I almost wish that I had played Lost & Damned when it came out, because then i could convince myself that Rockstar listened to me. I liked it as an add-on but there were things about it that could have been better. The Xbox achievement points were mostly down to 'finish the game' and not spread out and generally the game seemed to be trying to be gritty and downbeat, while still allowing you to run amuck like in the main game. The gang wars were cool but required biking it for long distances. The base for your character was the island playing the part of New Jersey – a terribly dull and grey place in the game. The first of these was good but it had some problems. I really loved the scale of it and the story and, once my tenth prestige on Modern Warfare 2 was achieved, I picked up a disc with the two downloadable chapters on it.
Years later I picked up GTA4 after it had been out for a while, having not taken part in the other versions since my PC days.
The graphics were basic and the idea was simple. Years ago I played a top-down view GTA game on my old PC.