Grand Theft Auto IV
Editor	Take-Two
Developer	Rockstar North
Release Date	PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 YEAR 29 April 2008 U.S. 29 April 2008 JP 30 October 2008 Windows YEAR 2 December 2008 U.S. 3 December 2008 JP 20 March 2009
Genre	GTA-like ( driving , shooting target )
Game Mode	A player , multiplayer Maximum 16 players on consoles, maximum 32 players on PC
Platform	PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , Windows
Media	Blu-ray , DVD
Control	Joystick , keyboard / mouse
Evaluation	PEGI : 18 + ESRB : M (Mature) BBFC : 18
Engine	RAGE Euphoria

Grand Theft Auto IV, often abbreviated to GTA IV is a video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Take Two. This is an action-adventure game , released on 29 April 2008 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Europe, Oceania and North America and October 30 in Japan. It is focused on PC in December 2008.

The story takes place in Liberty City , a fictional city inspired by New York. It focuses on Niko Bellic, a veteran immigrant from Europe in the Balkans. Searching for the American dream , Niko plunges over the game in a world of crime and corruption. The game incorporates elements of driving and shooting target , and offers open gameplay, offering freedom to the player.

Grand Theft Auto IV is a huge critical and commercial success. It runs at 3.6 million copies the day it came out, causing 500 million dollars in one week to six million units. October 1, 2010, he has sold over 19 million units worldwide . It receives rave reviews from the press. Two extensions, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Tony Gay , came out first on Xbox 360. On January 29, 2010, developers announced that they will be well on the day extensions on PC and PS3 from April 16, 2010 .

Scenario

What follows reveals key moments in the plot.

Niko Bellic is an immigrant originally from the minority Serbs from Bosnia who is in his thirties. It is his cousin, Roman, and its debt problem which persuaded him to come and settle in Liberty City , it boasted to have found the " American dream ". It is interesting to note that Niko in Serbian means person. The choice of the nationality of the hero of the game was motivated by the famous band of robbers Serbian, the Pink Panthers.

However, upon arrival in the United States , Niko realizes that his cousin has lied about its somewhat living conditions and that the "American dream" is really just a mediocre apartment, Romance is simply the owner of a shabby company taxi. Novel has created many enemies and needs Niko to help solve its many problems.

Niko has to find the American dream but he has another goal: to find the man who betrayed his unit in what was probably the Serbian army during the wars that followed the breakup of the former Yugoslavia , in early 1990s.

Characters

The characters appear in Grand Theft Auto IV behavior are varied and depend on the social environment which they originate. The player controls Niko Bellic , a Serbian veteran of the Yugoslav wars. No primary or secondary character does not return in this episode. Only a few references to them are included throughout the city as a graffiti on a wall of old GTA characters.

Unlike previous games in the series, Grand Theft Auto IV does not include celebrities known to double its characters, like Michael Hollick, Jason Zumwalt, Timothy Adams and Coolie Ranx. However, radio stations in the game, several well known celebrities in America are back, as Iggy Pop , Juliette Lewis , Bob Marley , Brand Nubian , Karl Lagerfeld , DJ Premier , Fez Whatley and Lazlow Jones. The stars of Saturday Night Live as Bill Hader and Jason Sudeikis appear on radio liberal or conservative. Fred Armisen plays several guests at the fictional Radio Lazlow Jones , "Integrity 2.0. The performances of Katt Williams and Ricky Gervais are in the game, if the player goes to comedy.

Environment

The world of New York is transcribed in the GTA

Grand Theft Auto IV takes place in Liberty City , a city inspired in its entirety from that of New York ( New York , USA ) and around Newark ( New Jersey ). The town of Grand Theft Auto III was already copied the name but rather the Metropolis Northeast U.S. , and vaguely New York , including for technical reasons.

Liberty City is made up of four boroughs (large neighborhoods), based on four of the five boroughs that make up the City of New York Broker ( Brooklyn ), Algonquin ( Manhattan ), Dukes ( Queens ) and Bohan ( Bronx ). Staten Island does is not represented in the game , because developers do not want to reproduce exactly New York. Moreover, the island would not be enough "fun" they said. To compensate, a replica of the surrounding Newark was modeled in the game

Several famous places in New York are in the game under names distorted. Thus, the Statue of Liberty is called Statue of Hilarity. She has a broad smile and a heart that beats inside. It also takes a cappuccino instead of the flame and bears an uncanny resemblance to Hillary Clinton , who strongly opposes the sale of the game because of his violence. The statue itself represents how developers see the world and their philosophy.

The island's most famous New York City, Manhattan , was reproduced with an attention to important detail in GTA IV, and was renowned Algonquin. Thus, replicas of Times Square (Star Junction) Central Park (Middle Park), the Empire State Building (Rotterdam Tower), the Chrysler Building (Zirconium Building), the Flatiron Building (Triangle Building) and even Nations Headquarters United (Commission of Civilizations) are all reproduced in the game The MetLife Building was even parodied in visible and was transformed GetaLife ("Find yourself a life" in English). The NASDAQ is also BAWSAQ.

But Algonquin is not the only borough of New York parodied. Brooklyn and Queens are also parodied, including the John F. Kennedy International Airport is in the game as the Francis International Airport. Coney Island (Firefly Island), Brooklyn Bridge (Bridge Broker), One Court Square (LC24 Tower) are in the game The Bronx (Bohan) will was not forgotten, but plays a minor in the game are also the rivers, the East River became the West River. The river Hudson is the Humboldt .

The care and life given to the environment is a major advance of GTA IV. People going about their business, traffic is heavier than before, more pedestrians, infrastructure more realistic. There is such an underground , more complex than before, and which serves the entire city or an airport with planes coming and going. This adds credibility to the city.

Music

Like previous Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto IV includes a soundtrack that can be heard through the radio of a vehicle. Liberty City Radio broadcasts 19. Of talk shows can be streamed, but especially music with hundreds of singers known as Genesis , Peter Gabriel , David Bowie , Smashing Pumpkins , Thin Lizzy , Seryoga , Bob Marley , Don Omar , The Who , Queen , Black Sabbath , Philip Glass , Justice , Simian Mobile Disco , Nas , Ginuwine , Kanye West , R. Kelly , Lloyd , Miles Davis , Loose Ends , Elton John , ZZ Top , REM , MC Lyte , Barry White , ELO , Jean Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream .

The system of music is similar to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Music, pubs, and talk shows are random and are never placed in the same order. The events of the scenario can be heard on the radio sometimes. Some music are modified to incorporate references to the city the game All musical styles are represented, ranging from rap to jazz and techno .

When a player wants to know the music title and author, he can call from the mobile game him a special issue announcing the title and the author . If the player is entered in Rockstar Games Social Club , it can receive a real email with a link to buy music at Amazon .

Karl Lagerfeld has agreed to be the host of the radio station "K109 The Studio" under the name of DJ Karl.

The main theme of the game, played in the Soviet Connection kinematics beginning was composed by Michael Hunter just like the San Andreas.

The game

Principle Game

Grand Theft Auto IV is an action-adventure game that incorporates elements of driving and shooting target. To advance in the game and unlock new vehicles, clothing, weapons, or neighborhoods, the player must move in the main plot, which will unlock bonuses as you go. He is free to wander freely in the city, without time constraint, but by not doing the main storyline, it will not advance in the game

On this point, GTA IV uses the same system since this game GTA III. But there are several important innovations that change the series.

New

Liberty City in the game can be seen in the general shape of the map is a clear resemblance to New York.

The gameplay of GTA has been completely revised in this episode. While keeping the fundamentals, there are many new features, but most improvements. Thus, the system of shooting, which was a default for many people before in GTA was also changed. The character can now hide behind the walls, the sighting system and weapons are enhanced. The fighting in melee are now more technical, the player can alternate between kicking and punching or kicking guns.

The game also saw the emergence of two other major innovations. The first is the notebook much more advanced than in previous GTA. We can now call his contacts and ask them out for a walk around town with them, or a game of darts, snooker ... We can also now call 911, emergency services (police, fire ...). Some missions are available by phone now. When you lose a mission, a text appears on the laptop, and we propose to start the mission, as before without needing to go to the location of the contact, often distant.

The second novelty is the appearance of a false Internet gambling, with over one hundred fraudulent sites that will be useful in certain missions of the game where the player can just go whenever he wants, not mission. Several Internet sites that false are parodies of " Meetic "," Apple , "" MySpace "" Facebook "," Skyblog , "or" Linux " . There are also sites to promote the false marks of the game, like Burger Shot (parody of " Burger King "), Cluckin'Bell (parody of" KFC ") or Sprunk (parody of " Sprite " ).

The system of car chases with the police was also reviewed. Now the player must escape from a well-defined search area, varying in size depending on the importance of the crime he committed. He can always go to make up his car garages "Pay'n'Spray", but do not want the police saw the car enter the garage . Drivers in GTA now close to their car key, and the player must break the glass (giving a nudge, a kick or a butt) and then return the car. Once inside, he must connect the son of contact to start the car, and it is sometimes valuable seconds which elapse.

The taxi can now travel great distances in the city, the driver taking us to the desired location. The city of Liberty City also allows several other possibilities. Evolution is far more important than GTA III to Vice City, and is not the same type as San Andreas , which added more opportunities, vehicles and weapons, rather than changing the heart of the game itself.

Multiplayer

In addition to new solo, a multiplayer mode is also present, and he can play up to 16 (32 PC) and features 15 game modes, and more with its extensions . It allows, among other things, players can explore all the city . They have the choice to use a character with several possible modifications on it. The peculiarities of the single player mode are present, such as police, traffic, or weapons. The players are determined by the class rank at a level higher or lower, depending on their performance . There is no LAN console also, unlike the PC .

There are several game modes available. There is the traditional deathmatch , which is to kill each other between players, but also the escort of persons or vehicles, stealing cars as quickly as possible and play the police catch criminals, or a mode where you must try to take control of the city. Vehicle races between players are also possible. Many of these game modes require cooperation between players. Storming a hostile building, developing plans, rescue a person before she was killed ...

The free mode, as its name suggests, allows players to be released of the game modes, missions, without constraint. There are however some limitations compared to the single player mode. The game's story is off and the mini-games available in normal mode as billiards, darts, bowling, or the Internet. To avoid cheating, the codes are also disabled. But the player can also unlock this mode in a few items such as new clothes.

Production

The game's graphics have been greatly improved for the next generation consoles. The graphics engine is the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine. The physics engine, Euphoria , has been completely overhauled too, and it feels like when you take a car, so driving is not at all the same as before. It is more realistic, and the damage modeling is more accurate than before.

These developments have a real influence on how to play, especially with regard to the physics engine, which adds increased realism and surreal universe less than before.

Development

Xbox 360 and PS3

A large marketing campaign was conducted around the game, here a wall of the city of New York in June 2007.

Grand Theft Auto IV at the time of its development, had the largest development budget ever: 100 million euros .

The development of Grand Theft Auto IV began in November 2004, immediately after the release of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas . About 150 developers have worked on the game , with the same team for Grand Theft Auto III . Before disclosing information about the game, Rockstar announced that GTA IV would use the game engine RAGE , previously used in the video game Table Tennis. Euphoria complements the game well . Euphoria is a game engine more realistic than that used in previous GTA, mostly Renderware . It enables different objects and characters in the game to have entertainment suitable for the environment, unlike that used Renderware movements pre-written. This engine was much appreciated by the critics at the first preview of the game . Facial expressions also have a more realistic .

The development team at Rockstar long hidden game content, including the city where the game takes place, and the universe. Speculation on the part of fans were so diverse. Beginning in March 2007 , Rockstar launched a countdown that will show the first trailer of the game . On 29 March, a teaser shows which city will run the game: Liberty City , but in an earlier version of New York , broader and realistic version of Grand Theft Auto III. The first controversy will be born at that time, as the authorities of the City of New York will react on the choice of place of play, or lawyer Jack Thompson to be fear of the consequences that the game would be for him ^, . Shortly after, Rockstar continues to distill the information in dribs and drabs, but they are becoming more frequent, and information, pictures, and previews appear shortly after the release of the first trailer ^, .

More trailers will be announced in June and later in December and February, shortly before leaving the game ^, and the first marketing campaigns appear in several U.S. cities. Originally scheduled for October 2007 , the game will be delayed in April 2008 . To wait for the players, Rockstar will continue to give pictures, trailers, previews and, each time giving new information on the game ^, . The jacket will be unveiled even before leaving the game . The number of images is growing unveiled, along with the marketing campaign in March and April, just weeks before leaving the game . The enthusiasm around the game is huge and still rising when the game gets its first 10/10 , and controversies are becoming more numerous and virulent . A week before leaving the game, he finds himself forged and available on the Internet, allowing hackers to be able to play before release . When the game's release, the hype was huge at the point where major television and national newspapers have not gone to hand, and made their own critique of the game ^{, ,} which confirms the successful marketing of Take Two on the development of the game

Windows

Rockstar has announced the release of the PC version August 6, 2008 ., for release Dec. 3. It has provoked strong reactions, some people having problems with installation, error messages, slow downs, or crashes because of the protection system, according to the players too restrictive. A first patch has been released by Rockstar December 13, 2008 . It corrects a number of problems encountered by players, although many concerns remain deplorable. Rockstar has released a second patch 20 February 2009, which finally fixes most bugs and defects of the PC version.

Editions

The game was released in two editions for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

• Classical: The game, with a jacket in relief. Documentation, and a full map of Liberty City and back of this map the underground lines.
• Collector: The game comes in a black metal box in a "bank vault" which normally requires two keys to open, but only here. The pack contains a game in its original box in addition to the conventional CD Music Of Grand Theft Auto, a key chain, key to the trunk and an Art Book by describing the design of GTA IV as the Artistic Director and that countless photos of the game, and finally a black bag with a gold lining decorated with logos of Rockstar Games and the same logo in Yellow placed on the outside. The combination bank vault + bag will remind players of a special mission scenario .

Episodes from Liberty City

An extension has been released for GTA IV. Titled The Lost and Damned , it tells the story of a group of bikers called The Lost, and who are at war against another group of bikers. The bikes are widely favored in this game in addition to a new storyline and new characters, The Lost and Damned also includes new weapons, vehicles, racing, gang wars, music, new gameplay possibilities, new abilities like the fact to call his friends for motorcycles or to escort the player from their own motorcycle.

Another episode related to GTA IV is released, it is titled The Ballad of Tony Gay . The player this time the bodyguard Tony Gay Tony "Prince, owner of two nightclubs in Lower Algonquin, the Hercules and the Maisonette 9 with Luis Fernando Lopez, the hero, is also a bouncer. The missions are rather nocturnal field in this episode. It also includes several new features, including a parachute, and several weapons also.

These two episodes are available for download via Xbox Live , and they are released in stand-alone also on Xbox 360 in a pack disk labeled Episodes from Liberty City. They also come out on PSN and boxed Blu-ray on PS3 April 16, 2010.

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Criticism

The game also received a huge critical success, the English site IGN assigned the maximum score of 10/10, something that had not happened since 1999, with a 10/10 which was attributed to Soul Calibur. However, Metal Gear Solid 4 will be entitled also to its 10/10 on IGN a few months later. Gamerankings site, which averages the scores of all the press, as second class GTA IV best game of all time, behind The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The French and European press also assigns a very high notes in the game, a 9 / 10 on Gamekult , and a 18/20 on jeuxvido.com. The game also has many awards from several independent agencies.

GTA IV will be a landmark in the history of video games, and at that time was an issue for console manufacturers, who hoped to increase sales with the release of this game Microsoft has obtained exclusive temporary two more episodes GTA buying them for 50 million .

As for players, although again it has been quite successful, some did not like the direction that Rockstar has taken to find a GTA said more "realistic" than "fun." Indeed, compared to San Andreas the game allows less crazy like flying fighter jets or strolling on a gigantic map modeling a fully state ^{, , ,} .

Commercial Success

Grand Theft Auto IV is one of the biggest commercial successes of all time. The movie Iron Man was even shifted to avoid a clash with the game . After one week, the analyst Evan Wilson believes that it is about 550 million in profits that GTA IV has been reported . Two weeks after launching the game, they are already 5 million copies of the game that have passed . In late May 2008, the game has sold over six million copies worldwide. On January 31, 2009, are 13 million GTA IV which were delivered on Xbox 360 , PS3 and PC combined, 31 January 2010, 17.5 million and October 1, 2010, 19 million! .

Upon its release, Grand Theft Auto IV exploded two records in the video game industry, that of being the best selling game in one day (3.6 million) and achieved the highest sales in one week (6000000) , reporting 500 million in sales ^, . In the UK, 631,000 copies of the game taker found the day of its release , making it the fastest selling game in the region .

On May 13, 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV breaks Guinness World Records as being the best selling game in 24 hours, and one that generated the most revenue. So he breaks the record of Halo 3 which generated 170 million in one day .

On the PC version, sales were lower, finishing only seventh in the top ten during its first week . A week later, the game had disappeared from the top ^, . This may be due to many configuration issues that players have met on a PC.

For now, GTA IV is the best selling game on PlayStation 3 and the second biggest selling Xbox 360 with Call of Duty 4 behind and Halo 3 before.

Controversies

Before leaving the game, GTA IV was subject to much controversy. George Galloway , Jack Thompson and Glenn Beck in particular have been critical of the game, several organizations of New York , and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), who fight against Drunk Driving . Version of GTA IV Australian and New Zealand was banned or censored in part . This created a minor scandal among the fans in New Zealand . The PC version suffers the same fate, to be rated by the classification of local games .

The United States and in Europe , particularly in the United Kingdom Grand Theft Auto IV, the game was widely attacked on its extreme violence it contains ^{, , , ,} .

In June 2008, teenagers robbed and attacked people, and practiced acts of carjacking. Police said the teenagers were "inspired" by Grand Theft Auto IV, which had the effect to revive the controversy, already present .

In France, the mainstream media have also talked a lot about the game, often to criticize an incitement to violence. All the press does not criticize the game, however, so a release on its release, April 29, 2008, calling it "the greatest game in the world", taking up all against the media who criticized the game negatively . Much controversy also born in this country around the game as a teenager in Lyon who burned cars, and then say he was inspired by the game .

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