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1UP: Grand Theft Auto 4 The Ballad of Gay Tony Review

1UP writes:

"After playing through Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, and now The Ballad of Gay Tony, there isn't a whole lot more I can see or do in Liberty City on the Xbox 360. I'm spent, but at the same time I can't wait to see what the inevitable "Grand Theft Auto V" will bring. With The Ballad of Gay Tony complete and available for download over LIVE (or in the Episodes from Liberty City bundle pack that includes both The Lost and Gay Tony) GTA IV's final expansion sends itself off in style in some of the most ridiculous ways possible; I think that's why I like it so much."

DelbertGrady5315d ago

Impressive scores!

Good work, Rockstar!

OhNoez5314d ago

Gay Tony is getting great revies from everywhere so far, can't wait to play it ill be getting in on the disc because i dont have first DLC yet. It seemed stupid and i didnt like the overall biker theme, i guess i wil play it now. This story looks promising.
Good to have both consoles :).

Natsu X FairyTail5315d ago

I really Like GTA4.

If I buy the Liberty stories the game will be even bigger for me because I havent finished the original yet.

WildArmed5315d ago

found GTA IV overrated.
I put down GTA IV to finish up Mass Effect and Crackdown.. I dunt know, but it just didnt do it for me.

Hopefully things will feel fresh when GTA V comes out =/
btw, I should rent liberty cities and try the DLC out... it might be better then the game itself lol

raztad5315d ago

@skv007

You aren't alone. GTA4 bored me to death. I dont know what happened, game is just not fun. It took itself to seriously pretending to be a "crime simulator". WTH? Any law infringement meant a relentless pursuit with the consequent loss of time. I dont know why but in NFS:MW a pursuit meant fun but in GTA4 was just a fVck!ng waste of time. I hated that, as I hate hanging out with friends or the new gears-like combat, boring as hell. Bring back the over the shoulder view, it was always fun and frantic.

WildArmed5315d ago

Yeah. I loved San Andreas and other ones. Rockstar shouldnt have changed the formula so much. I hated the cover system, it was a cheap rip off a GeOW cover system and it didnt work too well imo.
I know there are alot of GTA fanboys here, so my opinion might them hurt as they read 'YOU SUCK' instead of reading the criticism about GTA.

theEnemy5314d ago

You like GTA:IV and yet you haven't even finished it yet ?

Something is wrong here.

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Kurylo3d5314d ago

hey michael jackson, u do realize... people have lives... i know u dont being able to play games for such long periods of times... but some of us are lucky if we can get 1 hour in an entire week to play.

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Ldubbz5314d ago

Sweetness. Downloading it now...cant wait to see what R* has in store this time...

life doomer5314d ago (Edited 5314d ago )

natsu x, you're an idiot.

etownone5314d ago

another AAA for the 360 for 2009.

And Sonyfans trying to say the 360 had no games for 2009... silly little kids.

So for all those silly little kids that care... according to Metacritic:
(games rated 90% or higher)

Xbox - 24 AAA games
PS3 - 14 AAA games

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Major Changes Are Coming To GTA IV And Episodes From Liberty City

The Steam versions of Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes From Liberty City are combining, and players who own one or the other are in for some changes.

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annoyedgamer1548d ago

I woupdn't update the game. It doesnt have game breaking issues and I would lose one of the radio stations.

jeromeface1548d ago

steam has removed this option

monkey6021548d ago

"Thankfully, players will seemingly easily be able to update their game to the new version easily by simply installing "

What the fuck kind of sentence structure is that?!

GTA4 was the worst game in the entire series and the only one I've ever truly hated

SegaSaturn6691548d ago

I really liked the tv stations on gta 4. Other than that, I agree. Horrible racing missions.

CrimsonWing691548d ago

I guess they can’t afford editors.

umair_s511548d ago

I loved 4 ...want a remaster for PS4 Xbox one

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Orionsangel1548d ago

They'll never get rid of how slow and sluggish these games feel. Your character and vehicles feel too heavy. Even on the most powerful rigs. I love how GTAV fixed it though.

Profchaos1548d ago (Edited 1548d ago )

Your character was a mid 30/40 year old personally I felt like he controlled the way most people in that age range move.
And it had better driving physics than v did cars have weight and it felt correct compared to v everything drives like a sports car and turns corners on a dime

DerfDerf1548d ago

The driving physics in GTA4 were far superior to 5. Everyone complains because of the physics engine used but it's one of the things I love about 4

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Looking back to 2009 and the action packed Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Nick writes: "If you fancy some GTA nostalgia, and/or want to dive back into the GTA IV package in its entirety, I would say that if nothing else strikes your fancy, The Ballad of Gay Tony should."

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SegaGamer1658d ago (Edited 1658d ago )

One of the very rare cases where DLC was done right. This is what DLC should have been, a proper expansion pack, not what it has become today.

PowerOfTheCloud1657d ago

Right, the dlc's were better than the actual game imo

chrisx1658d ago

Ballad of gay Tony was great

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PhoenixUp1658d ago

Back in a time when we got single player DLC for GTA when it was promised

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Top 5 Grand Theft Auto Games

KeenGamer: ''The GTA series has been around for over twenty years, spanning four console generations & fifteen games. These crime epics have provided uncountable hours of memories over the years, but some instalments stand out from the rest. Here are my top 5 GTA games to date.''

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MrSwankSinatra1736d ago

"A recent update also added a fully functioning casino that requires players to use real money, in order to buy fake money, then gamble it!" This is not true, again this is a bullshit narrative being pushed, which is furthest from the truth.

PoSTedUP1736d ago

Ill always like 3 the best. Still play it till this day.

CertifiedGamer1735d ago

Grand Theft Auto 3 is the game that made it into a console selling game so that's why its my number #1