The last exclusive extension of Grand Theft Auto IV was released yesterday and here are your typical first 10 minute videos of this whole new adventure in Liberty City. Inside you will find the introduction of the game as well as two more videos actually showing what happens during the first 20 minutes or so. Enjoy!
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Can not wait to pick up some MsPoints and download it.
Is there some specific order in which those games should be played? like IV > TLaD > TBoGT?
Is there some specific order in which those games should be played? like IV > TLaD > TBoGT?
Close shave there on part 3.
Should be interesting to see where they take this series from now on.
That said, though I didn't enjoy MGS4 much, I'd never call it crap. I realize why it might be fun for others.
That said, though I didn't enjoy MGS4 much, I'd never call it crap. I realize why it might be fun for others.
That said, The Ballad of Gay Tony is awesome. Have not beat it yet (taking my sweet, sweet time), but so far it's the real deal. And like Gamespot's review stated, has more going for it, than most full price games to come out this year. I personally put it up there on equal footing with personal favs from 2009 like Infamous, Arkham Asylum, Borderlands and and better than Red Faction, Halo 3: ODST and Prototype. I liked all six games mentioned on varying levels, but the fact that a mere $20 game is good enough to be held in the same company, and even be considered better than some of the games on that short list, is pretty impressive. Between TBOGT, TLAD and Shadow Complex, 2009 has been a pretty awesome year for inexpensive, downloadable games.
Is there some specific order in which those games should be played? like IV > TLaD > TBoGT?
However, one of the most AWESOME (for a videogame) things about all three parts, is that they mesh together to form one cohesive larger story, Pulp Fiction style. Playing through each of the games independently, is like being able to dissect the different story lines from Pulp Fiction, and parse each one into it's own independent movie. Unlike Pulp Fiction however, each of the story arcs in the GTA IV saga, stand as a complete story unto itself. So if you only played through the story in The Ballad of Gay Tony (for example), then it works to the point where you do not ever have to play through the other two episodes, and you still walk away with the satisfaction of having gotten a complete story out of just the one game.
On the other hand, playing them together, is something truly special; watching the multi-layered story unfold to reveal new depths to the whole, with each episode.
From what I can tell, chronologically, Niko Bellic's story in GTA IV begins before Johnny's or Luis' story in each of the separate episodes. Meanwhile, it appears as if Luis' story from The Ballad of Gay Tony ends after the other two episodes. That said, having played all of GTA IV and The Lost and Damned twice, and from what I have seen so far of The Ballad of Gay Tony, you should be able to play through all three of these in any order and still wind up with cool, "ah-ha," moments when you make the connections between people and events from one game in the other two.
Everyone I know who has played all three games, have played them through in order on their first outing. It would be interesting to see if the games have the same impact for someone to play them through out of order. If they do, then the entire GTA IV saga may represent the first time ever in a game, where you could get away with doing such a thing, and it works.