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Grand Theft Auto IV

Euphoria-driven physics and a dense simulated city raised expectations for open-world fidelity.

Released 2008 Developer Rockstar North Publisher Rockstar Games Platform Xbox 360 Genre Action-adventure Era Digital storefronts & indie

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Grand Theft Auto IV inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Ragdoll Physics 1998Seamless Streaming Open World 2001Snap-to-Cover Combat 2003Consequential Branching Endgame 2003Downloadable Content 2006

The Grand Theft Auto series in this dataset

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Grand Theft Auto IV this page
2013

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