GTA 4
by gtaadmin on 24/03/09 at 8:51 pm
Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA 4) is the ninth game in the Grand Theft Auto series, developed by Rockstar North. GTA 4 was released on 29 April 2008 in Europe and North America and on 30 October 2008 in Japan for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Can you believe that it's nearly a year ago! The PC version of the game was released in November of the same year.
GTA 4 Details
| Protagonist | Niko Bellic |
| Single Player | Yes |
| Multi-player | Yes, 14 modes including:
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| Episodic Content | The first of two releases for Xbox 360 was released in Autumn 2008 |
| Graphics | Uses Rockstar Advanced Graphics Engine (RAGE) |
| Physics | Uses NaturalMotion euphoria |
| Location | The game is located in Liberty City (New York City) in 2007, and broken into 5 different areas corresponding to real locations like this
These locations bear more than a passing resemblance to their New York City counterparts. |
| Modes Of Transport | Helicopters and boats but no planes |
GTA 4 Storyline
Thoughts of the American dream fed to Niko Bellic by his cousin Roman lure him into leaving his troubled past in Europe to start life afresh in the US. Together, he and Roman plan to make their fortunes in Liberty City. However, all does not go according to plan and they slip deeper and deeper into debt. They get dragged into the shady underworld of criminals and sociopaths in a city that worhsips money and status.
Niko Bellic is a tough guy who hails from Eastern Europe. While his life was taking a downturn in Europe he received emails from cousin Roman who embellished the truth (lied) when telling of how well he was doing in Liberty City. The real motive for persuading Niko to come is that Roman is in big trouble.
After arriving in Liberty City, Roman is the only person that Niko knows, and Roman exploits this dependance.
Rockstar Games On Choosing New York
When asked why Rockstar Games chose New York City, AKA Liberty City, to be the home of GTA 4, Dan Houser responded with this:
[New York City] is an environment we felt had never been done to the level we were envisioning it in a video game. From looking at all of the locations, this was the one that really stood out to us, and really had that impact. It has all of these iconic things that you couldn’t put into a game before.
GTA 4 is the fifth game in the series to use the Liberty City as its setting. Other games to use the city were the original Grand Theft Auto in 1997, GTA 3, GTA Advance and then Liberty City Stories.
GTA 4 Episodes
There are two episodes planned for GTA 4. The first one was called The Lost and Damned and was released on 17 February 2009. The second episode of GTA 4 is due for release before the end of the year.
Download GTA 4
You can download GTA 4 here.
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