The Real % Breakdown of IV

[KGBeast]

The past several months I've been writing up threads looking at how each GTA game breaks down in terms of percentage. ie. How many things in the game reward percentage, how much each thing is worth, etc. because I was plain curious about it after all these years. I've done this for every 3D era game now so if you'd like to see those you can look them up on their respective boards. 

 

IV is one of two games along with SA that you can easily find this info for online, so it may not be as mysterious as the others, but there are still some interesting aspects to it people might not be clear on.

 

The most interesting thing about IV's % structure is that it's the first game in the series not to reward the same amount of % for every objective you complete. In III for instance there were 154 objectives and every single one was worth the same amount of %, approximately 0.649% each. In IV each type of content was grouped together into a 'class' of content that add up to a unique amount relative to the others. 

 

You'll see what I mean here. Story Missions in IV are worth 60% of your 100%. So they decided missions would be worth 60%, then divided 60 by the number of missions. There are 86 that count for % and each time you complete one you're rewarded with ~0.698% (0.6976744186). The game displays your total % to two decimal places, and rounds up accordingly. For example, after finishing 'The Cousins Bellic' you'll see the game says you have 00.70%. It's also worth noting that when it comes to missions that have two parts like 'Out of the Closet' and 'Final Interview' you need to complete both parts to get your mission point.

 

:86 Story Missions - 60%:

1 - The Cousins Bellic
2 - It's Your Call 
3 - Three's a Crowed 
4 - Bleed Out 
5 - First Date 
6 - Easy Fare
7 - Jamaican Heat 
8 - Bull in a China Shop 
9 - Hung Out to Dry
10 - Clean Getaway 
11 - Ivan the Not So Terrible 
12 - Uncle Vlad 
13 - Crime and Punishment 
14 - Concrete Jungle 
15 - Do You Have Protection? 
16 - Shadow 
17 - Final Destination 
18 - Logging On 
19 - No Love Lost 
20 - Rigged to Blow 
21 - Search and Delete 
22 - Easy as Can Be 
23 - The Master and the Molotov 
24 - Russian Revolution 
25 - Roman's Sorrow
26 - Out of the Closet parts 1 & 2 
27 - Escuela of the Streets 
28 - Street Sweeper 
29 - No. 1 
30 - Luck of the Irish 
31 - Blow Your Cover 
32 - The Puerto Rican Connection 
33 - The Snow Storm 
34 - Have a Heart 
35 - Deconstruction for Beginners 
36 - Photo Shoot
37 - Ruff Rider
38 - Hostile Negotiation
39 - Undress to Kill 
40 - The Holland Play parts 1 & 2
41 - Call and Collect 
42 - Final Interview parts 1 & 2 
43 - Wrong is Right 
44 - Portrait of a Killer 
45 - Dust Off 
46 - Holland Nights 
47 - Paper Trail
48 - Lure 
49 - Harboring a Grudge 
50 - Waste Not Want Knots 
51 - Three Leaf Clover 
52 - Actions Speak Louder Than Words 
53 - I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, and Your Motorcycle 
54 - A Long Way to Fall
55 - Taking in the Trash 
56 - Meltdown 
57 - Museum Piece 
58 - No Way on the Subway 
59 - Weekend at Florian's 
60 - Late Checkout 
61 - Smackdown 
62 - Babysitting 
63 - Tunnel of Death 
64 - Blood Brothers 
65 - Undertaker
66 - Hating the Haters 
67 - Union Drive 
68 - Buoys Ahoy 
69 - I'll Take Her parts 1 & 2 
70 - Truck Hustle 
71 - She's a Keeper

72 - Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend 
73 - Pegorino's Pride 
74 - Payback 
75 - Catch the Wave 
76 - Trespass 
77 - To Live and Die in Alderney 
78 - Flatline 
79 - Pest Control parts 1 & 2 
80 - Entourage 
81 - Dining Out 
82 - Liquidize the Assets 
83 - That Special Someone
84 - One Last Thing... & If the Price is Right or A Dish Served Cold
85 - Mr. and Mrs. Bellic 
86 - A Revenger's Tragedy or Out of Commission

 

 

Stranger missions are worth 5% total and there are 10 strangers that count, so you get 0.5% for each. To get your percentage here you have to complete every available mission for those characters. You are not given % for each encounter. Of course Ivan, Clarence, Cherise, and Jeff are the ones who don't count. 

:10 Strangers - 5%:

1 - Brian, 3 missions
2 - Mel, 1 mission
3 - Badman, 1 mission
4 - Ilyena, 1 mission
5 - Hossan, 1 mission
6 - Pathos, 2 missions
7 - Sara, 2 missions
8 - Marnie, 2 missions
9 - Eddie, 2 missions
10 - Gracie, 1 mission

 

 

Here's where the unfortunate stuff starts. The drawback to IV's % system is that you often get very small amounts of % for things that take a lot of work. You only get your % here after completing the entire 'class' of content. Similar to how III and VC would only give you single objective point for the entire group of Rampages or Stunt Jumps. Vice City forcing you to do 35 Rampages and 36 USJs for a measly 0.649% each was especially cruel. I would say hunting down 200 pigeons for 2.5% is worse, since in every 3D era game but SA and Advance you would get a point every time you found ten collectibles. 

:1 set of 9 Assassination Contracts - 2%:

 

:1 set of 200 Pigeons - 2.5%:

 

:1 set of 50 Unique Stunt Jumps - 2.5%:

 

:1 set of 10 Drug Deliveries - 2%:

 

:1 set of 9 Street Races - 2%:

 

:1 set of 10 Car Theft Emails - 2%:

 

:1 set of 30 Car Theft Texts - 2%:

 

:1 set of 30 Most Wanted (10 on each island) - 2.5%:

 

:1 set of 20 Current Crimes - 2.5%:

 

 

Friend Activities are worth 5% each and there are 3 friends that count. Dwayne and Roman are the two that do not. To get your % here you have to do every available activity for the friend, and I've listed them. You get ~1.67% for completing each friend's list.

:3 sets of Friend Activities - 5%:

1 - Jacob (Darts, drinking, eating, pool, show, strip club)
2 - Brucie (Boating, bowling, drinking, eating, heli ride, show, strip club)
3 - Packie (Bowling, darts, drinking, pool, show, strip club)

 

 

You also get 5% total for unlocking the abilities for each of the three friends. The abilities for the three required friends are unlocked at 75% Like and reward 1.67% each just like activities.

:3 Friend Abilities - 5%:

1 - Jacob, guns
2 - Brucie, chopper 
3 - Packie, bombs

 

 

And finally the four games you can play count for 5% total, of course worth 1.25% each. You must win to get %.

:4 Games - 5%:

1 - Bowling (Full game)
2 - Pool
3 - Darts  
4 - QUB3D (High Score)

 

 

Summary

 

86 Story Missions
10 Strangers
1 Set of 9 Assassination Contracts
1 Set of 200 Pigeons
1 Set of 50 Stunt Jumps
1 Set of 10 Drug Deliveries
1 Set of 9 Street Races
1 Set of 10 Car Theft Emails
1 Set of 30 Car Theft Texts
1 Set of 30 Most Wanted
1 Set of 20 Current Crimes
3 Sets of Friend Activities
3 Friend Abilities
4 Games

 

115 Total

 

 

So that's IV. Pretty simple list compared to the 3D era games since things are grouped together more. This game really makes you work for your %, pigeons alone can take several hours for that measly 2.5%. I'll be posting the breakdown/analysis for the episodes soon. Those are a little more interesting since they have smaller content pools, resulting in some very high value objectives. Whoever reads, thanks for reading.