10 More Facts About Grand Theft Auto IV's Development

[@ashh8731]

seeing this pop up on my phone whilst i walk home drunk is literally the best thing ever

[@BadgerGoodger]

Don't forget to look both ways before you cross the street

[@catstation2]

get home safe, my friend!!

[@ashh8731]

@@BadgerGoodger anything for you Mr Goodger 🫡

[@Oryu48]

@@BadgerGoodgerbased goodger, looking out for peoples safety

[@Python-xs2iv]

Please be careful bro

[@alrecks619]

GTA IV definitely has the most diverse radio station choices when it comes to the entirety of GTA games.

[@ricecake-vk8by]

I don't think so, or at least definitely not now, with V's updates stations.

[@gtt8428]

You mean variety ? Everyone seems to have forgotten that word exists

[@voodoo2006]

​@@ricecake-vk8byTRUE!!!! RADIO BLONDED MY GOAT!!!

[@Wyte_Knight]

Nah. V does.

[@rihardsrozans6920]

Obviously kids in the comments who never played San Andreas

[@Spealer]

Can't wait for "10 Facts About Grand Theft Auto VI's Development" in like 1 - 2 years

[@TheAurelianProject]

That will probably still be too early to get any info on the development of GTA 6. It takes a while for this stuff to come out.

[@Edawgg006]

Prolly 10 more years

[@6z0]

⁠@@TheAurelianProjectbro theres enough info to make that video right now lmao

[@shariqhasan6220]

@@TheAurelianProject We already have some info thanks to the leaks of September 2022.

[@divine-arrow683]

Hey Spealer I like your maps

[@arinc9]

8:10 to add to this, if you fail the mission a second time, your buddy will say something like "let's just listen to the radio" and won't talk after that.

[@rima7286]

it always made me feel like such a loser to get that

[@ctbans]

Phill Bell did this to me on that one mission where you raid the harbor and steal from the Russians

[@Enzo187]

i would fail missions on purpose to get brucie or playboy to stfu

[@rima7286]

@@Enzo187 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 lmao it is some of the most annoying dialogue in gta 4 to be fair

[@barrymk400]

Checkpoints were in the game, but only in the final missions, and the DLC stories.

[@benzym]

They were only in the DLC stories bc game journos even back then cried about having to start again lul

[@ValentBond]

And those checkpoints killed enjoyment of deliberately failing the mission just to hear 2nd dialogues.

[@MasterAgario]

I'm fascinated by youtubers like Badger, Neon knight and Wirtual who are obsessed with a specific game franchise to the point of knowing damn near everything about it and simultaneously making a successful career out of taking about it.

[@justanotheranimeprofilepic]

NathanNS is pretty good if you enjoy bully content. He's pretty much exactly like badger where 90% of the videos are about a topic but there are a few others here or there

[@ross3695_basedhax]

​@@justanotheranimeprofilepic Nathan is awesome

[@MasterAgario]

@@justanotheranimeprofilepic I'll check him out

[@TheSultan1470]

He knows nothing about it. Just recites old interviews.

[@bebopdedop8776]

@@TheSultan1470 he knows by reading interviews you miserable melt.

[@dukes7855]

Just started my 23rd play through yesterday. Gta 4 never got old for me, games timeless

[@SoAaron_]

I've lost count how many times I've completed this game and you're right, somehow it just never gets old.

[@TheKicksBoy]

Legend im only at like 10

[@Hzdya]

You see the pattern emerging here, friend?

[@dukes7855]

@@TheKicksBoy 10 play throughs is still based as hell

[@mexican230]

Revenge or Deal ending?

[@romanbellic9580]

6:05 _“Oh it’s unfinished! It’s like Speed!”_

[@iMischaa]

You can turn alternative dialogues with the mod FusionFix too, so it always starts with the alternative dialogue. It's nice if you've played the game a lot and already know the dialogues.

[@brandonperez8977]

11:15 I think the main reason why MGS4 is still a PS3 exclusive is probably because of the iPod feature, a PS3 and PSP console easter egg in the briefing scenes when controlling the MKII, even Otacon mentions that they're on a PS3 where the game is running on a Blu-ray disc when returning to Shadow Moses, that's my guess

[@MrFamous1996]

Nothing like new Badger GTA videos during lunch break at work! 🔥

[@RockerStarMaveriX]

great video as always

[@VEE0034]

I know where you work

[@hardVatsuki]

Old music on Vladivostok FM wasn't just a random pick of catchy song, most (or all of them, don't quite remember now) are featured in Russian movies "Brother" and "Brother 2", which Rockstar took some inspiration from. So, they being replaced is a big deal, new songs R* put in a game is meh at best.

[@TheSultan1470]

Yes, exactly, good knowledge.

[@TheSultan1470]

I mean, more songs by Seryoga are there, who is already a featured artist.

[@XiledGamer00]

And one of them is censored.

[@Senezhperformance]

"most" (one splean track) But there was also one song from "Bumer" movie, hey

[@peepsbates]

7:02 "WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE?!"

[@UngusBunguss]

“God rest his soul”

[@Xxrocknrollgod]

@@UngusBungusshe was just a kid

[@colamusicproductions5814]

bro you've got a majestic voice, your commentary is top tier!

[@Jared_Wignall]

I always love hearing facts about my favorite game. Keep up the great work man, take care!

[@ritvikagnihotri1099]

The random roast of vice city's map at 5:40 had me dying

[@catstation2]

another BadgerBanger

[@l-l]

Banger video as always. Didn't any of these besides the touring and exploration that employees got to do. Thanks Badger!

[@blakegriplingph]

Given how GTA VC started out as an expansion pack for GTA 3, it isn't surprising that the map was rushed to meet deadlines. Also, Rockstar purposely left Niko's nationality ambiguous and just described him and Roman as coming from a broken-down area in Eastern Europe. They do speak Serbian but R* did not confirm that Niko was from the former Yugoslavia for some reason. Vladimir Mashkov claimed in an interview on Russian TV that he was approached to audition for a role on a then-undisclosed project but turned it down. I imagine if R* did cast him it wouldn't have aged well given Mashkov's support for the Ukraine conflict and how his daughter basically disowned him for that statement.

[@TheSultan1470]

Again with this Vladimir nonsense... Characters DO speak Serbian, poorly...

[@xXxKAMIKAZExXx]

I belive the games between III and IV were given titles because they were prequels and didn't release with the same date as the game's story. For example, GTA III was released in 2001 and took place then; GTA IV in 2008; GTA V in 2013 and so on.

[@VEE0034]

BZZRRRTTT WRONG!!!! Gta 2 is set in the future in a unnamed city so thats wrong

[@rima7286]

@@VEE0034he didnt mention gta 2 bro

[@paulheap1982]

​@@VEE0034BZZRRRTT WRONG!!! So quick to be a smart ass, you didn't read the comment right!

[@BabuZeko]

The Sopranos game, whatever happened there...

[@DIRTY.WORK-Inc]

It’s also interesting that every GTA with Roman numerals in the title takes place in the same year it was released in

[@KristianD3]

​@@АлександрПеремитин-о1я"2" isn't a roman numeral

[@heckermix9250]

@Kristian3D they mean that like GTA III was set in 2001, it came out in 01'. GTA IV came out and set in 2008. GTA V came out & set in 2013.

[@KristianD3]

@@heckermix9250 I know what the guy meant, there was a person who said it isn't true for GTA 2 but that isn't a roman numeral - he must have deleted his comment out of embarrassment I guess

[@CyanRooper]

I think it would be more accurate to say that every GTA game with a number in the title (so far) has always been set in the present day: the "present day" being whatever year the game was released in. Like, GTA IV was originally supposed to come out in 2007 and the development of the game took place from 2005 to 2008 (if we count the delays) so it would be more accurate to say that GTA IV is set in a fictional version of mid 2000s New York instead of saying that GTA IV is meant to look and feel EXACTLY like how New York was like in 2008 specifically.

[@SuperGeronimo999]

@@heckermix9250 GTA VI confirmed to be set in 2026, yay!

[@ThunderTHR]

Development videos are always my favourite, glad to see more about one of my personal favourite GTA titles. :)

[@Flipdodge392]

5:33 the two guys fighting lol

[@cowzze923]

Fender brawl bruh

[@tomchandler7568]

😅

[@CyanRooper]

As someone who does not live in New York, I can confirm that that is just a normal regular occurrence in New York.

[@dim_jean]

"Game development is not easy" - Understatement of the year haha Great video mate.

[@ERAOR-10110]

Nothing's better than a Badger video at 4am

[@Subreon]

nothing's goodger you mean

[@TheDarkWizard666]

My dad drives trains

[@DrWisd0m]

Badger Goodger you have a awesome speaking voice. Very calm and pleasing to the ears 😊

[@samjiman]

I always thought it was the 4th one officially, because 3 to San Andreas were all built on the same engine, based on RenderWare*. 4 of course being built on Rocker's RAGE engine.

[@eddieru]

bless you badger for always teaching me something new about older gta games. when it seems like i could know all the things, you upload something new. nobody does it like you!

[@wooldooriansokbatus5222]

GTA 4 lowkey GOAT

[@Flipdodge392]

Still finding full lobbies on Ps3 too!

[@nikto7297]

"That's what I'm talking about! That's why he's MVP!! That's why he's the goat, THE GOAT!"

[@ross3695_basedhax]

Back in 2008 I was 7 or 8 everybody said i was crazy but deep down I knew this game matched GTA SA

[@nikto7297]

@@ross3695_basedhax I was born that year but I can imagine the thrill booting up the game for the first time

[@ross3695_basedhax]

@@nikto7297 After being used to GTA SA... it was something alright

[@ashh8731]

oh badger i absolutely love you

[@andrewgarfield9898]

Your voice is therapeutic ❤️

[@FreeAimDog]

the most fun thing to do back in these days was go into deathmatch and end up in that match where someone puts it on RPGs only. everyone just ends up flying in the air spinning on fire.

[@Mr-Magnificent]

Love your videos man. Brings back so good memories and lets forget the world around myself for a moment. Keep up the good work!

[@kagemaru2503]

It would’ve been interesting if Rockstar actually added Upstate NY and Staten Island in GTA 4

[@xavierlafontaine121]

We will enjoy literally anything you upload! Fact videos, speculations, tier lists... We don't care, just do it!!!!!

[@JangianTV]

07:02 That subtle reference to the show - beautiful! 😂

[@JOEC1593]

Great effort on the video badger, always look forward to your videos popping up on my feed

[@Thatguy55595]

Congrats on 105K bro!

[@notagentpanda]

Probably my favorite “gta” KZbinr

[@Sagetsarie]

Always a good day when badger uploads a video

[@Tommy712rus]

Last GTA with really new physics and technologies 😿😿😿

[@Tylera_l]

Ah, I’ve missed your videos

[@SmokingInKairo]

W timing badger, i just got butter chicken.

[@NicolasChiribelo]

Thank god GTA IV wasn't ever a console exclusive, EFLC aside for the first year or so. With the latest mods in PC it's becoming a much better experience than in consoles even. The nefarious memories of the PC version at launch should be put to rest, finally. You can even have the secondary dialoges of the missions play as main dialogue, on your first attempt of the missions.

[@XWZXWZX]

There’s nothing better than waking up and seeing a new badger goodger video about gta iv ☺️ and I have an ice cold beer in my hands as wel

[@johnfarmer888]

That's about 2 million just allocated for the radio in GTA 4

[@goodmoney2998]

Rockstar and Take Two are the fucking goats!🎉❤

[@whiteeagleforce2.040]

I said it before and i will say it again: whenever badger post a video its like an early Christmas gift for me ❤

[@rangerv1]

SURPRISE BADGER VIDEO!

[@RiGrêmioNetoo]

GTA IV just isn't the same without the original Vladivostok fm

[@Zombytes]

Absolutely not, especially the beginning, the most important part of the game lol

[@TheLiquidLucas20]

Clicked here as soon as possible. Please make more GTA IV content!

[@Amberlynn_Reid]

You could have clicked sooner

[@betrapvideos]

See this pop up during a manic episode in 3 am while cooking eggs brings me joy

[@MichaelGGarry]

"It wouldn't surprise me if some people weren't working a 7 day week" The office was pretty much full on weekends for weeks at a time as well and yes, 12 hour days. A full on death march.

[@itsmjq9391]

Hope we get a 10-20 facts about GTA Vs Beta/Development in the near future now, I feel alot of people dont touch on the development/Beta of the game outside of the usual stuff we know already.

[@XTad1]

I just learned they've made a new Vladivostok FM. And I think it's actually better than the goofy old one. It sounds more like a real radio station now.

[@qwertyzxc1245]

the rights to use the songs were ending and Rockstar decided not to pay further, instead they decided to add new songs

[@victornjensen]

I’m still hoping you’ll do a video about the south Bohan highway construction site, and the bridge that would connect to Algonquin. I always wondered where in Algonquin that bridge would be connected.

[@mateimarian1937]

Screw console exclusives, all they do is limit the amount of people that can actually get to experience the game.

[@kersa5027]

Great video I must say. Thank you. I will be waiting for the next 10 facts. Cheers

[@NikkiWrightVGM]

7:02 WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE?! I'll tell you what f*cking happened! That piece of sh*t game developer spent 6 months turning a terrific tv show into a cash grab game without any provocation whatsoever!

[@NoooiZ]

Man it feels like the previous video was only yesterday

[@Tommy712rus]

As a Russian , original владивосток fm has most authentic Russian songs of That exactly era, which also includes songs from Russian movies in NY, that has same songs in it, so overall vibe and cultural meaning in these songs was Huge... Can you imagine? When I was a kid, my father driving me to the school in old lada with a cassette player. He have only about 10 songs on this cassette... And 2(!) of these songs - i heard later in GTA 4 владивосток fm, when game came out - splin , and kino. So yes, rockstar did a great job.

[@MikaelaExtra]

Pfft game dev nowadays do research from the internet and Wikipedia, heck maybe even find someone cheap as their reference or fact check Then they blame the gamer for not buying their supposedly masterpiece that they pour thousand hour into it New, innovative, totally original not copy from other but do it worse from the original... I feel the care, passion and love when playing older game, they might suffer from it but damn It was probably worth it EDIT: Also I want to rant that newer games looks generic af, how come when you screenshot older game you mostly recognized what game it is..

[@pawlik420]

I have never clicked in notification faster

[@alexequillex]

I was actually playing GTA 4 whenever this video published lol, great video Badger! 🔥

[@patrick7703]

After 16 years of the Grand Theft Auto 4 since was released A April 2008 Celebrating for 16Th Anniversary of the Grand Theft Auto IV

[@colored_lonely]

whatever videos are 10 or 11 years old, damn. I remember watching them in that time.

[@danielberry4765]

I failed the bank heist a few times. You know why if you’re smart. On the start of the journey there Packie (I think) said “we’ll just listen to the radio”.

[@thelazarous]

I always figured named GTA games were set in a specific time, while numbered GTA games were set at current day(whatever year the game came out). That theory holds up, and unless GTA VI gets renamed, it will continue to hold up.

[@paradoxpizza]

With so many in-game social media footages from the trailer, I think it’s still ongoing with the theme.

[@MesaLoveYou]

Hi badger , love your videos

[@擢]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO thank you for the upload badger

[@barm_1995]

A very nice and interesting video, GTA IV is always a welcome topic!

[@fenn_fren]

The 2nd fact makes me really sad. We all know how much of a monumental task creating each game is, including GTA 6. But I bet once it's out, there will be loads of people complaining that the model of like a cigarette butt on the sidewalk only has 400 polygons and 2048 textures, and will send the developers death letters over it.

[@TheSultan1470]

Precisely.

[@santrow1]

Don't know how you do it, finding always new interesting information to talk about in these games. I really like it, you always take your time and it always pays up. Keep it up, lad! P.S.: Would've liked to have Staten Island in the game anyway.

[@gokultn72]

10:23 that explains why GTA IV is badly ported for PC...😕 They haven't planned a PC port so they made half baked unoptimised PC game in a rush.

[@runarvollan]

FusionFix: Console Shadows: ON Console Gamma: ON Console TreeFX: ON

[@TheSultan1470]

rubavollan: (plqys game at 14 fps)

[@Hamo209]

I just beat this game on my ps3 and I dont think I'll ever be the same

[@Squareheed]

Its weird that GTA IV was going to be PS3 exclusive, and then the Episodes from Liberty City expansion ended up being exclusive to Xbox for the first while lol

[@Parrotp-wd7ew]

As soon as I seen this upload, I smiled

[@Sampsonay]

As a PS3 fan, I too am very glad this was not a PS3 exclusive lmao

[@Dixon-w3z]

I hope someday that this gets remastered. i would love to see that

[@kingflippynips3102]

Vice City and GTASA are still technically 'GTA III' in the same sense that TBoGT/TLaD is still GTA IV.

[@TheSultan1470]

Exactly. VC and SA reuse a boatload of assets as well.

[@Jacob-hk6to]

When this game came out I remember thinking that open world games in an urban setting would necessarily have to live up to the level of density in this game. How wrong I was. GTA 5 didn’t even live up to that and I have yet to come across an urban open world quite like this one.

[@domasavpedzivin]

*Fact no 11 : Serbia isn't considered as E.Europe the same way as Italy's not E.Europe*

[@paistinlasta1805]

You aren't seriously proposing that it was a novelty for a game to have checkpoints in 2008? Seriously? It wasn't a novelty in 1998 for crying out loud. They probably didn't do checkpoints because no previous GTA had checkpoints. And, ironicly, both GTA IV and GTA San Andreas DO have check points. In both the last mission is seperated into stages, and if you fail you can continue from the start of the stage rather than having to start from the beginning of the mission. That was just how Rockstar did things back then. Maybe it wasn't a good direction, but it was just that, direction, not a limit of the technology of the time. So yeah, "Because this is a game from 2008" means nothing. It should be "This is an older GTA game from a time before Rockstar had adopted their current doctrine of ultra-open world but ultra-linear missions starting in 2010 with Red Dead Redemption and continuing in 2013 with GTA V" But jokes aside, the system felt outdated in 2008, and I'm old enough to barely remember GTA IV being a new game. I know you're better than to just shrug if off with "lol it's an old ass game"

[@TheSultan1470]

PastaMan is on to something. But... what about the new mission structure is more linear than that of old? Of course they're linear, it's an A-B cinematic story. It's easy to have leeway when the mission is just "go here, kill this guy"

[@paistinlasta1805]

@@TheSultan1470 That's the thing. In GTA V or especially RDR 2, even if the mission is literally just "Go there, kill the guy" they cram in all these cutscenes, sub-objectives and fail states so you can't achieve the goal in the way you want, but in the way Rockstar wanted you to. In the older GTA's you could get creative, and it's really funny how many unique ways there are to complete some of the missions in those. RDR2 will give you a mission fail for literally walking in the wrong direction in some missions.

[@TheSultan1470]

@@paistinlasta1805 Load o crap. Solomon Richards in V offers you a number of ways to get to the rooftop. Crystal Maze is also open to several approaches. Of course, when there's other characters present it's more restrictive, it's not all about you and those kinds of set piece heavy missions have always existed

[@kontenterrorist2449]

Initially a planned PS3 exclusive yet it is the system on which it is the most soggy experience? Thank goodness that didn't happen.

[@SkydrawnIV]

Always love anything IV!

[@superrspace]

yeahh this outro song is what im talkin about. groovy.

[@caporegimeclutch9715]

As a staten islander I always appreciate Badger giving the forgotten borough some recognition! I honestly don’t really know of anyone else who ever mentions it in regards to GTA IV, so it’s always nice to hear it mentioned.

[@davidkonevky7372]

Ok but the spanish music in gta iv has to be one of my favorite radios in all the games combined. It captures that early 2000's reggaeton vibe that was a part of a lot of us latinos childhoods

[@eduardpimenov7182]

gta 4 is best part of gta (and sa) p.s. hello from russia, brothers

[@haunterghostpoison4651]

I swear I'm the only person who calls you "badgur goodgur" anyway. I love your content

[@YZYGWD]

New badger video, life is good again

[@DeathDrager]

It's funny to think Peter Moore a Microsoft representative having a tattoo for a PlayStation exclusive game.

[@DooMxPaNcAkE]

Idk why but I always like videos like these

[@berzins3572]

Hello ! I have a suggestion for a video topic. What say you, what game made R* the tipping point of commercial success so they became recognised as a major entertainment company producing quality product? Furthermore, what would you consider to be their utmost commercial success considering their place in the industry at the time of releasing the games ? Thanks

[@Leafsfanforever]

I was probably really difficult to get a ride along with the police since it was only a few years since 9/11

[@S2nppy]

Love these videos frrr

[@wokemoralist]

I'd listen to a video called "10 more facts about why everyone hates you" if badger narrated it

[@overcastskyline1747]

also rockstar games did do a film adaptation of the sopranos, its called liberty city stories