If you’re returning to Liberty City for the first time in years—or playing it for the first time—this guide will help you get the game running smoothly, avoid its quirks, and appreciate what makes it unique.
: The game utilized sophisticated weather effects and day-night cycles that emphasized the city's "modernist, dystopian" feel.
If you are coming from the three-protagonist heist-thriller of Grand Theft Auto V or the sprawling western epic of Red Dead Redemption 2 , GTA IV feels different. It feels smaller. It feels lonelier .