Grand Theft Auto IV
Video Game
ReportThis video game contains 39 potentially triggering events.
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Abuse
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BensonBoyoo
Yes, Mikhail Faustin frequently yells at and attacks his wife, Ilyena.
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lpsmv
Packie and his siblings had an abusive father when they were younger that he will tell you about in car conversations
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Addiction
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Animal
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Anonymous
You can kill birds in the game.
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Are there bugs?
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lpsmv
There is a cockroach in the opening mission that is killed by Roman and shows up smashed on his shoe
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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BensonBoyoo
On at least 3 occasions (MAJOR SPOILERS):
- Early on in the game, the protagonist and his cousin, Roman, are kidnapped by a member of a Russian mafia family as retaliation for killing one of their members and are both tied up to a chair in a basement. They are both released to work for said family, but only after Roman is shot in the stomach.
- Around halfway through the game, Roman is kidnapped by the main antagonist's gang and the protagonist is sent a message by the main antagonist with a picture of Roman tied up to a chair.
- Near the end of the game, the protagonist kidnaps a girl with the intention to hold her for ransom. She is later seen tied up and gagged before being released in exchange for some diamonds.
- Early on in the game, the protagonist and his cousin, Roman, are kidnapped by a member of a Russian mafia family as retaliation for killing one of their members and are both tied up to a chair in a basement. They are both released to work for said family, but only after Roman is shot in the stomach.
- Around halfway through the game, Roman is kidnapped by the main antagonist's gang and the protagonist is sent a message by the main antagonist with a picture of Roman tied up to a chair.
- Near the end of the game, the protagonist kidnaps a girl with the intention to hold her for ransom. She is later seen tied up and gagged before being released in exchange for some diamonds.
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone burned alive?
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Charon
You can burn someone alive with a molotov
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
There are no kids in this game.
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
(SPOILERS) Depending on player choice, it's possible for Roman to die, after which it's revealed that his wife, Mallorie, is pregnant
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Fear
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Are there clowns?
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wolves
no clowns appear in the game. the scene described in the other comment is from gta5
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Gross
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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starlightshoe
Multiple ads, commercials, and websites mention dangerous and unusable products for rapid weight loss. Eating disorders have many mentions in regards to models and other celebrity women, though sadly none are treated as anything other than jokes.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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starlightshoe
In a club management sequence in The Ballad of Gay Tony, Luis has to deliver food to a starlet at Maisonette 9, it is mentioned multiple times that she is planning on purging it. Anna Rex(Ad) and BulimiaLovers.net(Website) are other instances of ED's that are treated rather insensitively.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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babababa
only when you get drunk with your friends and your cousin
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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babababa
some characters call the protagonists cousin roman fat, fatty or fat p***k but nothing extreme
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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starlightshoe
Niko says something to Bernie in Serbian that is translated as f*g/got. From the very same mission, the homophobe Niko kills yells it at Bernie. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, the word is frequently thrown at Tony Prince.
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lpsmv
In GTA IV: Episodes From Liberty City the main character is jewish and faces antisemitism from some of the cast
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Is there hate speech?
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starlightshoe
Ethnic slurs of multiple types can be heard from other characters, mostly having to do with race or immigration status.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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lpsmv
Multiple characters call things (or ask if you are) retarded
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Are there n-words?
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starlightshoe
They are said by Playboy X and Dwayne (Black, in a reclaimed manner), Gerry McReary (White-Irish, derogatory), and Yusuf Amir (Arab, ignorantly, in TBOGT is told to stop using them but continues to do so)
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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wolves
the game features several strip clubs and sex workers, who can be hired by the player. while much of it is avoidable, there is a mission that occurs in a strip club, and the game itself opens with a BDSM scene
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BensonBoyoo
It is revealed that at least 2 brothers of the McReary family that the player works with were molested by their father. An associate of the family is also mocked by Gerry for allegedly being the result of an incestuous relationship.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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BensonBoyoo
There are 2 different endings, both of which are very sad:
(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD)
(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD)
- If the player chooses to trust the main antagonist and go through with a lucrative deal, they are betrayed again and Roman, the protagonist's cousin, is killed at his own wedding. During the end credits, Roman's wife, now a widow, reveals that she was pregnant and her child will be born without a father (Niko promises to take care of the child). In a later phone call, the protagonist's girlfriend, disappointed in him sacrificing his morals for money, breaks up with him.
- If the player refuses the deal, they get their revenge and kill the main antagonist. At Roman's wedding, the protagonist's boss, who prepared the deal, appears furious and fires into the crowd attempting to kill the main character, but failing and killing the protagonist's girlfriend. Roman survives and he promises to name his first daughter after her.
The second ending is generally considered better, but is still bittersweet at best.
(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD)
(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD)
- If the player chooses to trust the main antagonist and go through with a lucrative deal, they are betrayed again and Roman, the protagonist's cousin, is killed at his own wedding. During the end credits, Roman's wife, now a widow, reveals that she was pregnant and her child will be born without a father (Niko promises to take care of the child). In a later phone call, the protagonist's girlfriend, disappointed in him sacrificing his morals for money, breaks up with him.
- If the player refuses the deal, they get their revenge and kill the main antagonist. At Roman's wedding, the protagonist's boss, who prepared the deal, appears furious and fires into the crowd attempting to kill the main character, but failing and killing the protagonist's girlfriend. Roman survives and he promises to name his first daughter after her.
The second ending is generally considered better, but is still bittersweet at best.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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BillC
If a car doesn't crash, you're not doing it correctly.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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cakeisamadeupdrug
Car controls are so terrible, you’re going to hit a lot of pedestrians and other motorists
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Violence
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