How GTA 4 Was Inspired By Russian Movies

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  • Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
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    (spoiler warning for GTA 4 & Brat movies)
    Grand Theft Auto IV is arguably the greatest GTA game ever, loved by fans for its story. In this video, I provide an in-depth look on how Russian movies, such as "Брат", "Брат 2" and "Behind Enemy Lines" served as inspiration for Rockstar to create the story of Niko Bellic. Hope you enjoy, make sure to SMASH like for more videos like this!
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Комментарии • 4,1 тыс.

  • @roman_nfkrz
    @roman_nfkrz  5 лет назад +3574

    Hey dudes, this is my first real attempt at a "video essay" type of content and it took me a ton of research and effort. I hope u like and if u do smash like so I'll do more interesting ones about Russia or something
    EDIT: A bunch of comments here are saying “Niko is Serbian though, not Russian”. I’ve never said Niko was Russian lmao, I thought him being Serbian isn’t even worth mentioning because everybody knows it. Still, I said that he’s a Bosnian War veteran, which I think makes it pretty obvious that he isn’t Russian. I talked about the 90s in Russia to bring context to the movies, not to imply that it has something to do with Niko

  • @matman000000
    @matman000000 5 лет назад +6291

    GTA Vice City = Scarface
    GTA San Andreas = Menace II Society
    GTA IV = Brat
    GTA V = Heat

    • @ksenomorf170
      @ksenomorf170 5 лет назад +162

      legit

    • @roland11110010101
      @roland11110010101 5 лет назад +743

      Gta san Andreas = Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice

    • @doodskie999
      @doodskie999 5 лет назад +191

      Also miami vice for vice city

    • @pavelmichalek7302
      @pavelmichalek7302 5 лет назад +272

      GTA Vice City = also Miami Vice
      GTA IV = also 15 Minutes (2001)
      GTA V = also Breaking Bad

    • @hothead7808
      @hothead7808 5 лет назад +6

      🤒💯

  • @Dillon4599
    @Dillon4599 3 года назад +676

    GTA V: Come on, just load already.
    GTA IV: No, keep loading, I wanna hear more of this music.

  • @Lasstpak
    @Lasstpak 5 лет назад +2523

    "Are you gangsters?"
    "No. We are Russians."

    • @milicija406
      @milicija406 4 года назад +2

      Who Said that?

    • @bradus05
      @bradus05 4 года назад +70

      @@milicija406 Russian movie Brother 2

    • @user-eb8vm5pu6c
      @user-eb8vm5pu6c 4 года назад +75

      Неси водочки, мы домой летим

    • @linclokatz
      @linclokatz 4 года назад +12

      Niko wasn’t Russian you asshole

    • @dauren246
      @dauren246 4 года назад +47

      @@linclokatz Claude wasnt speak you asshole

  • @philipcooper8297
    @philipcooper8297 4 года назад +2008

    If they did GTA IV today, Vladivostok FM would play Hard bass.

    • @Ostin1299
      @Ostin1299 4 года назад +11

      Оборотень Лис ty for telling us

    • @philipcooper8297
      @philipcooper8297 4 года назад +4

      @@takeshi4982 Я хочу жесткий бас.

    • @letmeregisterbitch
      @letmeregisterbitch 4 года назад +9

      Ras ras ras eto hardbass

    • @Lazer-bp9lf
      @Lazer-bp9lf 4 года назад +11

      Seryoga song in so badass and goes well with gta 4 setting and story.

    • @funnycompote4349
      @funnycompote4349 4 года назад +42

      @Traveling Burrito Salesman I'm russian too, hi. Kino is popular nowadays because of crappy russian rap and pop music about bitches, drugs and so on. Teens like me are fond of Kino and Grazhdanskaya Oborona, because it's the music we can listen to

  • @UnstoppableVideos
    @UnstoppableVideos 5 лет назад +1246

    How NFKRZ was inspired by Roman Bellic

  • @eliminator1492
    @eliminator1492 5 лет назад +1426

    *Soviet Connection* is the best loading screen song along with San Andreas.

    • @filosov
      @filosov 4 года назад +51

      @Jimmy S most boring music

    • @filosov
      @filosov 4 года назад

      @@tasherxx_ this one? ruclips.net/video/9_YJnor4XH4/видео.html

    • @filosov
      @filosov 4 года назад

      @Jimmy S ruclips.net/video/9_YJnor4XH4/видео.html ?

    • @filosov
      @filosov 4 года назад +15

      @Jimmy S think it's just music that plays in the elevators

    • @drobviouslol
      @drobviouslol 4 года назад +9

      @Jimmy S you might need to get your ears cleaned no offence

  • @nickkhrapov752
    @nickkhrapov752 5 лет назад +1659

    You saying "bad american businessman" with such a sarcasm
    Let me count bad russian guys in american films

    • @deptusmechanikus7362
      @deptusmechanikus7362 5 лет назад +173

      Still counting?

    • @GodsHotel
      @GodsHotel 5 лет назад +158

      @@deptusmechanikus7362 yes, because they're innumerous

    • @VladimirLarin4815
      @VladimirLarin4815 5 лет назад +202

      Nick Khrapov Well, that’s the thing... American movies - Russian Villains; Russian movies - American Villains. “Cold War” is still going.

    • @deptusmechanikus7362
      @deptusmechanikus7362 5 лет назад +6

      @@Yaltadvij кто о чём, а вшивый про баню.
      Иди подмойся, поехавший

    • @mohammadnooriman4185
      @mohammadnooriman4185 4 года назад +4

      @@VladimirLarin4815 CYKA TRUE

  • @danilo8325
    @danilo8325 5 лет назад +906

    Niko grew up in Yugoslavia (SERBIA) , where he fought in the Yugoslav Wars. He later worked for organized crime syndicates as a hired-gun in Liberty City. Ever since the Yugoslav Wars ended, Niko's main goal in life was to find and kill one of two men: Florian Cravic or Darko Brevic, for one of them betrayed and nearly killed him during the Wars. Niko is the younger cousin of Roman Bellic and the son of Milica Bellic.

    • @renko8065
      @renko8065 4 года назад +17

      Danilo832 younger than roman???? wtf

    • @sekira331
      @sekira331 4 года назад +9

      FINALY

    • @fasilo2000
      @fasilo2000 4 года назад +3

      @@sekira331 jea

    • @fasilo2000
      @fasilo2000 4 года назад +3

      Jea

    • @georgeaksich9017
      @georgeaksich9017 4 года назад +85

      This is all true. Niko was made clear that he was not Russian but was connected to them.

  • @zhalgassov
    @zhalgassov 5 лет назад +1462

    Rest in Peace Sergey Bodrov and film crew.We will always remember you.

    • @johnbeer5242
      @johnbeer5242 5 лет назад +16

      Crow Sergio died 🤔?

    • @VS-ny1zi
      @VS-ny1zi 5 лет назад +112

      @@johnbeer5242 "He was killed in the Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide at the end of the second day of shooting of his film The Messenger" - wiki

    • @maxpayne3464
      @maxpayne3464 5 лет назад +79

      John Beer Yeah. He died with film crew at kormadonskoe canion in North Ossetia, Russia in september, 20, 2002.

    • @sanja.9
      @sanja.9 5 лет назад +83

      Вечно Молодой

    • @ras4782
      @ras4782 5 лет назад +7

      @@maxpayne3464 wow that's crazy

  • @josephbouche7804
    @josephbouche7804 5 лет назад +930

    "Володя, Ты проебался!!!"

    • @MrLucasOFF
      @MrLucasOFF 5 лет назад +42

      Самый лучший момент в ролике!)

    • @josephbouche7804
      @josephbouche7804 5 лет назад +58

      @@MrLucasOFF Я здесь впервые так что это был нежданчик, учитывая неплохой акцент автора.

    • @goldenpie5945
      @goldenpie5945 5 лет назад +28

      @@josephbouche7804 он русский держу в курсе

    • @NikoSaga
      @NikoSaga 5 лет назад +4

      @@josephbouche7804 Ну.. Такой себе акцент

    • @josephbouche7804
      @josephbouche7804 5 лет назад +1

      я про его английский держу в курсе@@goldenpie5945

  • @gustavofring4915
    @gustavofring4915 4 года назад +242

    As a Turkish, I learned the Brat series from my Kazakh friend who was exchange military student in Turkish Naval Academy. After we watched the movies, I’m still listening Brat soundtracks. Especially, Bi 2 songs. Too emotional, intense and atmospheric songs dude.

    • @jksi7977
      @jksi7977 2 года назад +4

      Selam aleykum , from Kara Harp Okulu 2021 graduate !

    • @victorstriga
      @victorstriga Год назад +3

      Hahah, I watched the Brat movies last week and I'm going through that phase as well. Really enjoy listening to Bi-2 & DDT

  • @Sebadicus
    @Sebadicus 5 лет назад +311

    Love how he used "Gruppa Krovi" as background music, best Russian song i ever heard 👍

    • @user-bf5pk8lh3w
      @user-bf5pk8lh3w 5 лет назад +27

      this band have large cult following here in Russia.. like Nirvana in USA or Joy Division in UK

    • @anis1796
      @anis1796 4 года назад +3

      @Sunlightshadow yes he is

    • @lucien4071
      @lucien4071 4 года назад +11

      @@anis1796 nfkrz needs to make a video on Tsoi

    • @anis1796
      @anis1796 4 года назад +1

      @@lucien4071 of course that would be amazing

    • @KosTis
      @KosTis 3 года назад +2

      Personally I prefer zakroy za mnoy dvyer ya ukhazhu also by Kino

  • @NebulaCrisis
    @NebulaCrisis 5 лет назад +565

    More videos like this please. Much better than “this person is cringe” or “look at this RUclips drama.”

  • @Alex80085s
    @Alex80085s 3 года назад +56

    GTA IV has a more grounded story that immerses you into feeling like you are part of the dark criminal underbelly of Liberty City, where as in GTA V it's a more of a really good action movie with over the top scenes that work really well in a video game format.

  • @kable11569
    @kable11569 4 года назад +29

    Imagine in some beautiful world where Vlad accepted to play Niko Bellic in a sequel. What a beautiful world...

  • @lohnjennon4886
    @lohnjennon4886 5 лет назад +695

    why do you have the old NFKRZ accent from 2016 in this video haha

    • @fpsgenerator
      @fpsgenerator 5 лет назад +2

      old mic

    • @TitovIgorBro
      @TitovIgorBro 5 лет назад +91

      It feels like he made this video back in 2016 and then completely forgot about it, only to accidentally discover it now

    • @nob2243
      @nob2243 5 лет назад +163

      Well, I mean... a no facecam, gameplay-based, 2016-like video, obviously requires a 2016 accent for the whole experience.

    • @thatperson420blyat
      @thatperson420blyat 5 лет назад +12

      He's reading off a script.

    • @MSQuaint
      @MSQuaint 5 лет назад +3

      @@nob2243 "nfkrz bangers" + fat voice = old video

  • @Mazxlol
    @Mazxlol 5 лет назад +328

    I moved from Russia to US in early 2000s and when I first played GTA4 it really reminded me of Russia's 90-2000s... that radio station was really cool. The game definitely has a lot of similarities with БРАТ movies. For Russian people reading this comment "Мы русские не обманываем друг друга!" PS. Most Russian people who live in US are sort of stuck in time - they still listen to old russian music and celebrate russian holidays etc. i find it interesting.

    • @reservoirchannel5576
      @reservoirchannel5576 5 лет назад +7

      @Джон Снейк загнивают

    • @wemakeasiansurveys4U
      @wemakeasiansurveys4U 5 лет назад +23

      Vietnamese people are the same in the US from my experience. They celebrate all the old holidays, speak more old fashioned Vietnamese, and listen to a lot of old fashioned music and make it here even though they fell out of style back home. Though, we fit better here in America since South Vietnam fell and their ideals of a nation fit much better with the US.

    • @TheRealFobican
      @TheRealFobican 5 лет назад +4

      When you are too familiar to what you grew up with when the new thing came, it´s probably very hard to break away from.

    • @snowindafunboots4369
      @snowindafunboots4369 5 лет назад +5

      like italians

    • @user-sr6pi5lp3q
      @user-sr6pi5lp3q 5 лет назад +3

      В гермашке та жа хрень. Всегда кто- то застревает, кому-то в прошлом было лучше.

  • @acousticavoiska9461
    @acousticavoiska9461 5 лет назад +70

    Respect for this man for putting Viktor Tsoi's Gruppa Grovi in the background.

  • @Thesilverninja
    @Thesilverninja 4 года назад +40

    Hey NFKRZ, found your channel through Bald and Bankrupt. Since you did a GTA IV video I figured I would give you some more behind the scenes info as to how R* works. I was a former employee between 2014-2016 on the cutscene animation team. (Sorry I'm late, went through your older videos)
    Essentially, the Houser Bros have their hands in everything relating to game production. They play the games, change the gameplay, and Dan Houser and a few other writers write the game script. They have an entire team of researchers dedicated to making each game feel authentic to the time period and culture they are trying to portray. These researchers have libraries and libraries of content that they use to find as much information about something as they can.
    I have seen the researchers use History channel and hundreds of reference books to get information. There is a high chance that the researchers, writing team, and Dan himself most likely watched the movies or the movies were recommended to them when doing their research. These guys go incredibly deep and detail when gathering background info which is why Red Dead Redemption feels authentic to the time period.
    Since they were covering a character from Eastern Europe, R* pooled all their resources to get as much authentic information as they possibly could. But not everything carries over in translation, like when the girl said she removed most of the songs they had selected. Sorry I'm late with the reply but I hope that helps shed some interesting information for you.

    • @CoenM33
      @CoenM33 Год назад

      You were an employee, you are a former employee. Other than that: cool story, bro!

    • @AryanKumar-fz2dm
      @AryanKumar-fz2dm Год назад

      That's very incredible, sir. Thank you for enlightening us.

  • @Staymellow88
    @Staymellow88 5 лет назад +290

    The writers at Rockstar Games are like Quentin Tarantino of video games they pay homage to classics

    • @voodoo1067
      @voodoo1067 4 года назад +2

      Fuck Quentin Tarantino!

    • @beyondthestars4299
      @beyondthestars4299 Год назад +1

      The guy is serbian not russian

    • @Mixato_Tech
      @Mixato_Tech Год назад +7

      @@beyondthestars4299 Потому что главного героя ГТА 4 взяли с РУССКОГО АКТЕРА, который тоже сыграл серба в одном фильме. Лицо, одежда, характер, все это скопировали с него. А судя по всему по началу главный герой должен был быть русским, ибо тому актеру предлагали поучаствовать в записи голоса, просили использовать внешность и т.д. Но актер отказал, и Rockstar games пришлось выкручиваться.

    • @liammiddleton3064
      @liammiddleton3064 9 месяцев назад +1

      GTA 5 WAS NOT THAT GREAT

    • @nutsfromberserk247
      @nutsfromberserk247 9 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@liammiddleton3064 Waahhh gta 5 bad waaahhh

  • @Devosent
    @Devosent 5 лет назад +467

    Brat is actually a fantastic movie to watch

    • @alfredbanuelos7312
      @alfredbanuelos7312 5 лет назад +18

      Too bad he died so no third movie

    • @Kaidan87
      @Kaidan87 5 лет назад +26

      @@alfredbanuelos7312 There were no real plans for a third movie anyway. First, Balabanov said that Danila's story was finished. Second, Bodrov became a director himself and wanted to film his own movies, not just resycle 1 role. Well, who knows. Maybe eventually they would change their mind and we would see 3rd part. But both Bodrov and Balabanov are now dead so no chance of that happening, yeah.
      P.S. Originally Brat 2 was supposed to be 2 separate movies. But director thought the script was too long and boring so he joined them into one.

    • @alpha-tomahawk532
      @alpha-tomahawk532 5 лет назад

      @@Kaidan87 Maybe 3rd movie would have been about busting his bro from cops with that hooker storyline, dunno.

    • @snack1824
      @snack1824 5 лет назад +8

      В чем сила, американец? Вот я думаю, что сила в правде. Кто прав, тот и сильней

    • @senaya
      @senaya 5 лет назад +1

      @@alfredbanuelos7312 a group of independent people is about to film '3rd' movie which they want to make intentionally bad, with a bunch of freaks as actors. Sad shit.

  • @cochwithchrist3889
    @cochwithchrist3889 3 года назад +81

    The dude who Niko is inspired by is so humble

    • @Andrey_SamZnaeshKakoi
      @Andrey_SamZnaeshKakoi 4 месяца назад +1

      Yes, he's a great kind man. Russia's folk favourite

    • @MetalGearyaTV
      @MetalGearyaTV 4 месяца назад

      He's not humble, he's an asshole who considers video games as something that's much-much lower than him.

  • @FieldMarshalFeels
    @FieldMarshalFeels 5 лет назад +46

    I always thought Niko looked like that dude from Behind Enemy Lines...

    • @mannhouse8014
      @mannhouse8014 3 года назад +1

      doomer boomer coomer pee pee poomer

    • @Trillioons
      @Trillioons 3 года назад +1

      Funny cause they have that similar jacket in one of the clothing shops.

  • @dxxmii.3873
    @dxxmii.3873 5 лет назад +98

    This game has only 1 negative aspect about its spot:
    *it finishes*

    • @MK040
      @MK040 5 лет назад

      And you literally cannot play it on PC and when you buy it, it is a waste of money.

    • @itsdokko2990
      @itsdokko2990 5 лет назад

      It's not impossible.
      Just a few day ago i reinstalled GTA 4 on my PC (Steam Version) and i'm having absolutely zero problems playing it, i'm even playing on the v1.0.7.0 , the one before the murder of Vladivostok FM.
      You just need some simple tweaking and elbow grease.
      I'm playing it btw on my Pentium G4400 paired with 8Gb of RAM and a GTX660 on medium settings, reaching pretty good almost stable 60FPS

    • @MK040
      @MK040 5 лет назад

      @@itsdokko2990 when im starting it it says it wants the key, and when i type it in, it Just doesnt works. Didnt find any solutions online.

    • @itsdokko2990
      @itsdokko2990 5 лет назад +1

      never bumped into that :/
      probably because i always disable GFWL before even starting the game.
      Try disabling GFWL and Rockstar Social Club

    • @darkindragon
      @darkindragon 5 лет назад

      @@MK040 i fucking bought a cd once but i never ended up playing it because neither i nor my dad was able to install that fucking piece of shit.

  • @HTPCYMC
    @HTPCYMC 5 лет назад +905

    Niko! It’s your cousin. _Lets go bowling._

    • @sejn195
      @sejn195 5 лет назад +57

      I am sorry cousin. Maybe another time.

    • @romanbellic810
      @romanbellic810 5 лет назад +41

      Sure cousin, pick me up on the other side of the city.

    • @MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz
      @MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz 5 лет назад +19

      Sure cousin, pick me up the next hour.

    • @velnias9135
      @velnias9135 5 лет назад +5

      another justin y with really funny jokes

    • @monstrs23
      @monstrs23 5 лет назад +4

      shut fuck up, you're everywhere

  • @nikolabl8154
    @nikolabl8154 5 лет назад +316

    But Niko is Serbian, and speaks Serbian, with Russian accent for some reason

    • @tikalthewhimsicott2736
      @tikalthewhimsicott2736 5 лет назад +8

      Bongo The Gipsy how's a Serbian accent sopose to sound like?

    • @nikolabl8154
      @nikolabl8154 5 лет назад +62

      @@tikalthewhimsicott2736 Uhmm... Not like this

    • @dimitrijeradulovic3099
      @dimitrijeradulovic3099 4 года назад +68

      @@tikalthewhimsicott2736 niko speaks Serbian with an Italian accent

    • @MarkoVuckovic32
      @MarkoVuckovic32 4 года назад +132

      I'm Serbian and Niko definitely speaks with Russian accent. Even the stuff he says in Serbian sound very Russian. The voice actor should've been a Serbian but whatever it is still a great game.

    • @MarkoVuckovic32
      @MarkoVuckovic32 4 года назад +8

      @Isak Slavinat i know, like I already said I'm a Serbian myself.

  • @TheShifter1001
    @TheShifter1001 3 года назад +15

    8:00 another direct parallel is Niko only went after Vlad because it’s pretty much A parent/confirmed he was messing around with Malorie

  • @surf9734
    @surf9734 5 лет назад +671

    Can you make a second channel that just teaches us westerners Russian history.

    • @user-hi2wu3cf6e
      @user-hi2wu3cf6e 5 лет назад +5

      Lol, no

    • @MemoryOfTheAncestors
      @MemoryOfTheAncestors 5 лет назад +32

      Garbanzo Bean
      ruclips.net/video/w0Wmc8C0Eq0/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/JhXKlYnSWjA/видео.html
      - Russian documentary series about Great Patriotic war with english dub.
      ruclips.net/channel/UCuSx-lf2ft7hPceGVNHybOwplaylists
      - very interesting channel with documentaries about Russian history with English dub or sub.
      You can also find playlists with Russian and Soviet films with English subtitles on my channel (for example, "Brother" and "Brother 2" movies ).
      In addition there are songs of the band "Kino", one of which, the most famous ("Группа крови" or "Blood type", plays on the radio Vladivostok FM). Viktor Tsoi and the band "Kino" are considered legendary in Russia and in all former Soviet republics.
      ruclips.net/p/PLz2tbJ1zNiwDjc6LaNbXYq7D1pyCWvbXR
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Tsoi
      Here are translations of songs in many languages:
      lyricstranslate.com/en/viktor-tsoi-lyrics.html

    • @Unicate789
      @Unicate789 5 лет назад +2

      da

    • @user-hi2wu3cf6e
      @user-hi2wu3cf6e 5 лет назад +57

      @@Unicate789 pizda

    • @bingbongster
      @bingbongster 5 лет назад +1

      Brate mogu da ti to ja resim slavaaboo jedan jadni

  • @T--wk9oe
    @T--wk9oe 5 лет назад +372

    Ролик очень качественный, уважение за проделанную работу. Кстати "круглый" в английских субтитрах распознался как "krug lee")

  • @profiles_
    @profiles_ 3 года назад +39

    Rated M, for Masterpiece.

  • @anakinGTI
    @anakinGTI 5 лет назад +20

    Still playing in 2019. GTA IV is the best GTA ever made. The story is beyond a movie. The details are stunning. One of the best games ever made.

  • @macva553
    @macva553 5 лет назад +421

    Ein, Zwei, Drei Schicki Schicki schweine

  • @Ferraday_
    @Ferraday_ 5 лет назад +58

    I fuckin knew it, I told every I knew who played GTA4 that Niko looked exactly like the Russian freelancer from Behind Enemy Lines, I fuckin knew it! Get up get out!

    • @DarkoExYu
      @DarkoExYu 3 года назад +3

      The Russian freelancer was a Serb wasn’t he?

    • @YarushkinRoman
      @YarushkinRoman 2 года назад +5

      @@DarkoExYu in the film Behind Enemy Lines, Vladimir Mashkov plays a Serb, what do you say to this?A Serbian mercenary who works as a sniper for the Serbian army during the Bosnian War.

  • @Alistajaupseeri
    @Alistajaupseeri 4 года назад +5

    This must be one of your most interesting videos. So great! Please do more.

  • @afeeqvirus1
    @afeeqvirus1 3 года назад +5

    seen/watched dozens of facts and trivias vids of GTA4. and THIS is the 1st vid in years ( that I watched ) that tells me the existince of Brat and Brat2 and the game inspirations. I honestly did not know. Amazing how literally no one mention this for years. anyway good video and I am entertained. thank you and you got a sub

  • @Gajiggles
    @Gajiggles 5 лет назад +254

    One of your first vids I have seen in a WHILE
    absolute masterpiece

  • @sampatterson8986
    @sampatterson8986 5 лет назад +104

    The soundtrack was fantastic but it didn't have any Lil Vodka smh

  • @KotChorny
    @KotChorny 5 лет назад +2

    Great video, thought that idea as well by myself couple of months ago when i replayed GTAIV

  • @iseriouslyi1m1
    @iseriouslyi1m1 3 года назад +2

    Great job on this video. Learned a lot & enjoy your channel. & you’re right, the songs missing in Vladivostok FM, it’s just not the same. Restarting the game & hearing that first track, OMG hyped me up. Now with the replacement songs, it’s like WHAT...... nooooooooo. The two songs that’s added by Seryoga are decent but King Ring is my jam. Glad I downloaded Vladivostok FM album when it was on iTunes.

  • @AndrewEagles
    @AndrewEagles 5 лет назад +169

    Having a trip to NYC for the first time and walking in Brighton beach for me was like "Hey, I've already been here", thanks to the game:) especially I was very astounded by seeing those railways up above and taking a look inside the " Saint Petersburg" store that was present in "Brat 2", childhood dream came true

    • @yetimyetimski6901
      @yetimyetimski6901 4 года назад +3

      Same here, visited Brooklyn in March. Loved it, just like the movie.

    • @jpeg.600x2
      @jpeg.600x2 2 года назад

      based and epicpilled

  • @romanbellic810
    @romanbellic810 5 лет назад +91

    I'm a Serb my slavic cousin.

  • @AndreyKurenkov
    @AndreyKurenkov 4 года назад +1

    Great essay! Please do more like this!

  • @m0nss7erKill
    @m0nss7erKill 5 лет назад +32

    03:51 Ooooo shout out for the Big L reference

    • @kwc0435
      @kwc0435 11 месяцев назад +1

      I fucking love big L, I'm suprised roman knows who he is

  • @ihavetowait90daystochangem67
    @ihavetowait90daystochangem67 5 лет назад +856

    Could you please do why Gta San Andreas was inspired by the bible?

    • @ssssssssssssssssss50
      @ssssssssssssssssss50 5 лет назад +32

      What?

    • @dragonballs512
      @dragonballs512 5 лет назад +32

      I can see it

    • @profesae
      @profesae 5 лет назад +17

      I have to wait 90 days to change my name San Andreas took place during the east vs west coast beef and Tupac and Biggie were killed because of it

    • @jay-zdenton6094
      @jay-zdenton6094 5 лет назад +106

      Like it says in the book, we are blessed and cursed. Same things make us laugh, make us cry.

    • @unconscious7219
      @unconscious7219 5 лет назад +49

      @@jay-zdenton6094
      What fucking book?

  • @blackadder5346
    @blackadder5346 5 лет назад +102

    Make Vladivostok FM great again

    • @user-wk6lr7fg3u
      @user-wk6lr7fg3u 4 года назад

      So apparently such radio really exists

    • @TheCynicalAutist
      @TheCynicalAutist 3 года назад

      @@user-wk6lr7fg3u It was made a few months after GTA IV's release, so I think it was deliberate.

  • @limjaheyatyourcervix1601
    @limjaheyatyourcervix1601 4 года назад +2

    Great video man, was cool to see where the inspiration came from

  • @mrpowster4595
    @mrpowster4595 4 года назад +2

    Found your channel thanks to bald, but damn your content is amazing. Great video essay here too. Much love bro

  • @dxxmii.3873
    @dxxmii.3873 5 лет назад +166

    *niko bellic drop out serbia to save the gta game*

  • @kinocorner3815
    @kinocorner3815 5 лет назад +76

    I remember playing GTA IV before I graduated high school (which was around the time the game came out) and well into my first half of college. It was also that time I discovered Russian movies (the first I watched was my library's copy of Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin). Брат and Брат 2 came up on my radar but I could never find it. As I played more GTA IV, my obsession to find the movies grew stronger and stronger. I finally found the first one three or four years later (well after I stopped playing GTA IV) and the second one a year after that. Great movies to watch (though not my favorite films from Russia) but it was obvious there were homages paid to the Брат movies. Also, 4 will always be my favorite GTA! Спасибо NFKRZ!!!

  • @zackschilling4376
    @zackschilling4376 5 лет назад +7

    DAmn, the car (in that first mission) is even based on that movie, great video ! GTA IV is best GTA

  • @ivanrubio5481
    @ivanrubio5481 3 года назад +2

    I've just watched Brat and Brat 2, they are amazing movies!!! Thanks for recommending it Roman!!!

  • @just-a-silly-goofy-guy
    @just-a-silly-goofy-guy 5 лет назад +352

    Grand Theft Russia

  • @CozyHi
    @CozyHi 5 лет назад +147

    GTA IV Was actually created when two gopniks went to a Saint Petersburg bowling alley

  • @sjaakieklok4163
    @sjaakieklok4163 5 лет назад +1

    For some reason this video didn't pop up in my subscription feed so I see it a month late but anyways, great video man these take a lot of work damn.

  • @dailysandwich4838
    @dailysandwich4838 3 месяца назад

    This video is what introduced me to NFKRZ. Was one of the most interesting videos I had seen in a while

  • @dxxmii.3873
    @dxxmii.3873 5 лет назад +34

    Roman, the effort u put in this video payed off, this is the best gta iv video i have ever seen, i have never seen something that interesting and informative about ma fav gta.
    I wish u’ll upload more stuff like this.

    • @olzhas1one755
      @olzhas1one755 5 лет назад

      @CanBiteIt CanLikeIt As if anyone's gonna read those

  • @Baqsam99
    @Baqsam99 5 лет назад +22

    What a coincidence! I was looking up some stuff about Russia and remembered GTA IV due to the Russian influence despite the fact that Niko is most likely Serbian.

    • @dodman3043
      @dodman3043 5 лет назад +12

      He is not most likely serbian, he IS serbian

  • @not2shab72
    @not2shab72 2 года назад +6

    To be fair to the actor that turned down the Niko role - they probably didn't tell him what game he'd be working on - Rockstar do that to avoid leaks etc. For instance, the actor for Arthur for RDR2 wasn't told what game he was doing the motion capture + voice acting of until a few weeks of shooting.

  • @AntonKarazeev
    @AntonKarazeev 5 лет назад +1

    Great dude, well done!

  • @sukabljat
    @sukabljat 5 лет назад +154

    As a german with russian root, I totaly agree on this. Spasibo schto ti takoi clip sdelol!. Nun werde ich GTA IV erneut durchspielen können! And both of the films were briliant. RIP Bodrov.

    • @user-sr6pi5lp3q
      @user-sr6pi5lp3q 5 лет назад +2

      Maybe russian with german root?

    • @yaroslavmaltsev497
      @yaroslavmaltsev497 5 лет назад +3

      Ich bin Russer, der in Deutschland wohnt, und es ist immer so interessant, zu sehen, wie Russisch-Deutsche russisch reden! Es gibt manche Besonderheiten, die sehr oft erscheinen.

    • @user-sr6pi5lp3q
      @user-sr6pi5lp3q 5 лет назад

      @@yaroslavmaltsev497 эмиграция еще жива?

    • @yaroslavmaltsev497
      @yaroslavmaltsev497 5 лет назад

      @@user-sr6pi5lp3q и развивается!

    • @user-sr6pi5lp3q
      @user-sr6pi5lp3q 5 лет назад

      @@yaroslavmaltsev497 когда приехал и по какой линии?

  • @machiachelli644
    @machiachelli644 5 лет назад +10

    I loved this style of video, you really nailed it! It's clear you put a lot of effort and research into this, and it was a really interesting watch

  • @fikri565
    @fikri565 4 года назад

    Great video. Now I'm curious to see both movies later..... on the internet. 😁

  • @awhooley
    @awhooley 3 года назад +1

    Bro your videos are the best :) Niko needs to make a comeback!

  • @brushbust9644
    @brushbust9644 5 лет назад +69

    Niko is like the 2nd most famous serbian in history after nikola tesla and idk if thats sad or good

    • @sarke722
      @sarke722 5 лет назад +2

      It is good ;)

    • @roman_nfkrz
      @roman_nfkrz  5 лет назад +50

      What about the guy that started world war 1

    • @user-xk5rl1nc5z
      @user-xk5rl1nc5z 5 лет назад +3

      @@roman_nfkrz Why do you hate us so much?

    • @keepup3607
      @keepup3607 5 лет назад +1

      @@roman_nfkrz he didn't start the ww1 stop hating

    • @manlamp7531
      @manlamp7531 5 лет назад

      Nikola Tesla is Croatian LOL

  • @comradecthulhu6052
    @comradecthulhu6052 5 лет назад +5

    This is by far the best video you’ve made, I’m blown away by it. Kickass job dude!

  • @ono3869
    @ono3869 5 лет назад

    Very interesting video. Great job 👍

  • @OmarDimelo
    @OmarDimelo 5 лет назад +1

    Nice work,, game was so immersive right from the beginning, I m Dominican but I remember liking most of the songs on Vstok, best GTA ever

  • @fishfishing5782
    @fishfishing5782 5 лет назад +52

    without USSR there would not be gta4

    • @feld5146
      @feld5146 5 лет назад +15

      80's USSR open world sandbox game when

    • @sagnik2693
      @sagnik2693 5 лет назад +4

      Yugoslavia*

  • @MarlonAnthony
    @MarlonAnthony 5 лет назад +4

    definately gonna check out both Brat films now and excellent video my friend.

  • @adamfredrick30
    @adamfredrick30 3 года назад

    Great video man

  • @ironcuber1800
    @ironcuber1800 5 лет назад +36

    Nfkrz is really good at video game essays

  • @ANDERIYS
    @ANDERIYS 5 лет назад +119

    Зачем нужно жрать капусту? Если есть картошка!!

    • @propergarage4249
      @propergarage4249 5 лет назад

      Тут обитает Евгений капуста это жаргон к слову бабло ! = деньги

    • @leafieboifelix908
      @leafieboifelix908 4 года назад

      Оподалевнлвлпалрсншыевнлвлнарбчднапвоевоеснл

    • @propergarage4249
      @propergarage4249 4 года назад

      Дядюшка Тралл ты не знал?

    • @Nothing-lasts-forever...
      @Nothing-lasts-forever... 4 года назад +1

      english pls

    • @propergarage4249
      @propergarage4249 4 года назад +2

      abolfazl heydari deez Nuts

  • @Kulsarieff
    @Kulsarieff 2 года назад +22

    While Michael Hollick was working on GTA 4, Vladimir Mashkov played the main role in TV series called "Liquidation". This role is one of his best roles, and the movie itself is one of the best in post-soviet countries. So, he didnt lose much

  • @dianesophie2674
    @dianesophie2674 5 лет назад +1

    I love this new style of content!

  • @hohladych
    @hohladych 5 лет назад +307

    Это уровень, чувак, это прям уровень. Шикарный видос. Шикарное пояснение, видеоряд, повествование, всё шикарно. Только коммунизм был целью ссср, а существовавший режим был социализмом. Я конечно понимаю, ты это возможно специально сказал, ведь капиталистические братья не шарят в этом, но всё же можно было и пожертвовать 10 секундами, чтобы сказать правильнее. А так десяточка

    • @user-nb4qo5zr8s
      @user-nb4qo5zr8s 5 лет назад +12

      А ещё автор говорит "Брат Два", что показалось забавный, так как слово "два" следовало бы перевести. Но так конечно большой респект, классно получилось!!

    • @NeoAcoustix
      @NeoAcoustix 5 лет назад +6

      @@hohladych сорян,бес попутал))

    • @hehejeheehebeulgkksnend2515
      @hehejeheehebeulgkksnend2515 5 лет назад +2

      Я согласен вы ребята

    • @matthewmoore436
      @matthewmoore436 4 года назад +1

      Cyka blyat

    • @Sweet10i
      @Sweet10i 4 года назад +2

      и социализма не было. Trotsky was right

  • @alex14228
    @alex14228 5 лет назад +47

    13:10 She selected Ranetki as a piece of the soundtrack...

  • @asilva5021
    @asilva5021 5 лет назад

    I love these types of videos and hope to see more

  • @issiahRuiz
    @issiahRuiz 3 месяца назад

    Great video!!!

  • @medinywaw7435
    @medinywaw7435 5 лет назад +5

    Roman, you HAVE to make more your voice is so calming

  • @caesarstrundova8003
    @caesarstrundova8003 5 лет назад +256

    GTA 4 is the best GTA. You can't change my mind.

    • @MikeleKonstantyFiedorowiczIV
      @MikeleKonstantyFiedorowiczIV 5 лет назад +12

      san andreas was best, only one good thing about 4 was engine

    • @goinoutlikegeez
      @goinoutlikegeez 5 лет назад +31

      GTA 4 had the best story line

    • @MikeleKonstantyFiedorowiczIV
      @MikeleKonstantyFiedorowiczIV 5 лет назад

      this voice acting add climat to story, i remember damn train, helicopter mision, big smoke. If game is good you remember many things after years and what you remember from 4?. Niko go bowling? And gta4 is too contemporary and grey like a real life. And sa graphic style and characters give more fun imo. SA is a fun as video game nigga and gta 4 is tryhard real life of poor russian gangster

    • @OtMancare
      @OtMancare 5 лет назад +10

      @@MikeleKonstantyFiedorowiczIV Chill man. I remember a lot of misions from gta4 and know the story very good. I'm curious why are you soo ofended because someone likes gta4 more than gtasa?

    • @MikeleKonstantyFiedorowiczIV
      @MikeleKonstantyFiedorowiczIV 5 лет назад +1

      I dont care i dont even like gta series gta so much, its your opinion what version you like but 4 wasn"t best. Btw the shitest was liberty city stories

  • @michaelicarroll
    @michaelicarroll 3 года назад

    Solid video. Never made the connection until now

  • @Helderhugo
    @Helderhugo 4 года назад +1

    When I play GTA IV I imidiatly remember you. You are the perfect person to comment this Game. When I start to watch this Video I thought: Perfect! I knew it this guy should do a comentary about GTA 4 and he did it! Nice review.

  • @user-lm6qm1pi1u
    @user-lm6qm1pi1u 5 лет назад +3

    Excellent presentation, I must say.
    Some of the details I didn't even notice myself before.

  • @VELVETPERSON
    @VELVETPERSON 5 лет назад +157

    OMG, The Brother 1 is amazing russian version of Max Payne!

    • @GriboedovAnton
      @GriboedovAnton 5 лет назад +7

      id say rambo first blood

    • @Itoyokofan
      @Itoyokofan 5 лет назад +8

      @@GriboedovAnton That's more than correct. Brat was partially inpired by Rambo.
      ruclips.net/video/cNy8rCjtg0c/видео.html

    • @user-lo3om8es5z
      @user-lo3om8es5z 4 года назад +14

      He is more similar to taxi driver

    • @user-eb8vm5pu6c
      @user-eb8vm5pu6c 4 года назад +1

      Brother is a Taxi Driver for Russia

    • @TophatlarryOG
      @TophatlarryOG 4 года назад

      BRAT
      And his I agree

  • @Daggerhead69
    @Daggerhead69 10 месяцев назад +1

    Love videos like these so much :))

  • @reapthewhirlwind6915
    @reapthewhirlwind6915 5 лет назад

    Best nfrkz content evverrrr!

  • @Invicta556
    @Invicta556 5 лет назад +9

    Roman i love this kind of content. Honestly id love to see some more stuff like this maybe even your thoughts of the portrayal of russians or eastern (i know as u said niko was serbian) in other games like Cod waw, battlefield maybe and stuff like Metro.

  • @racerroe
    @racerroe 5 лет назад +64

    GTA 4 is the best. The story, character and time is great. Damn I wish I could go back to 2008.

    • @julianwright6927
      @julianwright6927 5 лет назад +6

      Same, I was absolutely jaw dropped when I first saw my brother playing it. The resemblance of realism, the car physics, the euphoria physics and so on. It was truly a next generation game. I couldn't care less if it had less features than SanAndreas.
      But I find it sad that some people don't see it that way. GTA IV is more a sequel to GTA III when it comes to technological gameplay advancements.

    • @blacklyfe5543
      @blacklyfe5543 4 года назад

      That's when the stock market crashed

    • @jpeg.600x2
      @jpeg.600x2 2 года назад

      @@julianwright6927 is there gta 3 characters in gta 4?

  • @iqiila7358
    @iqiila7358 4 года назад

    Nice video man! 👌🏾🤟🏾

  • @CheckOutThatGrooveYo
    @CheckOutThatGrooveYo 4 года назад +3

    4:18 Gotta love that song playing in the background. Группа крови by Виктор Цой (КИНО) Good music my guy

    • @beerbear6409
      @beerbear6409 3 года назад +1

      Very good, this is a legend russian music

  • @saze5660
    @saze5660 5 лет назад +432

    Niko is Serbian right ??

    • @Katapozzy
      @Katapozzy 5 лет назад +57

      He is serbian from Yugoslavia! Why do U always trying to accent that he is from Serbia?Not U personally,but many of ppl! Yes,that country is not exist anymore but the STORY NEVER TOLD us from what part of Yugoslavia he was....

    • @Mitke420
      @Mitke420 5 лет назад +121

      @@Katapozzy U can see on rockstar wiki that he is serb

    • @saze5660
      @saze5660 5 лет назад +70

      @@Katapozzy Well He's basicall a slav. End of the story..

    • @billy_boi
      @billy_boi 5 лет назад +13

      His name enda with ić, so he could be Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovenian.... Yugoslavia...

    • @lukaraos3439
      @lukaraos3439 5 лет назад +80

      @@billy_boi watch the story line closly, Niko asks Roman at the beginning if he forgot Serbian

  • @AT-yn9dm
    @AT-yn9dm 5 лет назад +84

    NFKRZ's American accent didn't just die, it was murdered.

    • @nf4866
      @nf4866 5 лет назад +1

      Oh yeah yeah

    • @andrealeo8580
      @andrealeo8580 5 лет назад

      Can someone explain to me whats goin on with this profile pic

    • @joaquincuquejo3973
      @joaquincuquejo3973 5 лет назад

      @@andrealeo8580 maximilianus sex

    • @psychoaiko666
      @psychoaiko666 5 лет назад +2

      @somedude 69 because in reality it's all just one person! It's a conspiracy!
      The iluminati are coming for us! AAARRGH!

    • @professored7169
      @professored7169 5 лет назад +1

      @@psychoaiko666 oh yeah yeah

  • @iha3775
    @iha3775 5 лет назад +54

    3:43 Когда встретил знакомую речь в чужой стране!

  • @GunsNGames1
    @GunsNGames1 4 года назад +11

    GTA IV is my second favorite GTA game, only behind San Andreas. I still have GTA IV on Xbox 360.

  • @selimciaga
    @selimciaga 5 лет назад +162

    Огромное спасибо за данное видео, я как счастлив что ты рассказал об этом западным зрителям об этом

    • @fnquell
      @fnquell 5 лет назад +8

      Половину нихуя не понял, но посмотрел фулл.

    • @user-xr9iw3ix3e
      @user-xr9iw3ix3e 5 лет назад +1

      @@fnquell в общих чертах, сравнил сюжет российских фильмов с игрой, и немного про обстановку в РФ в 90е

    • @fnquell
      @fnquell 5 лет назад +4

      суть то видео понял, некоторые детали не понял. с английским хуево)

    • @danhc_2692
      @danhc_2692 5 лет назад

      +

    • @maxiepattie85
      @maxiepattie85 5 лет назад

      That black guy that was fucked over by the WHITE MAN on the PSP was way better and so accurate

  • @810wasaninsidejob9
    @810wasaninsidejob9 5 лет назад +39

    I ONLY listened to Vladivostok, WTF Rockstar

  • @falconer-ts8fq
    @falconer-ts8fq 3 года назад +8

    and i always thought niko was modelled after jason statham...

  • @joj3085
    @joj3085 4 года назад +3

    3:52 Grupa Krovi starts playing... the best song in Radio Vladivostok :D

    • @Anemoia22
      @Anemoia22 4 года назад

      4:02, the one that's playing there is Nikogo ne Zhalko

    • @shaggyclitso472
      @shaggyclitso472 3 года назад

      Viktor tsoi band kino
      Gruppa krovi

    • @joj3085
      @joj3085 3 года назад

      Did you really felt like you should correct me for something like this...

  • @ikilledthatoverratedfool3804
    @ikilledthatoverratedfool3804 5 лет назад +18

    GTA 4 was also inspired by some Russian gangster who lived in NY and worked briefly as a cabdriver. He became a hitman and career criminal

    • @jamesbond8348
      @jamesbond8348 4 года назад +4

      His name was the Iceman and he was of Polish origins not Russian.

    • @user-ce1rx6is7g
      @user-ce1rx6is7g 3 года назад

      Чё они шифруются? Чё-то про Россию говорят, так пускай прямо скажут.

    • @jpeg.600x2
      @jpeg.600x2 2 года назад

      what was his name?