Speaking to Videogamer.com a Rockstar spokesperson has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto IV will take approximately 100 hours to finish.

"If you're not in a rush and you answer the phone when it rings it'll take about 100 hours to complete," VideoGamer were told. "It's harder to distinguish between main and side missions - there are loads of both. But there are more main missions than side missions. It's not as clear cut as it used to be because of the phone."

http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=10551&sid=f106ac4edaf7def6687628fc5c4b7d9b&title=GTA+IV+to+be+about+100+hours+long

Wow. If the core game is this long, imagine how long the 'definitive' version will be with the two downloadable content packages.

How much do you reckon they will add?

Edit:  Obviously the title is meant to say 'complete.' 

no more than an extra 20 in my opinion. oh, and both are getting the 'complete' version. the dlc is just extra content. it's not needed to complete the game 100%. it's episodic content, like the expansions on oblivion; it adds a good amount of gameplay, but is not needed at all to complete the game.

100 hours of gameplay for an action game's story mode? Good grief! and grief ain't supposed to be good!


But seriously, RE4 is an action game and is around 20 hours of non-stop action. RE4 seemed REALLY long and I couldn't believe it was only 20 hours. How in the world is GTA4 going to feel with 100 hours?

AH! I lost feeling in my leg!

It's not like I ever beat the game anyways, I just always use cheats and get all the weapons, the best cars,motorcycles,boats,planes and just go crazy.

 You seem to never have played GTA.  There is a lot of traveling and many missions are actually pretty boring.  The games are fun over all and you can spend hours doing your own thing.

http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=19034

I'm buying it. My mind has been made.

 I have played the GTA games, but OP said that the story mode is 100 hours.  Side missions can keep one going on for 200 hours in those games.  But I've never heard of an action game's main game clocking in at 100 hours.  Are there any?  GTA3, Vice City and SA didn't take even remotely close to 100 hours in the main game.  At least from my knowledge.

it needs to be more!

I can just imagine a twenty hour speed run of this game.