GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony Review - IGN

Contents:

• GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY REVIEW
• GTA IV: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY REVIEW
• GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY
• GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY
• GTA: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY REVIEW: OUT WH A BANG

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY REVIEW

And now the The Ballad of Gay Tony, which is beg released both as a downloadable episo and as part of the Episos om Liberty Cy stand-alone retail product, you play as nightclub owner Tony Prce's bs partner and nfidant, Luis Lopez. If you'd rather tt the expand arsenal agast other players than agast street gangs, you n hop to The Ballad of Gay Tony's multiplayer sue at any time via an optn on your -game cell phone. As you'd expect, there's no shortage of humor The Ballad of Gay Tony, and while plenty of the form of phone nversatns durg gameplay, a great al of is ftly livered durg cutscen that are noticeably longer than those prev gam.

GTA IV: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY REVIEW

Both Lopez and the tular "Gay" Tony Prce are wonrfully voiced and animated, but 's tough to ll them standouts bee there are so many other characters who are every b as imprsive. The Ballad of Gay Tony wouldn't be difficult to remend as a full retail product, so at 1, 600 Microsoft pots this downloadable ntent really is a steal.

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY

You might be disappoted that this episo don't brg much the way of new multiplayer ntent to the table, and 's te that one or two of the optnal activi aren't as much fun as they might have been, but the credible value offered by The Ballad of Gay Tony is unniable. Ri off to the sunset your new GTA IV saga clos out wh The Ballad of Gay Tony, an over-the-top, explosive $20 downloadable episo. Like the first episo, The Lost and Damned, you'll need a py of GTA IV to play the downloadable versn of The Ballad of Gay Tony.

In The Ballad of Gay Tony, you take on the role of Luis Lopez who works for the tle character.

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY

Tony Prce, owner of the biggt straight and gay nightclubs Liberty Cy, took Luis unr his wg and ma him somethg. The Ballad of Gay Tony isn't about livg squalor.

Luis' rise to the top happens before the begng of Gay Tony and jt about every actn he tak the game is tied to Tony's story, not his own. Gay Tony is more about the si characters -- who are wonrfully outrageo -- than is about Luis.

Though there are a few early missns that tie to Luis' old life, they are throwaways and very quickly the story foc on the problems of Gay Tony. The real star of Gay Tony, though, is Yuf. Of urse, bigger jobs mean bigger toys to play wh and The Ballad of Gay Tony is packed wh weapons that give a big bang.

GTA: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY REVIEW: OUT WH A BANG

The high-flyg elements are a wele part of the Gay Tony storyle, but they should have been refed.

Along wh a bigger, badr, bolr attu, The Ballad of Gay Tony clus some wele addns.

There's also Tony's gay club, Hercul, where you n dance wh some shirtls studs if that's your thg. The mos are trimmed to the sentials for The Ballad of Gay Tony. VerdictThe Ballad of Gay Tony is the perfect way to close out the GTA IV saga.