Two strong, interwoven story campaigns
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The stories are strong, the supporting characters are interesting, and the protagonists are fun to play.”
Steam review · 36 h played ↗
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 74%Mostly Positive · 74%Rockstar North / Toronto2010Shooter · Action · Adventure
The verdict
Two excellent, story-rich GTA IV expansions, especially The Ballad of Gay Tony. The standalone was delisted and the PC version has login and performance trouble, so skip it if you want a hassle-free port.
Great for
GTA IV fans wanting two more Liberty City campaigns with new perspectives, weapons and characters
Main risk
Standalone removal, Rockstar/GFWL login problems and poor PC optimization can stop you playing at all
What players love
The Ballad of Gay Tony is the standout
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“HOnestly had more fun in BOGT than the base game, highly recommend”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗
New weapons, vehicles and activities
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Parachuting! More weapons More vehicles More characters More places to visit”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Great value for the amount of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“two full stories playing in Liberty City that overlap with the main story of GTA IV, for half the price as the original game”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗
Better physics and bike handling than GTA V
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews
“I realised how much more I like the physics in GTA IV compared to GTA V, driving and shooting just feels real.”
Steam review · 79.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Game removed from library and replaced
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Rockstar actually went one step ahead and REMOVED the standalone version from every users that owned it.”
Steam review · 66.9 h played ↗
Games for Windows Live and Social Club login problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“GFWL will decide to log you out and prevent you from ever logging in again, thus losing all saves AND the ability to save.”
Steam review · 50 h played ↗
Game doesn't launch at all
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The game no longer works. I tried the launcher fixes, and games for windows live.”
Steam review · 42.3 h played ↗
Poor PC port with crashes and low fps
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Frame rate regularly tanks to mid teens seemingly at random.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Multiplayer removed or ruined
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“And now they removed GTA 4 multiplayer what a joke.”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗
Dated or repetitive missions, short story
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 negative reviews
“Dated, boring, and repetitive mission structure, especially in TLAD.”
Steam review · 13.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown16 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista - Service Pack 1 / Windows XP - Service Pack 3
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHz
Memory1.5GB XP / 1.5GB Vista
Graphics256MB Nvidia 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900
Storage16GB of Hard Disc Space
OSWindows Vista - Service Pack 1 / Windows XP - Service Pack 3
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHz
Memory1.5GB XP / 1.5GB Vista
Graphics256MB Nvidia 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900
Storage16GB of Hard Disc Space
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