Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

Steam Deck · unrated

Rockstar North / Toronto · Open World · Apr 13, 2010

Worth it for the right player.

You can't buy it on Steam right now.

74%
Mostly Positive
10k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 10k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise33% are divided22% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Characters throughout the game make fun of his attire and goals, and they're not wrong.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Unfortunately, the great gameplay comes at the expense of the story, whereas the opposite is true for The Lost and Damned.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The improved voice acting and cool crossovers were great, but checkpoints finally being a feature almost made me cry in sheer relief.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
They optimized it pretty well.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters49 reviews
Gameplay12 reviews
Audio7 reviews
Optimization6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics10 reviews
80%
Multiplayer10 reviews
30%
Performance8 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat10 reviews
100%
Crashes9 reviews
33%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
74%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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