TVG: GTA IV: The Lost and Damned Review

TVG writes: "As if all of this content wasn't enough, TLAD also boasts the usual range of GTA side missions and activities as well as a couple of new ones. Hi-lo card games and arm wrestling have been added on the mini-game front, while the appearance of Mock the Week's Frankie Boyle in the comedy club adds a funny, if not so friendly, face to the proceedings. You'll also find 12 biker races to compete in and 25 gang wars dotted around the city to emerge victorious from. Finally, corrupt senator Thomas Stubbs and a guy called Angus will keep you in the money with some additional side-missions (the Stubbs missions, in particular, are well worth checking out)".

[N4Garbage]

DLC how it should be done.

[pswi60]

i think we all know who pays the bills over at TVG

[Gun_Senshi]

DLC how it should be done?

*points Burnout Paradise*

[BRB]

Good score

[N4PS3G]

ughhhh....tempting :(

I don't wanna buy GTA again! ughh :(

[Omega4]

Wow AAA DLC

Seams like MS got AAA content for every gaming medium

[Omega4]

5 disagrees from what!?

Its not like i said they gave Killzone 2 an 8 making 360 DLC better than a full game did i!

Talk about touchy fanboys

[Ghoul]

well hyping microsoft because they shelled out 50million for a dlc is totally childish, especially since they only lay money on the table, instead of making new games or ips.

[2FootYard]

A ten is a little ridiculous.

[TheColbertinator]

Sold!

[GiantEnemyLobster]

Then again we've yet to see the second DLC pack, so who knows!

[Sir Daniel Fortesque]

Then you are not going to like it when you see a dozen 10's more.

[2FootYard]

I doubt I will see four more tens.

[TheFreak]

A shame I dont got a 360. I would love to play this

[Ghyst]

this is the only 10 you will see, ign gave it a 5/10, eurogamer gave it an 8/10, don't trust bad reviewers like this.

[testerg35]

Haha.. I'm sure you were complaining about Eurogamer on the KZ2 review, but now they are a reliable source?

[blind-reaper]

eurogamer KZ2 review = 9

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

[ukilnme]

That is a great score. I still feel that the $50 Million or however many million MS paid for this would have been better spent on a full game. Enjoy it GTA IV fans.

[Kyur4ThePain]

Sounds like it's cool DLC. But come now....a 10?
Seriously?

[Ghoul]

sorry im not normaly into comparing but

this dlc 10/10

and killzone 2 8/10

and scoring gta4 longlivity a 100% compared to a 86% is well obvious fanboyism ?

I love gta4 but its DEFINATLY no 10 and definatly not 100% on longlivity i played through the game (I was one out of 10 to even finish the game) and never touched it since.

Compared to a highly addictive mp in killzone 2 wich allready jas a huge fanbase from te beta and almost every mag states how incredibly the mp is ???

gimme a break

[Kick The Ass]

Hey, example.
At IGN, FIFA '09 PS3 and X360 versions were both scored 8.6, and then there's this PSP version which were scored 8.5.

"WTF mayn? how cum (drtydrty me) u give the far superior PS360 version only 0.1 point more than the suckballs suckgraphics only 1 thumbstick PSP version of FIFA, that's just sick mayn!"

Well, you see person from my imagination resembling me (therefore being quite handsome), it's because we review differently platform for platform.
We here at IGN and co. (the co. being ze hoes, just look at our site design, it's damn bling yo) realize that there's a difference in platform capabilities.
A PS360 can make State-of-the-art graphics and has more memory, while the PSP can.. err.. be carried around.
So, naturally, we grant different scores NOT according to games on other superior platforms, but according to the games on this particular platform.
See, now it gets interesting.

"hey yo, does this mean you also grant different scores when reviewing DLC and actual games?"

Well, yeah. We realize that there's a difference between a full game, with a whole team working on it non-stop, and some DLC (no matter how big it may be) with probs some fraction of the team working on it, 'cause the other fraction is working on something else, like Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noir and other unannounced titles.

Okay, I admit it, I made the questions myself. But really, you should really know there's a difference between DLC and a full game, so it should not be reviewed on the same terms.
Yes, the game is basically being marketed as a full game, and it could be considering the length of the game, but it ain't.
Just like some Wii games like to call their graphics just as good as PS360 games, but I think we all know the truth there ;)

Now, this may just be the most lengthy DLC ever, with a long storyline, several mini-games and other things to pursue, plus a Hollywood production-value feel all over it.

Also, let me just say, of course GTA deserves, while maybe not 100%, but a high score in longevity, there's just so much to pursue, and when just going around 'causing good ol'e non-scripted, non-planned and non-thoughts-required MAYHEM and havoc is shockingly fun (well, at least for me and lots of other people), you know this game is a game you're gonna' be playing for a loooong time.

PS. Fanboys (meaning both sides of the coin), stop delusionally seeing conspiracies all over the place. Period, 'cause you really are.

[Armyless]

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[James Vanderbeek]

not this again.. lol.. Watch reviewers are going to start saying this is better than killzone 2...

[cereal_killa]

reviewers No. Fanboys yes

[solideagle1]

kllzone 2 8/10 and this a 10/10 come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
thanks

[jcgamer]

read the review, see how they point out the FLAWS...then take a look at the shiny 10/10 score...LOL

[GiantEnemyCrab]

So is every good review of this game going to have a bunch of whining Killzone 2 cry babies in it calling a conspiracy?

Go to your Killzone 2 articles and GTFO!

Good score and as far as I know very deserving since I haven't played it.

[Marojado]

The impressive thing is, Reviewers are bound to be more critical after GTA4 disappointed a lot of people. If it gets 9s and 10s across the board, the score is probably completed deserved based on what The Lost and the Damned delivers. Kudos to Rockstar.

[Droid Smasha]

THE GAME IS PERFECT

[Mr Marbles]

do you guys know this does not deserve a 10? have you all played it?

You people are just bitter because Sony didn't think or care enough to get you guys some content on the PS3. It's so obvious, just stop already.

[Kyur4ThePain]

but you do realize your question goes both ways, right?

[Stryfeno2]

AAA

[mt]

GTA4 the most overrated game in the history . i am not fanboy and i love GTA serious "ps2". now even its content will be overrated .
i want old GTA rockstar. if it is about contents then bournout should now get 10's in all website they gave the best download contents and for free.

[Magic_The_Celt]

Fair enough

Yano, i considered re-buying GTA for 360 for this, but honestly it IS a little expensive? fair enough it adds a whole new story but im kind of over GTA.. it was almost a year ago now, i've moved onto bigger better games.

Maybe (actualy just thinking about this they probably will!) if they come out with a GTA IV GOTY Edition on the 360, then il buy it.. i dunno