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Well, the new downloadable content pack for GTA IV is finally out. I stated in my The Lost and Damned review, Rockstar had put out what was easily the finest DLC pack for any game to date, good enough and long enough to constitute as a full fledged expansion pack and that there was plenty of bang for your buck. So the question is, has Rockstar done it again?
Well, unless the rest of the new DLC pack, "Ballad of Gay Tony," turns to total crap halfway through, then yes, Rockstar has done it again. Like The Lost and Damned, the games story is concurrent to GTA IV's base storyline but takes a different perspective. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, you play as Luis Lopez, an assistant to the titular Gay Tony character. So far I will say that I'm not finding my self liking Luis as much as I did Niko or Johnny, but he's still a likable protagonist albeit a little deadpan at times. The voice acting and writing is top notch, as expected from a Rockstar North game. I haven't run into many new weapons, but I really am not that far in yet, only about 3-4 missions, but the game definitely has definitely sucked me in and I'm going to pick my controller back up as soon as I'm done writing this.
So far, so good. Rockstar North seems to be one of the few companies that actually understands what DLC should be, digitally distributed expansion packs. Bethesda stumbled several times trying to do something similar with the FO3 DLC, but they were way too short and in Mothership Zeta and Operation Anchorage, a very poor quality. Most other DLC packs are sadly not much more than map packs or a couple short missions. If this DLC pack continues to be as solid as it is, then I'm prepared to say its worth every penny, especially for GTA IV fans.
I have a policy for reviewing games, and that is I must complete the game (Sometimes, in really big games like RPGs or Sandbox games such as GTA IV, I'll proceed with a review after at least beating the main storyline, even if I haven't completed all side quests/extra missions/minigames) before reviewing, but hopefully I'll have this done in time to do a full review by next week. Keep your eyes peeled!
Well, unless the rest of the new DLC pack, "Ballad of Gay Tony," turns to total crap halfway through, then yes, Rockstar has done it again. Like The Lost and Damned, the games story is concurrent to GTA IV's base storyline but takes a different perspective. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, you play as Luis Lopez, an assistant to the titular Gay Tony character. So far I will say that I'm not finding my self liking Luis as much as I did Niko or Johnny, but he's still a likable protagonist albeit a little deadpan at times. The voice acting and writing is top notch, as expected from a Rockstar North game. I haven't run into many new weapons, but I really am not that far in yet, only about 3-4 missions, but the game definitely has definitely sucked me in and I'm going to pick my controller back up as soon as I'm done writing this.
So far, so good. Rockstar North seems to be one of the few companies that actually understands what DLC should be, digitally distributed expansion packs. Bethesda stumbled several times trying to do something similar with the FO3 DLC, but they were way too short and in Mothership Zeta and Operation Anchorage, a very poor quality. Most other DLC packs are sadly not much more than map packs or a couple short missions. If this DLC pack continues to be as solid as it is, then I'm prepared to say its worth every penny, especially for GTA IV fans.
I have a policy for reviewing games, and that is I must complete the game (Sometimes, in really big games like RPGs or Sandbox games such as GTA IV, I'll proceed with a review after at least beating the main storyline, even if I haven't completed all side quests/extra missions/minigames) before reviewing, but hopefully I'll have this done in time to do a full review by next week. Keep your eyes peeled!
