Grand Theft Auto 4 singleplayer takes 56 hours to finish

The Killer - 629 days 4 hours ago

so this includes the side missions!
beside they also check for each part of the city and with different things happened at the same place, so this can take longer time then someone just want to finish the game, so i say for those who want to finish the game so fast the will finish it in 2 days and those who want to enjoy the game and take it slowly probably will take then weeks of hours of playing each day!

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THC CELL - 629 days 3 hours ago

this game will cost more hours on psn and x box live

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Bubble Buddy - 628 days 22 hours ago

Now that's a game worth my 60 bucks.

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Sevir04 - 628 days 21 hours ago

that i'll be playing till the release of Fallout 3, white knight story and final fantasy 13. reall 56s hours is probably the fastest you can finish it. i maxed out GTA san andreas at 94 hours with everything complete. To think that MS paid so much money for content that gonna hit in the fall and is gonna be even more expensive than your typical download on xbox live... at this point i think that extra content was a waste of money, they should have paid money to have the game as a timed exclusive instead cause it's gonna take a good while before anyone finishes the game let alone pay for more content when other big games are hitting the same time the new content hits.

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socomnick - 628 days 20 hours ago

Servir that honor still goes to Oblivion some people have spent over 140 hours on that game. took me like 80 to 100 hours to finish the main story and all the guilds quest.

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Lifendz - 628 days 19 hours ago

can't wait to get my hands on it.

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Forgranted - 628 days 17 hours ago

Its probably more like 40 hours because of 5 day work weeks

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Figboy - 628 days 14 hours ago

and while, yes, we do test EVERYTHING in the game, including side-missions, we also have what is called a "complete playthrough."

where we basically play through the campaign mode, from beginning to end, and log how long it took us.

this generally means ignoring *ALL sidemissions/quests.

so while it may take 56 hours to complete the campaign mode in GTAIV, it probably doesn't include the side quests. which could take anywhere from 10-20 extra hours to complete.

in either case, GTAIV is such a massive game, i doubt i'll complete the campaign mode, because i get too sidetracked by other things to do. it's what makes GTA games so fun, and it's the element that most copy-cat games can't seem to get their heads around (ie, look at any Activision "open world" game, and there is literally *NOTHING to them but driving around and shooting. no interactivity with the world, little to no side-missions, unless it's lame races, etc. GTA has a plethora of things to do and discover).

in either case, GTAIV is going to be one of two games i WILL own by the end of this month: GT5 Prologue is the other.

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xhi4 - 629 days 5 hours ago

you can.

these guys are pros, the technical VP of Rockstar says they played it 4 hours a day, for 2 weeks. And that's just the main story arch.

It's not as random as you think, its like 48 hours to 100+ hours basically, add on just mucking around time and multiplayer, youve got yourself one hell of a solid game.

I haven't played a 20+ game in a while! this will be awesome!

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TheExecutive - 629 days 2 hours ago

no way they mean the game 100%. If they do then they cheated by using maps for hidden things.

I was at 84hrs at 98% completion for San Andreas without using a map. Now that I have a family this game may as well be 1000 hours long. I cant spend 2-3 hours a day playing, maybe an hour but its pry more like 6 hours a week.

So if I say its going to take me 70 hours to complete thats 12 weeks to completion and thats if I play no other games (MGS4), which I certainly will.

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Jazz4108 - 628 days 15 hours ago

I put about 120 hours in lost oddyesey

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Condoleezza Rice - 628 days 19 hours ago

Best post of the week ^

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Official General - 629 days 2 hours ago

Yeah me too. I aint gonna be in any rush to complete it, I wanna absorb the whole experience and feel of the game and the get the most out of the explosive action. I'ma take my time on this for sure!

EDIT: @ Gamer Luv if you dont like GTA games then you dont need to be here commenting about GTA 4. You are just one of those guys who keep coming on these GTA 4 posts saying how overrated and over-hyped GTA games are and they are not that good. Well look if you dont like GTA games it's your business, but nodbody is forcing you to buy the game and you certainly dont need to be wasting time posting comments on a game that does not interested you. No one cares if you dont like GTA games, this subject is for people who do like GTA games and are anticipating GTA 4's release. If you dont like it then head to the exit man ----------->

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Glad to be a gamer - 628 days 21 hours ago

So Sad when people can't communicate like human beings and have to resort to mindless verbal bashing.

Try playing nice Official and acting your age. Theres a good lad

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power of Green - 629 days 4 hours ago

From what it sounds like probably around 10 hours each minimum(Wikipedia has some of the more detailed info). Its probably best to wait untill more is known about them, the very mention of them causes strife(offensive to many- causes flame).

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IntelligentAj - 629 days 3 hours ago

When are they gonna release the DLC?

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resistance100 - 629 days 1 hour ago

probally not until october the earliest

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IntelligentAj - 628 days 20 hours ago

So do they know what's going to be in it? I hope so because if they don't it seems kind of crazy for them to tout that as a major benefit if you have to pay for it and have to wait 5-6 months for the extra content.

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Gamer luv - 629 days 3 hours ago

Couldnt agree more.
The concept of GTA is good... for around half an hour.

For me any way.

Not bashin the people who like this sort of game, but its just not my type, never has been, never will.

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masterg - 629 days 2 hours ago

I disagree.

I've never been a huge fan of GTA. Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed the past games, but never finished one.

But this game sounds so incredible. It's one of my most wanted this year. They have improved just about everything that I thought should have been better in the first ones (3 and up).

Halo on the other hand never caught my interest. I've gave it about a 4-5 hour shot before I decided to not waste more time on it.

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Captain Tuttle - 629 days 1 hour ago

I agree. I just was never able to get into the games.

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Gamer luv - 629 days 3 hours ago

woops. wrong place.

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THC CELL - 629 days 3 hours ago

mate if this was only on ps3 we will be looking at over 1000 hours

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Gamer luv - 629 days 3 hours ago

Just keep thinking that.

Fact is its one heck of a long game, and its the same on each console.
Spending that much dosh on the PS3, is it justified?

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PirateThom - 629 days 3 hours ago

Yes, because PS3 has Metal Gear Solid 4, which more than warrants the entry fee.

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heyheyhey - 629 days 3 hours ago

PS3 isn't that much more expensive than the 360

sure you can get the Arcade for pennies- but with no HDD to store key stuff, it becomes irrelevant- Pro is good, but it's only £100 cheaper than the PS3 which comes with Blu-Ray and stuff

as for the DVD thing- well no-one said that disk space relates directly to game longevity

but it does limit the devs ability to store things that make the game visually stunning, or technically impressive- you can do extensive compression to get all the GTA4 content onto a DVD disk, but as a result- the game ends up looking average graphically

DVD is good enough for now- but it will start to show it's age in a year or so

hell we already have games that sretch to 50gb

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Djomblade1 - 628 days 22 hours ago

I dont think people are saying that xbox cant fit anymore than 15 hours into a game. That is not it at all. Its already done that with games like mass effect, too human, kotor and the like. What IS of concern to xbox fans is that xbox discs cant hold all the content the way it is to be intended on most games. GTA 4 I dont think is one of them but Im not sure. As far as I know the game will be fine on xbox. HOWEVER, with games like MGS4 and the like (Hideo Kojima says that 50 gigs is not enough space) you bet your ass xbox CANT fit these types of games on their discs. So for now I think xbox will be fine but in the future (very near future) xbox will HAVE to incorporate blu-ray or it will turn out to be another SEGA story and just be a software only based company.

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GuCCi512 - 628 days 21 hours ago

i blame the devil......microsoft

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Adamalicious - 628 days 19 hours ago

I think we should be careful not to equate length with quality. I don't think any of us should have cause to complain about getting their monies-worth out of GTAIV even if it only has as much content as San Andreas. I the multiplayer is good I'll probably put in more hours there than I do in most whole games.

I don't disagree that it would be cool to see this kind of game made with a 50 gig disc in mind, but I think we'll see what that can be like before too long.

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Kojima touches kids - 628 days 19 hours ago

The reason why the game is not as big as it should have been, is because the PS3 version was holding everything back.

This should have been released last October on the 360 and would have but development problems with the PS3, caused a huge delay.

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VigorousApathy - 628 days 18 hours ago

PS3 exclusive titles had no trouble developing for the console. Resistance came out when the PS3 was released and it plays great. So you have all the information necessary to figure out you're wrong. Now if GTA5 was a PS3 exclusive it would also have been finished earlier, except it wouldn't be compressed to fit onto 2002 DVD technology.

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Zool 08 - 629 days 3 hours ago

You'll have to have to wait a couple of months for that by that time I'll be playing MGS4 + online too bad for retards like you

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Crazyglues - 629 days 3 hours ago

I don't know what GTA you have played, but for me that 56 hours is like months... because as soon as I complete a mission I feel the need to just go around the city driving and trying to get a high cop rating.

It took me forever to complete GTA3: Vice City, because I was too busy having fun driving all over the place and stealing cars to put in my garage and stuff. It never fails that at least half an hour goes to forming the absolute fool, instead of just doing the missions.

So I'm sure it's going to take months for me to finish this game, not to mention online multi-player and I will be playing GT5P and COD4 while trying to find free space for MGS4.

So no DLC (down loadable content) needed for me.. I'm going to have my hands full.

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mikeslemonade - 629 days 3 hours ago

I hope you xflops cherish every hour of those 56 hours because that's like the only game you guys will have before fall. Ninja Gaiden 2 is going to be about 10 hours and it doens't cater to everyone who owns a xbox so that game doesn't count. Whereas us PS3 owners will have Gran Turismo Prologue, MGS4, GTA4, Haze etc. All those games have replaybility so PS3 has games and the 360 doesn't!

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Iron Man 2 - 629 days 2 hours ago

LMFAO!..yeah..ok..whatever you say you brainless Xzombie,while your waiting for that overpriced(Microsoft duh!)GTA IV DLC content(which I doubt you'll even complete the regular game by itself because your brainless),we PS3 owners will be playing other AAA games on our console like MGS4;)

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Sir Ken Kutaragi 2 - 629 days 2 hours ago

That means xBot Lemmings will have to use loads of xBox 360's!!!
to complete the game!!! ;-D
(i.e RRoD, DAM!i said it again!) ;-D

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ForTheFallen - 628 days 20 hours ago

better do something because the OP is getting torn apart...I have a PS3, btw, and I am truly amazed that GTA4 actually fit on that DVD9...

PS3>360

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Pain - 628 days 19 hours ago

When story is done its off to FREE ONLINE Multi-Player thats FREE On PS3 did i mention FREE to Shoot nOOb's on PSN? for only price of the game?

And when im Bored of GTA like i always get after i beat Main story ill be off to PLay MGS4
and alil MGS4 ONLINE for FREE too,

Then when its Fall and i Get "DLC" it will Say "Little Big Planet FREE MAPS"

And i Really hope you Inferior RROD2 will even last 56 hours....

And why oh why must u bots say a Game with 2 extra boring payed to have
mini games = The Superior Version??

If u playing that Card then the PLAYSTATION 3 is SUPERIOR CONSOLE.

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joe382 - 628 days 17 hours ago

56 hours and 75 seconds for 360 owners (episodic content)

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Official General - 628 days 14 hours ago

No, how about Xbutt-f*ckers? LOL! Xfags = Xbutt-f*ckers! LOL!!!!!

EDIT: I'm not personally dissing or abusing any Xbox 360 fans, I'm just joking with words so you all know!

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strotee - 628 days 10 hours ago

the meeting between MS and Rockstar went a little something like this:

Rockstar: OK, so like we're developing this new GTA game and I hear you want it released on the 360.
MS: YES!!!! We want it.
Rockstar: It's going to be huge, will require 20GB of storage.
MS: (feeling insecure) Ummm, we only have DVD-9.
Rockstar: Dude, no way!! Didn't the PS2, which was released about 8-9 years ago, use DVD-9?
MS: (feeling stupid for using such old technology) So, can you put GTA4 on DVD-9 or not?
Rockstar: No, I don't think so.
MS: How's $50 million dollars sound?
Rockstar: Sold. We'll take it and cut corners, re-use textures, and make it look gimped err I mean current.
MS: (Mr. Burns impression) Excellent!

Edit: (follow-up meeting)

Rockstar: (calling up MS) Hey, what should we do with this extra content that won't fit on your 8 track errr I mean DVD-9?
MS: (thinking) Hmm, we can put it on XBL and charge for it and claim it's exclusive to the 360.
Rockstar: But but but, that same content could have easily fit on Blu-ray and so much more.
MS: Shut up!! Don't you EVER speak of the "b" word ever again. We know the future belongs in downloadable content. We plan on releasing HD movies all gimped out and claim it's the same as physical media. These poor suckers won't care, they put up with shoddy engineering with the 360 so they're used to getting ripped off and burned.
Rockstar: Whatever, just send us the check.

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bluegoblin - 628 days 10 hours ago

does your brain contain enough neurons to realize what had to be done to fit all that into your crappy dvd???
They had to compress all the information and therefore reduced the quality of just about everything...sure you guys get a couple more hours of gameplay but guess what, we get a superior version of the REAL GAME!! and all the aditional content for home so enjoy your SD upscaled version of GTA4.

STROTEE: you forgot something

MS: so that's it no blowjob???
Rockstar: Blowjob??
MS: Damn you're way nicer than those guys at capcom and Ubisoft thanks again...

(devil may cry4 and assassins creed)

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PimpDaddy - 628 days 9 hours ago

Good stuff guys. But the bottom line is that the 360 was the lead platform. Sony had to send thier "experts" to help Rockstar optimize the game because it was running like A$$ on the PS3. The agreement was that both the 360 and PS3 version had to launch at the same time. So who really held the game back???

Don't point the finger at DVD-9. So far in more than 2 years DVD-9 has been fine. In fact only 2 360 games have gone multidisc. Both were JRPG's loaded with cutscenes and made by the same Japanese Developer.

Bottom line is that Blu-Ray was included for HD movie playback. Sony could have easily gone with DVD-9 instead. Maybe used the money they saved on Blu-Ray and invested it in something more developer friendly than the Cell. Maybe some more RAM or a more powerful GPU. You know things that actually matter and can't be overcome unlike storage space where you just do multiple discs.

Like I said the 360 and Wii prove that Blu-ray isn't needed this generation. Check back with me in 5-10 years when the new consoles are out that actually can do 1080P or higher resolution justice. Because as it stands now the PS3 and 360 are still stuck in 720P with the limited RAM they have.

Good job though with the comeback. Made me smile. Now try better fellas...

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bluegoblin - 627 days 19 hours ago

about someone that has a picture of a PS3 used as a grill.However i like the way you express your opinion without really insulting anybody. i do believe that blue-ray is necessary to improve the gaming experience, just look at MGS4 how many discs would have been necessary for the 360?? or how much compressed information?? which reduces quality.

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