Again, another DLC not enough of you played, Lost and the Damned was Sons of Anarchy, the game. No, really. You were always with your gang. You always drove your bikes. There were rival gangs, and there were tensions within the gang that came to a boil, resulting in various plot twists and double crosses. What I found most interesting about The Lost and the Damned is there were really no heroes. Even the guys you played as were really hard to like, and though it added a darker tone to the game, when you don’t feel for your characters, you are less attached as a player. Having said that, a mission where you need to break IN to jail? Come on, you cannot deny that is original and sounds fun as hell. And it was.
But it was NOT what you expected.
Further proving this was a darker, more action oriented GTA game, you did not beat up a guard, steal his outfit, and quietly break into jail. No, you used a rocket launcher, blew the doors off, and then KILLED YOUR WAY THROUGH THE JAIL. Seriously, no lame stealth, or waiting, looking around a corner for fifteen minutes waiting for some dumb guard to fall back in to his walking pattern. No, this was a “we need to get into jail. Let’s kill everything” kind of situation.
And it was really nice in those moments to feel like you were part of a badass motorcycle gang, just looking to get one of your own back, and willing to kill anything that gets in your way. If you have not played Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, you have no idea what you’re missing.