And before San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City sold over 17 million copies on all platforms. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is listed in the Guinness book of world record as the highest selling Playstation 2 game with 17,330,000 million copies sold for the console alone, and over 21 million copies overall. The old flair of wild goose chases for missions returns abruptly, and it brings back old memories of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and GTA: Vice City.Ī solid story isn’t exactly unusual for Rockstar North games. This is a mission you need to experience with no prior knowledge, that’s how good it is. None can compare to the epic ending mission of the game, whose details I won’t give away. In the Ballad, you steal a moving subway car via helicopter, blow up a luxury yacht with the Buzzard, push a man out of a chopper and save him by catching him in midair and parachuting to safety (you’ll learn why), escape about four attack helicopters by base jumping off the Rotterdam Tower (remake of the Empire State Building). The greatness behind this episode’s success is how outrageous (yet miraculously possible) the missions are. There is also the APC, a special S.W.A.T.
Other vehicles added include two new sport motorcycles (the Vader and the Akuma), three new helicopters (the Swift, the Skyhook, and the Buzzard, the ridiculous new military chopper), and three new speedboats.
The cars include the Buffalo (based off of the Dodge Charger), the Bullet GT (Ford GT), the Super Drop Diamond (Rolls Royce Phantom), the F-620 (Maserati GranTurismo), the Schafter (Mercedes-Benz C-Class), the Caddy (a golf cart), and many other unlisted ones. 44 pistol, an AA-12 shotgun with explosive rounds (four shots takes down a police helicopter), two new submachine guns (including a golden Uzi), an M249 heavy machine gun, a DSR-1 advanced sniper rifle (my personal favorite), and satchel charges. There are seven new weapons in the game, including a. The Ballad of Gay Tony took care of this problem extremely well.
Because of this, there are also several new “Triathalon” races you can take part in, where you base jump out of a plane onto a speed boat, and then you race to a land location where you get in to a sports car and race to the checkered flag.Īs great as GTA IV was, there were several limitations that are considered unusual for Grand Theft Auto games, including fewer weapons, gadgets and vehicles. You can also participate or place wagers on cage fights at the new Liberty City Fight Club, or take on several base jumping challenges throughout the city (the parachute made a comeback). section with all of the Liberty City celebrities. You can go to late night clubs and dance all night, or you can party up in the V.I.P. In this episode, you experience the Liberty City high life. You play as Luis Lopez, a personal assistant and body guard to prestigious club owner Anthony Prince, aka “Gay Tony”. lifestyle that you don’t experience in the previous two stories. Unlike the original GTA IV where you’re following a rags-to-riches plot, or the first downloadable episode “The Lost and Damned” where you’re a member of a Hell’s Angels-type biker posse, this time you get to see and live the glamorous, V.I.P. The new downloadable Grand Theft Auto IV episode, The Ballad of Gay Tony, passes all three tests with flying colors. However, there aren’t a notable amount of games that succeed in both of those categories and create a compelling storyline. Timur: Have heard this before.Many video games out there receive high ratings as a result of stunning graphics or fantastic, realistic game play. Sure, I do bad shit, but that ain't what I'm going to be forever. Luis Fernando Lopez: Hey, I know who I am. Luis Fernando Lopez: You're hard work, bro.
That what Bulgarin want you to do, so that what you do. Timur: Sure, they open up when you shoot in their head. I try to put them at ease, make 'em open up. Luis Fernando Lopez: Timur, bro, I like to think I could talk to people. Timur: Your job is kill Marki Ashvilli for Ray Bulgarin. Luis Fernando Lopez: Hey, I don't need no watcher. Luis Fernando Lopez: Hey, I'm sorry to break up your party, man.