Is this remastered?

[Boston]

Is this game remastered or just a copy of the oriignal???

[Geresman]

There is no GTA IV "Remastered"... this game never got a Remaster.

[Yujah]

Yep. Just a bundling of original GTA4 and EFLC (Episodes from Liberty City; the The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony DLCs) with GFWL and multiplayer removed, the Rockstar Games Launcher introduced, and otherwise few if any changes from the originals.

[Boston]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Geresman:

There is no GTA IV "Remastered"... this game never got a Remaster.

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[Citizen Cook]

I wonder if this game will receive a remaster🤔

[Yujah]

It's been reported that one was in development but shelved after the GTA Trilogy debacle; https://kotaku.com/gta-iv-remastered-red-dead-redemption-canceled-rockstar-1849142371

[Pʳᵒᶠ ◁⌧▷ Cʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Geresman:

There is no GTA IV "Remastered"... this game never got a Remaster.

WRONG/././
YES its remastered/updated from the port/console version./

[ш и з о и д]

НЕ ЗАПУСКАЕТСЯ!!!

[macelaru]

if i have a problem with a mission ,how i can solv the problem ??

[Citizen Cook]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Pʳᵒᶠ ◁⌧▷ Cʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Geresman:

There is no GTA IV "Remastered"... this game never got a Remaster.

WRONG/././
YES its remastered/updated from the port/console version./

Proof?

[Yujah]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Citizen Cook:

Proof?

A remastered media-product is a new release of that product with changes/improvements specifically as to its media-aspects -- let us say for a bit.

2020's "Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition" is not a remaster of 2008's "Grand Theft Auto IV for PC" nor of that combined with 2010's "Episodes from Liberty City for PC". which was the context of the original poster's question.

Using our above working definition of "remaster" we could however argue that either PC product is a "remaster" of the PS3/Xbox360 versions. Trust me on that; I just in fact played the Xbox 360 game and there's definite visual improvements to be had from the PC version.

Not "artistic" such improvements but ones concerning only e.g. the same visual art in better resolutions -- but if Rockstar had left the original art lying on a shelve for 12 years and had then released the current version with that art in those better resolutions, would we then not have called it "a remaster"? And if we would have, then why precisely not call the PC product such now, now that only an as to the art itself irrelevant 12-year hiatus is missing?

Questions, questions, ...

[Citizen Cook]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Yujah:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Citizen Cook:

Proof?

A remastered media-product is a new release of that product with changes/improvements specifically as to its media-aspects -- let us say for a bit.

2020's "Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition" is not a remaster of 2008's "Grand Theft Auto IV for PC" nor of that combined with 2010's "Episodes from Liberty City for PC". which was the context of the original poster's question.

Using our above working definition of "remaster" we could however argue that either PC product is a "remaster" of the PS3/Xbox360 versions. Trust me on that; I just in fact played the Xbox 360 game and there's definite visual improvements to be had from the PC version.

Not "artistic" such improvements but ones concerning only e.g. the same visual art in better resolutions -- but if Rockstar had left the original art lying on a shelve for 12 years and had then released the current version with that art in those better resolutions, would we then not have called it "a remaster"? And if we would have, then why precisely not call the PC product such now, now that only an as to the art itself irrelevant 12-year hiatus is missing?

Questions, questions, ...

I don’t think many people would share your opinion, least of all Rockstar. The PC version of the game is a step down in a number of areas from the console versions and can only reach or exceed the console with mods.

[darth_blunted]

You serious?

[Yujah]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Citizen Cook:

I don’t think many people would share your opinion, least of all Rockstar.

Oh, don't get me wrong; I don't think it's "a remaster". Yes, in fact somewhat interesting that it could be pedantically argued, but was really just playing "super cringe" in response to "prof. cringe" :)

[ProperCharva]

you just gonna act like there isn't a whole ass store page for the game use your brain pal

[Yujah]

No idea what you're saying -- but if that's to me you misread something...