About the DLC…

[Citizen Cook]

Which one should i play first, and can i continue with base game content such as street races and wanted criminals?

[Kolyambur 111]

Actually, it doesn`t matter. It`s almost parallel stories with some intersections. But TLaD was first by release date.

Yes, you can. Just save your progress on different save slots. If I remember right, there are different autosave slots for each dlc. But I suggest to save manually. Just to be sure.

[Yujah]

I advise TLaD first and TBoGT second. It's the canonical order and both DLCs intertwine narratively with the main story so it also actually matters a bit.

TLaD is, most including me feel, less fun than GTA4 or TboGT; TBoGT to be a lot of fun.

You can continue with GTA4/TLaD/TBoGT-content after starting a GTA4/TLaD/TBoGT save respectively, but not continue with GTA4 content while playing TLaD/TBoGT, TLaD content while playing GTA4/TBoGT, TBoGT content while playing GTA4/TLaD.

EDIT: As to Kolyambur 11: yes, there are indeed separate auto-save slots for GTA4, TLaD and TBoGT (on the file level, edit, SGTA412, SGTA413 and SGTA414). Yes, manual saves you just manually assign a slot...

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by Yujah:

I advise TLaD first and TBoGT second. It's the canonical order and both DLCs intertwine narratively with the main story so it also actually matters a bit.

TLaD is, most including me feel, less fun than GTA4 or TboGT; TBoGT to be a lot of fun.

You can continue with GTA4/TLaD/TBoGT-content after starting a GTA4/TLaD/TBoGT save respectively, but not continue with GTA4 content while playing TLaD/TBoGT, TLaD content while playing GTA4/TBoGT, TBoGT content while playing GTA4/TLaD.

EDIT: As to Kolyambur 11: yes, there are indeed separate auto-save slots for GTA4, TLaD and TBoGT (on the file level SGTA410, SGTA411 and SGTA412 IIRC). Yes, manual saves you just manually assign a slot...

So after playing and completing the DLC the game drops you back into your GTA 4 game world save?

[Yujah]

No. Consider GTA4, TLaD and TBoGT for the purposes of this question 3 individual games.

When you launch "Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition" from Steam you are presented (*) the possibility to select between GTA4 and EFLC ("Episodes from Liberty City") and upon selecting latter with one between TLaD and TBoGT. You play whichever game you picked and when played to completion in either, find yourself in a "Story Complete" game in the GTA4, TLaD or TBoGT world in which you can freeroam and/or do potentially remaining side/stranger missions of that particular world.

(*) Assuming that you haven't set / have unset the "Skip Intro" / "Skip Menu" toggles that FusionFix introduces into the "Game" options; I believe I recall that it annoyingly sets those by default.

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by Yujah:

No. Consider GTA4, TLaD and TBoGT for the purposes of this question 3 individual games.

When you launch "Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition" from Steam you are presented (*) the possibility to select between GTA4 and EFLC ("Episodes from Liberty City") and upon selecting latter with one between TLaD and TBoGT. You play whichever game you picked and when played to completion in either, find yourself in a "Story Complete" game in the GTA4, TLaD or TBoGT world in which you can freeroam and/or do potentially remaining side/stranger missions of that particular world.

(*) Assuming that you haven't set / have unset the "Skip Intro" / "Skip Menu" toggles that FusionFix introduces into the "Game" options; I believe I recall that it annoyingly sets those by default.

I see, thanks for explaining 👍

[MC_Tequila]

The way I like to do it, and what I'd recommend if you have the time- Play Gta 4, and each time you get to a part in the story that has either Johnny or Luis in it, finish that mission and then load into either TLAD or TBOGT and play that game until you get to the mission you just played in GTA 4. Rinse and repeat. Best way to play the complete edition in my opinion. Give it a go.

[Yujah]

Admittedly, that in fact sounds like a fun method :)

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by MC_Tequila:

The way I like to do it, and what I'd recommend if you have the time- Play Gta 4, and each time you get to a part in the story that has either Johnny or Luis in it, finish that mission and then load into either TLAD or TBOGT and play that game until you get to the mission you just played in GTA 4. Rinse and repeat. Best way to play the complete edition in my opinion. Give it a go.

I’ve never plugged the dlc before so i don’t know anything about the story or characters. But it sounds like a fun idea for a replay🙂👍

[Yujah]

It'd actually make for a really nice option to integrate into a potential remaster; interweave the DLC in that manner; "fade-to" Johnny or Luis at the right times. But, well, it would make it one game and one almost insanely long game, so it'd have to be optional indeed.

Anyways; thanks for the notion. Just did a playthrough of game and DLC on Xbox 360 and would've probably tried that if I'd have thought of it.