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GTA: Episodes From Liberty City Review-TheGamersHub

TGH Writes:

"The Grand Theft Auto series has a rich history of telling very unique and epic crime stories, from the thrilling first fully 3D adventures of the no named protagonist of 'GTA3' to the beloved Tommy Vercetti and to the present day Niko Bellic. They all had a story to tell, each of them unique and made the player want to keep going and continue on the journey of either a petty thugs rise to power or an immigrants road to make something he can call his own with a past shrouded in vengeance. No matter what the story is Rockstar manages to make something spectacular with it. That pattern is not set to waste here in 'Episodes From Liberty City'. However does the game warrant a purchase to those who have already experienced GTAIV? After all it is the same landscape with a few minor changes. Does the game add enough content to assure the buy that its going to be 20-40 dollars (single DLC episodes that require GTAIV disc are $20 and disc based 2 episodes are $40) well spent?"

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Noctis Aftermath5130d ago

I'm disappointed that you can't simply download one of the episodes and play, you NEED to have GTA4 disc if you plan to download, or you are forced to buy both episodes on a disc.

I was looking forward to playing The Ballad of Gay Tony but i don't want GTA or Lost and the Damned so i will have to pass.

ShinRyuHadoken5130d ago

Dude ^^^^

Off course you need too purchase GTA4 original disk. This is an ad-on game. And I can tell you this. It's worth every penny off yours. I download it yesterday for my PS3 and I love it. The humor and gameplay are awesome.

Gamealot5129d ago (Edited 5129d ago )

well 2 bad GTA4 sucked @ss so bad that i had to traded in right after i beat it. GTA: San Andreas was by far better than this

AliTheBrit195129d ago

Get the disk dude, its worth it.

chak_5130d ago

On PC you don't need GTA 4 just for some clarification.

Just buy the episodes disk and you're good to go

Arkose5130d ago (Edited 5130d ago )

That isn't the situation being described. If you buy one or both episodes as DLC you need the base game; only the compilation omits this requirement. This is the same across all platforms. If you want just one PC episode but don't have GTA4 you're faced with the same predicament as the console players.

On the PC you also have the option of buying the compilation digitally through Steam and the like; as with the retail compilation this is delivered as a standalone product--not DLC--so does not require the base game, but this doesn't help either if you want to buy just one standalone episode.

memots5129d ago

This is cut and paste from from Steam when actually what it says when you want to buy episode from liberty city.

About the Game
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City includes both The Lost and Damned, and The Ballad of Gay Tony together and does not require a copy of the original Grand Theft Auto IV to play.

I HARLEM I5130d ago

I GUESS THE ARTICLE ABOUT DLS DOSENT AGREE WITH BLURAY IS TRUE?

ian725129d ago

I got the blu-ray Episodes from Liberty City on release day, yesterday (UK). It cost me £27.70 from a supermarket. On PSN the episodes are £13.99 each which equals £27.98. I know I only saved 28pence but I would rather have the episodes on disc. I don't need GTA4 to play them and I could also sell or trade in my disc when finished with and get some money back, which you cannot do with DLC. I also prefer to have a game on disc rather than HDD.

Arkose5129d ago

From what I've read the disc version also has three additional radio stations, so even if you never sell it it's clearly a better deal than the DLC.

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GTA 4: Complete Edition Merges Games and Finally Kills Games for Windows Live

GTA 4: Complete Edition is not a remaster, but it does do some pretty cool things for PC gamers including finally removing Games for Windows Live.

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1nsomniac1504d ago

Great news completely ruined by the removal of Vice City FM.

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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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annoyedgamer1533d ago

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

jeromeface1533d ago

steam has removed this option

monkey6021533d 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

SegaSaturn6691533d ago

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

CrimsonWing691533d ago

I guess they can’t afford editors.

umair_s511533d ago

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

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Orionsangel1533d 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.

Profchaos1533d ago (Edited 1533d 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

DerfDerf1533d 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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SegaGamer1643d ago (Edited 1643d 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.

PowerOfTheCloud1642d ago

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

chrisx1643d ago

Ballad of gay Tony was great

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PhoenixUp1643d ago

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

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