This is a very fun game. Takes you in a different direction from the original GTA4 however the maps are generally the same. Niko and some of the other characters from the original game have some cameos as well. I paid $30 with a $10 credit so it was a good deal for me. I used the credit to get in on the Red Dead Redemption preorder deal. If you can't tell I'm a big fan of the Rockstar franchise and their "sandbox" games. They are just very fun to pick up for an hour and cause some havoc. It adds to the replay value immensely. My girlfriend and I enjoy playing them as well when we're bored. The stories, minimissions, and extras won't take you as long as the original GTA4 to complete in their entirety however the two distinctly different missions TLAD and BOGT are a lot of fun. Also their is new music and some new weapons cars/bikes/boats etc.

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both games r really great and the price 4 this package is a really good deal........glad 2 see it on the ps3 so more can enjoy gta 4 episodes from liberty city stories

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I love this game, I been waiting for this game since October 2009, wondering when there gunna release it for pc and they release now

the storyline is great and very long (not too long), the Lost and the Damned was about 24 mission in total (mission only) and Ballad of Gay Tony was 26 mission (You can replay mission for better score in TBoGT; different from GTA IV and Lost and the Damned), Overall it is a great game!

Pro thing was: I purchase in Amazon for 29.96 with free shipping but the service proccessing center was in Nevada and I live in Southern California so that 5-10 business days was more like 2-4 days, so I saved alot of money from retail tax/sales tax when purchasing from retail stores and great packaging too!

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I totally was not expecting a game as cool as this. When i first bought this i knew that these were previous down-loadable episodes, but i definitely was not expecting so much gameplay. All together i'd say the game is either just as long or longer than GTA 4. Lost and the Damned was definitely the shortest but including Ballad of Gay Tony was genius. The missions just kept on coming. Don't hesitate... buy this! You won't regret it.

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Quite how it's taken so long for this to be released on PS3, I cannot understand, but after the long wait, you won't be left disappointed.

Although the game plays exactly like GTAIV (there was never going to be a major upheaval on this front), there are enough additions to make the two included games feel new. Plenty of new, more fun weapons (grenade launcher anyone?), and a sprinkling of new vehicles around the streets.

Liberty City is opened up completely from the start, and a lot of the weapons you may have taken several days to earn in GTAIV are available within half an hour of playing this one. But that's a good thing; I imagine most gamers buying this will have completed GTAIV, so there is no need to go through the same process of slowly earning better weapons as you progress.

If you're like me and you love the radio stations on GTA games, you'd be pleased to hear a totally new radio soundtrack to complement the game. My favourite by a country mile would be Vice City FM - being an 80s music fan, I am of the opinion that Vice City had the greatest soundtrack to a game ever. Fernando Martinez hosts, and hearing an excellent selection of not-so-obvious 80s tracks playing in Liberty City just brings back a little bit of that "Vice City feeling" when playing this one.

The Episodes are notably shorter than GTA, with around 25 main story missions each. Looking on the bright side of this, you won't end up with the ridiculous unspendable amounts of money Niko had in GTAIV, which I suppose makes money a little more valuable.

Difficulty wise, there doesn't seem to be much difference between IV and the Episodes; I would say the Episodes are maybe slightly more challenging (the harder missions naturally come along a lot quicker with there being fewer missions overall). The missions themselves offer more variety to the gameplay, you'll have heard about the parachuting etc in Gay Tony for example. For those who like this sort of thing, missions interweave with Niko's progression in IV, adding depth to the original plot and providing interesting background to some of the tasks you carried out as Niko.

All in all, Episodes from Liberty City are two superb games if you loved GTAIV, and whilst not entirely new games, they are just new enough to be well worth the money.

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The original game was a ten, this game gives you more play time with new characters and more things to do..... Enough Said.

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First of all, I downloaded The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony on my Xbox 360 when they first came out. They were great games, sure they were shorter than GTA 4 but that's not a reason to pass on this one. You might be wondering why I bought it again even though I already downloaded them to my 360.. the answer is simple, it's on one disc! I never really liked downloadable content, I like to buy games like I always do.. a Disc that you can play, give to a friend after you're done with it or even sell if you're in need of cash.

This game is deep and the production value is very high.. if you're a fan of GTA you just have to get this one!

i won't make this a long review, by the way it's my first one.. but anyway great two games on one Disc.. it's also on Xbox 360 in disc format as well, but i'd buy it on BD/DVD than having it downloaded.. oh yes don't forget that in case you do want to download either one or both games you'll need GTA 4 to play them! so if you don't have GTA 4 that's one other reason to buy this game on disc format. ;)

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i love that there are two separate games on one disc. it was cost effective and convienent.

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This game blows GTA4 out of the water. The return of the tank, parachute, and attack helicopter really make up for how good GTA san Andreas was. Must buy.

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GTA Liberty City is a definitely worth buy game as it consist 2 full game. Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned. Nice story line if you love the previous GTA series, you will not want to miss this one.

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It took forever and a day, but PS3 owners finally have access to the two outstanding "Grand Theft Auto IV" expansions on one reasonably-priced disc. As is custom for the GTA series, the game includes a small booklet and the ubiquitous full-size fold-out poster. In addition to the disc version, the Playstation Store has both expansions available for download as well. This is an option of convenience or useful if you only want one of the expansions.

Buying both, however, is the same price or more than the disc, so you might as well buy the disc. You'll get the nice poster and booklet in addition to the hard copy you can either sell or give to a friend when you're finished. The poster has an image of a party girl in a pink dress on one side and a detailed map of Liberty City on the other. The booklet contains brief paragraphs outlining the premise of each expansion, a full list of the radio songs, and the game credits.

Both "The Lost and Damned" and "The Ballad of Gay Tony" are amply sized and playing through both took me around twenty hours, and this is considering I ignored much of the many interesting diversions and side-quests (everything from arm wrestling, gang wars, bike races and more) present in both. A very dedicated player could easily spend forty to fifty hours completing all the side-quests and obtaining all the trophies, making this disc a nearly mandatory purchase for PS3 owners who enjoy a good sandbox-style romp.

Of course, both games are rife with the bizarre hallmarks of the GTA games. The nudity is particularly bizarre, including a scene of full-frontal male congressman nudity, which is ostensibly intended to be amusing but only elicited a furrowed brow from this gamer. This sort of thing is nothing new to the franchise or even the genre, so I'm not complaining, just making note. The language is often coarse but I wouldn't have it any other way. It lends atmosphere to the storyline, and after all, we're dealing with a biker gang and a bodyguard/drug dealer. Speaking of which, it's amazing to me how many parents complain about the content of games when specific ratings are provided on each title's sleeve and detailed content descriptions of games can often be found online. But that's another story entirely.

Unfortunately, much as in GTA IV, the AI scripting for your teammates is rather weak. Occasionally they can even become a hindrance, as they get in the way during chases, and even with relatively high attributes are often unable to hit their targets (particularly if the enemy is behind cover). Another slight mark against these expansions are those missions that frankly don't even make much sense. For instance, during one mission on "The Lost and Damned", your character is to ride his motorcycle to find three rival gang vans driving around Liberty City. Once you find a van, you're to throw pipe bombs at the van until it's destroyed, all while the heavily-armed crackshot gang members are leading you with semi-automatic weapons. To be fair, the mission can be completed without resorting to the pipe bombs (I stood in the street and used a rocket launcher instead), but I just couldn't shake the feeling that Johnny Boy had taken too many knocks to the skull. Well, no one said biker gangs were very bright to begin with, right?

This is admittedly a small complaint. Besides, I appreciate that Rockstar tries to add a bit of variety to the missions so that each one isn't simply a full-throttle shootout. At least no mission on these expansions is as ridiculous as that one in "Vice City" where you had to plant bombs using a very unwieldy remote-controlled helicopter! Story-wise, however, neither expansion disappoints in any way. "The Ballad of Gay Tony" is colorful, amusing and more characteristic of a typical GTA storyline. As far as mission variety is concerned, "TBOGY" wins hands down. One moment you'll be piloting a high-tech aircraft, the next you're in a speedboat chase, and before long you're parachuting from a skyscraper to escape the police.

My personal favorite storyline, however, was "The Lost and Damned" which features a darker, more involving plotline. It's nothing terribly complex, mostly a series of drug deals gone awry, mixed with gang wars and internal conflicts within your own gang, but Johnny Klebitz (the player character) is my favorite of the entire franchise. This is due in large part because, despite the limited and somewhat dated graphics (keeping in mind GTA IV was released almost exactly two years ago) I'm always impressed with how solid the acting is. The voice acting and scripting are top gear, but what really sells the cutscenes is the dead-on body language and gestures from the characters.

The numerous multiplayer modes add nearly endless replayability to the title and are often a source of great amusement. My favorite multiplayer games include: "Chopper VS Chopper", where one player rides a motorcycle through a series of checkpoints while another player in a helicopter tries to destroy the biker, "Lone Wolf Biker" where every other player is trying to kill the one who is tagged the 'lone wolf', and "Witness Protection" where one team is trying to destroy a bus full of witnesses while the other team is trying to protect it. There are also a multiplayer motorcycle race mode, a "Club Business" mode where the players act together as a team to carry out various tasks, and a "Own the City" mode where the players attempt to take over the city piece by piece.

My personal favorite addition is the mission checkpoint system, which really cuts down on wasted playtime after a failed mission (i.e. having to take a ten minute drive back to the mission site after every mission failure). I hope this becomes the norm on every subsequent GTA title. All things considered, it was well worth the wait. For the modest price this title typically averages, it's highly recommended, and a great way to stave off the waiting for the next GTA title (or, in my case, the upcoming "Red Dead Redemption").

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i was very impress with this game. better then i expected, after all this years the game still has a fresh apporch to the story and the play mode. you also get some futures that were in san andreas that didn't make into gta 4. so thats a treat to look forward too. but over all due get this game it will be worth every peeny.

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IF you like GTA 4, then you will love this game. The story for both are great and each one has a good atmosphere. The graphics options have been improved over GTA4, and it runs pretty smooth on my i7,6GB RAM, ATI 4870 1GB. The character animations are top notch and so if the voice acting. I really wish people would stop giving games 1 star reviews because it has Games For Windows Live on it or SECUROM. At least play the damn game before you give it 1 star. All these people giving games 1 star don't even own them more than half of the time. I really do think this game deserves 5 stars though.

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this is the same as the last gta exp this one tells you what happens in the middle i recommend this game if you are in to the games story line

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If you had fun playing GTA IV then chances are you going to like the expansion packs. Missions are structured the same way and they do a good job merging the main storylines of the GTAIV with the expansions. There are some improvements but there are also technical issues that werent so obvious in the main game. The addition of checkpoints mid-mission is so much less frustrating than when you had to restart the whole process of getting a vehicle to get to your destination when you got killed. Other than that the games are almost as much fun as GTAIV. There are a variety of new activities added such as air hockey, base jumping, golf, arm wrestling etc...

The cons of this game lie mainly in texture pop-ins. When you drive really fast sometimes you feel like you leave the environment behind. The screen goes blank and the car is the only thing you are seeing. There were similar issues in the main game but they weren't so noticeable.

I would give it 3 and 1/2 stars. Fun game save for a few bugs and graphic issues that sort of ruin the experience. But if you can get around them I'm sure you will enjoy it.

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