You'll see tons of huge explosions and use some ridiculous new weapons, such as 'sticky bombs' (you throw them at enemies and vehicles, then detonate them) and a shotgun with explosive shells. At one point, you even drive a tank through downtown Manhattan. In still another, you intimidate a journalist by throwing him out of a helicopter, diving after him, catching him, and parachuting. In another, you fight through waves of law enforcement while chasing your target up a tower, then parachute to safety from the top.

In one mission, one of your fellow thugs ties a union leader to a golf cart, and you have to pelt him with golf balls, kill off his goons when they show up, and escape in a golf cart. You'll pull all sorts of crazy stunts in all sorts of crazy (and unfortunately hard-to-control) vehicles. It also made it possible for the mission designers to throw GTA IV's somewhat greater sense of realism out the window. This will be off-putting to some, but even as big fans of the previous two installments, we can't complain: it may not be all that hard-hitting, but this is another great tale from Rockstar, and the lighter vibe made it possible for the dialogue writers to slip in countless hilarious one-liners. Since Tony's New York is a world of posh apartments and glamorous drugs, the tone of this story departs from that of the previous two it's more satirical and borrows a lot from the decadent Vice City. Maybe you'll run into some bikers in Burger Shot, or hear a commercial from Brucie on the radio. The story in part follows the diamonds that got stolen in GTA IV - those jewels are the main element tying the three stories together - but if you look and listen closely, you'll see lots of indicators that you're living in the same world that Niko, Johnny, and their supporting casts inhabit. The playboy Yusuf, meanwhile, is trying to prove to his father that he can make something of himself. Tony's goals are to keep his head above water, stave off the various criminals he runs into trouble with, and keep his traction in the nightclub industry. Tony and his spoiled-brat friend Yusuf Amir dole out many of your missions. Through Tony, players get a glimpse of the New York high life, something GTAIV has so far stayed far away from. Tony owns some of the city's most popular high-end nightclubs, but he's struggling with business problems and drug addiction. Also like Niko and Johnny, Luis has a troubled past and a present situation that requires him to break the law he grew up poor, recently spent time in prison, has friends and a mother who lure him into criminal mischief, and works as a bodyguard/assistant for a man nicknamed Gay Tony.ДЄll of these elements play about equal roles in the game's first few hours, but thereafter Luis's past falls off the radar and the Gay Tony story takes precedence. Like them, he is a cold-hearted killer who's just a little bit more sensible than the people around him. Players take control of Luis Lopez, who has a fair amount in common with his predecessors, Niko Bellic and Johnny Klebitz. This isn't obvious right away at first glance, The Ballad of Gay Tony is just more GTA. In that sense (and most others), The Ballad of Gay Tony is an almost perfect end to this GTA iteration. It's taken two expansions, The Lost and Damned and now The Ballad of Gay Tony, to flesh out the Big Apple's various cultures and classes. Even GTA IV, though, only captured the city's size geographically. New York is a big city, and Grand Theft Auto IV was perhaps the first video game to truly capture that.

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