Atmospheric (New York City) at night, in 2008 With GTA IV Theme.

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[@JocularHunterOfficial]

Hopefully Liberty City Including "Upstate Liberty" Los Santos San Fierro Las Venturas Cayo Perico Carcer City & North Yankton Will Be in GTA 6 For Online 🥲🙏🏻

[@ProstoShoma887]

It will be similar to the guarma in RDR 2, in which we will be for the duration of the plot of a certain chapter

[@stanleybochenek1862]

Agreed

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

0:48 The banner for GTA IV there makes this video so much more poetic

[@aryyancarman705]

Lol

[@Somebody_Different]

It proofs that those shots were made in 2008

[@gabrielmartines3510]

@@Somebody_Different Or 2007

[@Somebody_Different]

@@gabrielmartines3510 yes

[@ScoopWinthorpe]

2:05 as well.

[@jimmyjudefilms4757]

2002-2009, technology and real life was at a perfect balance

[@Al-ou3so]

Nah, it was the early embers of a surveillance state post-9/11. A surveillance state in the West which has been further reinforced post-COVID-19.

[@Karudzik]

nah, technology didn't cooperate between each year, dozens cables and plugs, almost nothing wireless.

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

Yeah, also a lot of less people on their phones.

[@kraftwerklover69]

@@Karudzik erm.. that's not what we are trying to say..

[@laggy1004]

Yea

[@racermigs1]

Somewhere in the background, Niko is stumbling on the sidewalk and screaming "YELLOW CAR!"

[@andrihusainsudra]

and packie singing danny boy

[@Aleksssssssss]

And Roman waiting at the bowling alley

[@bl00dsport86]

And little Jacob smoking dope and talking gibberish

[@Youssef-qm6ny]

So true

[@hellcat9405]

lmao

[@nyctmtakid8358]

2:04 Somebody’s got a wanted level

[@DarkHungarian]

All unit, there's a robbery progress, in the Bank Of Liberty, at Algonquin.

[@Goovry]

2 star cuz 3 police car

[@papedabakh123]

Maybe it was a police escort for some kind of VIP or high profile person or people or a little parade/party.

[@ENGLISH4FUN248]

no that's just Niko, someone reported him starting a shootout in the star junction ( time square cluckin's bell ) so the police are moving quickly to the call out

[@soulindenial5001]

Probably the incident where Niko was helping out pathos lol

[@lastnameisdude]

That's some good graphics mod.

[@rileyy28]

He has a god pc.

[@rileyy28]

An RTX 7060 ti

[@ironic17]

Pisscord

[@nyctmtakid8358]

@@Sinnerman7 like read dead redemption and call of duty? Maybe gta 6.

[@maxwellmorgan]

@Niraj Ranganathan the optimization in 4 was only bad on pcs though

[@tangykombucha5558]

Why does 2008 feel like an alternate universe

[@Vitorio582]

It looks like the present but at same time it doesn't

[@racermigs1]

Something about the mid-late 2000s idk. Internet was a way different place back then.

[@ChannelNotFound]

2008 is the normal, we're the ones in the alternate universe.

[@jacobrichardson1952]

It's a nostalgic year to me.

[@hellcat9405]

@@ChannelNotFound yea. 2008 is the normal, we are the alt universe.

[@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz]

"Perhaps here, things will be different."

[@vvvxt]

dude you're everywhere! I love it!

[@saleens302extreme]

he's gotta be one of my favorite commenters!

[@2pac96edits8]

@@vvvxt Yeah because he never gets off the Internet he never seen the outside

[@user-ko1vi6px9s]

Pruit Igoe Song Continues..

[@thecasual9258]

@@2pac96edits8 that's some great way of representing humour and insult 😂

[@bubz4196]

ill never forgive NYC for getting rid of crown victorias. There was something so majestically shitty about them

[@saleens302extreme]

Wait the Crown Victorias are gone in NYC?

[@saleens302extreme]

@Alex R. Damn, There were a lot of movies and games that featured the Crown Victoria

[@hybridShinx]

@Alex R. police now driving Chargers, Taurus and whatever that SUV is named

[@saibattu7745]

@@hybridShinx Also in Manhattan, some police drive Priuses.

[@hybridShinx]

@@saibattu7745 wat

[@Potatorq]

Crown Vics everywhere. Exactly how I remembered NYC in 2008

[@hybridShinx]

Now its just Priuses, Vans and Kugas as taxis

[@justanotherghost4589]

Even tho I'm not a New Yorker I've always loved seeing the Crown Vics everywhere, it's just a staple of the city imo

[@Potatorq]

@@justanotherghost4589 I was a little kid around this time and I loved seeing oceans of crown vics roaming the streets of NYC. Now in my mid 20s I own a crown Vic police interceptor. It's a great car!

[@justanotherghost4589]

@@Potatorq I was born in 03 so same, it's such an iconic look, like the older FDNY trucks and stuff you see, also I've always loved the crown vic, I've heard they're great and I'd probably own one

[@AlexisC.J]

Mercury Grand Marquis everywhere 1980s,1990s,2000s

[@sooryan_1018]

Definitely our eyes when we first played GTA IV -

[@CEO_OF_BELLIC_ENTERPRISES]

Dude on pc it looks so much better with the slight graphical patches mods and console animation and vegetation and at a higher resolution and frame rate but it’s a pain to run so I recommend Xbox360 version I hear that you can’t complete the chopper section on series at the end

[@kjsworld2]

SOORYAN? Interesting to see you here!

[@sooryan_1018]

@@kjsworld2 sup man

[@whatdadogdoin6082]

There's something about 2000's New York that I can't put my finger on

[@kolonelkingkraker]

It's the Crown Vics

[@arkham7694]

early 00s especially, also late 90s

[@aryyancarman705]

@@kolonelkingkraker i was about to say that

[@jango7889]

everything changed after 9/11, we wont see pre-2011 new york ever again

[@whatdadogdoin6082]

@@jango7889 meh

[@xXxKAMIKAZExXx]

2008 was such a great time for games. GTA IV, Saints Row 2, CoD: World at War, Battlefield: Bad Company, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3, Dead Space and so much more.

[@flexangelo]

H3 was almost at peak

[@2fernandoc1]

And while not to the same extent, Mirror's Edge, Sonic Unleashed, and Smash Bros. Brawl.

[@mr.levintouge154]

Midnight Club: Los Angeles

[@peternehemiah1606]

MGS4, Dead Space and Gears2

[@nwnwnwn]

Lehman Brothers

[@justarandomsovietofficerwi2023]

And somewhere, Niko is trying to get to space by ramming a swingset with his car.

[@hybridShinx]

Or getting involved with Street racing, he likes that now

[@mog7501]

Those Crown vics always had the same smell when you got into them. A mix of cigarettes, cheap air freshener, fake baggy leather thrown over the cloth seats, gasoline. This video really takes me back haha

[@zer0_v1nce86]

Watching videos in New York City that took place between 1995 to 2010 always hits different

[@lacil8895]

It's not the same universe.

[@alexhobbs2209]

0:40 oh god the irony

[@IamGenoBlack]

The decade post 9-11 totally matches the dark and dreary overall theme of GTAIV it is a sad masterpiece seeing life merge with art.

[@juanme555]

"Something that's human simply can't be perfect" *Something that's human:*

[@sooryan_1018]

How many people came here after watching the same version with GTA 3, ie footage of New York in 2000s

[@anthonymendez5768]

One of the reasons why I love GTA IV and it's original graphics so much is because It's like a time capsule of 2000's New York. The last time I visited New York was in late 2000's so I'll always remember NYC looking like that.

[@amartyapandit]

GTA IV made me fall in love with the metropolis of nyc there was no game with this vibe. Of feeling surrounded by strangers who are somehow familiar, the roaming part, the characters and friends that niko had, they'll never have an era like 2008 again sadly. I genuinely dislike how the GTA IV theme is being used so frequently on reels and tiktoks these days. These cheap videos don't really deserve an expensive song put in them it's a masterpiece they're borrowing it's credibility

[@2diefor]

​​​@@amartyapanditThis. The Chad memes with the GTA 4 theme in the background missed the message it was trying to bring. Niko wasn't Chad Thundercock, he was just a guy who picked up a particular set of skills. The skills that were necessary at the time to survive in the condition that he was presented in, he's human just like all of us, he did what he had to do to survive, things that he never wanted to do in the first place but had no choice. He tries to leave that life behind in Yugoslavia but his past follows him wherever he goes, hurting those he loves in the process. Everyday he's fighting for the "American Dream" but it's all bullshit and Niko at the end of the game realizes this. And that's what makes him my favorite GTA protagonist.

[@RealBadGaming52]

I live in Ireland Same i was on Holiday/Vacation there in 2007 befor IV came out in 2008 and it was perfect and even watched the gta4 trailer on a TV in a vidoegame shop in queens and yeah this will alwsy be my NYC, maybe thats why I still Love Gta4

[@matthewcole4753]

I was born in 2000 so this period of NYC is my permanent memory of it. Before the new WTC, and the US was in a transition. The iPhone was just being introduced, and Primetime on Cartoon Network was the best block of TV.

[@Sheeplie33]

1:11 Sprunk ad followed by a Whiz Phone billboard

[@EscanorHelios]

Now this is THE NEW YORK CITY I remember growing up in.

[@unclejeffrey2317]

Whooh yeah! There she is...Liberty City. You ever been?

[@nectorgames5052]

No

[@unclejeffrey2317]

@@nectorgames5052 Crazy place, Niko

[@nectorgames5052]

@@unclejeffrey2317 I don't remember the next(sorry)

[@andrihusainsudra]

@@unclejeffrey2317 what are you going to do?

[@unclejeffrey2317]

@@andrihusainsudra I might come back on board...or I might try to make a go of it. Like they say, it is the land of opportunity. I always wanted to make it big...own a nice place, get a dog, a house...live the dream!

[@user-ko1vi6px9s]

2:04 i think Niko call the police for nothing is always prank call in gta iv

[@MrAsianPie]

1990’s California with GTA SA theme and 1980’s Miami with GTA VC theme would be cool.

[@ivanbudilov]

There is a lot of that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHrPh2Oej76pnM0&ab_channel=charlipez kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIankneies6ggpo&ab_channel=alex%27sblogs Miami kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5nHdqiMjtFjlac&ab_channel=alex%27sblogs kzbin.info/www/bejne/l568nIuYra1obZY New York @ @ London @ kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZjEpX6dbdekj8U&ab_channel=ChicoCraveiro Los Angeles

[@BlackBullPistol]

1:33 I saw Bernie 😂

[@AJUCE99]

I feel like the TBOGT theme would have suited better for midtown manhattan

[@thexylophone]

what about tlad? where would that be?

[@gaveup1504]

@@thexylophone Probably new jersey

[@jc_47]

Starting at 0:28 there is only one taxi but when it passed through the car window there is two of them now

[@MasterBriton]

Wtf is true. I think them are from the MIB

[@Adam10494]

Big hmmm moment

[@slayride136]

wooow

[@Hostile2430]

Glitch in the Matrix should be featured in slapped ham video

[@loC2ol]

Angles are crazy

[@scavanger1408]

"So this is what the dream feels like? This is the victory we longed for."

[@crownvic-gc1ix]

Neat to see at 0:49 the gta IV advertisement

[@kennexsworld]

Yea

[@ilgazkayili]

that's a nice touch

[@MasterBriton]

April 29th the launch of gta 4! 13 years ago.

[@thestealthyassassintsa7403]

0:47 Just look at that banner, wow!

[@KamiKitsuneVA]

The first time I went to NYC was back in the late 2000s and I started playing GTA 4 around 2011, and to me the game captured the city perfectly. I occasionally go to the city every once in a while these days, but last year I actually spent an entire day there for the first time in a while and it just felt so different than it used to be.

[@arisclips2667]

I never thought I'd be nostalgic about the year 2008 but here I am. Time is goddamn flying.....

[@betaanalog300]

0:47 hold on look there, gta IV!

[@learn2xpand862]

With GTA 6 taking place in Vice City, it’s looking like another 10 or so years before we’re back in liberty city

[@ramauldramharack2138]

Suprisingly Niko is driving like a normal human with michelle at 0:27

[@tikalthewhimsicott2736]

Fun fact GTA IV was going to take place in 3 states. The first two are obviously New York and Jersey but the third state would have been Connecticut.

[@aril7527]

connecticut in the rockstar verse is called cottonmouth main city of Manhunt 2 history

[@tikalthewhimsicott2736]

@@aril7527 No that's inaccurate. If I remember correctly Cottonmouth is supposed to be based on various places from the south east.

[@Account-ow6rz]

It was going to be Carcer City

[@edisonk.182]

I still can't get over the fact that Staten Island and Long Island is completely missing from GTA IV.

[@tikalthewhimsicott2736]

@@edisonk.182 True. Staten Island wasn't even in the concept map kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3vdaahjgqebfqc

[@Iwasherelol14]

I went NY in ‘09 and ‘10, this is how I like to remember it. Still can’t believe the way Times Square is now

[@LoneWolf-mh6cw]

KZbin definitely one of the closest things to a time machine and nostalgia today

[@fyre2377]

2008 kinda has the balance of feeling pretty old bit recent at the same time for me

[@nuomitang30]

I felt like part of reason people love this game it's that how simple 2008 was. Sure we had ton of troubles but we had family, friends, dogs and your own future to look forward. Fragments came to promising pieces. That was how life should be. IV did a great job putting together an immersive snow globe where we can come back from time to time.

[@Hostile2430]

Gotta appreciate Rockstar games for making such detailed city even for 2008 game when I visit the Star Junction it really feels like I'm walking through times square, bill boards and taxis and movie ads while aren't exact replica but gives same exact vibes I have yet to see another video game with such good depiction of NYC , Spiderman comes close but most of the time we are viewing from sky not through city streets

[@LoneWolf-mh6cw]

yeah I have to agree with this. Even spider-man 2 ps5 with the addition of Brooklyn and queens still (imo) don't come close to the gta 4 version of the boroughs. and this is a game from back in the day basically

[@buntaii9878]

0:20 Goddamn boy, that hit hard... i was dancing in my chair like it was nobody's bussiness, the faces I was making while jamming to the track were nasty looking I was all in bruh 😂😂😂 This brings so much nostalgia and the soundtrack is iconic at this point! I did not expect that type of reaction from myself but wow, Thank you for the video man 😂❤

[@mecoptera]

GTA IV Expanded and Enchanced looks sweet!

[@trevorphilips9065]

Better than what we're getting.

[@DarkHungarian]

Definitive Edition

[@Aunindya]

The most perfect GTA theme ever made, the vibe, the tone everything so perfect with the story!

[@TheDCGuitar13]

There’s something about those damn crown vics that really classed up any city they’re in. I miss that car.

[@white_mage]

this remaster looks dope af not gonna lie

[@CratsonTheGuy]

Yeah, GTA 4 with RTX looks sick

[@TabbyEgg312]

ikr so dope!!

[@williamgson4055]

This is what NYC looked like when I went there in 2010, miss it

[@Pepsican519]

0:41 bro the fact that GTA iv was an advertisement here

[@9cross]

I miss the old New York, before all the skinny skyscrapers were built.

[@mateuszchojnacki2588]

Yeah, this new skinny skyscrapers was ruined whole skyline of this city.

[@slayride136]

@@mateuszchojnacki2588 are you talking about that skinny building at central park?

[@Arkiasis]

It's 14 years ago but honestly doesn't look much different to today. The only way I can tell is the Crown Vic's everywhere.

[@lavenderllamamusic]

1:12 - 1:18 the Sprite ad and whatever the yellow visual ad was-that's like Sprunk and Whiz wireless ads in GTA IV

[@xanderjacques5642]

A yes New York City you ever been?

[@thatoneplayerbg]

0:41 I love how there is a Image of GTA IV on there

[@supreme4023]

This is what the remastered version of GTA 4 in 2077 look like

[@gabrielmartines3510]

What's next, LOs Angeles 2013 with GTA 5 theme?

[@airellevan9684]

@@finnhannevig8758 That's pretty recent, you wouldn't feel the vibes.

[@owowhatsthis._.6943]

@@airellevan9684 some they would like build boards of old movies and old ads

[@bufeurd]

Ah, 2013. Hipsters became a thing, selfies and twerking were added to the dictionary and took the internet by storm. Everyone logged on to their Instagram and Twitter accounts for the first time. Definitely a huge culture change in that year

[@great-mighty9603]

@@airellevan9684 I mean it's almost a decade old while 2008 is only 13, so why not?

[@FakeTronaldRump]

nah, LA 1992 with the gta San Andreas theme

[@7sson-hasson-310]

Damn this RTX must be extremely expensive to perform this highest of high quality

[@Adyman182]

You could say this footage was shot an hour ago and I wouldn't bat an eye, last 15 years has not been much different in vibes as we've pretty much peaked in technology and video quality for a while now

[@iamnotawasp5151]

Yeah I would agree, people talk about how change is speeding up and in most terms that is true, but I think in terms of "aesthetic" or whatever, change has actually slowed down. 2023 looks very different to 2008 sure, but I would argue to a much lesser extent than if you compare 2008 to 1993.

[@jmjshowchannel8984]

I was just turning 11 years old in 2008 crap no im 26 all i can say is time do fly by but i do miss that year that when us Florida Gators fans won bcs championship.

[@airgamer1403]

I miss those beautiful Crown Vics...

[@hybridShinx]

Fucking hate them in NFS, how these shitboxes able to keep up with something above 600hp is beyond me

[@JDumbz]

Started replaying this, putting custom songs in with any songs 2008 and before, been an absolute vibe. Best part is I forgot more than half the game so I'm getting to experience it raw again.

[@TigerChamp99]

2:27 Kung Fu Panda

[@V-for-Vendetta01]

Ah man, the memories. I renting a copy of the film in 2008 and watching it with my brother and father. Good times.

[@singusthetexan]

There is a GTA IV billboard in this footage.

[@richarddominooo]

that's the nyc i remember when i travelled as a kid lol. got to update myself.

[@anonymousboy2000]

0:03 looks like it's time to investigate and that creepy music perfectly fits

[@Dixon-w3z]

Niko bellic: So this, is what the dream feels like, this is the victory we longed for

[@TheDuskOfAnEra]

I can't wait to see an atmospheric Miami in 2025 for GTA VI.

[@JocularHunterOfficial]

That's gonna be coming Very Soon After GTA 6 Releases

[@Aisthetes24]

Iconic crown Victorias really were the centerpiece of it all 😌

[@Zenki8118]

This Icenhancer 10.0 mod looks fantastic

[@alangreig4261]

Admit it. This is how we all seen gta 4 back in the day

[@tardisman4210]

This is the new york i remember and miss so much! It felt like the perfect time and atmosphere, i was only 7 in 2009. Went to many broadway shows between these years tho, walked times square many times (one of which i was wearing shrek ears i got from the musical lol). If i could go back and be 21 at any time in history, it would be 2008

[@iamnotawasp5151]

Eh idk, we always tend to remember the past in a more positive light than it was in reality. In 15 years time, I'm sure people will be saying things about how much better life was in 2023. It's part of the circle of life. 2008 had its problems. In many ways, it was the starting point for a lot of the problems we are facing now. I would argue there's better times in history to be 21 than a financial crash worse than anything since the great depression. 2008 was also the beginning of the smartphone revolution. It hadn't got to the point where it was taking over everyone's life yet, but the horse had bolted. Both of these factors combined is a major reason the world is in the state it's in. If you are looking for a year when things started to go wrong, I would argue that year is 2008.

[@rhesaramadhan8474]

Finally RTX3090 got a very worthy opponent

[@stevemichael9318]

Roman: “Let’s go bowling” 🎳

[@Dwight.DEisenHower]

that theme hits harder than the fucking stock market crash

[@stephaniebracken3124]

And somewhere in NYC, Roman and Niko are at a bowling alley…

[@darthsidious4326]

So, Niko let's go Bowling? I don't believe, I'll go to New York City! 🇵🇹🇺🇸

[@yunaoguramarrycuoiluutrung7134]

Memories return to one of the top games from the golden age of 2005 20012

[@nickryan6787]

0:50 "REGAL"? Man that street is real holy crap ik that street in gta 4. As soon as i saw the sign regal i knew its in gta 4. Im surprised because usually rockstar would just rename real life stuff but this time they didn't

[@livingdead233]

Love those Crown Vics.

[@DarkHungarian]

Do you remember Multiplayer? Still Active Today

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Miss the late 2000s. After 2011-12 it changed

[@Mr-LionYT]

GTA 7 leaked loading screen

[@CreepingDeath98]

Star Junction never looked more alive.

[@glonk9947]

This city view is weirdly nostalgic even though I couldn’t even talk when gta 4 came out

[@dariosanchez8637]

Loved that Sprunk banner on Times Square

[@sergeantoskar.8617]

0:41 the GTA IV ad

[@Eps1Lon55]

0:32 YELLOW CAR!!11!1!!!11

[@fr4ctl]

"Aye! I'm walkin' here..."

[@AlmondChocolateMilk]

Imagine being in New York and seeing a sign that says “Grand Theft Auto” out of context.

[@Spetsnaz690]

I was born in 2005. The only things i remember from 2008 r my mom and my kindergarten school. I wish i could go back and witness 2008-2013 properly.

[@HypeFox]

LCPD: "IF YOU DON'T PULL OVER, I WILL PULL YOU OVER!" 😡 I remember those LCPD officers saying that to me when I was on a rampage back then.

[@MilosCsrb]

0:56 Schafter right there, turning wheels

[@YuukaKazami241]

"Ah, there she is!, Liberty City!"

[@lillfetisverige]

GTA IV 15 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR!

[@mustafa_1652]

2000-2010 golden era of internet

[@Azzamghozali2000]

That's right 🤙

[@DingoXBX]

2008 was the same year i moved to New York City, I still live in the area today :)

[@anaperdomo9593]

2:19 Niko got a taxi

[@Artiomiz]

Ah yes the Crown Vic age

[@SimplyTakuma]

What fell me right in to my mind, there are a lot more cars.