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If Grand Theft Auto IV hadn’t set the precedent for Rockstar’s realistic and serious direction for the series, The Lost and Damned would’ve been a complete mess.

Imagine a think piece about brotherhood and the testing of loyalties within a hardcore motorcycle club written in, say, a Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas voice; It would’ve been too ridiculous to be relevant. Jet pack biker wars, anyone? It’s fortunate then that Rockstar altered the series’ formula to accommodate more cinematic stories without jumping right into the next sidestory title.

So here’s where we are, under a year after the release of the fourth numbered installment in the franchise, and the Xbox 360 Live Arcade has its exclusive first piece of downloadable content. The wait has paid off as The Lost and Damned is worth every single Microsoft Point of the 1600 it’s charging, even when considering its few missteps in delivery.

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