They still love me.

GTA 4 Is the best GTA

I believe that the jump from GTA San Andreas to GTA IV will be the biggest one we may ever see. Graphics, storylines and all these details make it such a uniquely genuine work.

This game genuinely feels like a period piece. It is simply overflowing with that certain mid to late 2000s feeling, it is indescribable and can only be felt, but this will always make it one of my favorite pieces of art ever. It gives me feels that nothing else does. Crazy to think that it’s almost 16 years old. Vice City was set 16 years earlier than its release date, let that sink in. I love this game with all my heart and I am not trying to be melodramatic when I say that part of my soul will always be in Liberty City.

GTA 4 Liberty City always feels bigger to GTA 5 map to me, so much enjoyable to explore

GTA 4's depressive tone fit so well with the times, while still managing to be escapism.

GTA SA, GTA 4 and RDR2 are THE open world masterpieces. They are the most fleshed out, legendary open worlds and not many games come close even 15 - 20 years later. Liberty City still hasn't been topped in the GTA series and not many other open worlds have even come close to them. 2008 was the golden era of AAAs

Born in Brooklyn and lived in the Tri-State my whole life. Currently 30 min outside Manhattan. Everything in this thing is nutz. The Projects. The 90s. The people. The cabs. The cops. The Bronx, Queens, Central Park. Cony Island, Even Hoboken and the view of the city across the water. The different Bridges. Love how they captured the Brooklyn Bridge. Funk Flex on the radio. The drab environment and lack of color. The comedy store downtown. Time Square. Rockstar are working some wild magic with what they can capture in a any given sandbox!

There'll never be another GTA like this again. It feels like they made the game they wanted to make, the direction they wanted to take and almost to perfection. I still like GTA V but always get the feeling they were going more for mass appeal, to appeal to as big an audience as possible. I just can't imagine them making the same decisions that made this game great nowadays.

Ive said it again and again. R* managed to capture 06-10 so perfectly with this title. with remmants of the early 2000s again. Great video Glack. So much quality with this title. We didnt know we had it good during that time.

What GTA IV lacked in customization and RPG elements, it made us with its atmosphere, story and amazing time with friends. IV will always be my favorite. Once a year I play thru it and try to do some Multiplayer. I’ve been playing GTA since early 2002, but that year in 2008 and 2009 will always be special to me.

GTA 4 was the easily the best GTA. It has such an indescribable aesthetic and edge to it. It perfectly encapsulates the era it was released in

Roman in the Taxi casually calling Niko a Sociopathic killer in front of the cab driver is pretty hilarious.

Honestly, that’s like a perfect description of GTA 4. I couldn’t even say it better myself. GTA 4 honestly was such a fantastic game, & 4 what’s it worth now. It was an experience for of all us when we were just 15 almost 16 years younger… Can’t stop time from moving on.

As for the interiors, it's just one aspect of how this game has variability in where you can go on foot. It's not all just somewhere at the nearest road's level. Even outside there are many pathways through alleyways and up/on-side buildings, latters, elevators, stairwells, pedestrian bridges and tunnels, subway station access (of both kinds for the respective boroughs). Maps of a single massive city like this really have the highest potential,

Still the best GTA game 15 years later. The story and characters alone make the gameplay worthwhile, but the atmosphere truly makes the experience even more special. I still remember getting this game the first day it came out and playing it every day until I beat it and I made sure to save the game twice before making the final decision for the ending so I could see both of them. It was an experience like no other for me playing video games. Thank you for the video man, take care!

I love this game so much. I get a feeling of nostalgia when I turn it on and see what NYC used to look like when I was 18. I live near Meadows Park in Dukes (Queens) and seeing some old buildings that are no longer here, bring me back to simpler times. Great video!

GTA IV it's a Masterpiece. Great video 👏🏻

This GTA was right before the cancer social media phenom started growing

Sometimes I listen to the soundtrack for the “San Juan Sounds” radio station while I’m driving through my city, Houston. It really gives me the vibes like I’m playing GTA IV again and the songs still hold up well to this day

Good video man, I’ve been playing this game off and on since 2007 and finally beat it last year on Xbox series x. Going to beat it again soon on steam deck, the game just makes me feel like I’m at home or that I’m not alone in the city in a good way.

I can definitely relate to this video hard man. I still love gta v but even as someone that started with V I’ve always been so taken with Liberty city. Great video dude

These vids have convinced me to finish GTA IV after I forgot about it 2 years ago. I'm halfway through now.

Best intro music ever in gta 4

the way you can pick up random objects on the ground, even cigarettes, and how you can tip street musicians are one of my favorite things about it

This is really great! I didn’t know about all the hidden stuff and the sound was magical! I can still remember the feel when I’d go to an online lobby and how the jet sounds from the airport sounded on my surround sound system. It really brought you there!

Man I got waves of nostalgia watching this ❤️ I bought the PS3 collectors edition online and it got shipped to me randomly 1 day early before the games official release date. Teen me was ecstatic. To get this and MGS4 in the same year was epic.

2:43 Worth mentioning that GTA 4 takes place in Autumn/Fall 2007, since the game was meant to release during that time until it got delayed to Spring 2008 for technical reasons.

man i love videos like this. great channel and writing.

Loved jumping in taxis just taking in the sights

Awsome video dude, pls more of this gta4 contant i loved it. Really well done

One of the best in-depth explanations of the environments of GTA IV I've ever seen! I'd like to see more videos like this, CaptainGlack! Love it!

Subscribed. Thank you for the nostalgia trip

This game really need a remaster, but rockstar seems to not care about it. This game would sell a lot with a new graphic refresh, the game is an experience and it should be known to the new generations. It was sooo head of its time, and still it is, if compared with the other open world games, even gta 5.

They need to make gta 4 available on the new consoles but without remastering it. It’s just perfect the way it is. Loved the video dude keep it up !

Such a good video thank you g!

I never understood everyone's obsession with the airport. Yes it's cool but what I found annoying was how people would set up free mode games that ONLY let you spawn at the airport. In GTA 4 free mode was a lot different for those who don't remember. You actually had pre game lobbies were the host would set up the rules for the map. You could modify traffic , gun spawns, you could even turn off police and friendly fire. People often would make the map based entirely at the airport so if you wanted to go somewhere else and you got killed while out there , the game would spawn you all the way back at the airport... So annoying. Definitely don't miss that part of it lol

Amazing, when I first went through a binge on your channel I was saving this original video for last, was so bummed when I was hit with the age restriction! (I didn’t feel like giving YT even more of my personal info lol). Thanks for the reupload!

I love this game but I honestly played TBOGT and TLAD more. I fucking loved Luis and Johnny bro I wish the DLCs were longer. I was absolutely IMMERSED in both Johnny and Luis’s stories and I’ve even replayed the DLC more times than the original 😅😅😅 Niko is great and without him GTA IV would not be what it is, it’s dark, gritty & gnarly but bro that DLC was otherworldly for me. TBOGT was ELECTRIC and TLAD was BADASS. I loved being in the same world with new characters and new shit to see. Tony and Luis’s dialogue is my favorite thing everrrrr god I’m about to replay! 😂 seriously jealous of anyone who can mod it because the game is gorgeous even with the old graphics and if it was REMASTERED TODAY I’d take it over gta 6 fr 💯

I think you did a great job presenting this game. This my first bought GTA game as well, though not the first I've played and I spent a lot of hours on it, though not as much as I could, or compared to how much I spent in GTA S.A. which was my favorite of the series until maybe GTA V (I've played GTA 2, V.C., S.A., IV & V)

GTA 4 is phenomenal one of the best games ever

Favorite game of all time. Love to see someone else just adore this game. Good video

There's something about GTA 4 that's missing in 5. It's hard to describe exactly, but I think it makes 4 a more likeable place to spend time. I remember playing the PC version online back around 2011/12, and the lobbies would be packed. Race lobbies on a Saturday morning would be laggy as hell, but were much more fun compared to V online racing.

I remember the good old days of GTA 4 it was my first GTA game I have ever played before and so far today is one of my favorite GTA game for its story, physics , car damage and other amazing things. GTA 5 was good game for its time but I do like how GTA 4 was able to do better.

Did a replay of IV once where I tried to walk around and use public transport as much as possible (we love a game with a metro). There was this moment, late at night where I was walking down to the subway and there was a busker playing sax and idk the vibes were just insane, like V WISHES it could ooze such an atmosphere. Also the story is just devastating, so so so human. It's the perfect elegy for the post Y2K pre iPhone world and I love it with all my heart. Excellent vid dude!!!!!

great video bro, I hope gta 6 manages to capture the same immersion that gta 4 has while also learning from rdr 2

Absolutely my favourite GTA followed by Vice City. Also bonus points for legit SINGLE PLAYER dlc that was good. Niko is my favourite protagonist from the series.

dark frutiger aero really would be the best way to describe the vibe of GTA IV

When I close my eyes I still see Liberty city still clear in my memories, like a second home. as well as some Modern Warfare maps.

I played through Grand Theft Auto IV for the first time at the start of last year, and I think it blows away Grand Theft Auto V in many regards. You covered everything that makes the game great excellently. This game and its story also really hit me on an emotional level, and the only other game to do that to me was Silent Hill 2.

This is one of my fav videos on the internet

I'm glad someone else feels the same. A true moment captured in time. I was the same age as Niko in 2008,so I felt a strong connection to him. I truly hope we see Niko again, but not in a Johnny way. Thanks for such a passion filled video.

Replaying GTAIV, the heavy-feeling cars are really missing from V, especially GTA Online where they ping around like Hot Wheels. Fishtailing in IV and having to get up speed again to escape the cops is always a tense moment. It's a game that really shines in those smaller action moments. Not so much the wild jumps and explosions, but like, getting staggered and trying to get Niko up and get to cover, or turning a car around in a tight alleyway. I love the whole game but I think the first third or so is the best part. I'm not as interested in Niko and Jacob having helicopter bazooka duels for a shady government agency as I am in seeing them carry out low-stakes pot deals in back alleys.

best gta hands down. great video!

To me the very thing that stands out on GTA IV is the attention to detail, animations, reflections, smoke coming out of the car, the wind on the trees, like everything has a weight like real life, theres nothing much to do apart from that, like real life...

Im from 1997 too. As a kid I loved GTA SA but years later I realized how childish it was and how simple the storyline was. The flying cars type of stuff wasn't realistic at all but it was fun as a kid. Gta IV is a Gta that young kids didn't like or get at that time but they end up loving as they grew up. To me the best GTA ever is GTA IV but I didn't have the same opinion of it back in 2008-2011. GTA V is all about online, appealing to the largest audience possible by making it childish like GTA SA. GTA V was a game developed by accountants instead of a passion project. Kids tend to not be patient when it comes to GTA V online grind $ so they end up asking daddy to purchase them vehicles and stuff.

2:28 as someone who lived in NYC at the time game is set it does a great job of capturing the vibe. Rockstar nailed the city as a caricature

I wonder if GTAV is ever going to have videos like this. I think its California vibes are really good, but GTA Online has been around for so long we've never had a chance to get nostalgic over that setting.

I'm going to reply GTA IV with a few basic mods added, the city has such better life to it and the story is better than V in my opinion

Ironically…. One of the most interesting things about this game is that a big portion of the complaints are directed towards the semi trucks not being able to attach to a trailer even tho the city has trailers without the pin lock

Very good write up 👍 *TL:DR Great video very nice job, me likey GTA IV and me likey the things you said about IV. Keep up the good work and Let's be careful out there.* 😉 🧡 I'd also say that IV is my favourit GTA game too (tho it maybe due it being partly like you, it was my first GTA game i had bought myself and not played around a friends house or borrowed a copy.) I only ever briefly remember watching a friend play GTA 1, got too play II a handful of times, only ever saw the case and instruction book for III, loved and played though Vice city dozens of times and then got too the first few missions in San Fierro before i had too return my friends copy of San Andreas back too him. I got IV the day it came out, i had turned 18 a few months before, went down to my local Gamestation (R.I.P.) and got my copy... then a few hours later i had to go get another copy for a friend of mine because his birthday was in May and when making the purchase his copy i ended up locking eyes with the same guy who had sold me my copy earlier ( he was sitting on the floor behind the counter having a brake) I bought IV again last year to play on stream, got 30 something hours for the story but i've gone and put something like 300 hours off stream. Going back and getting up too my old tricks of: knocking NPC's down stairs, the swing set glitch, using the Patriot the rool other cars on too the roofs, smashing up cars with a baseball bat, knocking over destructible objects, getting high star watned levels and watching the chaos of the IA try and keep up and crash into everything and everyone behind me and of corse just driving around the city.(Even after all that last October i managed to find the 3rd swing set 😅) I remember day 1 for GTA V and feeling disapointed due too the physics of either how the cars drove or your characters ragdolling and a few other details i felt hadn't improved from IV. (especially the fighting mechanics. 🤬You know, when one of the 3 characters stands there and just starts kicking the guy instead of like Niko's using his many mooves.( & The fact a speedrunner i watch is sometimes isn't able to work around them even with ten thousand hours under his belt kinda speaks volumes, or at least i think so 😅)) *But i still feel GTA V is a great game*, but after 10 years of it i went back too IV though either nostalgia or being addicted and unable to stop. But proberly has as you said, something to do with the tone, atmosphere and the general snap shot of the time.

Bohan was PERFECT for games of Turf War, we spent countless hours playing that - I really want a remaster for this game for a multiplayer resurgence. V's online got beyond boring within 2 years, but IV's MP never got old.

GTA IV is still my Favorite Game of All Time and Episodes from Liberty City TLAD and TBOGT are my Favorite DLC's!!!🖤🔥

Yes.survival mode in hospital. So much detail in this game. Playng this once barely scratch the surface. You can play thi 5 times, and each time find something new, all the random action, you can just make up, or get in, sometimes so unexpected, there is something about Liberty city that makes it so fun...

Thank you for your service sir. And for this video.

I drive slow in both V and IV. I often slink around and sight see. I explore cool landmarks and skyline pictures I can take with the camera. It is such a great feeling to just drive around and exist in these worlds they've made. I deliberately remove the map and as many HUD elements and take in the surroundings and memorize the map so I can better immerse myself playing. It's such a good vibe.

I can’t believe we can’t play it on ps4 or 5.

*IV was groundbreaking and ahead of it's time and that's a fact it's not a matter of opinion, V is sucha downgrade, IV with additions of EFLC is a complete package, that only lacks some innovations of SA , VCS and CHW , plus IV could be packed with more multiple /moral/ choices than those featured*

It's been longer since 2008 than it was between San Andreas' 2004 and its 1992 setting.

13:45 don't know if you know this but good news about your favourite ringtone, it's a full song from the radio of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City stories. a track from Head Radio, specifically with the same name. it's even on spotify! the actual track sounds alot like an R&B/Soul one inspired by the likes of Ne-Yo, who funnily enough is featured in GTA IV with the track "Because of You" in The Vibe FM.

The best GTA for me. Its dark, gritty and the city was its own character. Its a time capsule, i feel like im in 2008 when i go back and play it. It has so many great messages in its writing and overall themes. Im always so nostalgic for it, maybe not quite as nostalgic as SA, but when IV had released i was older and more mature, it was more coming of age for me i guess. The soundtrack is also so damn good!

I played The Ballad of Gay Tony then 4 then I finally played The Lost and Damned and I was amazed how they weaved the stories. Best GTA by thousands of miles. Then 5 and San Andreas tie for weird reasons and in weird ways

Ive literally spent lazy days at home on my couch just bowling in gta4 and listening to youtube videos.

13:45 its actually a song from LCS, and Pager is GTA III of course, my favorite

this review is great. makes me wanna load it up again. it sucks the remaster was cancelled. wonder what kinda PC mods this has...

13:45 is actually a reference to a song with the same name you can hear on Head Radio in LCS.

Steam Deck GTA IV gang rise up! Crazy to see how well it runs on linux

I feel the same way about IV, and the part of being a time capsule couldn't be more further from the truth. I was in NYC in the summer of '07 and came to live here in '08 the radio, and Liberty City itself is pretty much stuck in that time period... maybe not the graffiti covered subway cars, and the fact that by then most trains were R160 & R142 models. Other than that it's pretty much spot on. This game also have one of the best NPC AI for a open world game, they're reactions, comments, behavior and overall goofiness. And I can't stop gushing over the ragdoll physics and the driving model, and city layout and lot more...

I had a lot of gripes with IV, but after playing V I legit went "Perhaps I judged you harshly". Like I replayed IV from start to finish more, V I beat once and tried to go for trophies on the second run was cut short when my game crashed and corrupted save, and haven't touched it since

The quintessential Grand Theft Auto game

I find myself playing my ps3 more than my 5 just because gta 4 is such a gem I wish online was not crawling with modders 😤

One of my all time favorite games was a blast playing this coming from home school in 2011 along with smackdown vs raw 2011 wwe all stars hitman just dance wii sports etc

14:26 this is a secret I never heard before most like I heard it but flew overy head, but man, sure it is dark 💀

Got the pre order with the metal box back in '08 and I had someone staying at my place and I didn't want him playing my copy so I locked it in the box before school ;) so when you said "it's my game on my xbox" I felt that

i need to play this again sometime/ if ever this year

Honestly I agree feel so comfortable playing this game

Rockstar never topped GTAIV. TLAD and TBOGT were also amazing. I was legitimately disappointed in GTAV, the characters and the online element.

12:15 such "Shazam before Shazam" actually existed in real life. It worked exactly the same as in the game

I really wish crossplatform was the norm a lot earlier in gaming. If so, IV could still achieve full lobbies more often between people playing 360 & PS3.

This channel is a W

Your right this game does capture the late 2000s and early 2010s you had the beginning of smart phones and social media but not everyone had them yet especially smartphones keyboard phones cameras KZfaq before it went corporate etc

I feel much the same way about gta4, classic.

*I'd love if VI 'll be like a mix of IV along with EFLC , with new improvements and without the downgrades of V*

Beat the game recently on 480p tv setting playing it again on 1080p it’s a whole new vibe

The first time I played this was a pirated version for my hamster driven pc. I'd hear a crash, niko scream, and then see 10 seconds later that I crashed. Then I my pc would feel generous and crash the game too. Nowadays I own the game on steam and I can't complete it because the high fps break the mission sequencing

18:38 i thought I was the only one who did this lol

12:40 this is a feature I missed so bad in GTA V! I hope it returns in GTA VI with more depth into it!

GTA 4 actually felt like a Grand Theft Auto. Dingy and dirty.... Like the old top view gta's

I clearly see the love you have for this game, very well done! Personally, GTA4 only clicked with the ballad of gay Tony for me. I just love GTA 5.

Hey, you and I are the same age! GTA 3 was also the first I played