develops in the fictional city called Liberty City. One of the largest cities in America, New York, is taken as the basis. In the single player game, the player meets the hero Niko Bellic, who immigrated to Liberty City from Southeast Europe. The fate of Niko is not revealed in detail, but it becomes known that he previously participated in the Yugoslav war. However, later the hero was left with nothing, and to find a better life, arrived in Liberty City.

Plot

The actual action of the game starts in 2008, in the initial cinematics it is shown how the main character arrives at Liberty City by ship at the invitation of his cousin. Niko’s relative Roman Bellic, in his letter of invitation, says that Liberty City is a city of opportunity, and that he Niko will be able to start life from scratch. But the reality is more prosaic – Roman lives in the “viper” Hove Beach, controls a small taxi service and hits on Mallory’s girlfriend.

One day, Niko gives a ride to a regular client, Roman, a rastaman named Baby Jacob. The passenger constantly smokes ganjubas, and speaks almost incomprehensible English with a clear Jamaican accent. But the main character understands him perfectly, and soon they become friends.

After a while, a relative of the protagonist Roman gets into trouble – gambling addiction leads him to big debts. Niko stands up for his cousin by punching Albanian bandits in the face. Fighting skills do not go unnoticed – Niko notices the six of the Russian mafia of Vladimir “Vlad” Glebov. The gang leader offers the main character to work for them. And this is where the thorny path of Niko Bellic begins.

The Rockstar game studio has never ceased to amaze since the very first appearance of the Grand Theft Auto project. The company was the first to do the almost impossible – to combine the storyline and complete freedom of action. If you don’t like going through missions, run around the big map.

If you want to have fun – do tricks on cars, get paid for it. Wanna feel like a businessman – buy real estate, and the profit will not keep you waiting. All this is featured both in the first part of GTA and in Grand Theft Auto IV.

In just the first 7 days of sales, the company sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, which brought the developers over $500 millions. It is worth noting that approximately $100 million was spent on development. During the entire existence of Grand Theft Auto 4, the company brought over $2 billion in net profit. In 2020, GTA 4 was re-released on the Steam digital platform as a Complete Edition, which included The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned.

Mechanics

Combat has been completely redesigned – a cover system has appeared, as in well-known shooters. Also, for easier navigation around the city, there is a radar and GPS, but with more advanced features. For example, a point can be pointed through the map, and the pointer will guide the player to the destination.

Also developers reworked the police search system. Now the police do not immediately arrive at the scene of the crime. In GTA 4, it is important to maintain relationships with other characters. To do this, you can use a mobile phone – another innovation in Grand Theft Auto 4.

Minimum:

• OS: Windows Vista / 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 (32 or 64 bit)
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4 GHz
• RAM: 2 GB
• GPU: Nvidia 7900 or ATI X1900 with 256 MB
• Free disk space: 32 GB