There's a GTA 4 mission where your ringtone alerts somebody that you're following.

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Summary

The creator demonstrates a hidden gameplay mechanic in Grand Theft Auto IV where silencing the in-game phone prevents an NPC from being alerted during a tailing mission. This video highlights the attention to detail in older Rockstar titles to build anticipation for the upcoming GTA 6.

Structure

1Introduce the GTA 4 mission mechanic
2Demonstrate the phone silencing process
3Show the NPC failing to hear the ringtone

Original caption

Interesting GTA 4 Fact via @bigsherpa There's a GTA 4 mission where your ringtone alerts somebody that you're following. And if you put your phone on silent, it changes the mission.

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GTA 4 (Grand Theft Auto IV) — ACTS: The video demonstrates a specific gameplay mechanic within this game where changing the phone ringtone setting affects the outcome of a mission. Removing the game footage would remove the entire subject of the video. Rockstar Games — APPEARS: Mentioned as the developer of the game. Removing this name would not change the video's content.

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GTA 4 MISSION RINGTONE ALERTS SOMEBODY THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING I'M PUTTING MY RING YEAH MY RING SET TO QUIET OR SILENT NOW LET'S SEE YEAH LET'S SEE IF IT CHANGES THIS MISSION THEN THE PHONE CALL IS GONNA DISTURB THE GUY I'M FOLLOWING INTERESTING SO WE SILENCED OUR PHONE SO HE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RINGTONE NOW ONCE AGAIN WE'LL SEE IF ROCKSTAR ACCOUNTS FOR THIS I MEAN THEY PROBABLY DID THEY HAVEN'T FAILED US YET NO MAN THEY DO ALL KINDS OF LITTLE THINGS LIKE THIS I LOVE THAT NORMALLY HE GETS SPOOKED AND STARTS RUNNING DON'T HE THERE IT IS LOOK HE'S CALLING BUT IT'S ON SILENT HE CAN'T HEAR A THING LOOK OH THAT'S CRAZY HOW THAT WORKS INTERESTING I'LL SAVE THAT CALL FOR LATER LOOK HE DIDN'T KNOW IT'S STUFF LIKE THIS FROM 20 YEARS AGO THAT HAS ME HYPE FOR GTA 6

Transcript

There's a GTA 4 mission where your ringtone alerts somebody that you're following. And if you put your phone on silent, it changes the mission. I'm putting my ring, yeah, my ring set to quiet or silent. Now let's see. Yeah, let's see if it changes this mission then. That's such an interesting detail. So we silenced our phone, so he's not gonna be able to hear the ringtone now. Once again, we'll see if Rockstar accounts for this. I mean, they probably did. They haven't failed us yet. No man, they do all kinds of little things like this. I love that. Normally he gets spooked and starts running, don't he? There it is, look, he's calling, but it's on silent. He can't hear a thing. Look. Oh, that's crazy how that works. Interesting. I'll save that call for later. Look, he didn't know. It's stuff like this from 20 years ago that has me hype for GTA 6.