The story of our usual achievements began in 2005 when Microsoft implemented them on its Xbox 360 console. A little later, they appeared in Steam, and in 2008, Sony added a trophy system on Playstation 3. The Achivki are so much loved by players that now they are in almost every game. Of course, this trend didn’t bypass the fourth part of GTA.
At the time of release, players could unlock 50 achievements. Of these, 40 were opened in single player mode, and the remaining 10 – in the network game. Of the multiplayers especially want to note “Do not piss off the beast from Rockstar. This trophy could be obtained for the murder of a developer from Rockstar in rated network mode or a player who was able to do it.
The addition “The Lost and Damned” offered players five new trophies. They are all for single mode. And finally, the addition of “The Ballad of Gay Tony” added to the total number of a dozen new achievements. It’s also for the single.
Due to the removal from the PC version of the service Games for Windows – LIVE and multiplayer, the system has undergone some changes. Network achievements are completely removed, and singles will be opened directly in Steam.
We offer you a list of the most complicated features, for the sake of which you will have to work hard.
Single Hero
To get it, you need to last five minutes with the highest search level. Of course, it’s not too difficult to open it if you hide somewhere and shoot lazily from the hideout. But, of course, this option is not for hardcore players. To get the most out of your emotions, you need to drive through the streets with a dozen police cars and two helicopters on your tail for five minutes, periodically shooting off pesky American cops.
The best piloting is to survive and get away from level 6 search.
Liberty City
This achievement sets two conditions for the player. The first one is easy, you just have to meet all possible friends. But the second one is more difficult: their sympathy for you must be at least 90%. Therefore, you will have to pay attention to your friends and spend time with them periodically. It should be noted that each of them has their own preferences. To quickly pump up the level of sympathy do not ignore this fact.
Some friends will start to respect you for performing various tasks. For example, Roman’s respect is easy to pump up by performing optional taxi flights. For Jacob, you’ll have to run a dozen express orders. Brucie will have you steal ten vehicles. You can also earn Brucie’s respect for winning races.
By the way, you can’t ignore the achievement if you want to pass the game 100%.
Genetic Superiority
You’ll have to win 20 races to get it. And to pass the game for 100% only nine races are enough, and the other 11 will have to participate exclusively for the sake of Achivka. What’s the difficulty? The fact that the artificial intelligence of opponents in GTA 4 Mods leaves much to be desired. Drivers in races are so stupid that they constantly hit something and lag behind you.
This is the difficulty: you have to overcome boredom and endure these 20 races. After all, most of the time you will drive in proud solitude. Unless, of course, your driving style is worse than that of the bots.
Thunderstorm Pin
A difficult achievement that will make you spend a lot of time in the bowling hall. It takes three strikes in a row to get it, and on a keyboard with a mouse it’s not an easy task. In theory, the player must take one step to the left, press the left mouse button, move it and then move sharply forward. In this case, the chance to knock down all the pins is as high as possible. But there is always a chance of error, because you can accidentally move the mouse in the wrong place, or the physics will not work in your favor and some one pins, swinging, will remain in place.
It’s a little easier to do that on the gamepad.
The Lost and Damned: Nice Baton
But nothing bad can be said about the artificial intelligence of motorcyclists in GTA The Lost and Damned. Not only do they drive motorcycles well, but they’re also armed with bats. It’s worth a bit of a hiccup, and it’ll fly.
In this achievement Rockstar remembered their favorite number, because you need to knock 69 motorcyclists off the bike. The task is not very easy, because during the races you will have to regularly distract. To knock down a passing biker you need to hold the mouse button, hold it for a while and hit the poor guy with all your might. And then, throughout the game, repeat it 68 times.
Finish it
The fifth place is occupied by the achievement “Finish it”. Of course, the sly ones can launch The Ballad of Gay Tony and get it in the fight club. But let’s remember that it was originally designed for GTA IV and this way of passing was not conceived by the developers.
The task is as follows: in four minutes you need to make 10 counterattacks. The combat system in GTA IV decent and Nico Bellick knows how to conduct beautiful counterattacks. The main difficulty of the achievement is to find a place where there is a crowd of people, but no police. Because if the policeman sees your fight with other people, you will immediately begin to have problems and you can forget about the Achik.
The best place for that is the HeliTours helicopter pad in the south of Algonquin Island. To conduct a counterattack on the keyboard with the mouse you need to wait for the moment when the enemy is about to strike. Press spacebar to evade and then left mouse button to counterattack.
Chain Reaction
Under the terms of this achievement, the player must destroy 10 GTA 4 Cars in 10 seconds. That’s the difficulty: how can you blow up a dozen cars in such a short period of time? Fortunately, you can think a little and come to the conclusion that there are places in the city of a large congestion of cars, where you can unlock the Achievement.
The busiest place in the centre of Algonquin, Stars Avenue, is the best place for that. We need to figure out a good time, when there will be a dozen cars in traffic, and take a couple of shots from the flare gun. After that, the achievement will be counted.
Trickster
It is not an easy achievement, as to get it you need to turn over five times in the air in the vehicle. The best place to do that is at the Alderney overpass. There’s room for a unique jump. Try to jump from there so that the vehicle starts to turn over. The achievement will be achieved at the moment when the car turns over five times.
The Ballad of Gay Tony: Golden Star
The Ballad of Gay Tony has introduced a system of additional requirements in missions. In order to get 100%, you have to follow certain conditions: to take a certain number of shots in the head, to pass everything in a limited time and so on. In addition, you can restart missions, and you don’t have to perform all the additional tasks at once. That is, you can fulfill one requirement first, and then another.
It is up to you to decide how you achieve this. There is nothing shameful about restarting a mission several times and dealing with the additional tasks one at a time. But if you want to feel real hardcore, you can try to accomplish everything at once. In this case, you can experience more of the pleasure of passing.
Keys To The City
To get this achievement you need to fully pass GTA IV and get 100% in statistics. The goal is not easy and it can take a lot of time to complete. There was a time when developers gave players a special certificate for a 100% result.
It is necessary not only to pass all that is in the game, but also to perform secret tasks: to open special bonuses Brucie, Jacob and Patrick; to spend leisure time with them in every possible way, to win a full game of billiards, darts and bowling, to break the record of 11000 in QUB3D.
When compiling the top we proceeded exclusively from our own personal experience and impressions. Naturally, other people’s opinions may differ. But there is confidence that the percentage of players in Steam who can open the listed achievements will be low.