(Rockstar and Take-Two should be embarrassed by the current buggy, crash-prone state of GTA IV on PC. It took me the better part of an evening to get GTA IV working on my PC. And at the center of it all, Niko Bellic, an awkward middle-aged guy who made the mistake of moving to a new country to try for a better life. The drab fashion, the dour populace, the unflattering clothes. The jabbering radio shows, with their Bush-era fixation on Fox News, obesity, and the war on terror. The soundtrack, full of Slavic rap and Latin jams that I still can’t call out by name. How small and crowded and oddly orange GTA IV seems by comparison! The jumbly cars, lurching along on their pogo-stick suspensions. Its more archaic elements sit in sharp relief to its comparatively slick follow-up Grand Theft Auto V, of which I’ve played hundreds of hours. I’ve been struck by how it feels dated and fresh at the same time. ![]() I’ve been replaying GTA IV, which came out nine years ago this month. But for those first few hours, you’re just some guy in Brooklyn, trying to make a new life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon after that, you’re blasting your way through shootouts with SWAT teams. You can go several hours in Grand Theft Auto IV before you get a gun.
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