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Grand Theft Auto IV

2008 · Action-adventure, Racing, TPS · PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 · Take-Two Interactive

Grand Theft Auto IV is ranked no. 238 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,781 and 51% of duels won.

World rank

no. 238

ELO score

1,781

Wins

51%

Duels played

2,816

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About Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the eleventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on-foot or by vehicle. Throughout the single-player mode, players play as Niko Bellic. An online multiplayer mode is included with the game, allowing up to 32 players to engage in both co-operative and competitive gameplay in a recreation of the single-player setting.

Two expansion packs were later released for the game, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, which both feature new plots that are interconnected with the main Grand Theft Auto IV storyline, and follow new protagonists.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,781 ELO points over the last 123 days.

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  1. Geraldine_2001

    Played this non stop with my cousin one summer, taking turns, that's basically the whole memory tbh.

    CritPlayer7

    Cute memory, but the driving physics alone make it hard to call this one better than what followed.

    LootRex2

    mi hermano y yo igual, otra vida

  2. Rae_1990

    I remember being obsessed with Niko's story for months, and now I go back and the moving feels so stiff compared to what came after.

    GlitchWolf

    San Andreas has the chaos, IV trades it for atmosphere and a better written lead.

    ComboWarden

    Complètement d'accord, l'ambiance fait tout ici.

    Rudolph_2

    Replying to Gamboa25

    Same brothers-taking-turns setup here, and yeah, the story outlasts the memory of the controls.

    BerryRunner

    Replying to ComboWarden

    Groundbreaking apparently, right up until you actually have to drive somewhere in it.

    Jermain_49

    Oh sure, groundbreaking, that's why every review from back then spends a paragraph apologizing for the driving.

    ChristineRunner

    Replying to Gamboa25

    Le classement ne ment pas vraiment... c'est juste qu'on vote tous par nostalgie sans se l'avouer.

    IronWolf

    Face à San Andreas il perd en folie mais gagne en écriture, et franchement cette écriture pèse encore lourd, tu trouves pas que ça compte plus qu'on le dit?

    Gamboa25

    a mi me paso algo parecido, mi hermano y yo turnándonos también, y esa historia se te queda pegada mucho después de apagar la consola

  3. Kemmer94

    What holds up is the tone, Niko's story is still one of the more grounded things Rockstar ever wrote, but the actual missions are stiffer than people admit, lots of chase and shoot loops that repeat with a new coat of paint.

    qstanton

    If the missions repeat, isn't that also true of San Andreas though? I feel like Niko carries this one past its flaws.

  4. Lee_2002

    Everyone praises the story, fair enough, but the missions themselves get repetitive fast and that drags the whole experience down.

    BossRex

    You played it with your cousin all summer, did the repetitive missions bother either of you back then or only now looking back?

  5. NeonKid94

    Compared to San Andreas it feels smaller in scope but tighter in tone, I've put maybe 60 hours total across both playthroughs and IV sticks with me more.

    IronRider

    Yo también le tengo cariño pero lo de solo 60 horas para juzgar el tono me parece un poco corto, sin ánimo de ofender.

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