Grand Theft Auto 4 (PC DVD)

Just bought this game for PC (XP with SP3) For a start I'll say that I'd ignore 'nearly' all the other negative comments on here!!! I've played about 20hours now and not one crash/blue screen/bug or anything negative. Maybe when this game was first released it did come with bugs, but I installed patch number 4 straight away before playing and this clearly fixed a everything, also I'm running on the latest graphics drivers and windows XP with SP3 so that'd help :P Really nice graphics in this game, a whole different league to the last proper GTA game (I've got every one from GTA2 onwards so yes i am a fan, yet also a critical reviewer) You DO need a reasonably good and upto date computer thought, I've only just built a new gaming computer so i don't have any problems but the game would be slow/unplayable with reasonably pretty graphics on an older computer. For reference my harware specs are: XP Service pack 3 3GHz intel E8400 core2 duo processor with artic cooling CPU cooler Overclocked Nvidia GTX260(216SP) graphics card (896MB VRAM) 4GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM I can play the game on high/very high settings @1920*1080res without any lag and about 35-40fps, although all the settings can go from low/medium/high/very high/highest so there is a lot of potential for better graphics still, but that'd take a very high end gaming computer. To run this game with average graphics you need a good core2 duo/quad processor as this game was designed for the multi core processors in games consoles, and is therefore quite heavy on your processor. A 2.8GHz core2 duo is the minimum I'd recommend...and you need quite a lot of 'dedicated' graphics memory, so 256MB just ain't gonna cut it whatever rockstar say...I've got 896MB VRAM but I think it'd run ok ish on 512MB with some reduced graphics settings. As many other have said here, the game is a pain to install. It takes a long time as it's a 16GB install. Then it needs to install the social club tool which you have to register with/log into to be able to even play the game.You'll also need to have a windows live account (you already have one if you use MSN) and it needs to have a 'gamer tag' linked to it, something I didn't have before. THEN you need to link your windows live account with the social club account before it'll even let you play. After I'd done all that and got playing I created a windows live offline account option (using the ingame windows live toolbar) so i can save my games while offline if i like (so ignore other complaining about that bit). SO the answer is YES, this game is a PAIN in the #%$ to install and get running (took me an hour or so), but it IS worth it. As for game play, to be a little critical the missions are a little bit repetitive (so far, I've only done about 20ish) they're all drive here, pick up X, take to Y, kill Z, etc but I'm clearly still enjoying it!! been playing it so much my eyes hurt!! Just driving around the huge map is so much fun, enjoying the mind blowing Physx and graphics in the game!! I'd recommend this game to anyone who likes driving games/GTA series/or just a fun game to play when you have some free time as you don't 'have' to do any mission, so it's perfect for when you have just 15mins free. BUT you should be careful if your computer isn't uptodate (software AND hardware wise) Hope someone finds this review at least a little bit useful, this game may have been bugged/unplayable when it was released, but it's a must buy now in my opinion!!

You have probably seen all of the one-star reviews here already. But there's the problem with internet reviews. On the internet, nobody ever does an average review. To the internet reviewer, everything is either the greatest game ever made, or absolutley terrible and not worth the box that it came in. Personally, I don't see what everyone's complaining about. Yes, the installation process is horrible (trust me, I had to sit through it about 5 times). Yes, the game is bundled with a load of unnecessary crap such as GFWL and RGSC and yes, it comes with Securom. But does that really make it a bad game? Securom is not actually that restrictive, and none of these programs make playability any worse. When I first installed the game, I did have some major issues. For a start, it would randomly crash sometimes for no obvious reason. Hugely frustrating when you've just finished a mission and are about to save the game. Also, Independence FM, which was fantastic in San Andreas etc. tends to make the game crash between songs. The recent patch has fixed a few issues, and the random freezing is less frequent, but the custom radio still crashes the game. Other than these issues, the game is absoultely stunning. Fantastic graphics (even at medium settings), brilliant gameplay and a stunningly detailed environment that just feels alive. All of this is made more fun by the joy that is mouse aiming. Of course, you will find people moaning and whining about not being able to play the game on their PCs. Well, there is a sound reason for this and it is because of a general lack of knowledge about gaming PCs. People seem to assume that just because their PC was expensive, that they should be entitled to play the latest games on it. You don't need to have an expensive PC to play GTA IV, you simply need some knowledge of gaming hardware. For instance, a NVIDIA 9400 is NOT better than an 8600 just because the number is higher. To summarise, if you're a gamer and you KNOW that your PC meets the reccommended system requirements (note: you do NOT need a quad-core processor to run the game) then don't hesitate to buy this game. It's awesome. If you know sod-all about computers, buy an XBox. At least then you'll get to play the DLC. Either way, it would be a crime to miss out on this game. My system: Vista 32 AMD X2 6000+ 3.1GHz 3GB RAM ATi 3850 512mb Yes, that system runs the game like a dream.

EDIT: Wanted to rate it 2 stars. It doesent let you change the rating when you edit an existing reivew. Don't get me wrong. This a great game. It just doesent work for PC. The game itself: It plays pretty much like all the other GTA's, so you know what to expect. A huge game environment within which you can do pretty much whatever you want. I won't go over the top, you know what it's like. Simply epic. To be honest though, the game is very poorly delivered. Let's start with the graphics. They are, as mentioned before, better than the console counterparts; provided you have the mother-of-all PC's that is. On my current setup: Dual core E4500 @ 2.5Ghz 2gb ram XFX GeForce 9600GT XXX Edition The game perfoms poorly. Even with the latest drivers and game patches I get 27/8 FPS tops, with very bad stuttering at times. Anywhere on the middle island, i get a maximum of 22 FPS, usually hovering around 18-20. This even means that what im getting higher FPS (by the sea for example) it still appears laggy. Any CPU worse than mine? Don't even think about it. After about 30-60 mins of gameplay i get a very brief pausing after every few frames, which is annoying at best. In short, the game is very poorly optimised and the patches seem to decrease performance if anything. All this, and on the absolute LOWEST graphical settings. Other graphical issues include a lack of anti-aliasing, and strange 'dissolving' textures when they enter/leave your level of detail. Its sort of hard to explain. It's also common with everyone, no matter what settings you have. To be honest these issues reduce the enjoyability of the game by a huge amount. Ignore all this talk about DRM. It hasnt had any impact on my gameplay experience whatsoever. A not-so-well-known fact is that nearly all games made over the past couple of years use some form of DRM/Securom. Don't let it influence your decision whether to buy the game or not. Installing. Some people have claimed this game takes 1-2 hours to install. If that's the case, your computer has some SERIOUS problems. In fact, the game takes 20-30 mins at the most on my PC, and you can see from my specs it's not a particularly fast PC. Once you've sorted out GFWL and Social Club, you can play right away. Other issues When you shut down the game, it can take up to 2 minutes for you to be able to use your PC again as the game seems to be doing things even after you've stopped playing it. Online mode is fun, the only limit to Free Ride is your imagination; but poor performance offline means TERRIBLE performance online with a lot of players (10+ player street races for example. In these i got 15-20 fps). On a lighter note, the radio is fantastic, there's a seemingly endless amount of stations for you choose from, this makes it a triumph (Not just for its music, but the hilarious radio ads and DJ's). When you get bored of them, you can listen to your own music collection using "Indepence FM". This is a great inclusion for us PC gamers. It's a great game, I just feel like I can't enjoy at as much as I should because of the (performance) issues. More often than not, I play the game, do a few missions/wreck a few cars, and get bored almost straight away. I don't know why, the game just doesent seem as interesting as it should be. At the moment i'd rather play games like Team Fortress 2, CoD4, or Supreme Commander. I don't know what it is, GTA IV doesent seem to keep me interested for long. If you have a good enough PC, if you love the GTA series, go for it, you won't regret it, trust me. If you have a slow/mediocre PC, you might find yourself regretting this purchase, no matter how much you like GTA.

A very enjoyable game ,well made and not as hard as the last ones. Negatives are you are forced to log into live each time which you have to first join it,it takes an age to start each time and it forces you to update fairly often otherwise it logs you out which means you can't access you saves or save new games . My last forced live update has badly effected performance even though my pc is very very high spec and it was running perfect before . The updates are not even game related so being logged on seems to steal resources. The game also tries to log you into a social club each time too which it often fails to do . Summary ; worth buying but some annoying forced log ins .

This GTA is truely awesome and does require a high spec PC to get the full benefits of the lighting and visuals. The normal GTA gameplay is great but the addition of a fantastically detailed world enhances the game as does the sound. the changing weather and daylight never stops to keep the GTA world interesting. With this and a variety of ways to approach missions i.e. on a bike or a car adds to the variety and fun. Some of the set piece shoot outs are really good with gameplay almost matching a standard shooter game. Driving the cars is quite realistic too with detailed passanger detail. Other details such as traffic cops and padestrians makes this feel like a living environment they really have excelled here with police confronting criminals people answering there mobiles etc. Riding a scooter on missions is my fav. Runs great on overclocked good CPU's A 955 BE overclocked or better (960-970) or an i5 or i7 chip is a must as this game is very on the CPU with bottlenecking a common problem. I run it on windows 7 64 bit updated with no issues with no patch installed, there is a patch to improve graphical performance but have not worked out how to install it.

GTA IV was a game I was dearly looking forward too. I have really enjoyed the previous titles in the series - I own GTA II, III, Vice City and SA. I pre-ordered the game off Amazon but then I found out that IV had SecuROM, but I was too late to cancel my order. In spite of my aversion to SecuROM I figured I'd give the game a go anyway. Sadly SecuROM is not the only hoop you have to jump through to get this game working - you need to install NET framework and various other updates, plus you *must* sign up for both Windows Live and Rockstar Social Club, then link the two accounts. It's a ridiculous mess that takes ages to actually get working. Oh how I long for the good old days of simply installing a game and then playing it! Live and Social Club are so-called "improvements" that just make installing the game more difficult and gives little or no benefit to the majority of gamers. I thought I had done everything required to get the game working - and I played the game for about an hour - but when I wanted to save it wouldn't work. For some bizarre reason you need to be signed in to Windows Live just to save your progress! What a stupid idea! How this is a benefit to the customer or improves the gaming experience I do not know. Why can I not simply save the game to my HDD? A lot of people have complained that they can't get the game running at a descent resolution, but thankfully I'm one of the lucky ones that don't have this problem. My (Dell XPS420) PC runs it pretty nicely at 1680x1050 with reasonably high settings. (Core2 Quad, 8800GT, 3GB RAM, Windows XP SP3) Now, the actual game play is disappointing. It doesn't have the fun or the character of the previous titles and doesn't make me want to play it hours on end. What I hate most about the game is the really poor controls. There are way too many different keys to remember, the cars handle terribly and the camera angles while driving are abysmal. When driving you need to use the mouse to keep the camera view behind the car - if you don't then you'll end up looking in the opposite direction to where you're driving! It's really awkward and unintuitive. I don't understand why R* didn't keep the controls used in previous GTAs, or at least give an option to changing them back to the "old-school" settings. GTA VI is also missing aeroplanes, tanks, jet-packs, flamethrowers, parachutes, miniguns and lots of other fun stuff that has been replaced by "exciting" new mini-games such as darts and bowling. You cannot even buy property or get a haircut - yet another retrograde step by R*. If this game didn't miss out on all the fun stuff in SA and VC, had an easier, less intrusive install, didn't require an internet connection to save progress and had better controls it would almost certainly be one of my favourite games to date. But it's not. GTA IV is already on my shelf gathering dust...

This is similar in many ways to all the previous GTA's, same sort of mission and storyline set in Liberty city. The gameplay is very similar to the older GTA's as well so its a winning game there, the graphics are good and it runs fine on my tower...but then I have a 3.0ghz core 2 quad and 896mb Evga graphics card with 4gb RAM... there is however one thing about the game that really annoys me, and whats more its something other games does absolutely fine...the helicopters! the controls are total twoddle! you cant stabilise the thing to save your life, and in a later mission you'll see an RPG heading your way as well! and if you cant stabilise the thing without extreme difficulty then you sure as hell cant dodge a rocket! for this reason ive bin stuck on that mission and im now too irritated to finish it...maybe I will at some point, maybe theres a cheat I can use to finish the storyline? anyways, there arent many helicopter missions and everything else with the game is fine, its not a brilliant game, but its certainly worth playing through.

I have only, until now, played GTA San Andreas. That game was a masterpiece in gaming. The only major down side to it was the graphics, but that can be excused because of its age. That game allowed the player a lot of freedom inside a huge map. GTA 4 is another step in the right direction for Rockstar games, who have proven to be one of the best game developers ever, and GTA 4 doesn’t disappoint. It keeps the world open and improves the graphics and animations. The texture is a lot nicer, as well. However, where San Andreas had a different range of weather conditions, this nearly always seems to have the default setting of ‘dour’. It is a dour game to look at. That doesn’t make it a bad game, though. Oh, no. This is a great game. One of the best I’ve ever played. The Grand Theft Auto series, for all its controversy, are great games. There’s no doubt about that. I didn’t mean that to condone the criminal activities present in the game, but as games they are at the very top of the gaming industry.

wurde von mir, als geburtstagsgeschenk, für meinen sohn bestellt.dieser hat es gleich ausprobiert und ist super zufrieden.preis leistung stimmen völlig überein!!!

Fantastico

Ottimo

love this product works perfect i have to buy it again cause i got mad and threw it away....stupid thing to do i know

Sin duda el mejor GTA a nivel narrativo y de físicas, ojala el GTA VI se le acerque en estos aspectos.