GTA IV: The Lost and Damned Expansion

Rockstar’s first of two exclusive Xbox 360 expansion packs for their mega hit GTA IV sees the light of day on the 17th Feb 09. It’s priced at a hefty 1600 MS points (~13 GBP), but Rockstar are claiming that you are getting about a third more content when comparing it to GTA IVs main story missions.

From memory, it took me about 50 odd hours to finish GTA IVs story missions, so I’m expecting this expansion to keep me occupied for at least another 10-15 hours. Given that some full price games have less than 10 hours gameplay (Halo 3) anyway, 1600 MS points doesn’t seem so bad.

So what’s included in this expansion then:

• New main character – A Jewish biker called Johnny Klebitz
• New weapons – Pick of which is an automatic 9MM pistol
• New vehicles
• New missions
• New radio, internet and TV content
• New interiors – Ooooh!
• New mini-games – Including arm wrestling
• Bike handling has been tweaked
• Gang members accompany you on missions and level up if they survive

Everything still takes place in Liberty City, so don’t expect any Burnout Paradise Big Surf Island type update. Still, at least I know my way around and I’ve still not “collected” all those damn packages so plenty of exploring still to do.

GTA IV: The Lost and Damned expansion will be available from the 17th Feb 09 only on Xbox 360 (for 1600 MS points)

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