Painkiller Q8
24-01-2009, 01:49 PM
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February 17th
1600MSP (or the equivalent of US$19.99)
The Lost and Damned Hands On
What is New ?
Characters
Vehicles
Weapons
Missions
and more...
Click: Achievements List (http://topdark.com/vb/showthread.php?t=175) By il 3ali
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If you think DLC is sometimes a little overpriced, spare a thought for Microsoft: they've dropped an alleged fifty million dollars on exclusive episodes for GTAIV. I don't know about you, but that certainly puts that drunken Mr Driller purchase into context for me.
Then again, this is GTAIV we're talking about, so Microsoft's investment is probably something of a sure thing. With The Lost and Damned, the first of two downloadable mission packs, available on 17th February, DLC will be getting another landmark moment: yet one more star to stick on the timeline along with the price fumble over horse armour, the inexplicable generosity of Burnout Paradise, and that time they broke Lumines down into little pieces and sold us each glittering fragment separately.
But there might be some wider significance to The Lost and Damned too. Because, despite the brilliance of the execution, despite the massive sales and endless plaudits, more than a few people felt that GTAIV was a game that was being (enjoyably) tugged in two directions. On one side was the dazzling parade of empathetic characters and gut-churning decisions, and on the other side were the traditional impromptu crime sprees, the rampages, and the inevitable comical mishap that erupted whenever I, at least, got behind the wheel of a motor. GTA was always designed to let you misbehave, but with the fourth game a lot of people found themselves reluctant to do so.
Part of this may be down to the character of Niko himself, a leading man troubled, at times, by his own integrity. With The Lost and Damned, he's almost entirely absent, and with a new main character, there's the chance that the more excessive San Andreas side of the GTA that some felt was missing from IV may mesh more naturally with the series' increasing desire to tell stories.
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February 17th
1600MSP (or the equivalent of US$19.99)
The Lost and Damned Hands On
What is New ?
Characters
Vehicles
Weapons
Missions
and more...
Click: Achievements List (http://topdark.com/vb/showthread.php?t=175) By il 3ali
http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/3/8/0/7/9/2/ss_preview_badass.jpg.jpg.jpg
If you think DLC is sometimes a little overpriced, spare a thought for Microsoft: they've dropped an alleged fifty million dollars on exclusive episodes for GTAIV. I don't know about you, but that certainly puts that drunken Mr Driller purchase into context for me.
Then again, this is GTAIV we're talking about, so Microsoft's investment is probably something of a sure thing. With The Lost and Damned, the first of two downloadable mission packs, available on 17th February, DLC will be getting another landmark moment: yet one more star to stick on the timeline along with the price fumble over horse armour, the inexplicable generosity of Burnout Paradise, and that time they broke Lumines down into little pieces and sold us each glittering fragment separately.
But there might be some wider significance to The Lost and Damned too. Because, despite the brilliance of the execution, despite the massive sales and endless plaudits, more than a few people felt that GTAIV was a game that was being (enjoyably) tugged in two directions. On one side was the dazzling parade of empathetic characters and gut-churning decisions, and on the other side were the traditional impromptu crime sprees, the rampages, and the inevitable comical mishap that erupted whenever I, at least, got behind the wheel of a motor. GTA was always designed to let you misbehave, but with the fourth game a lot of people found themselves reluctant to do so.
Part of this may be down to the character of Niko himself, a leading man troubled, at times, by his own integrity. With The Lost and Damned, he's almost entirely absent, and with a new main character, there's the chance that the more excessive San Andreas side of the GTA that some felt was missing from IV may mesh more naturally with the series' increasing desire to tell stories.
http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/3/3/6/4/5/0/ss_preview_g3.jpg.jpg?slideshow=true
http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/3/8/1/3/1/5/ss_preview_Bikesgunsandjackets.jpg.jpg?slideshow=t rue
http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/3/8/1/3/1/5/ss_preview_Billydroppinknowledge.jpg.jpg?slideshow =true
http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/3/8/1/3/1/5/ss_preview_duel.jpg.jpg?slideshow=true