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Video guide showing how to complete GTA IV quickly, minimizing waiting around for phone calls. See below for table of contents.
Playing Time — ~7:30:00
Days Passed — 10
Game Progress — 56.51%
The last one of these I did was pants; rushed and under-researched. So here's a much better one.
This video shows an effective way to achieve three things: a low Playing Time, a low Days Passed, and the minimum Game Progress. This video isn't a speed run itself (4.5 hours is about the record, I think), but is geared toward those who want to speed run the game; it shows a good order in which to do the missions, when to make preemptive phone calls, and some techniques for completing some of the missions faster, in order to achieve these three objectives.
This is the PS3 version of the game.
I'd like to pay homage to Ben Heins and his guide, Liberty City Minute / Lowest Percentage Guide, available on GameFAQs, for being the inspiration for working on this video.
Playing Time — Achieving a low Playing Time is obvious, and includes cut-scenes and loading screens. It does not include sleeping and Pay 'n' Spray visits, so those can be used to fast-forward game time without penalty.
Days Passed — The number of days passed in game-time. Achieving a low Days Passed is similar to achieving a low Playing Time, but sleeping and Pay 'n' Spray visits add 6 and 3 hours respectively, so should be avoided. This adds to the challenge a fair bit.
Game Progress — Also known as completion percentage. The minimum achievable is 56.51%, which is 88 missions completed (there are 88 mission lines in the contents below; credit to Ben Heins for discovering Luck of the Irish counts as two missions). If going for this, be careful to avoid Stunt Jumps, accidentally shooting / blowing up / otherwise killing pigeons, and Random Characters.
R 1, The Cousins Bellic — 0:00:24
R 2, It's Your Call — 0:02:51
R 3, Three's a Crowd — 0:07:10
R 4, Bleed Out — 0:10:25
First Date — 0:15:10
R 5, Easy Fare — 0:19:15
V 1, Bull in a China Shop — 0:23:45
R 6, Jamaican Heat — 0:25:55
V 2, Hung Out to Dry — 0:32:10
V 3, Clean Getaway — 0:33:57
V 4, Ivan the Not So Terrible — 0:37:19
R 7, Uncle Vlad — 0:40:49
F 1, Crime and Punishment — 0:45:16
F 2, Do You Have Protection? — 0:50:30
F 3, Final Destination — 0:54:01
F 4, No Love Lost — 0:56:12
R 8, Logging On — 1:00:07
F 5, Rigged to Blow — 1:03:08
F 6 / Dr, The Master and The Molotov — 1:08:40
Lj 1, Concrete Jungle — 1:13:25
Lj 2, Shadow — 1:19:18
F 7, Russian Revolution — 1:23:29
R 9, Roman's Sorrow — 1:29:58
M 1, Escuela of the Streets — 1:34:32
M 2, Street Sweeper — 1:41:23
E 1, Luck of the Irish — 1:43:48
this counts as 2 missions for some reason…
E 2, Blow Your Cover — 1:47:02
B 1, Search and Delete — 1:53:20
B 2, Easy As Can Be — 1:56:48
B 3 I, Out of the Closet I — 1:59:40
M 3, The Puerto Rican Connection — 2:03:36
X 1, Deconstruction for Beginners — 2:07:20
E 3, The Snow Storm — 2:12:03
E 4, Have a Heart — 2:18:27
Fm 1, Call and Collect — 2:21:46
X 2, Photo Shoot — 2:26:08
Pm 1, Harboring a Grudge — 2:28:11
Pm 2, Waste Not Want Knots — 2:36:32
Fm 2 I, Final Interview I — 2:43:08
Pm 3, Three Leaf Clover — 2:47:40
Rb 1, A Long Way to Fall — 3:00:30
Rb 2, Taking In the Trash — 3:05:00
R 10, Hostile Negotiation — 3:10:37
Fm 2 II, Final Interview II — 3:18:17
Rb 3, Meltdown — 3:20:53
Rb 4, Museum Piece — 3:28:32
Rb 5, No Way on the Subway — 3:35:48
Dm 1, Smackdown — 3:41:14
Gm 1, Actions Speak Louder than Words — 3:47:50
Gm 2, I Need your Clothes, your Boots, and your Motorcycle — 3:56:20
Dm 2, Babysitting — 4:01:04
Dm 3, Tunnel of Death — 4:06:39
Fm 3, Holland Nights — 4:16:24
Fm 4, Lure — 4:18:52
Fm 5, Blood Brothers — 4:22:55
Fm 6, Undertaker — 4:26:18
R 11, Weekend at Florian's — 4:32:02
U 1, Wrong is Right — 4:35:53
Gm 3 I, I'll Take Her I — 4:40:37
Rb 6, Late Checkout — 4:42:44
Bc 1, Hating the Haters — 4:53:58
Bc 2, Union Drive — 4:57:42
Bc 3, Buoys Ahoy — 5:05:49
Gm 3 II, I'll Take Her II — 5:10:14
U 2, Portrait of a Killer — 5:15:18
U 3, Dust Off — 5:19:29
Pb 1, Truck Hustle — 5:26:14
J 1, Pegorino's Pride — 5:35:00
Ransom — 5:46:09
J 2, Payback — 5:47:48
U 4, Paper Trail — 5:53:59
Pb 2, Catch the Wave — 6:00:21
Pb 3, Trespass — 6:09:47
Pb 4, To Live and Die in Alderney — 6:17:02
J 3, Flatline — 6:26:24
J 4 I, Pest Control I — 6:33:38
J 4 II, Pest Control II — 6:35:38
G 1, Entourage — 6:39:10
G 2, Dining Out — 6:44:43
G 3, Liquidize the Assets — 6:49:08
R 12, That Special Someone — 6:54:26
Gm 4, She's a Keeper — 6:58:03
Gm 5, Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend — 7:02:10
One Last Thing — 7:12:15
R 13, A Dish Served Cold — 7:15:31
R 14, Mr. and Mrs. Bellic — 7:21:49
R 15, Out of Commission — 7:25:08
Ending Statistics — 7:37:37
Video guide showing how to complete GTA IV quickly, minimizing waiting around for phone calls. See below for table of contents.
Playing Time — ~7:30:00
Days Passed — 10
Game Progress — 56.51%
The last one of these I did was pants; rushed and under-researched. So here's a much better one.
This video shows an effective way to achieve three things: a low Playing Time, a low Days Passed, and the minimum Game Progress. This video isn't a speed run itself (4.5 hours is about the record, I think), but is geared toward those who want to speed run the game; it shows a good order in which to do the missions, when to make preemptive phone calls, and some techniques for completing some of the missions faster, in order to achieve these three objectives.
This is the PS3 version of the game.
I'd like to pay homage to Ben Heins and his guide, Liberty City Minute / Lowest Percentage Guide, available on GameFAQs, for being the inspiration for working on this video.
Playing Time — Achieving a low Playing Time is obvious, and includes cut-scenes and loading screens. It does not include sleeping and Pay 'n' Spray visits, so those can be used to fast-forward game time without penalty.
Days Passed — The number of days passed in game-time. Achieving a low Days Passed is similar to achieving a low Playing Time, but sleeping and Pay 'n' Spray visits add 6 and 3 hours respectively, so should be avoided. This adds to the challenge a fair bit.
Game Progress — Also known as completion percentage. The minimum achievable is 56.51%, which is 88 missions completed (there are 88 mission lines in the contents below; credit to Ben Heins for discovering Luck of the Irish counts as two missions). If going for this, be careful to avoid Stunt Jumps, accidentally shooting / blowing up / otherwise killing pigeons, and Random Characters.
R 1, The Cousins Bellic — 0:00:24
R 2, It's Your Call — 0:02:51
R 3, Three's a Crowd — 0:07:10
R 4, Bleed Out — 0:10:25
First Date — 0:15:10
R 5, Easy Fare — 0:19:15
V 1, Bull in a China Shop — 0:23:45
R 6, Jamaican Heat — 0:25:55
V 2, Hung Out to Dry — 0:32:10
V 3, Clean Getaway — 0:33:57
V 4, Ivan the Not So Terrible — 0:37:19
R 7, Uncle Vlad — 0:40:49
F 1, Crime and Punishment — 0:45:16
F 2, Do You Have Protection? — 0:50:30
F 3, Final Destination — 0:54:01
F 4, No Love Lost — 0:56:12
R 8, Logging On — 1:00:07
F 5, Rigged to Blow — 1:03:08
F 6 / Dr, The Master and The Molotov — 1:08:40
Lj 1, Concrete Jungle — 1:13:25
Lj 2, Shadow — 1:19:18
F 7, Russian Revolution — 1:23:29
R 9, Roman's Sorrow — 1:29:58
M 1, Escuela of the Streets — 1:34:32
M 2, Street Sweeper — 1:41:23
E 1, Luck of the Irish — 1:43:48
this counts as 2 missions for some reason…
E 2, Blow Your Cover — 1:47:02
B 1, Search and Delete — 1:53:20
B 2, Easy As Can Be — 1:56:48
B 3 I, Out of the Closet I — 1:59:40
M 3, The Puerto Rican Connection — 2:03:36
X 1, Deconstruction for Beginners — 2:07:20
E 3, The Snow Storm — 2:12:03
E 4, Have a Heart — 2:18:27
Fm 1, Call and Collect — 2:21:46
X 2, Photo Shoot — 2:26:08
Pm 1, Harboring a Grudge — 2:28:11
Pm 2, Waste Not Want Knots — 2:36:32
Fm 2 I, Final Interview I — 2:43:08
Pm 3, Three Leaf Clover — 2:47:40
Rb 1, A Long Way to Fall — 3:00:30
Rb 2, Taking In the Trash — 3:05:00
R 10, Hostile Negotiation — 3:10:37
Fm 2 II, Final Interview II — 3:18:17
Rb 3, Meltdown — 3:20:53
Rb 4, Museum Piece — 3:28:32
Rb 5, No Way on the Subway — 3:35:48
Dm 1, Smackdown — 3:41:14
Gm 1, Actions Speak Louder than Words — 3:47:50
Gm 2, I Need your Clothes, your Boots, and your Motorcycle — 3:56:20
Dm 2, Babysitting — 4:01:04
Dm 3, Tunnel of Death — 4:06:39
Fm 3, Holland Nights — 4:16:24
Fm 4, Lure — 4:18:52
Fm 5, Blood Brothers — 4:22:55
Fm 6, Undertaker — 4:26:18
R 11, Weekend at Florian's — 4:32:02
U 1, Wrong is Right — 4:35:53
Gm 3 I, I'll Take Her I — 4:40:37
Rb 6, Late Checkout — 4:42:44
Bc 1, Hating the Haters — 4:53:58
Bc 2, Union Drive — 4:57:42
Bc 3, Buoys Ahoy — 5:05:49
Gm 3 II, I'll Take Her II — 5:10:14
U 2, Portrait of a Killer — 5:15:18
U 3, Dust Off — 5:19:29
Pb 1, Truck Hustle — 5:26:14
J 1, Pegorino's Pride — 5:35:00
Ransom — 5:46:09
J 2, Payback — 5:47:48
U 4, Paper Trail — 5:53:59
Pb 2, Catch the Wave — 6:00:21
Pb 3, Trespass — 6:09:47
Pb 4, To Live and Die in Alderney — 6:17:02
J 3, Flatline — 6:26:24
J 4 I, Pest Control I — 6:33:38
J 4 II, Pest Control II — 6:35:38
G 1, Entourage — 6:39:10
G 2, Dining Out — 6:44:43
G 3, Liquidize the Assets — 6:49:08
R 12, That Special Someone — 6:54:26
Gm 4, She's a Keeper — 6:58:03
Gm 5, Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend — 7:02:10
One Last Thing — 7:12:15
R 13, A Dish Served Cold — 7:15:31
R 14, Mr. and Mrs. Bellic — 7:21:49
R 15, Out of Commission — 7:25:08
Ending Statistics — 7:37:37
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Video guide showing how to complete GTA IV quickly, minimizing waiting around for phone calls. See below for table of contents.
Playing Time — ~7:30:00
Days Passed — 10
Game Progress — 56.51%
The last one of these I did was pants; rushed and under-researched. So heres a much better one.
This video shows an effective way to achieve three things: a low Playing Time, a low Days Passed, and the minimum Game Progress. This video isnt a speed run itself (4.5 hours is about the record, I think), but is geared toward those who want to speed run the game; it shows a good order in which to do the missions, when to make preemptive phone calls, and some techniques for completing some of the missions faster, in order to achieve these three objectives.
This is the PS3 version of the game.
Id like to pay homage to Ben Heins and his guide, Liberty City Minute / Lowest Percentage Guide, available on GameFAQs, for being the inspiration for working on this video.
Playing Time — Achieving a low Playing Time is obvious, and includes cut-scenes and loading screens. It does not include sleeping and Pay n Spray visits, so those can be used to fast-forward game time without penalty.
Days Passed — The number of days passed in game-time. Achieving a low Days Passed is similar to achieving a low Playing Time, but sleeping and Pay n Spray visits add 6 and 3 hours respectively, so should be avoided. This adds to the challenge a fair bit.
Game Progress — Also known as completion percentage. The minimum achievable is 56.51%, which is 88 missions completed (there are 88 mission lines in the contents below; credit to Ben Heins for discovering Luck of the Irish counts as two missions). If going for this, be careful to avoid Stunt Jumps, accidentally shooting / blowing up / otherwise killing pigeons, and Random Characters.
R 1, The Cousins Bellic — 0:00:24
R 2, Its Your Call — 0:02:51
R 3, Threes a Crowd — 0:07:10
R 4, Bleed Out — 0:10:25
First Date — 0:15:10
R 5, Easy Fare — 0:19:15
V 1, Bull in a China Shop — 0:23:45
R 6, Jamaican Heat — 0:25:55
V 2, Hung Out to Dry — 0:32:10
V 3, Clean Getaway — 0:33:57
V 4, Ivan the Not So Terrible — 0:37:19
R 7, Uncle Vlad — 0:40:49
F 1, Crime and Punishment — 0:45:16
F 2, Do You Have Protection? — 0:50:30
F 3, Final Destination — 0:54:01
F 4, No Love Lost — 0:56:12
R 8, Logging On — 1:00:07
F 5, Rigged to Blow — 1:03:08
F 6 / Dr, The Master and The Molotov — 1:08:40
Lj 1, Concrete Jungle — 1:13:25
Lj 2, Shadow — 1:19:18
F 7, Russian Revolution — 1:23:29
R 9, Romans Sorrow — 1:29:58
M 1, Escuela of the Streets — 1:34:32
M 2, Street Sweeper — 1:41:23
E 1, Luck of the Irish — 1:43:48
this counts as 2 missions for some reason…
E 2, Blow Your Cover — 1:47:02
B 1, Search and Delete — 1:53:20
B 2, Easy As Can Be — 1:56:48
B 3 I, Out of the Closet I — 1:59:40
M 3, The Puerto Rican Connection — 2:03:36
X 1, Deconstruction for Beginners — 2:07:20
E 3, The Snow Storm — 2:12:03
E 4, Have a Heart — 2:18:27
Fm 1, Call and Collect — 2:21:46
X 2, Photo Shoot — 2:26:08
Pm 1, Harboring a Grudge — 2:28:11
Pm 2, Waste Not Want Knots — 2:36:32
Fm 2 I, Final Interview I — 2:43:08
Pm 3, Three Leaf Clover — 2:47:40
Rb 1, A Long Way to Fall — 3:00:30
Rb 2, Taking In the Trash — 3:05:00
R 10, Hostile Negotiation — 3:10:37
Fm 2 II, Final Interview II — 3:18:17
Rb 3, Meltdown — 3:20:53
Rb 4, Museum Piece — 3:28:32
Rb 5, No Way on the Subway — 3:35:48
Dm 1, Smackdown — 3:41:14
Gm 1, Actions Speak Louder than Words — 3:47:50
Gm 2, I Need your Clothes, your Boots, and your Motorcycle — 3:56:20
Dm 2, Babysitting — 4:01:04
Dm 3, Tunnel of Death — 4:06:39
Fm 3, Holland Nights — 4:16:24
Fm 4, Lure — 4:18:52
Fm 5, Blood Brothers — 4:22:55
Fm 6, Undertaker — 4:26:18
R 11, Weekend at Florians — 4:32:02
U 1, Wrong is Right — 4:35:53
Gm 3 I, Ill Take Her I — 4:40:37
Rb 6, Late Checkout — 4:42:44
Bc 1, Hating the Haters — 4:53:58
Bc 2, Union Drive — 4:57:42
Bc 3, Buoys Ahoy — 5:05:49
Gm 3 II, Ill Take Her II — 5:10:14
U 2, Portrait of a Killer — 5:15:18
U 3, Dust Off — 5:19:29
Pb 1, Truck Hustle — 5:26:14
J 1, Pegorinos Pride — 5:35:00
Ransom — 5:46:09
J 2, Payback — 5:47:48
U 4, Paper Trail — 5:53:59
Pb 2, Catch the Wave — 6:00:21
Pb 3, Trespass — 6:09:47
Pb 4, To Live and Die in Alderney — 6:17:02
J 3, Flatline — 6:26:24
J 4 I, Pest Control I — 6:33:38
J 4 II, Pest Control II — 6:35:38
G 1, Entourage — 6:39:10
G 2, Dining Out — 6:44:43
G 3, Liquidize the Assets — 6:49:08
R 12, That Special Someone — 6:54:26
Gm 4, Shes a Keeper — 6:58:03
Gm 5, Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend — 7:02:10
One Last Thing — 7:12:15
R 13, A Dish Served Cold — 7:15:31
R 14, Mr. and Mrs. Bellic — 7:21:49
R 15, Out of Commission — 7:25:08
Ending Statistics — 7:37:37")
