GTA 4 will take roughly 100 hours to finish

VideoGamer.com reports: "During our visit to Rockstar's London HQ for a hands-on with 2008's biggest game, we asked a spokesperson how long it would take to finish the series' next-gen debut. The answer: about 100 hours, if you take your time.

"If you're not in a rush and you answer the phone when it rings it'll take about 100 hours to complete", we were told. "It's harder to distinguish between main and side missions - there are loads of both. But there are more main missions than side missions. It's not as clear cut as it used to be because of the phone.""

[ChrisGTR1]

with this much content it seems like the exclusive dlc is probably meaningless.

[TheExecutive]

well I have to agree that 99% of people who buy this game will never see it 100% complete but I dont think that it makes DLC worthless. I think it does take some meaning out of it but it doesnt make it worthless. I personally wouldnt buy dlc to continue the story unless I finished the game completely.

We also have to consider that its pry more like 85 hours to complete for us gamers and 100 hours for new people to GTA.

Still I have my doubts about the potency of extra DLC when the game is 85+hours. Why buy extra missions if you havent even finished the ones you have? I dunno, most people buy GTA for the destruction and chases and not necessarily the storyline. It will be interesting but I have NO doubt that there is money to be made by exclusive DLC.

All this says is that if you think you will complete 85+ hours of gameplay and still yern for more than the 360 version may be the way to go. However, if you arent quite sure if you are going to finish and just want to play the game then either version will do fine. So, in short, yes it does raise questions about the potency of DLC 6-8 months after release.

[sonarus]

GTA4 IS NOT A GAME YOU PLAY TO COMPLETION. At some point while playing san andreas i concluded there was no end lol and just let it go. GTA 4 is about fun side missions that are written into the story or you create yourself. If the downloadable content is just extra missions it will fail however if its something extremely unique then it wnt

[power of Green]

Kind of silly logic. lol

People are going to feeeen for new content from a great game. lol

People loved the Oblivion and wanted more, people loved Mass Effect and wanted more and people will love the new content in GTA4 expanding what sounds like a must have AAA after they beat it.

The episodic expansions are "Epic". Not just content but a expasion of the game.

Its foolish downplaying the Episodes when they're basically average game sized expansions.

Its like saying people won't wan't 5 games in the new FF13 instead of three episodic like games thats coming in 2009.

The only people agreeing with you are envyous Sony fans.

The game is going to have lasting power of the 360 version will tid gamers over untill the next one. Almost a ridiculous point of view.

The episodes are going to be pressented like sub sequels or side stories and could add radically different gameplay etc.

I'll be here just to see the look on your face *so to speak* when the first episode is released.

[okcomputer]

Not really, it just means that dlc would add more high quality content to the game. Basically like adding more of the better portions of the game instead of just random sidequests that tend to be boring/repetative.

Kind of like how I didn't even come close to finishing 100% of all side quests on Obvlivion, but I still bought the expansion and enjoyed the newer better quality conent.

[Superiorrior]

If you really people the DLC to be "expansions" and "cheap" expansions, your being really naive, that is like releasing an entirely new game, which quite frankly is more than unlikely, and stupid to think.

[TheExecutive]

yes yes yes... it all depends on what exactly these expansions are and until it is explained by R* what they are I have my doubts. All I know is that everything else is rumor and if MS wants to capitalize on this extra dlc they had better explain to me what it is and not just say "its exclusive".

We will just have to wait and see.

[Ben1054]

this is much more than san andreas. i played that total for 120hours, well me and my bro did, im getting a bit worried i might looso my life by playing this 24/7

[marinelife9]

I can tell you right now I won't have the time or the motivation to finish a 100 hour game. I'll get maybe 40% through tops and will get distracted by some other game release that's newer/better.

[ChrisGTR1]

well im defenetly getting the expansion packs. new multiplayer modes anyone?

[power of Green]

The concept of the exlcusive episodes are painfull to Sony fans I don't blame them for hating on them. People even mentioning them tells me they're angry about, people agreeing with you tells me this. Expect MSFT to market this when its time for the game to release maybe even revealing what they'll be about.

The GDC 2008 MSFT breakfest revealed they're going to be big time.

[marinelife9]

POG you might want to think about picking it up for the PS3. Are you certain you're 360 will make it through 100 hours okay?

[HarryEtTubMan]

Who is ACTUALLY going to beat the game and DLC? 2% of the players MAYBE? Power of Green you are soooooooooooo DESPERATE. No one cares about DLC on a 100 PLUS HOUR GAME. MGS4 and Haze will be out around this time also and all the other Multiplatform games LMAO DLC DOESN'T MEAN CRAP.... Microsft is just trying to prove something.

PS3 is getting the first 2 Exclusives this Generation also after GTA4 and there are big rumors going around that GTA5 will be PS3 Exclusive that NO ONE has denied. 360 is a P.O.S and downloable content that I wouldnt buy regarless, adding on to a 100 hour plus game doesn't even matter. NO. NO ONE WANTS A Xbox 360. If people did it wouldn't be in last place in sales all over the world.

PS3 = 2 Exclusives after GTA 4.(l.a. Noire and Red Dead Revolver.....also possibly GTA 5)

Xbox 360 = RROD, Last Generation formats, No built in Wifi, and NO Rockstar Exclusives.

[power of Green]

I don't know why Sony fans are agreeing with you. Sony fans boost Blu-ray wanting bigger and longer games and now they wan't smaller games, now they think games are too big and won't finish them anyways so now bigger games are a problem?.

[heyheyhey]

@POG

your right that people like to see more of a good game, but there are flaws in your logic

by the time the DLC will come, most people will have moved onto other games- only the hardcore GTA fans will be excited about EVEN more content

the 100 hours core is more than enough for most people

im not angry about anything- i really don't care about this content when there will be so many new and better games to play

[rawg]

Probably won't make a difference for folks who are deciding between a PS3 or x360. Those people will decide based on what other platform exclusives they want to play as well (MGS4, FFXIII, GeoW2, GT5, Halo Wars, GOW3, etc.)

I could only see it swaying people who already have both consoles.

[marinelife9]

POG I think you misinterpret what a "bigger" game means.

Bigger environments with higher detail (think of how much bigger GTAIV could have been with more disc space)

Larger variety in graphical assets and enemies (not the identical textures having to be re-used because of disc space)

More sounds and better variety of sounds (MLB 08 has 9gigs of just play by play audio)

If all those things add to longer play time then great. But a richer, more detailed, more indept experience is key. More disc space on your optical media helps achieve these goals.

[Pain]

qftw~

have some bubbles~ [email protected]

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

I wonder if i actually will play all 100 hours. in all GTAs I got bored with repetitive missions and stopped in 2nd island/unlock

[longduckdong]

before the thrill is gone, I know. If the series wasn't a regular city like I live in everyday then maybe I would be more interested in what is around the next corner because I've never seen it but since I know the city this is nothing new.

100 hours might work for an Oblivion type game because the whole setting is different and can keep your interest. But another building, drug dealer, pimp, whatever....who cares? I won't even be buying this one. I'll rent it

[sonarus]

nah GTA4 is definetly a purchase. The best part in GTA4 are the side missions you create yourself not ho slapping and "big pimp jacking lol. GTA has already earned my 60 bucks. I like to own one of at least every game genre. Only open world game i have is saints row and i am about to trade that in also got lame after a while.

[SCThor]

with tons of games around the corner, many people will go the faster way of main missions, playing side-missions once in a while. Nobody wants to be the last to finish MGS4, KZ2, RFOM2 and others games.

[wisso18]

I hope I can finish it before MGS4's release date

[jmare]

Exactly. Most PS3 owners right now couldn't care less about the 360's DLC now that MGS4 has a release date, that appears to be solid (no pun intended). So while 360 owners pay an unknown amount for "epic"(?) DLC, after all, who can trust MS's hype machine, PS3 owners will be happier than a pig in $hit getting it on in MGS4. Besides, the way some of these fanboys talk, you'd think they won't play anything else until they're completely done with GTA. And anyone who says that is a liar or has no life.

[Regret]

Of course it's 100 hours. You need 15 minutes to get to start of mission :P

[VigorousApathy]

They wouldn't count travel time in the open world as part of mission time. That would make everything a mission now wouldn't it?

[vloeistof]

and it has online wooow

[Superiorrior]

I'll be done in 48 hours Rockstar, mark my words!

[VigorousApathy]

Why so many disagrees?

[Superiorrior]

People just like to disagree, a lot of them are just from the Open Zone anyway.

[VigorousApathy]

Maybe they are just very very against gusto.

[BeaArthur]

I really hope this is true. Too often I see where a developer says that it will take X amount of hours and then it ended up being about 2/3 or that. But Rockstar has never let me down before and their other GTA installments had a solid amount of game length so I am inclined to believe them.

[Z501]

If people want the 5 hour God of War PSP version to cost less than $40.
Should'nt this cost more than $60?
Hypocrites.

[mighty_douche]

Perhaps.

I believe we should pay a fee related to its production costs.

[power091999]

"I believe we should pay a fee related to its production costs."

You think we should pay more, for games that cost the producer's more dev time?

I know there are games out that are in no way worth 60 dollars, but I'll be damned before I pay $100 for ANY game.

[mighty_douche]

Honestly, i spend more time messing around than completing missions, with online i doubt ill complete half of the challenges.

EDIT: someone disagrees with how >i< have fun while >im< playing on >my< game?

[VigorousApathy]

I guess they are disagreeing with your tastes. I also like wondering around the GTA, but there is only so much to do that way before it becomes clear that it isn't a real world, and nothing new will happen unless you start a mission. What they need to do is put in missions that can only be found by wondering around the city. That would make it seem more realistic.

[Phytonadione]

and for someone with a full-time job and family that calculates out to 3 months, 2 weeks, and 4 days.....woohoo!

[TheExecutive]

I am in the same boat as you. It will be more like 6-10 months though. There are other games I am going to play too. Anywho, I am glad that it will be this long because I am getting the PS3 version. (i just have to use the dualshock for nastalgia reasons)

[BeaArthur]

It must be nice to not have anything to do but play games all day, I envy the high school kids. It will probably take me 6 months as well.

[Tempist]

I'd like to see someone try and speedrun that. But not shocking. GTA 3 was like 20 hours, Vice City 30, San Andreas looked like it was 40-50. Not bad if you ask me.

(I'm taking into consideration finding all the hidden things and getting close to a 100% ending)

[TheExecutive]

I spent a total of 84 hours to get 100% complete in San Andreas then my fu*king save data got lost. I still weep to this day :(. Anyway, maybe it took me longer to find all of the hidden stuff or maybe I just screwed around more.

[mighty_douche]

Screwing around FTW! Thats what GTA is to me and i love it!

co-op cop chase anyone??

[tweaker]

^^^^ exactly. When I unlock all portions of the Map I'm pretty much just going to mess around than complete the game.

[name]

Eh, oblivion took longer than that.

[PimpHandHappy]

i got around 85 hours on the last GTA game and i couldnt finsih it. I was to busy buying houses and stocking them with as many motor bikes i could fit in the garage....plus a few sports cars

Dam thats a ton of game and even without the DC i can say i will get my fill again....NICE

[PimpHandHappy]

i hear ya

even thou im single with no kids and my job is kinda seasonal....this time of year work is slow...This game will still take me a few weeks. Put this game in the middle of the summer and it will take me months 4sure

that being said..i wonder how that extra 360 stuff will be. I wonder how many ppl will take the time to beat the entire game on a 360. It would be funny if ppl on the 360 get only 40% done with the game and then spend 40bucks on extra content....

~~stroking beard~~

[You bought an Xbox]

To complete GTA4
That is why your best gettin it on the PS3
Because there is no chance in hell that the KaKBox can last that long
The Bots will never be able to complete this game
Ha Ha downloadable content my ass

Xbots Suck

[Jason 360_Niglet]

Hahaha! Love the avatar.

[power of Green]

Ok

[PimpHandHappy]

if i couldnt play blackajack i would have finished the game. The Horse track was fun 2

[meepmoopmeep]

almost everybody won't finish GTAIV in its entirety so DLC is moot. 85+ hours and a slew of amazing games coming out as well, nobody would have time to finish the game, let alone finish the dlc.

only the hardcore GTA fans MIGHT finish the game and they are outnumbered by the casual gamers

[PimpHandHappy]

you know i didnt even think about that because i dont own a 360. I dont fear RROD and if i did and i owned both i would feel safer using my PS3..

Fre3fixme will cut prices on all units for this game! I will buy a Elite when it hits 300bucks but till then i dont need one

[wil4hire]

About 65 people have actually done it.

Extra content is always nice, but Its definitely not a selling point. Considering by the time the DLC comes out, newer games will be out, the same DLC will probably be on the PC version as well.

People always finished GTA's about 60%, then just fell back into beating up hookers and running away from the cops, finding cheats, and then moving onto another title. I don't get why everyone is fooling themselves into thinking they are going to NOT get sick of GTA after a month like always. Its a great game, but ffs its not going to be the end all of 08 like its being hyped to. Thats my problem with this gen of gaming. Its getting ridiculous that any game thats done well in the past is now held up so far to be that --> EVERY SINGLE TITLE is supposed to be "EPIC, GOTY, mIND BLOWING, YOU WILL NOT PLAY ANY OTHER TITLES ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU WILL BE SO BUSY PLAYING THIS TITLE IT WILL MAKE YOU ERECT ARG ARGH ARGH".

No, No, No. We have a Sea of good games. SOME go above those good games, but 1 title isn't going to eclipse the entire industry as we know it. Because when you go by sales.. apparently we should all be Playing NINTENDOGS. DLC + 50 million would have better been served in a title like COD4 to where it drastically adds more hours to gameplay, not adding more miscellaneous things to do in a sandbox title, when GTA has never suffered from LACK of variety.

Ps3 owners will buy the PS3 version. 360 owners will buy the 360 version. People that own both will buy whichever version they want\ have more online friends.

[monkey602]

100Hrs?! Ah F**K I'll never finish it. I barely get 5 hours to myself a week.

[timmyp53]

Thats why the weekends are so great for me. I get at least 20 hours in if I focus.

[giososc]

My favorite part of GTA is the story missions. I'm probably going to do a few of the side missions, but the best part is the main missions. After i beat the story, i'll move on to the next game.

[GETPWNED]

Can't wait......to have the complete gta4 experience ;)

[Mr Tretton]

while you are downloading extra missions for an already 100 hour game, I will have finished GTA4 on PS3 and be playing all the highly anticipated AAA PS3 exclusives that will follow.

TRETTON WINS!!! As Always!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa!

[Aleusia]

Enjoy being reduced to one bubble soon.

[Bleucrunch]

A 100 hours dam with it being that long why do u need episodic content?

[heyheyhey]

answer is:

you don't

the main game is more than enough considering all the other games i have to play and give my attention to

[OOG FunK]

the answer is that until we see what this content is/contains.....like there comments of it being possibly equal to Vice City or San Andreas.....then that could be worth it if they added a new character and what not....o well we will have to wait and seee..

I love how everyone assumes what this DLC is gonna be and how its a waste... sryyyy fellas its not gonna be 50 million dollar horse armor....

[Phytonadione]

yet sad at the same time. Back when I was a child, a 50+ hour quality game would have had me on top of the world. Hell, even back when I was at college, I would have been pretty stoked. Back then I had more time than money, and now I have more money than time. I've still got 4 games I haven't started yet (Mass Effect, Uncharted, Ace Combat, and U.T.). And with the recent news of all of the PS3 big-hitters that are bound to come out in the next couple of months, I'm starting to get that old feeling that came about during college as a result of procrastination. I mean seriously, I'm almost as worried about finishing these games before these other games come out, as I was finishing my term papers before finals rolled around. I'm actually considering sending my family on vacation to Florida without me...though I still have yet to come up with a good reason why I can't join them. Any good ideas would be welcome.

[chaosatom333]

i didn't read the article, but thank you rockstar. i'll will read afterwards.

[power of Green]

Too late the first comment mentions it.

[INehalemEXI]

Thats more hours then alot of RPG's o_0

[Farsendor1]

For the first time, Rockstar gave us hands-on access to both the PS3 and 360 versions of GTA IV. The good news is that no matter which system you prefer, you're going to have a great-looking game to play. There are only some minor visual differences noticeable between the two preview versions. The 360 build is brighter and has slightly more vibrant color while the PS3 build has less aliasing issues. Both display a solid, consistent framerate even during scenes with heavy pedestrian traffic and wild explosions. While graphics whores will find subtle differences to nitpick, the average Joe is going to be happy with either version.

http://xbox360.ign.com/arti...

[heyheyhey]

hmmm.. i MIGHT actually beat the game 100% this time because the new gameplay elements should make it more engaging and less frustrating

with San Andreas i just pissed around with all the various cheats- only got to San Fierro in the story, the driving school was awesome though

[TwissT]

Wooo doggy 100 hours, that will make lots of my friends be missing from school for days.