Grand Theft Auto 4 was released at the very end of the latest gaming console generation, which itself is symbolic. If you look at it as the whole, you will see nothing fundamentally new – everything that we have in the fifth GTA 4 we have seen before somewhere, often more than once. On the other hand, not a single interactive gaming entertainment has been done at this level, millions of parts have not been worked out with such quality.

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Los Santos, the city where the main action of the game takes place, immediately produces a positive impression and immediately impresses with its depth. Spacious streets, low-rise buildings, and many immediately recognizable places — we have never met such a precisely crafted version of Los Angeles in the virtual world. And even despite the fact that the open world itself is really huge in this game, the content here is very rich, and there are practically no similar places. You will walk past amusement parks and beaches, near a small area with high-rises, not far from Weinwood with its many luxurious villas. Not to mention the northern areas with small wooden houses, mountains, hills with various farms.

But most importantly, this whole world is really alive and independent. The behavior of virtual people is well thought out and diverse, it strongly depends on the place, time of the day, social status and type of activity of a certain person. Developers have even detailed the behavior of animals and pets. As a result, the virtual world of Grand Theft Auto 4 is extremely versatile and much better than the previous parts of the series. Often you want to escape from all possible missions and tasks and just live the virtual life of the city.

So whether you area dedicated mission follower who strictly sticks to the story or a free wanderer eager to explore the most remote corners of the open GTA world, you’ll surely have plenty of things to do in the game! Like previously, you can shoot at the police, race down the trafficked streets in stolen cars and wreck havoc over the city in a number of other fascinating ways. Play GTA 4 online and enjoy the vibrant reality with a perky gangster setting that has attracted a vast number of fans over the years!

Grand Theft Auto IV is one of the most influential games of the 2000s, which is why it was sad to see it removed from Steam in January. More than a month after its initial removal, Rockstar Games finally announced that GTA IV will be coming back to the online games marketplace on March 19. Unfortunately, a significant chunk of the game will no longer be accessible, as the online modes have been cut.

As Rockstar's Steam post confirms, the version that will be available on Steam after March 19 is Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edtion, which comes with all of the game's DLC and is also available on Rockstar's proprietary launcher. Fortunately, all save files should be compatible for newer players and those who don't own just the base game or the Episodes from Liberty City DLC will be upgraded to the Complete Edition after a simple update.

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Sadly, those that do boot up Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition won't be able to access some things. Some radio stations (RamJam FM, Self-Actualization FM, and Vice City FM) will be 'temporarily unavailable' when Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition launches in March and no ETA was given on when they will be added back.

More notably, none of the multiplayer features will be accessible once the game returns to Steam. This encompasses the multiplayer mode that lets players free roam or participate in races and deathmatches as well as the leaderboards that accompany them. On the plus side, Grand Theft Auto IV will now fully support Steam achievements.

Grand Theft Auto IV's removal from Steam and the multiplayer mode's absence upon its return can both be attributed to one thing: Games for Windows Live. This mostly disliked PC service from Microsoft was very prevalent in the late 2000s and early 2010s, and companies are starting to run into issues as they can no longer get new keys over a decade out from the discounted service's launch.

In a statement given to PC Gamer, Rockstar elaborated. 'Grand Theft Auto IV was originally created for the Games For Windows Live platform,' they said. 'With Microsoft no longer supporting Games For Windows Live, it is no longer possible to generate the additional keys needed to continue selling the current version of the game.' Games For Windows Live was intrinsically tied to Grand Theft Auto IV's multiplayer modes on PC, so without that service, they could not return.

While some hardcore Grand Theft Auto IV online players are probably very disappointed by its removal, it was a necessary sacrifice to get it back on Steam. Rockstar also probably doesn't mind that much as Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2's multiplayer modes are both very successful and consistently updated.

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The fan response is actually somewhat mixed. Many fans are happy to see a great game return.

Others chiming into the post's comments worry about the cuts and are saying things like 'I know how RS will handle the bugs and kill the experience by cutting out content' and 'they just keep making their old games worse and worse by taking out stuff from their games.' As the Games for Windows Live issues seems to have been mostly out of their control though, I'm willing to give Rockstar the benefit of the doubt with this re-release barring any major, unannounced changes.

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Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition returns to Steam on March 19.