A Walk Through GTA IV (Analysis)

I love this game and I wanted to make a video dedicated to it for its 10 year anniversary. I poured a lot of effort into this video but I will fully admit to it being sloppy. I'm not completely happy with how it turned out. I say Uhh and Um too much, there are a few long periods of silence, I also bump the microphone a few times, I miss used the word "ironic" and there were a few other times where I misspoke. I've never made a video like this before and I have no experience with editing, so I recorded this in one shot and did the best that I could. I really hope that these flaws don't ruin the video for everyone and if they do ruin it for you I can only offer my honest apology. I created time stamps to help alleviate the problem and I can create more if need be. I also wanted to say that my opinion of this game and its story are not definitive. I love this game but in no way did I try to imply that my opinion is perfect. I feel that this game was meant to be open to interpretation and I don't want anyone to think that I'm claiming to have "the definitive take" or that "this what the writers intended." I believe this game is about optimism and pessimism as well as free will vs determinism but of course I could be wrong. Let me know, I'll probably reply! Personal Stuff 0:00 Personal Stuff ends 10:30 The Intro 11:32 First Missions 16:07 Vlad and Jacob's Missions 21:39 Niko's breaking point with Vlad 25:27 Mikhail and Dimitri 27:26 Important Cutscene and Niko's next breaking point 29:13 The "Choice" 31:58 "Lowest Point" and End of Script 34:16 Roman 38:00 Michelle 41:24 Little Jacob 44:35 Brucie 45:58 Playboy X 50:30 Dwayne 53:24 Bank Heist and the Aftermath 56:35 Packie 59:35 Kate 1:12:53 Johnny K and The Lost 1:18:06 Luis and TBOGT 1:27:46 Francis and Derrick 1:31:21 Bernie 1:33:53 The Mafia 1:34:39 Gracie, Gerry's in prison, UL Paper theory and Eddie Lowe 1:36:53 Dimitri 1:40:00 Video Recommendation 1:42:14 Long period of silence, sorry! 1:42:58 Small Disagreement with Video 1:43:09 Niko and Darko 1:44:10 Optimism and Pessimism on the Radio 1:47:43 The Ending and Forum Post reference 1:49:33 The Music 1:57:25 Conclusion 2:02:45 I Am The One Who Survived 2:07:31 I hope the people that find this video enjoy it for all it's worth and I hope that they learn something new about the characters and story. I can't praise this game enough and I encourage everyone to play it. Thank you! One last thing... I forgot to follow up on the whole "you're given 150 dollars to kill 4 people" thing. The reason why this is significant is because at the end of the game Darko says to Niko "How much do you charge to kill someone." I meant to mention this but forgot to follow up on it. I included the clip at the end for context. Mods Installed Visual IV http://gtaforums.com/topic/415952-visualiv/ HD Trees https://www.gtagaming.com/hd-trees-f27090.html Native Trainer http://www.gtainside.com/en/gta4/trainers/29661-simple-native-trainer-v6-0/download/ M1911 Handgun https://www.gtagaming.com/colt-m1911-5-versions-f13054.html The Post I referenced, "Paladin Waffles" http://gtaforums.com/topic/843746-revenge-or-deal-which-ending-is-better-and-more-fitting/page-2 Awesome GTA IV Analysis video by DavidOZ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKaMXJ0Rjac Lorerunner's awesome Rumination on GTA V https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q6sucG-iE4 Another great video by GTA Series about cut content https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL5PPRrtyio&t=1174s "I came to this city wanting revenge, I let that desire build up inside of me for many years. I let it eat out everything good in me. It took me over. I cannot allow that to happen again, not to me, not to Mallorie and everyone who loved Roman."