How can I describe being in Liberty City? It's a place where life is cheap and dangerous, the cops are bent or downright incompetent and gangs race sports cars through suburbia. It's because of all this that I keep coming back time and again.
After ordering Fallout 3 GOTY edition I figured I would go back to The Lost & Damned and just finish off the last few missions but I've found myself sucked right back into to those seething, grimey streets. Like Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz is a thoroughly unlikable character but has a sort of amoral code that I can't help but be fascinated by, and now I am one mission away from ending his story I can't help thinking that I would love to jump into Luis Lopezs shoes and hear The Ballad of Gay Tony. This with 50+ hours of time in the wasteland just sitting on the shelf and ready to go.
Sadly, the multiplayer aspect of Lost & Damned has not lived up to expectation. Not because of the game itself but because it's virtually impossible to get a decent game going. The modes are original, varied and full of potential but just don't seem to have generated enough excitement to drag people away from Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War which is a shame.
But tonight I am no lone wolf rider, one call from Johnny and I will be riding with Terry, Clay and the rest of my lawless bikie buddies. A last meeting with Ray Stubbs can only mean one thing - all hell is going to break loose - but like a violent boy scout I will be prepared. After a good sleep and a little shopping trip for guns and a bulletproof jacket, I will be ready to cause mayhem on the streets I love so much. Lost for life brothers!
