Deathmatch
Deathmatch is a multiplayer game in Grand Theft Auto IV consisting of two to sixteen players. The standard free-for-all in many online shooting games, players' only goal is to kill as many other players as possible. Players can also pick up money from deceased players. The player with the most money at the end of the match wins. There must be at least 2 players in the match, and no more than 16. You can play a similar Deathmatch in both GTA IV's Free Roam and Party Mode. While no specific score is capped, Free Roam unlocks the whole city, lots of vehicles and guns at your pleasure, just to shoot the living daylights out of other players. Party mode follows a similar principal. From both Free Roam and Party Mode, Deathmatch can be found.
In other shooting multiplayer games, Deathmatch is also known as Free For All or FFA.
Objective
The objective make the most money by the end of the match by killing other players. Each kill grans you $100, and each player will drop about 15-25 dollars after they are killed. Each match will either have a time limit or a money limit.
Variables
The Host can change a number of factors including
- A Time limit or a money limit
- Auto Aim allowed or disallowed
- The area the players will play in (It can be the whole city, single islands, or different little areas like the airport or the docks)
- The type of weapons available to players
- The Weather and time of day
- Either the map will show blips of all players, far players, near player, or no blips at all
- The Respawn time and the amount of distance from other players when the player spawns
Reward
The money reward at the end of the match depends on the amount of kills each player has done. The equation is as follows: (Number of kills x $100) + (Amount of money picked up after kills) - (Times player killed themselves x 100). You may rank up after playing this, depending on the amount of money you earn.
If you earned $1,000 and you haven't earned a rank promotion, you will earn a rank 1 star and the "Cut Your Teeth" Trophy/Achievement. If you have not yet killed a Rockstar employee or someone who has one that themselves and you kill them during a game of this, you will earn the "Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie' Achievment. If you kill 20 people WITH PISTOLS during a RANKED match, you will earn the "Top of the Food Chain" Achievment.
Tips
- For a fast and frantic game, try setting the Respawn time to "1 second", the respawn distance to "Near", and pick a small enclosed area, like the airport.
- Look at the tips on the Team Deathmatch page.
See also
- Liberty City Survivor (LC Survivor), GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Chinatown Wars equivalents.