Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (VG)

Director:

Rod Edge

Writers:

Dan Houser (written by) &
Rupert Humphries (written by) ...

Release Date:

29 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Immigrant | Black Comedy | Benelli M3 | Controversy | Statue Of Liberty New York City

Cast

Michael Hollick	...	Niko Bellic (voice)
Jason Zumwalt	...	Roman Bellic (voice)
Timothy Adams	...	Brucie Kibbutz (voice)
Moti Margolin	...	Dimitri Rascalov (voice)
Doris Belack	...	Maureen McReary (voice)
Thomas Lyons	...	Deputy Commissioner Francis McReary (voice)
P.J. Sosko	...	Gerry McReary (voice)
Ryan Johnston	...	Patrick 'Packie' McReary (voice)
Mary Catherine Donnelly	...	Kate McReary (voice)
Coolie Ranx	...	'Little' Jacob Hughes (voice)
Seeborn	...	Teafore 'Real Badman' Maxwell-Davies (voice)
Charlie Parker	...	Elizabeta Torres (voice)
Tony Patellis	...	Jimmy Pegorino (voice)
Joseph Barbara	...	Ray Boccino (voice)
Frank Bonsangue	...	Phil Bell (voice)

Also Known As:

GTA 4 (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
GTA IV (International: English title) (short title)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Russian | Serbian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:M | Australia:MA (censored version) | Singapore:M18 | Norway:18 (self applied) | New Zealand:R18 (uncensored version) | New Zealand:R18 (censored version) | Germany:18 (uncensored)

Company:

Rockstar North

Trivia:

Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, confirmed at E3's 2006 convention that the game will feature Multi Conventional Tesseract technology otherwise known as MCT or "Octachoronics". This will allow for sharper and more innovative game play residing in assimilated artificial weather control systems. The in-game weather will never appear to be the same twice. Each rain drop will contain 20 herds.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In one of the boating activities you go on with Brucie, he tells you to go to the "Statue of Freedom" and the subtitles read "Statue of Happiness", which is what it is actually called in the game.

Quotes:

[First lines]
Dave Bosoy: Daddy's back, you bitches... Daddy's back, you bitches!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)

Soundtrack:

Waters of Nazareth

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.