Grand Theft Auto IV -- It might feature crime and prostitutes.

Chinatown wars totally worth sticking with, and yes i know what you mean about comparing it to gta4. it can be a little frustrating wanting to look from a different view other than top down sometimes, maybe they should have built it on a different city map than gtaiv

the 'stories' games are pretty good, especially liberty city. it's more of the same gta3 but with obviously some neater coding. and the camera movements have been mended.
good thing with the Stories games, absolutely loads of secret missions and stuff to do.
i found VC stories a little buggy, but still pretty fine. also vehicles seem to explode way too quickly.

lol just as i speak, my walkman randomly plays Big Pun, "little did we know we riddled a man in little italy who didn't do diddly ..." frmo Liberty City Stories radio.

oh yeah Stories music is pretty good too.

thanks ste, i'll definitely check out those Stories games one day. judging from your comments above, you seemed like one of the people most into GTA4, have you played L&D yet? if not you should see about borrowing an Xbox360 off someone to get it, i think you'd totally love it

i know, i want a 360 for so many things too. it's going to happen i think

GTA DS is uglier and more cramped than you're used to but is compulsive and has v. creative mission design

http://kotaku.com/5270673/gta-iv-fabulously-expands-with-the-ballad-of-gay-tony

(apologies for posting a kotaku link)

wow, sounds amazing. like people say on that link it'll likely lead to a lot of crappy cheap jokes for the jocks to snicker at but still, can't wait. bit more b/g info here: http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Luis_Fernando_Lopez

are there plans for more DLC or is the final installment? and are they both xbox 360-only forever or will that change after a year or whatever?

I think M$ paid top dollar to make them xbox exclusive for all-time. it'd be pretty big news if this changed

Gay Tony must surely involve shitloads more disco and house stuff on the radio

I hate how this game's attempts at satire have started basically amounting to people loudly shouting that they are stupid/rich/corrupt as if that doesn't kind of break the immersion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9NEBQ0fZjQ

parachutes and new choppers, i'm juiced.

had great fun catching up with San Andreas last night, still a great game.

u have a ps3 u big dummy, it only plays blu-ray not gta iv dlc

:P

psyched for this, have the liberty city episodes disc pre-ordered

yah hopefully getting 360 real soon. i know i keep saying this. i know.

Announcement of ps3 version of DLC appears to be forthcoming shortly BTW. Box of 360 version doesn't have their "only on XBOX360" mark...

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=222697?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS

http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/grand-theft-auto-iv/preview/gta-iv-the-ballad-of-gay-tony-what-gr-editors-thought/a-200909111649481092/g-2006051014323586065

For the uninitiated, Ballad focuses on a new protagonist, Luis Lopez, bodyguard and business partner to nightclub baron “Gay” Tony Prince. As the richest of GTA IV’s three protagonists, Luis has access to better cars and better guns than Niko or Johnny, including Belgian P-90 assault rifles, C4 sticky bombs and rapid-fire auto-shotguns that fire explosive rounds. He also has more activities available to him, including a dancing minigame, randomly generated side missions at his club, BASE jumping from an assortment of buildings and the ability to replay any completed missions.

never had a problem with how GTAIV veered from the San Andreas template, but am stoked for this.

looks kinda vice city to me, which gets two thumbs up

did you already download TLAD stevie?

I'm hoping the boxed verion of these two DLCs works the same way the fallout ones work.

install to HDD and then return to the shop for a refund? I don't think so, they work independently of the og GTAIV disc

already have TLAD but only played a couple of missions before deciding that i shold finish the main story of GTAIV before really getting into it. on that count, well, i've still got the final mission to complete, but have had zero xbox time of late, though i did play a fair amount of TLAD online when it dropped, and the new weapons/helicopters/multiplayer options were pretty rad actually.

will probably jump into Gay Tony before TLAD, or play both parallel, i think...

ahhh the gamer's malaise

I forgot about TLAD, I should prob give it a go. Will definitely get Gay Tony.

wait for the discs, when you die u can't take dlc w/you

Surely there must be some kind of PERMANENT RECORD that I, reg delmot, downloaded these games and may do so again on another device subject to any and all EULA terms?

Still fucking pissed about my lost and gone forever GTA and GRID save games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GwhQsLzZus

Also, i only just realised who the voice actor is for Zero in San Andreas..

TLAD was everything that was wrong about gta iv. do not want.

^^^ how is that so, bnw? I haven't played it, but I think L&D looks like a ruff-and-tumble grr I'm the boss game, and that was what the main jawn did well imo. What it flunks at are other aspects. And many others! But if this wasn't the Phantom Menace of video games I think it might catch a break here and here.

Obviously I already said this upthread, but I could not disagree with bnw more on this matter.

TLAD had a lamer storyline but it got a lot right that the OG got wrong -- heavy action from the get-go, more complex multi-step missions (iirc) and MORE DRIVING

amped for gay tony

Also, checkpoint saves.

its possible that i gave up on it too early. it seemed way too talky and wrapped up in its bullshit angst and cutscenes that it refused to let you have fun. also the fact that i am supposed to ride my bike right behind some guy like i am his pocket bitch was really anti-gta imo.

You gave up too early.

i think you dudes have convinced me, i will give it another go this weekend

I mean, you should at least get to the point where you are in charge of your own crew and not following anyone. Also, allow yourself to skip cutscenes if you hate them.

TWO WEEKS

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/10/total-recall-two-weeks-490.jpg

i played a little more and yeah i think i gave up right as they take the training wheels off before >_<

3 DAYS!

this is brilliant

wait this happened already? I still haven't even finished GTA IV let alone L&D

What's the soundtrack like?

I'm going to pick up the disc tomorrow or friday. Still only about halfway through GTA IV LOL

bun GTAIV just play GAY TONY first, it's really good

the soundtrack is good but I dunno if it's difft from GTAIV, except the VICE CITY station obv :D

you're playing gay tony ALREADY?

YOU BET

OH OH OH
http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=5691

• "Liberty City, It's Over:"
• "Next Stop.."
• "Opens Everywhere March"

• "Theatre Seagull"?

i might be being amazingly dumb here but i can't find BOGT on xbox marketplace. just no mention of it anywhere, apart from a few poxy trailers. coz, did you buy the disc or d/l it?

"Opens Everywhere March" seems hard to believe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seagull_(theatre)

GTA Suffolk lol

bought the disc, NI, it shd be up on xbl now tho