The missions are fun, varied, and exciting-albeit in a more low-key, semi-realistic way than other GTAs. The soundtrack is one of the most interesting and eclectic in the series. It's not just Liberty City that makes GTA 4 great. It really captures the dizzying scale and distinctive ambience of New York City-and feels like an homage to the city, not just a parody.
Swing the camera upwards and its field of view widens, exaggerating the size of the buildings towering over you. By day, those vast concrete valleys of skyscrapers are bathed in cool, pale blues, shifting to balmy sepia tones in the evening as the sun dips below the horizon. While not as dense or technically impressive as GTA 5's Los Santos, when it comes to mood and atmosphere it's Rockstar's finest creation. This version of Liberty City is a huge leap from its previous incarnation in GTA 3.
Related: Grand Theft Auto 3 Changed Video Games Forever This grounded approach extended to the design and art direction of the game itself, with its weighty, heavily physics-based driving model and a muted colour palette. The story of an Eastern European immigrant escaping his troubled past to make a new life in Liberty City is a much more understated rags to riches tale than Rockstar usually tells. It's the darkest game in the series, with a downbeat, cynical tone that stands in stark contrast to the colourful, sunshine-soaked GTA 5. But for whatever reason, our old pal Niko Bellic has been left by the wayside.įrom the moment I saw that first trailer, a moody homage to experimental 1970s film Koyaanisqatsi, I knew GTA 4 was gonna be something special. Rockstar is usually very good at keeping its games alive through relaunches and remasters, including the forthcoming remakes of Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City, and San Andreas being released as part of GTA: The Trilogy. But Grand Theft Auto 4, one of the best games in the series, is still only officially available on a few platforms-PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and via backwards compatibility on Xbox One and Xbox Series X-some of which are now basically obsolete. There's no shortage of ways to play Grand Theft Auto 5 these days, including an upcoming next-gen version designed to take advantage of the power of the PS5 and Xbox Series X.
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