Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sixth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and the eleventh instalment overall. Set in the fictional Liberty City, based on New York City, the single-player story follows Russian war veteran Niko Bellic and his attempts to escape his past while under pressure from high-profile criminals. The open world lets players freely roam Liberty City, consisting of three main islands, and the neighbouring state of Alderney, which is based on New Jersey.^[1]

Grand Theft Auto IV
Developer(s)	Rockstar North[a]
Publisher(s)	Rockstar Games
Producer(s)	Leslie Benzies
Programmer(s)	Adam Fowler Alexander Roger Obbe Vermeij
Artist(s)	Aaron Garbut
Writer(s)	Dan Houser Rupert Humphries
Composer(s)	Michael Hunter
Series	Grand Theft Auto
Engine	RAGE
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Microsoft Windows
Release	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 WW: 29 April 2008 Microsoft Windows NA: 2 December 2008 PAL: 3 December 2008
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Its successor, Grand Theft Auto V, was released in 2013.

Gameplay

Grand Theft Auto IV has the same basic gameplay from the earlier games in the series. The player can walk, run, swim, climb, jump and use weapons and basic hand-to-hand combat. Players can steal and drive many types of cars, boats, helicopters and motorcycles. Players can explore and choose how they want to play the game. Players can complete missions, but these are not needed to get farther into the game to open content. When the player does a crime and the police see it, they will start to follow the player and try to catch him.

Random characters

There are 14, 3 and 3 Random characters in GTA IV, TLaD and TBoGT meet all over the city.

From left to right: Ja'Tovia Gary and Lev Gorn as Cherise Glover and Ivan Bytchkov in Grand Theft Auto IV and Adrian Martinez as Brian Jeremy in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.

GTA IV

• Brian Meech (Justin Reinsilber)
• Real Badman (Seeborn†)
• Mel (Larry Fleischman)
• Ilyena Faustin (Marcy McGuigan)
• Hossan Ramzy (Sean T. Krishnan)
• Sara (Deborah Yates)
• Pathos (David S. Shaw)
• Jeff Harlingford (Harry Chase)
• Cherise Glover (Ja'Tovia Gary)
• Marnie Allen (Reyna de Courcy)
• Eddie Low (Victor Verhaeghe)
• Ivan Bytchkov (Lev Gorn)
• Clarence Little (Jerry Clicquot)
• Gracie Ancelotti (Rebecca Benhayon)

TLaD

• Dave Grossman (Jay Patterson)
• Malc (Walter Mudu)
• Brian Jeremy (Adrian Martinez)

TBoGT

• Arnaud (Simon Jutras)
• Margot Summers (Sarah Clements)
• Daisy Cash-Cooze (Elizabeth Jasicki)

Reception

Grand Theft Auto IV was praised for having more realistic graphics and story.^[2]

Notes

1. Ported to Microsoft Windows by Rockstar Toronto and Rockstar New England