Grand Theft Auto 4’s testers took 40 hours to finish single player mode

How long will it really take you to play Grand Theft Auto 4? Back in February, a Rockstar spokesperson gave us an estimate of 100 hours. Now, we have insights from the senior developer of GTA IV (Playstation 3, Xbox 360). Head over the full article on the nitty-gritty on how long you and Niko Bellic might spend some alone time.

As you will recall, a Rockstar Games spokesperson gave us a rough estimate of about 100 hours in order to finish Grand Theft Auto 4. However, at that time, it wasn’t confirmed whether that was just for the single-player campaign alone or not.

Now if it’s still lingering at the back of your mind, Rockstar senior developer Jeronimo Barrerra has this to say about this source of itch: “It takes testers playing 4 hours a day, a good 2 weeks to get through the whole single-player game.”

Doing the math, that’s about forty hours of dedicated gaming for the single-player mode alone. We’re not even talking about side quests yet. So the 100-hour game length remains a possibility. And mind you, forty hours is not a mere walk in the park. That’s a lot of gameplay right there.

But really now, it’s up to you if you’re in for a Guinness speed-finish or a slow, Zen-like game experience. Now that the fourth trailer is up, it really is just a matter of time before Grand Theft Auto IV hits the shelves this April 29 for the Sony Playstation 3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360.

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