Just started playing GTA IV on the Steam Deck after having it sitting in my Steam library for years. It’s really fun. I really like the protagonist, the setting, and it’s openness. It’s a bit more tame than GTA V which I have played as well and I prefer the more subdued tone.
Absolutely, it’s my favorite GTA.
Niko! It’s Roman, lets go bowling!
And let’s get drunk and go a rock A rolling!
Yes, its great! I would also recommend the DLCs, which are full storylines on their own.
I just started playing this for the first time a few weeks ago on my series X via backwards compatibility. It’s a shame that a lot of the “simulation” features were dropped in V
If you caught a car on fire an ambulance and fire truck would show up. They would load the victim into the ambulance and the fire truck would put the fire out. Then the ambulance drive to a hospital and the fire truck would return to the fire station. It was just one small thing. In 5 an ambulance would spawn drive to the victim and run up to them and resurrect them. The fire truck would spawn and put the fire out then drive away and despawn.
The car physics were more realistic. It had vertices deformation. You could also mod the car damage and car physics. People reacted to where they got shot. It used the old euphoria physics engine for ragdolls. So you could have NPCs grab onto your car as you hit them (ie hold onto your hood or door handle). Water physics were a lot better. NPCs reactions to things around them were much better and more varied. Police would stop crime without shooting. IE they’d arrest people or give tickets etc. You could climb things (not just ledges but like scale up a building via the pipes and hvac). The phone and computer were a lot more interactive. You could call up any number you find even if it was written on a bathroom door.
GTA5 was a drastic step backwards in it’s implementation. after GTA4.
I like GTA IV a lot, I should re visit it sometime, but I only have the PS3 version and ain’t the best version by any means, The Ballad of Gay Tony is an improvement though.
Even when the game was smaller than V it has a lot more detail, check out some GTA IV vs V videos and you will see what I am talking about.
I would love to play it on a Steam Deck lol.
