So I picked it back up and started playing it semi-regularly. I picked it back up after fiddling around with it multiplayer with some people on my Gamertag, and forgot how much fun it was. I love Grand Theft Auto 4 and I had stopped playing it for a while despite not finishing it. I’m hoping that Lost and Damned puts that missing something back into GTA. Saints Row 2 has much better side missions, both in their variety and their playability. While GTA4 was a very impressive technical accomplishment, it felt somehow kind of empty to me, probably because the side missions were crap. I finished the main story missions, but I can’t be bothered to go back and replay it now (unlike San Andreas, which I actually fired up again about a month ago). I liked GTA4 very much, though not as much as San Andreas. What was your opinion on the GTA 4 base game? I’m assuming you must have liked it somewhat, or you wouldn’t be planning on DL’ing it, but how much did you like it? (I probably won’t get into it until next week or so.) From what I’ve read online, though, apparently this is an optional filter that can be turned off. What I didn’t like was that the default appearance of the game is a weird washed-out look, as compared to GTA 4.

There’s another related game dynamic where you ride in a pack with your gangmates - there’s an icon overlaid on the road that travels with the gang, and if you keep your bike on it while riding, you get to talk with your other gangmates, and also get minor armor repairs done. I really like the quasi-RPG/strategy element that this adds to the game. Plus, they can also die, which forces you to recruit another unskilled noob biker. Apparently, they start out unskilled, but the more experience you get them, the more proficient they become. In the Lost and Damned, they feel more like they did in San Andreas.Īnother cool feature is that you now have gang members who can help you on missions. Whereas I loved riding the bikes in GTA: San Andreas, I really avoided them in GTA 4, because any slight bump would send you spinning into a light pole or flying over your handlebars. My initial impression was that I was glad that they made riding a motorcycle far less frustrating than it was in the original GTA 4. I played through the opening cinematics and the first few minutes of the game yesterday before bed. So - has anyone else downloaded and tried it out yet? If so, what do you think? If not, are you planning on getting it at some point? Unforunately, I won’t have any time for a couple days to get to play it (and even when I do find the time, I’m currently working my way through Morrowind on the PC for the first time, and that gets priority). I downloaded the DLC “The Lost and Damned” for GTA 4 on the Xbox 360 yesterday (when it was first released).

Gta 4 lost and dammned