'GTA IV: Lost and Damned' Xbox unboxed in a moving vehicle
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted February 11th 2009 9:13AM
posted February 11th 2009 9:13AM
You probably don't have enough Grand Theft Auto IV-branded Xbox 360 Elite consoles laying around the house -- because one is never enough -- so prepare to set your mood to "envy" as you check out the kit that Gamertag Radio got their hands on. The GTA IV: The Lost and Damned Xbox is a limited edition of 190 copies and not available in any stores, so if you're really really in desperate need of one of these things (say, to play the exclusive content that Rockstar and Microsoft have partnered up to release, of which The Lost and Damned is the first installment) you'd better know a guy -- or have plenty of cash to throw at eBay. In the meantime, we have some pics for you below, and be sure to check out the giddy unboxing videos after the break.
Awesome!
Too bad GTA IV was really disappointing, gameplay-wise....
why low-rank him? it was
so anybody else with an inferiority complex?
*cough*mostiphoneusers*cough*
I enjoyed most of gta4 but I got stuck on the last mission with jimmy p, that last jump is so frustrating especially when I have to spent 20min for what ever before that. also I bought a ps3 version, so, since I donot enjoy motorcycle horrible control and I dont have xbox360 version of GTA4, I am not going to buy this add-on.
I wish they could come up with a nicer game soon, like GTA4:Vice City, I like VC much more than LC or SA.
Couldn't agree more.
VC > SanAn > GTA4 > GTA 3
The worst problem with GTA is when you've spent 20 minutes on the start of a mission, fail it (inevitably due to some stupid shit like accidentally flipping your car over), then have to do that 20 minutes again. 8 times. By which point you just aren't enjoying the game anymore. There are a few missions that you can't possibly be successful on until you have played and fucked up at least once, to learn what happens.
I don't see how introducing proper save files would spoil the game at all; it would just make it a lot less frustrating.
Couldn't agree with you more. I ended up trading in my copy of GTA IV because I just got tired of the terrible camera and the bad lighting.
You should try Saints Row 2, it's got all the gameplay they left out of GTA IV, and more.
Just be glad you didn't do the other mission, where you chase Dimitri instead. It is about 30 times harder, and not only that you can fail at random. You chase a helicopter in a speed boat while the boat shoots rockets at you.. it launches the first rocket right as you are getting into the boat, so if you get in too fast it will hit the boat instead of the water and kill you right there. It took me somewhere over 20 tries to beat it.
The one thing about VC was the atmosphere - the pastel colours, the lighting, the music. It just all fell into place and you were really into the game because you really wanted to be in there. I think the one key thing in the game was the music - you just wanted to jack a car and cruise around looking for a fight with the radio on.
SA never really lived up to that - they tried to make it massive and add a few tweaks but it never really sucked me into the atmosphere - travelling in the countryside just got boring, the atmosphere and music just didn't gel. IV has recovered some of that charm with the scenery, but again going from one place to another didn't get me either. I liked SA and IV, but it just didn't get me like VC did.
same shit inside the case
make sense, or die.
I played GT4 for a while... haven't touched it in probably 2+ months...
Too many games, not enough time!!!
What's new or what's special about this limited edition?.
Its came with a new level, a keychain, a figure or what?.
Cause in the video i can see only a lousy xbox360 case.
So lets see your logic. The economy has gone into recession, so everyone should stop spending, causing company income to fall, causing them to lay people off, deepening the recession. Yeah that sounds about right.
Its a good thing that there are still people willing to spend money on items like this. If consumer confidence was at the same level it was a couple years ago and people were still spending money then we wouldn't be in anywhere near as big a problem as we are at the moment.
Oh and as for the second thing you said, I think you meant "that will teach you to", not "that will teach you not to" otherwise what you said makes no sense at all
Just because your broke doesn't mean everyone is, sir.
Like the guy above said. Just cause you're broke doesn't mean everyone is. Today in my economics class, we read an article that some guy just got a 4 billion bonus! So obviously he isn't broke :p
If you knew your economics you'd know the best way to get out of the recession is to increase aggregate demand, and therefore SPEND MORE. In fact people saving up only worsens the overall hit, though I don't blame them. It's best to have savings then being broke.
The point is everyone needs everyone that has money to throw all of it away on unnecessary stuff. Then everyone is happy :)
I meant 'than being broke'.
Can someone tell me how this DLC will be integrated into the regular game? Or will it even be in the regular game? If I get the DLC and it has new cars, will Niko be able to drive them?
I wasn't impressed with GTA4 so I won't be buying this.
GTA4 was hot for like 2 weeks but it quickly got boring. They should have built this game with HYDRA jets and competent Helicopter control (Vice City) so we could have AIR WARS.
Even the boats sucked. Why couldn't we have SEA WARS?
Right now my fav. 360 game is MK vs. DCU or CoD4.
I personally think GTA is getting pretty old/played out...*yawn*
I enjoyed GTA 4, for the brief time my Xbox worked. When will Rockstar end the GTA before it goes down the same slippery slope that Friday The 13th went or Die Hard or even the Final Fantasy's. Four Sequals are enough.
Too much GTA is never enough.
Wow you guys all fail at reading. What the hell does this have to do with the economy??? This product is not even available for sale. It was a special gift from Rockstar to game journalists. If you want to get one of these the only way is on eBay.
Oh and GTAIV was much better than any of the GTA3 series simply because those games all had busted controls, terrible game design, ugly graphics, and no multiplayer. GTA3 series = no GPS, terrible map, running back to your safehouse to save after every single mission, no mission retries, terrible graphics, horrible gun aiming, no multiplayer, etc. GTA4 is probably the only GTA game I've really loved since the first one.
BTW they've changed the motorcycle control for this add-on. It supposedly will not be as easy to fall off or get killed and you ride in formation with your gang which gives you health and support. The add-on content looks very cool but I will wait to see some reviews before I buy it.
I won one of the GTA Elites, not the Lost and the Damned, but the original. Hells yeeeah! I'm cool like that.
Its just a painted xbox....? did the game come with it if not who the hell cares. Shit will be red ringing in a week anyway.
Cool. Until it rrod's, then you get a plain crappy white on back in the mail after sending it in for repair. Only to find out they cannot get you your old one back cause most likely some guy in the repair room has it sitting at there house.
Nah bro
GTA4 and San Andreas kinda tie then u have VC then GTA3
why couldnt they make gta4 in Chicago? instead of the same place as gta3 new york man they need to come up with some new stuff here
I would like to see a GTA World Edition. Where you can travel to all the cities of GTA, plus new ones. Maybe even fly overseas and blow some shit up. Make it a real-world simulator and make it as challenging as possible. Like in real life, if you hit a car in front of a cop car, the police aren't gonna look at you and keep driving.
Improvements Needed:
- Real Life Police (You can do anything just short of hitting a cop car or killing someone without getting the cops on you in GTA, not in life)
- Real World Vehicle Physics (I've never seen a car blow up if you crash it too much, demo derbys would be deathmatches)
- Real World Vehicle Damage (Yeah, they improved it, but there is no way someone can hit a pole or building at full speed in real life and keep driving)
- Every building needs to be accessible when not in a mission or at certain times in the game. IDC if you break into a building.
Basically if i can think about doing it in real life, i wanna be able to do it on the game. I would pay $200 for this game if i could do anything. For now, GTA4 is good, but i wish there was so much more.
I think they already started to work on that considering all of these geotagging applications going on in the world. I wouldn't be surprised if they remade the whole world in a game :P
Is this some terrible attempt at viral market by Microsoft. Just like how Major Nelson soooo down with all da gamers...woah! Nothing like a 50 year old greying Microsoft employee to personify the Xbox crowd.
You guys say all this bad shit about GTA IV when Gamespot gave it a perfect 10 rating... I'm just saying.
The game is far from perfect. But it was still a masterpiece in it's own right.
It was actually kind of a milestone for both consoles.
At the time, none of us had seen graphics like that in a free roam environment. I remember creaming my pants seeing the first gameplay clips.
don't deny it!
The next GTA will do the same I'm sure.
until then, let's all cream over Killzone...