- Publisher: Rockstar Games
- Release Date: Dec 2, 2008
- Also On: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
User Score
6.0
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 1367 Ratings
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Positive: 761 out of 1367
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Mixed: 125 out of 1367
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Negative: 481 out of 1367
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MartinZ.Sep 17, 20099
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Mwargh!Jan 12, 20106
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JeffLJan 19, 20109
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magnetmancaMay 17, 20109
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ColbyA.Dec 13, 20084
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JaredJ.Dec 16, 20080
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ChristopherS.Dec 16, 20080
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JosephV.Dec 16, 20080Broken, Does not even work. The game crashes after 3min of playing it, NO fixes. Also the graphics and shadows are terrible and there is no AA, instead you get a blurring effect which like it says just blurs everything instead, making things even worse.
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TuureODec 18, 20082
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OveS.Dec 18, 20081Never got this game to work. No help from support. Bought it through Steam and their forum is full of people with the same problems. The PC port was not ready to be released.
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RobertD.Dec 2, 200810
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JamesLDec 20, 20085
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KurtHDec 22, 20080
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hankhankDec 23, 200810best game
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DanBDec 24, 20081Good game, BAD optimized, CRAP Rockstar support. I give 1 for this. PC games needs attention, not a poor port.
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KurtSDec 24, 20083
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FotisJ.Dec 25, 20084
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WimHermansDec 25, 200810Notwithstanding the ridiculous high requirements from PC side, game is just the best made until today. Great job, everyting is possible! If you can play it you ll enjoy. but not many people will be able to play it thats the biggest prob
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jpDec 26, 20085
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MarmooDec 26, 20085i agree with what has been said here on both sides of the arguement
i will give it a 5 for now as i installed it and game ran and it looks superb but what has been declared on the box for spec is a load of bollocks...you need a quick proccessor(s), VERY LARGE ram and big hard drive and graphics gard...i got it all except ram (i got 1.5 RAM) so off out to buy at least another 2 gig of ram for me -
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JimboS.Dec 3, 20085
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MattTDec 30, 20089
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cappie2000Dec 4, 200810One of the most anticipated games of 2008; the controls are perfect, the sound and graphics are stunning!.. the storyline is the best I've ever seen in a game so far, and its my favorite genre: free roaming, mission driven gameplay.. This game has everything I want from a game, therefor, it gets a perfect 10 from me!
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RegretfulB.Dec 4, 20082
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AJM.Dec 5, 20080
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HugoC.Dec 5, 20089
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PeterH.Dec 5, 20080This is an abomination in PC world, not a game. On top of DRM, you have to be signed in in two separate online services for multiplayer and game saving. The buginnes of this release is almost epic. And then publishers will blame piracy, instead of looking in the mirror.
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FrancescoPDec 5, 20083
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MattSDec 5, 20082
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JohnS.Dec 5, 20082
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SergeyR.Dec 5, 20082
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MattRDec 6, 20081
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ChrisV.Dec 6, 20080You are forced to sign up to games for windows live and rockstar social club to run the game. You are forced to be logged into games for windows live in order to SAVE you game. You have to have the disc in to play. You have to be logged into both accounts to play online. The game runs terribly even on supercomputers.
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A.N.O.Dec 8, 20085
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AliA.Dec 8, 20080Although the installation was easy thanks to Steam, everything you've heard about the graphics and performance bugs are true. My game runs, but with broken light-effects. I'm truly annoyed at Rockstar for prematurely shooting their wad and creating this retarded bug-ridden port.
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MichaelG.Dec 8, 20083
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ademillsDec 9, 20082Game may be good but the crap you have to join and the waste of time working it all out is beyond stpid. Spend an hour loading everything before getting to play, and then it wouldnt save my game becasue something hadnt gone right. Sheer stupidity, though more likely arrogance
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RyanC.Dec 9, 200810
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MarkCJan 12, 20091
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BrianLJan 16, 20093
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briannielsenJan 18, 20092I had fun at first, but before it ended the game became tedious and annoying. This coupled with the amount of glitches and technical flaws that the PC version is littered with makes it almost too frustrating to play. I'm a fan of the series but I'm very disappointed in this instillation.
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JohnFJan 22, 20091While this port of the game is terrible and really a dissapointment when we wated half a year longer than consoles. What really gets me is Valve selecting to show the oddly high ratings for a game that is generally awful. If they don't show real users opion I think they should take the ratings down or move away from metacritic.
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JakeXDec 23, 200910Awesome game great storyline, dialouge, And much better then Saint's Row 2 By far!
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SethBDec 23, 20095
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TimothyLSep 22, 200910
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JKDec 13, 20082This game is undoubtedly fantastic on XBox 360 or PS3, but don't buy it for PC! It has inane copy protection, no customizable keyboard controls, and ridiculous system requirements to run at a decent frame rate. It is thoroughly disappointing! Don't buy it!!!
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JoelDec 13, 20089this game is awesome, the story is great and your always interested of what is going on and cut scene are not a paint to watch. The computer as a video editor which is awesome 10x better than the halo video play back. the only bad thing i can say is that, some times the AI isn't that good but other then that it is a must buy.
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PaulC.Dec 15, 20081
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JJJ.Dec 19, 20082Game looks bad on a Phenom w/ATI 4850. Same on Rockstar for releasing this game in the state it is. Look around the web and you'll see I'm not alone in having severe issues. I can run Fallout 3 in all its glory on my Samsung 226BW without a hitch but GTA looks worse than a PS2 game.
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MichaelK.Dec 21, 20085Having played the game on the PS3, I know it's a quality game...but the port for the PC is simply atrocious. On above-the-recommended system requirements the game was simply unplayable even on on 800x600 resolution. It's a horrible, horrible port, and it's rather unfortunate that the BEST platform the game, turns out to be the worst treated. Just makes me sick...
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jimjimDec 28, 20084
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FilipK.Dec 28, 20080
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AnonymousMCDec 28, 20081
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Aug 12, 20109This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Oct 14, 20119
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Dec 29, 20120Don't get the hype, there is nothing "revolutionary" about this game. All I experienced was an extremely dull game with often repetitive missions and monotonous combat.
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Aug 16, 20109
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Nov 8, 20119
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Mar 10, 20119Great game but lot of bugs. This game often crashes my PC. The background story is highly addictive and the city is good modeled. My pc is not so powerful, i've got Windows 7x64, 4 GB RAM DDR2, Dual Core Processor E6750, and a first generation Geforce GTS 8800 with 640mb of memory.
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Aug 10, 201210
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Nov 6, 201010I don't see what the problem is. My computer was a relatively cheap one (purchased over 2 years ago for $1400 and the game ran perfectly. It had an amazing plot and cover based third person gameplay. The best GTA game to date.
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Nov 17, 201110
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Nov 26, 20106
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Apr 23, 201110epic game, almost perfect virtual world, very fun gameplay and pretty good multiplayer but unfortunate not enough players.
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Jan 2, 20119
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Jun 11, 201110
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Feb 8, 201110
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Feb 13, 201110love this game, it's a huge favorite. Runs clean on my pc. Love it on xbox 360 as well. Multiplayer greatness as well. I love the fact that there is a free roam mode for multi player. I play it via Steam with my usb xbox controller and its mapped out very well. Running it on a Geforce GTX 460
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Oct 5, 20123This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Apr 20, 20115
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Mar 27, 201110
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Apr 16, 20119GTA has come of age- great graphics, fun story and missions (as usual!). Bugs? I've had zero issues with my Steam copy- not sure what everyone is banging on about....
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Nov 25, 201110
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Aug 1, 20119The game had a lot of issues about the performance, but, the engine of physics and graphics are amazing, even we are at 2011, the game still up to date, so, worth having this game and upgrade your computer!
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Nov 28, 20118
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Dec 10, 20119
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Aug 16, 201110i played this game with a acer 4551 with an hd4250 and it runs on low graphic but you will have fun, now i have a phenom 955 + hd5770 and i run this on maximun quality, just punt the shows on high and this will double the fps, the game is sick, this is real enterteiment
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Sep 16, 20119
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Jan 11, 20127
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Jul 5, 20129PC version worthed the wait. PC version lacks motion blur and depth of field and provides much better graphics and controls, especially LODs. The only thing missing is anti-aliasing, though i've added FXAA via nvidia control panel. -1 for AA-lack and some bugs. Still, the best GTA and open-world game by far.
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Sep 16, 20119I'm not one of these, which gives 0 to game because it didn't run on them PC's. I gave this rating because game isn't as awesome as game for 10 should be. Cons: formula isn't nothing fresh. of course, shooting, driving is improved, but it's not deserve the highest score. Even with absolutely gorgeus main plot.
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Dec 19, 20125
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Oct 7, 201110
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Oct 20, 201110
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Oct 27, 201110I think the best game that has appeared in the world! I really like, the best gta is released! I like the whole story, the protagonist straight genius! Very good game and who does not say that computers are stupid or do not like him the whole topic.
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Dec 3, 201110Number 1 On My Top 3 List It's Best Game Ever Funny Story,Drugs,Guns,Action,Bowling,Pool,Mcdonalds,Internet Cafe,Missions And Best Of All N
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Dec 22, 20118This game is fun with so many mission. However it will be kind of boring for just doing mission. Also the game requires a good cpu and graphic card for smooth game play. Anyway fun game overall!
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May 25, 20126I quite enjoyed this title but upon completion I felt I was really limited with what there was to do. I would love to have been able to collect a wide variety of vehicles and buy property etc.
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Mar 13, 20127
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Mar 21, 201291 thing i could say. AMAZING amazing graphics amazing story and you look at the sense of humor this game has and the game is more "open world" than the previous versions
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Apr 25, 20129I've been playing the Grand Theft Auto games since the first one got released, and this is certainly one of the best ones in todays standard. Sure, personally I prefer Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City over this one, but it's still a very enjoyable game.
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Jul 30, 20123If your gonna get GTA IV get it on consoles This game is amazing but frame rate issues due to poor optimization make this the most un-fun irritating experience I've ever been forced to play aside from batman dark tomorrow
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Nov 7, 20124
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Aug 17, 20126Grand Theft Auto 4 is a great game, don't misunderstand me, but the PC version is insane. Because it needs an insanely powerful PC to play it. But, still, if you have a super powerful PC, than this game will be fun, single player and multiplayer. Can't wait to play the console version. 65 out of 100 (For the powerful PCs, 96 out of 100)
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Aug 15, 20128
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Nov 29, 201210If you don't mind the 'realism' this is one of the best action games ever. The game looks awesome, the storyline is epic, the weapons are fun, and you can have at least hundred hours of playtime..
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Nov 27, 201210
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Nov 27, 201210This game is one of the best games I ever played. It is very fun and I can't stop playing it. The graphics are very good, and the playability is very well-made. It's worthy of a ten.
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Dec 22, 201210Personally one of the only games in my steam library (besides Portal series/HL series) that I've actually completed and played again! The new generation of sandbox gaming.
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92It's the peripheral distractions of both going out with Roman, and meeting your girlfriends, that really make your virtual life so worth living. Although incredibly simplistic, they're oddly touching...One of the finest videogames ever. [Christmas 2008, p.87]
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89The most grown-up GTA and the best realised, but it doesn't respect the PC much. Enjoy the multiplayer madness if you can. [Christmas 2008, p.96]
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90A genuinely ground-breaking blockbuster in videogame history. There were moments playing GTA IV that I thought back to my initial experiences with games, and realised exactly how far we've come. There's never been anything quite like GTA IV in the world. That there makes me genuinely happy to be a gamer.