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

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

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/games/offers/0ccf0004-0000-4000-8000-0000545407f2

thanks coz, yeah sorted it now. i thought they'd put it out there at 0:01 hours, bit slack to leave it til 930am

you have to look for it on xbl, don't you? but downloading now...

NO SPOILERS (till after the weekend? okay)

March doesn't seem unbelievably soon - that would be about two years after IV, and they'd be using the same engine, I'd imagine. Maybe it's an announcement in March for a fall release or something like that though?

okay lovin' this. only had 30 mins to get my feet wet, so haven't progressed AT ALL with the story mission, but the club seems fun as fuck, and the characters are a lot more likeable and charismatic than in the previous two iterations.

dipped v briefly into deatmatch online, and got a tasty of the tasty weapons. the arena must've been filled with stone-cold n00bs because i won the deathbatch, and i am like shit at videogames.

xp it's possible. my memory might be off but with the exception of IV, they have usually announced previous games pretty close to actual release

yeah, loving this too, yeah it's just GTAIV but something about it (the characters? voice work? story? perspective?) just makes it so much more lovable

Are my beloved L&D weapons still available in Gay Tony?

only on the disc version

Neneh Cherry - "Buffalo Stance"
Swing Out Sister - "Breakout"
Robbie Nevil - "C'est La Vie"
Roachford - "Cuddly Toy (Feel for Me)"
Narada Michael Walden - "Divine Emotions"
Five Star - "Find the Time"
T'Pau - "Heart and Soul"
Mai Tai - "History"
Nu Shooz - "I Can't Wait"
Texas - "I Don't Want a Lover"
Marillion - "Kayleigh"
Hue and Cry - "Labour of Love"
Climie Fisher - "Love Changes (Everything)"
Hall & Oates - "Maneater"
Curiosity Killed the Cat - "Misfit"
Coldcut & Lisa Stansfield - "People Hold On"
Level 42 - "Something About You"
Jeffrey Osborne - "Stay With Me Tonight"
Womack & Womack - "Teardrops"
Roxette - "The Look"
Re-Flex - "The Politics of Dancing"
'Til Tuesday - "Voices Carry"
Boy Meets Girl - "Waiting for a Star to Fall"
Prefab Sprout - "When Love Breaks Down"
Terence Trent D'Arby - "Wishing Well"
Wet Wet Wet - "Wishing I Was Lucky"
Scritti Politti - "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)"
John Farnham - "You're the Voice"