GTA IV is the main game and storyline, with Episodes From Liberty City: containing The Lost & Damned, and The Ballad Of Gay Tony, as spin offs.
Each Game Shows some of the main missions from the perspective of the different protagonists (Niko, Luis and Johnny), but with their own, different missions as well. It all takes place in the same Liberty City. Each protagonist has his own safehouse(s), with added items such as the clubs, Maisonette 9 and Hercules, for Luis, and the biker's chapter house, for Johnny. There are also different songs on the radio between the main game and EFLC, and additional vehicle and weapon types, and different activities are included (like base jumping).
GTA IV, being the main game, is longer and has more mission work. Although you don't have to play the main game before playing EFLC, I would recommend doing so, because it does make a difference to the way you see the game and play it, as Niko, Luis and Johnny all appear in GTA IV.
Note:
As GTA IV and EFLC are separate games and can be bought on separate games disks, you do not need to have GTA IV to play EFLC.
Yes, i think you can choose on some sort of menue, wether to play ballad of gay tony, lost and damned, or story. I only have the basic story mode of gta 4. So im just guessing. Hope i helped(:
With the "Episodes from Liberty City" game which has TBoGT. You dont need GTA4 if you have this.
no, the only way you can play it with out gta4 is buy it as episodes from liberty city
Yes. You can purchase the disc and no Xbox Live is required.
First you have pass %100 in the ballad of gay tony to play without the missions.
Some PS3 games have online play. When you own the game, have an online connection, and the game disc is in the machine you can play online
Yes. But you can't play with people that have Liberty City Stories if you have the original GTA 4 disc
Normally not but you can install a app where you can play it without disc.
Read my answer under the question How do you play a PC game without the disc in the disc drive? on this site.
the PS2 can not play GTA4 it is a PS3 game
No you need the disc to play it.
Yes just buy the download otherwise the console needs the disc to play the game
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