now you all know that i am a big Grand Theft Auto Fan , almost to a fanboy level, a decent 1 though :P. it was no surprise that GTA IV amazed me to death , but still felt a bit short of awesomeness compared to previous favourite like San Andreas,it did somethings right & took it to a whole new level of awesomeness ,but at the same time took some stuff out of it that made the previous gta s more fun.
Rockstar were very clear right from the get go to what they wanna do with GTA this time after the success that was GTA III, Vice City & San Andreas, goin with a super dupper awesome story ,amazing gameplay & a living breathing city that never sleeps, with GTA IV ,in my book they achieved perfection with it, forget the story , forget the soundtrack, forget the protagonist , it was the city itself which was the highlight of the show .along with GTA IV ,Rockstar also made 2 episodic contents exclusive to Microsofts console for later down the road to which manny believe wont be worth it.
come 2009 all the haters are owned as rockstar delivers 2 kickass episodic content for GTA IV that are in some ways even better than the original GTA IV.
a lot of poeople felt betrayed with GTA IV s realism , well play The Lost & Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony now & then ask yourself . you ll be amazed to what R* have done withe episodic content , now this whole episodic content era started with valve s half life 2 saga & now its been 6 friggin years of wait & all we got were 2 episodes , first one was a three hour dance , second one had a decent length to its campaign & real badass campaign if u ask me & third one s not even been announced to say the least . now only if gabe eatswell has the time 4 it to deliver in 2010 .my problem with episodic content is that it should be delivered in max to max a period of 18-24 months or else dont plan episodic content at all & make a full fledged sequel, at this rate half life 3 will only be out come 2015. i hate valve to what they ve done.kept us waiting & as a consolation , all we get is L4D & L4D2 ,now i love L4D & will definately play L4D2 a lot , but where the f is Episode 3 gabe . now i went a bit off topic here , valve should learn something from R* & Bethesda when it comes to episodic content .
R* didnt just added something to the mix to make the episodic content , but all these 2 episodes are part of GTA IV s main story & anyone who finished GTA IV is missing some part of its story which s been told from two different perspectives from two different protagonists & in the end all of this feels just friggin awesome coz all these episodes makes just perfect sense & what a way it was from R* to carry both episodes , both episodes take a good 10 hour to beat the story alone , making it 20 hours if u combine TLAD & TBOGT , add sidemissions, online mp & other new activities to the pack & gameplay length can easily last for 60 plus hours which is more than your average game if u ask me .
i beat The Lost & Damned back in Feb ,so wont take your time writting about it , so onto The Ballad of Gay Tony . since i want to make everything spoiler free , i wont get into much details coz its meant to be experienced by yourself, so there you go , you play the role of Luis Lopez, luis is tony prince s AKA gay tony s :P businness partner , together they run two night clubs in liberty city ,first one s a nightlcub for straight & the other one s a gay nightclub :lol:, the story itself progresses in a very neat way & since you own the club ,its been visited by vips & other people , to whom you get in touch with & just like any other GTA , u expect that you will end up working for them , since luis & tony arent making much money from these nightclubs thanks to a recession , both men try to earn some money the other way , later down the line some serious **** happens & then its all your GTA thing but in a really solid way, you may have done this kind of stuff before in previous or any grand theft auto , but what makes this different is its presentation along with a new weapons & a really interesting protagonist , after playing both episodes , its clear that luis has more personality than johnny from the TLAD , Johnny being a bike gang member does his role well as he should be. but in the end luis is more of a decent guy thats been stuck into a situation where he has to help his business partner and look after his family & freinds in the crime world of liberty city.
Luis is easily a stronger charachter than any of the protagonists in GTA IV ,luis carries both, some likeliness attitude of Niko as well & a badass attitude like johnny. R* trully knows how to handle their games , what to release first & what to release later , its not that niko or johnny are weak protagonists , its just that they ve done everything in the right way, all 3 protagonists are gr8 , if you ve beaten GTA IV already , dont miss The Lost & Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony , play TLAD first or else you ll spoil yourself by playing TBOGT first & may not enjoy TLAD the way its mean to be enjoyed . i highly recommend The Ballad of Gay Tony & TLAD to every GTA fan . oh & 1 more thing the next Grand Theft Auto may very well be in LONDON, just remember you heard it here first :wink:
aside from the main story, TBOGT has some really fun side activities like dancing in the club ,golf, wrestling , drug trafficking & the best of them all , sky diving . i beat GTA IV twice already & while playing these 2 episodes , it never felt old at all, all missions take place in locations you may have not seen while playing GTA IV ,both episodes do a fine job when it comes to gameplay , with new gameplay elements , more story , side missions , new online modes, new vehicles & weapons , its like almost like a fresh new grand theft auto set in the same liberty city as GTA IV ,worth every single penny you spent on it . highly recommend to all GTA & Xbox 360 owners. if you are a fan of it , you need to check out episodes from liberty city , its a must have .
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More new games :P
you can see that since other new games decided to crash in my Forza 3 , Uncharted 2 Party , i am having such short time to enjoy all of them ,but i did finished the career mode in SVR 2010, played the new game modes & enjoyed the hell out of it, i ll go short on it, so here are my 2 cents,its way much more better than last years wwe game & anyone thats following these games should definately check it out, the road to WM mode is still amazing, royal rumble this time is super crazy as hell & the new mode where you create your own storyline is absolutely banannas . dont miss this SVR.
also played some Tekken 6 online & beat the crap outta dudes here & there despite being a casual tekken player , loved every bit of it :D, its fast & very addictive , tekken fans need to get it asap . currently i am hooked onto Borderlands with my friends & this game is eating most of our time, its really fun when played with friends , the loot is awesome , though story hardly exists in this game :P, its an rps , kill some dudes , loot some stuff , solve some quests , level up & so on , there are tons of stuff to loot in this game & an insane amount of toys top play with , you ll have a hard time deciding which gun to choose & which gun not to use, its crazzy when it comes to weapon selection, in my case i ve used 176 different types of them already . craziness :D
now i promised to blog atleast a week , which i find hard again coz of soooo manny games out there , i still need to play Brutal Legend & GTA chinatown wars & there is something called Modern Warfare 2 out tommorrow , so i cant promise when i ll blog next, but rest assure i will post the blogs i promised, i love to share my thoughts on what i am playing & i also love to read stuff on gaming that you guys write everytime ( I am talking about you @lightwarrior179 & @neonninja , those last posts of u were amazing especially the ODST & Dead Space ones,light - that baldur post was 5 star writing ,@Scorpio gamer -very happy 4 ya, all the best for your gaming career ahead bro) dont u people delete me off your friends list, i aint goin anywhere , so just like arnie , ' I LL BE BACK :wink: but dont know when, till then enjoy this Modern Warfare 2 Trailer .
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