The fact they actually researched uses car dealerships for the traffic cars .. amazing. The car roster is so good in gta4. Gta 5 as well but i liked all the old 70s, 80s and 90s cars in gta 4.
GTA IV set the foundation of future big Rockstar projects that would make billions (GTA V RDR2) and even till this day ragdoll physics and AI interaction is some of the best in open world game. It's still hard to believe what Rockstar had achieved in 2008 it's a true miracle in gaming industry.
I view GTA IV as the turning point to Rockstar's modern era. From the storytelling, ragdoll physics, use of RAGE engine, the choice of activities and customization in the world in relation to the story.
I wouldn't say "some of the best" when it comes to the ragdoll physics, I'd say they are still unmatched by any other developer. Everyone else is still using pre-canned animations that transition into lifeless & sometimes boneless ragdolls. Euphoria is insane.
"I kinda have to remind myself that we're not in 2012 anymore and that 2008 was not 4 years ago" damn this is one of the most personally relatable lines in the opening of a video I've ever heard.
Having the map be smaller but more dense with detail was definetaly the right call. Same reason why I don't mind Leonida not being THAT huge if it means we get more enterable interiors and stuff to do!!!
I get you. That said, i do wish Westchester County (Yonkers, Ossining etc) was included. Or at the very least, Rockstar wouldn't have abbreviated the Bronx. Because of all the locales, the Bronx was rendered the least believable.
When the game was released it completely changed everything with physics and so much more and the animations from the beta version are actually from Liberty City Stories they probably mixed up the beta with other games and 2D and 3D universe as well to make it more HD
@@jytvreal well yes but Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories we're kind of the exact same engine like Vice City except the features were different and the noises for some guns and vehicles can sound the same
This is true some of the female peds use the manhunt's reporter running animation in retail gta iv as well as the stories sprint animation on some male peds
I remember playing GTA 4 for the first time and walking into a clothing store to find out there is no loading screen, just walking straight through the door. My mind was blown
It was my plan to have it as a first game too, but i didn't had the money, so i spend first on a cheaper game just to have something to play on my Xbox 360. I still have my 360 and the game.
I think GTA was the game you got with the new console lol. The GameStop guys suggested GTA with the PS3, but my parents got MW1 because we where still a bit young. We managed to convince grandma the next year xD Ofc we where like "Yeah it's mostly a driving game". Didn't think twice to hijack someone at gun point to show them the driving part.
Jesus Christ 16 years. This game is gonna be 20 soon. Feels like the whole game industry slowed down so much, back in the early to mid 2000s. I remember people thought the wait for gta 4 was agonizingly long after San Andres. Now it seems like games like Elder Scrolls and GTA are becoming a once ever 10+ years thing, Elder Scrolls 6 probably won’t release until 2028 which is insane because they’ve been re-releasing Skyrim since 2011. GTA 6 will be 2012 -> 2025 (if we’re lucky).
A lot of people criticize Rockstar for not releasing games more frequently as they used to, and the problem kind of stems of them abandoning many of their IPs to focus on their most successful ones, that being Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. They scrapped the development of Bully 2 as they supposedly have cancelled another title called The Agent which was going to be a new original IP under Rockstar Games that ended up being cancelled.
IV released on my mothers 32 birthday. I was so hyped to get the game when she got off work that I forget it was her day. I’m 32 now. I’m praying Gta VI makes me neglect my wife & kids 🙏🏻
GTA IV was revolutionary for it's time. Most of the kids who grew up playing GTAO will never understand the hype. It annoys me that even Rockstar doesn't give GTA IV the love and attention it deserves.
What's with these cliques saying "they will never understand this"? Dude, it's a video game-they don't need to understand anything other than enjoying it.
GTA IV official online is dead. A lot of old DRM locked games becomes unplayable. You had to be there when it came out for most of the experiences which do sucks but is a real thing / problem
13:25 as someone who followed IGN back in the day it's weird hearing Hilary being referred to as a woman. Much like the getaway driver in Vice City he's very much a guy
I just realized. Only New Yorkers that grew up with this game have a real connection to it. Me growing up in the early 2000's while this game happens to be developed makes me feel our time is special. I still have this game installed on my XBSX and still play online to this day.
I live in Pennsylvania and my best friend had lived in NYC a couple years before. When I let him play it, he'd point out the places he's actually walked around and stuff. I thought it was pretty cool to get that perspective lol
I feel like the real reason they removed airplanes was 9/11. rockstar may be really edgy but it would be really controversial to have a lot of people recording WTC crashes in GTA IV.
Rockstar has always been secretive, and it worked. The difference is you have the internet full of entitled little dumbass kids with main character syndrome that think everything needs to be given to them.
I feel that at least the Dodo should've been kept in GTA IV. I think it'd be a small and slow enough plane to actually navigate through Liberty City with, and also a cool nod to GTA III with it's Dodo.
Same. In both GTA III an IV I wish they kept the Dodo as a functional flying vehicle that's something different from a helicopter but still slow enough, as you said, to fly around in an almost entirely urban map.
it's really crazy that this game is already 16 years old. When you think of it, the change between games from 1992 and 2008 were extremely drastic and over time it wasn't as signifcant since then, especailly when we compare GTA San Andreas with GTA IV and GTA IV with GTA V.
A little correction about Mashkov, he wasn't aware what it was like you said, he didn't understand what it was thus not taking it seriously. He also had no regrets, he was mostly surprised and glad the game reached a lot of sales.
Thank you for all this ivideo, I learned a lot of things thank to you, not only about GTA but also about how Rockstar builds a game and how it can evolve over time. I'm trying to make an independent game and it's very informative !
Just finished GTA 4‘s Main Story a Month ago for the first time! What a great game. It was the last GTA I had to play to have played every main GTA game. Unfortunately the DLC TLATD won’t work on my PC at a Certain mission so I won’t be able to finish it. Great Video Badger!
I used to watch RU-vid videos of GTA IV gameplay when I was but a child with PS2, dreaming of being able to actually play it. Getting to actually play it many years later as a teenager was exactly as exciting as child me thought it would be. Absolute masterpiece of a game.
Idk why but I get A LOT, and I really mean A LOOOT of video recomandations including GTA 4 in my youtube. I have seen so much content that I decided to play it for the third time. The physics are still impressive. And omg this game is from 2008 wtf. Rockstar should really remaster this game, it's just too amazing
Such a comforting yet bittersweet look back at one of my favorite games of all time. Echoing everyone else: I can't believe it's been sixteen years. GTA IV came out at the perfect time for me. I was 14, where it seems nostalgia hits strongest. Seriously what a year to be a 14 year old boy; The Dark Knight, GTA IV, Iron Man, Metal Gear Solid 4, Left 4 Dead, and so many other great movies and games came out. I'm curious what 14 year olds nowadays will look back on as fondly.
Gta co op would be amazing. Like i remember discovering the co op in san andreas and it blew my child mind, it was so cool and having that be like a saints row 2 co op experience would be awesome. Im not gonna say i havent enjoyed gta online because ive had lots of fun with it, but it still doesnt fill the same hole that saints row 2 co op does, i dont wanna do a lot of the stuff again or grind for millions of dollars just to buy maybe 1 car. I remember grinding roof top rumble over and over again on the 360 because it was the only good way to get money, theres no point a to b story that you can win at, you just grind for ever. When you can play the ENTIRE saints row 2 and 3 champaign co op, and it works great. its great fun and i havent seen many games hit that same mark in a long time, i dont get why companies are so focused on MMO. Like i even think co op fallout could be something that does well, like fallout 76 is cool but it suffers the same issues gta online does in comparison to saints row 2. Uou could even say it similar to how Wo Long fallen Dynasty is compared to say the way the dark souls games does co op. Wo long is better because you can almost seamlessly play through the game co op.
Man, simpler times. I was just a sixth grader when this released. I remember begging my parents for it on release day, which my dad wasn't too happy about. My brother's girlfriend at the time ended up surprising me with it the next day or so. This was the time my brother and I would play a lot, he'd help out on some missions. I also fondly remember enjoying COD at the same time, playing online and stuff. Miss those days when GTA, Guitar Hero/Rock Band, and COD were on rotation!
My actual name is Nico and I was on the bowling team in high school, I joined the bowling team simply because there was no chess team, and yes I love it when people make the GTA IV bowling memes with me.
I realized there's been a lot of GTA IV content recently and that's awesome, I recently finished the game again and also TLAD, I'm currently playing TBOGT, I just really love that game
@@dudemp4 I would agree in some parts, disagree in others. GTA 5 is also admittedly leagues ahead of alot of other games, imo it's really one of the gold standards for open world modern sandboxes. Only thing that came close to even touching it imo is Watch Dogs 2 in terms of creating a believable and interesting world.
It's always intriguing to know new information about my favorite game of the whole saga. Long life to GTA IV; looking forward to seeing another video on it soon!
When this game came out I couldn’t afford it, so I would watch my neighbor play, recently bought and played it for the first time on my own and its amazing!
I remember the excitement while waiting for GTA IV to install on my brand new laptop back in christmas 2008. It seemed to take forever... Then I jumped into the game after the messy activation and boy that nvidia 8600M nearly shat itself lol... Still, even at such low details and resolution I couldn't believe how realistic everything looked and felt. I was so used on the 3D games physics that I couldn't even control Niko correctly for a few hours lol. Then a few months later I managed to get together some money and bought a used PC with a Phenom x4 9850 and Radeon HD 3870 and enjoyed the game in all it's glory. I also have a hard time realising it's been 16 years and that consoles like PS3 are nearing retro status lol. To me when I think of PS3, 360, Windows Vista or games like GTA IV, they are still new in my brain. Like they are hardcoded like that forever : P
The saxophone buskers from this game will always be amazing to me and going into the Liberty City subway system and finding them playing their music is special and the saxophone is my favourite instrument ❤
I don't think I'll ever get tired of your GTA IV videos, idk what it is about them but they're just so interesting, anyways, I wonder what GTA IV would've been like, had they went for the larger map design. Also, I actually kinda want co-op for GTA VI now.. I feel like it could actually work really well and be really fun, although at the end of the day I doubt it would happen unfortunately, cause of GTAO and maybe other reasons.
I remember getting an Xbox 360 and a copy of GTA IV for Christmas when I was 12 years old. I plugged it up in the living room and started it up, to the opening cutscene…. “DADDIES BACK YOU BITCHES!!!” Needless to say my dad had me move out of the living room immediately 😂😢😢
alls you really need in a gta game is a boat, a helicopter, a bike (hopefuly a manchez/sandchez) and a assault rifle and sniper and thats pretty much it, its why i dont really worry about grinding in gta online because even though i have alot of cars im either using a manchez or helicopter or the virtue so we dont really need much in gta 6. i like that rockstar is focusing on mission and mini heist in the current updates i hope thats what they focus on the most in 6 because i kind of liked the scrap yard DLC and clucking bell heist, i think the mod shop heist were a bit too stretched out once you start the heist and i know that you can glitch it with the oppressor mk2 but without using that to travel the heist take forever so in my opinion clucking bell heist and scrap yard heist were better.
Mashkov never said he regreted not accepting the offer. In fact in that exact interview you were referring to where he told about R* approaching him, the host asked if he regrated not accepting the offer granted how much money the game made at the end he literally said "I don't, also you need to understand that these money they gained from sales would have nothing to do with me anyway" and considering the story with the voice actor of Nico only getting $100.000 for the role he was spot on with that statement. Also he rejected it because the whole approach was very "shady" as he said in that interview and almost sounded like a scam. It was not only because of secrecy, but also because the communication was very poorly organized.
There are the hosts and several crew members from the old Opie & Anthony radio show that are on various stations and voice a few peds and cops and a few select mission characters, this is all most likely as the whole show and several comics were really good friends with Lazlow, the same goes for Liberty City Stories, Vice City Stories, GTA 5 & RDR 1&2
