Posted 27 March, 2020: Best story in a Grand Theft Auto game to date!

Update 5 January, 2024: Still the best story in any Grand Theft Auto game to date. I have replayed this game about 20 times in my life and I am now going for a 100% playthrough. But other than that, I have discovered things in the games story I never thought of before or understood. The character called "Dimitri" who saves you from Faustin and befriends you is actually the best written character in the GTA series. From the very first encounter with him to the last is so perfect. From the start you can see signs of his psychopathy and how he actually manipulates Niko into going against Faustin and how he even manipulates his "best" friend “Faustin” into trusting him. There are so many signs I never caught in the many playthroughs of this masterpiece and for this I can with no problem say that this is a masterpiece in narrative storytelling in gaming. The fact this game is from 2008 makes it even more mind-blowing, even though the world is outdated, it still has a very special tone and color palette. Liberty City is depressing and gray to look at and that makes you feel for the main characters even more in some special way. The rain, suburbs, and the horrible living standards you can see people living in has never been showed this good in the series before.

Even if you don't agree with "Dimitri" being the best written antagonist in the whole series, you can't deny that Grand Theft Auto IV is a true masterpiece in every way.

I will never get tired of playing it and it will always be my personal favorite Grand Theft Auto.