Grand Theft Auto 4

Grand Theft Auto 4 - Not just another video game

In The Game Grand Theft Auto 4. Niko Bellic, a war veteran of the Bosnian war comes to the U.S to making a fortune. His place of action is Liberty City, a place which reminds you of New York City with all its boroughs and the San Jose County. However, once he arrives there, things turn out to be different and the promise of good fortune, it seems, lies in following a dangerous path. He takes up crime and comes into regular conflicts with the protectors of the law. This storyline seemed almost realistic and made the game an instant success world over especially the U.S. 

The Grand Theft Auto 4 is the ninth offering from the Grand Theft series released first in 1997 and developed by Rockstar North. This is the first time you can play it online in a multiplayer mode with a maximum of 16 players. There are 15 different modes of play where you can steal cars, work (kill) for the mafiya, or escort some important gang lord to safety.  

The basic idea behind the Grand Theft Auto 4 is thrills every second. The player has to play the role of a criminal who wreaks havoc in the city life of Liberty City. The twists and turns make the game a great way to let the adrenaline flowing. Niko Bellic, the player himself steals, robs, and kills his way up the crime ladder. The end consists of either him taking a revenge for a betrayal, or striking a smuggling deal with that same betrayer. Either ways, Niko ends up killing up that betrayer called Dmitri.   

Niko can shoot without revealing him, target any particular part of the body, and can even go to a hospital for recovering his health. Mobile phones can be used for misguiding the cops and for calling up paramedics. Even people on the road can use mobile phones to report crimes in their area.    

If the player chooses not to go by this storyline, and simply roam freely, he has that option, too. Any slight indication of breaking the law brings the cops into action and Niko has to fight them with all his equipments, vehicles, weapons, skills, and tricks. The greater the chaos created, the higher task forces will be called into action. The player has full freedom to kill anyone to counter threats. All the Grand Theft Auto games are known for their no mercy attitude. But, the Grand Theft Auto 4 is slightly different in this respect. Sometimes, the player has to make a choice of sparing any victim or killing him. This may extend to killing one out of two people. These are ‘morality choices’ introduced in this version of the game after too much controversy was formed about the violence in the game.

None of the characters of the previous games are returning in this version of the game because they are all dead. Niko is the player himself and the others come from diverse backgrounds, mostly gangs and other ethnic groups.