The GTA Game That Didn't Want to Be GTA

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  @Bullevue · 1 year ago

  One thing I love about the shoot outs in gta 4 is how there is never music playing during the fights.

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• MI

  @MickMaanski · 1 year ago

  People don&apos;t talk about Roman nearly enough.<br>Niko arrives and five minutes after walking off the boat he has a roof over his head, a bed to sleep in and a job to make money from all thanks to Roman. Roman had nothing. It took him months to scrape together enough money to rent that shitty apartment, which Niko starts bashing as soon as he walks in, after sleeping under his desk in the depot. Roman slowly builds up his very own business and manages it himself. No doubt he ended up in debt because Vlad loaned him some money to rent the depot and buy his cabs at an extortionate rate. He&apos;s also made quite a few friends, that also become Niko&apos;s friends very quickly. Again, Roman originally had no one. You can certainly understand Roman&apos;s pain after seeing his depot and apartment go up in flames just days after Niko gets involved... However,<br><br>Fun Fact: In GTA5 it&apos;s revealed through Life Invader pages that Franklin&apos;s cousin, Tavell Clinton once worked for Roman&apos;s cab company, and Niko is still working there. So the company is still operating during the events of GTA5. Perhaps after the events of GTA4 the cousins Bellic simply settled into a simple life of running the cab company together, just as Roman wanted.

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• LO

  @Longshanks1690 · 1 year ago

  “Honey, it’s time for another GTA IV retrospective video essay!”<br><br>“Yes, dear…”

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• AS

  @AsBizarrasAventurasdeKlonesias · 1 year ago

  “War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other”<br>- Niko Bellic<br><br>Thanks for the video, gonna start watching it now.

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  @Sotirzvd · 1 year ago (edited)

  The ending where there is an attack on the wedding might be another symbol. Because the war in Bosnia started with an attack on a serbian wedding ceremony in front of the Church, on 1st of March 1992 in Sarajevo. If it isn&apos;t just a coincidence, then the writters of GTA 4 are brilliant.

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• JO

  @Jo-Wilbe-Dina · 1 year ago

  &quot;Realism doesn&apos;t equal fun&quot; <br> <br>GTA IV: <i><b>&quot;Womp Womp.&quot;</b></i><b></b>

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• GY

  @GypsiSamurai97 · 1 year ago (edited)

  GTA IV is the only game in the series that takes itself seriously. The overall tone of the game is much different from any of the others. True, the sarcastic and comical universe still exists, but the tone and story is much more grounded opposed to the rest.

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• NA

  @nastydanieldotcom · 1 year ago

  i like how grand theft auto shows liberty city as almost bleak and dismal, los santos as fake and flashy, and vice city as just pure unbridled chaos

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• GA

  @gasmaskestore8018 · 1 year ago

  Michael Hollick deserves an Humanity Achievement Award for playing Niko, what a legend man

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  @mattbidoli-rr4ff · 1 year ago

  GTA 4 allowed us to the experience Niko’s emotions happiness, laughter, regret, loss, revenge, love. I mean it was DARKKK and we all were encapsulated by it. 10/10

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  @London_Mule · 1 year ago

  The thing that sets Niko apart is something that a lot of modern media has issues with. Good example would be characters injecting awful comedy into serious situations. Niko japes during light hearted/ridiculous moments or to clap back at someone, but when he&apos;s in danger he&apos;s locked in and trying to win. <br><br>Modern characters could be in the middle of the lvl. 100 final boss that has been hyped up for 3 movies, then drop an awful joke with an awkward pause that&apos;s like waiting for a laugh track. When GTA4 gets serious, it tries to stay serious for an appropriate window before injecting its usual absurdity and satire.

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  @a_stray_dog · 1 year ago

  I was fully ready for Little Jacob to be a one-off joke that got old before the end of the mission when he was first introduced. I was downright stunned to instead find one of the few genuinely likeable characters in the entire GTA series, a dude I truly wouldn&apos;t mind hanging out and having a beer with (assuming I also had subtitles IRL). I&apos;m super glad you mentioned him because I don&apos;t see him brought up a lot and I thought his relationship with Niko, and the way their very real-seeming friendship contrasts the otherwise contentious relationships in that game, was really neat.

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