#Grand theft auto iv liberty city series#
#Grand theft auto iv liberty city windows#

Meanwhile, Bike Races play out like the Street Races of Grand Theft Auto IV, except both Johnny and his opponents carry a baseball bat to attack their rival racers while making their way to each checkpoint of the race, with each capable of dislodging a racer from their bike depending on the strength of their swing. Each gang war becomes tougher, the more Johnny continues engaging in them. In Gang Wars, Johnny battles against rival gangs in a few variations вЂ“ taking them out at a hangout, or while cruising the streets, or destroying a vehicle they are escorting вЂ“ earning money from each war completed and unlocking a weapon at the Lost clubhouse (and a safehouse acquired later in the story) with every 10 subsequent Wars completed. Two of the new side jobs featured in The Lost and Damned вЂ“ Gang Wars and Bike Races вЂ“ require Johnny to be on a bike to trigger them. The city's comedy club, Split Sides, also features a brand new comedian doing routines there, while gun stores do not stock any of the new weapons featured in The Lost and Damned they can only be bought through the club's gun vendor. In addition, the game has a few changes to that of Grand Theft Auto IV, in that Johnny can access the whole of Liberty City from the start of a new game, but cannot change his clothing or enter clothing stores. Alongside the checkpoint system, The Lost and Damned features the inclusion of new weapons and vehicles, including Johnny's custom-made motorcycle (Johnny himself is more proficient with any bike than with any other vehicle), the ability to call on aid from members of the Lost MC, a new but small collection of random characters, additional side activities, and unique side jobs including Gang Wars and Bike Races. Checkpoints are only available by retrying the mission after it has been previously failedВ - going to the mission start point begins the mission from scratch. The most prominent of these additions is the availability of mid-mission checkpoints, which can spare the player repeated trips to a given location in order to trigger and replay a failed mission againВ - an often criticised aspect of the Grand Theft Auto series. The game also features new additions, some in regard to Johnny's connection to the Lost MC, and some minor changes. It features similar gameplay to that of Grand Theft Auto IV, and takes place in the same setting of Liberty City, the game only features around a third of the number of missions from that game, as was stated in an interview between IGN and the president of Rockstar North, which thus places the amount of time to complete it at approximately 10вЂ“15 hours, depending on how focused the player is on the storyline. Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned is an action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective. The game received highly positive reviews upon release, and is retrospectively considered to be among the best downloadable content packs on record. It also shows Johnny's perspective in the diamond storyline depicted in both Grand Theft Auto IV and The Ballad of Gay Tony. The main storyline of the episode focuses on Johnny's efforts to keep the chapter running, while dealing with internal conflicts, gang warfare, drug running, and various enemies. Set concurrently with the events of Grand Theft Auto IV and The Ballad of Gay Tony, The Lost and Damned follows the exploits of Johnny Klebitz, vice-president of the Liberty City chapter of The Lost MC, a motorcycle club which, along with himself, feature in a number of missions in both games. Microsoft added Episodes from Liberty City to its backwards compatibility list for Xbox One platforms in February 2017. The package also includes the second Grand Theft Auto IV expansion, The Ballad of Gay Tony, and does not require the base game to be played.

#Grand theft auto iv liberty city windows#

The game was released individually for the Xbox 360 on 17 February 2009, and as part of the disc-based package Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City for PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows on 13 April 2010.

#Grand theft auto iv liberty city series#

It is the third expansion pack in the Grand Theft Auto series (the first one since 1999's Grand Theft Auto: London 1961), and the twelfth installment overall. Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned is the first of two episodic expansion packs of the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV, developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.