Developed by series creator Rockstar North and set in Liberty City
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Expand your command over the rough and tumble Grand Theft Auto underworld with GTA IV: The Lost and Damned for Xbox 360. You'll need an Xbox LIVE connection and a GTA IV game disk to use this add-on content, but once you're connected, you'll have a whole new perspective on Liberty City.
Take a Joy Ride with Johnny Klebitz Unlike Niko Bellic of GTA IV, and most of the other central GTA characters you may be familiar with, Johnny Klebitz is no newcomer to the tumultuous underworld of Liberty City, he's a local that lets you see the streets through fresh eyes. VP of "The Lost" motorcycle club and brother of Billy, the club's hot-headed president, Johnny built up profitable truces with other local gangs while his brother was in rehab, but now that Johnnie's out, chaos is back at the forefront of life for this crew.
If this sounds too tame for you, don't worry -- you'll find yourself leveling brutal attacks on cops and rivals, taking your fill of booze and women, and watching out for drug deals gone wrong in classic GTA style. Find a way to stick together, don't hesitate to kill if you have to, and hold on for the ride as this storyline intersects with the main story from GTA IV, exposing tons of the gut-wrenching twists you've come to expect from series creator Rockstar North.
Experience the Thrill of a Sleek, Graphic Production Series fans have come to expect more from Grand Theft Auto titles--from more action to better production and truly diverse soundtracks--and they won't be disappointed with this edition. In addition to powerful graphics, cool lighting, and music not found in the rest of GTA IV, this expansion pack boasts new multiplayer modes for exploiting Liberty City with your friends, hot new vehicles, and newly minted weapons.
This add-on is only available as a download from Xbox LIVE, so you'll receive an activation code instead of a disk in the package, along with a two-sided GTA poster.
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RECEIVED VIDEO GAME PACKAGE FROM THE WAREHOUSE AT AMAZON.COM, HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO PLAY IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE BOX. SO I CAN NOT RATE GAME.Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
The Good: Great new characters, dialog is as witty and mature as ever
The Bad: Too much shooting, to many GTA4 mission retreads, doesn't try anything new, pretty short, same GTA4 problems exist
The Lost and Damned is the first of two expansions for GTA4, but we should feel lucky just to have more. The expansion is short, doesn't really do anything new, but is satisfying enough to recommend a purchase. The new characters are great, there's still that witty GTA dialog, but the game is seriously lacking in new mission types, and treads too much on the original game's content.
You play as The Lost Motorcycle Club's Johnny Klebitz who is trying to help re-establish his motorcycle gang and beat out his rivals The Angels of Death. All the new characters are great to listen to, but there's just not enough of it. The missions were the typical blow this up, kill these guys, run from cops, deliver these drugs etc. Nothing new or interesting outside of GTA norm which isn't what I wanted to see. The only "new" mission types are motorcycle races and gang wars which are as uninteresting as they sound. The missions here are really hard mainly because of GTA's overall problems. These range from dying with just a few hits, too many guys thrown at you, crappy vehicle control, and some various glitches that were never fixed.
The expansion tries to tie in to some cameos from past missions, so actually some are retreads that you have already played, just in a different point of view. The only missions that felt different were when you ride on the back of a bike and shoot down various foes. There are only two missions like this, but I really have to say there is just too much shooting in this expansion. Almost every mission requires you to take down hordes of thugs, this becomes very frustrating when you are dying dozens of times per mission.
You have maybe less than 10 hours of gameplay here if you just stick to the story missions. Each character has about 3 or 4 for you to do, some only one. The main reason to play this expansion is for the new characters, protagonist, and excellent dialog which will make you laugh. The game is crude, mature, and down right dirty in some instances, but this just pushes the envelope like we come to expect from a GTA game. If you really loved the original and want some more GTA action, this is a decent expansion, but don't expect the game to try anything different or new.
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2009
I have to be honest despite getting this yesterday, I've still not been able to play this game. So really this review is on the buying experience and related matters.
I don't think that it was a bad deal having bought it from Amazon. As I got a free 3 month card for XBOX Live Gold. I didn't need this though to download the game, so I've not taken advantage of that yet.
What the problem is that this is a download. Okay no big deal with high speed DSL. But I like some others live out in the countryside. Thus speeds for downloads aren't great. We have the highest available and this game measures 1.78GB approx. It took a nearly 12 hours to download.
Now I know that Rockstar has made this cheap, and it's an XBOX exclusive but it would be so much better if it was offered as a Disk option. That way you could load content, and play it that way.
I also had troubles playing (see discussion below) where no clear instructions are included on what to do. Before anyone says that I'm an idiot and it's simple, I'm pretty alright with tech issues. This however had me confused.
Overall this experience had made me think twice about buying a download game again.
From what I've experienced of the game so far (freezing and failing) difficulty in loading it...it's just not such a great thing.
To update I've been playing this game for a couple of days.....when I can. I even contacted Rockstar regarding the issues. It seems that a lot of other people have had the game 'freeze' or 'lock up' on them. I'm not sure if this is going to be addressed. They are trying to blame hardware and GTA4 DISC condition. Who knows? but my rating is going down :(
An update for anyone having the same troubles as me. I had a look around on forums, and it struck me as someone had made a suggestion that you should copy the game to the Hard Drive. I tried this and it has worked a treat. Sometimes the screen will disappear during extreme action scenes. However it runs a heck of a lot better, and it has solved those freezing up issues :) just make sure you select your game to play from the Hard Drive and not disk!
One third the price of original Grand Theft Auto IV, one third the fun. It's good, but not great. It's good way to spend 20 more hours in Liberty City waiting for GTA V.
