Multiplayer Modes

GTA 4: The Lost and the Damned Guide

Multiplayer Modes

The Lost and Damned introduces six new multiplayer modes. The standard Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Free modes are still present, but the new modes warrant explanation. Below is an overview of each new multiplayer mode.

Races

While the main idea remains, The Lost and Damned variant of the Races multiplayer mode introduces one major change: if motorcycles are the vehicles being used, each biker will have a bat which they can use to whack other players as they drive by. Use the X button to swing the bat to the left, and the B button to swing to the right. Hold X or B to perform a powered-up swing. Knocking another player off of their bike doesn’t work the same way as knocking off a CPU opponent in the single-player races. In multiplayer you must deplete another player’s health bar entirely, which requires three or four good hits. Hold Y at any time during the race to warp back to the previous checkpoint. For 2-16 players.

Club Business

This mode is inherently similar to the Mafiya Work modes from the stand-alone game, however Club Business is both competitive and co-operative. Each player controls a member of The Lost Motorcycle Club, so players are not actively fighting each other. However, players are competing to complete tasks in order to gain status in the gang. The player who currently has the most money becomes the chapter leader, which means that other players gain health, armour, and money by following them. Occasionally, NPCs will spawn and attack; killing these NPCs is worth money as well. Each player walks away with the money they earned at the end of the match. For 2-16 players.

Lone Wolf Biker

A single player is assigned the role of lone wolf, and they must survive for as long as possible with every other player in the match hunting for them. The lone wolf must run through checkpoints only they can see while being pursued. The player that manages to kill the lone wolf then takes the role. The player who reaches the most checkpoints as the lone wolf wins. If there is a tie, the player that spent the longest amount of time as the lone wolf wins. For 2-16 players.

Chopper vs. Chopper

This is a 2-player game mode that pits a motorcycle against an attack helicopter. The player on the motorcycle must race through checkpoints, while the player in the helicopter must stop the biker.

Witness Protection

Players on the N.O.O.S.E. team must escort witnesses to police stations around the city, while players on The Lost team have to try and kill these witnesses. One player on the N.O.O.S.E. side must drive the transport bus, while the others are in police cruisers. The Lost players are all on motorcycles. The team that succeeds in their mission wins the game. For 2-16 players.

Own The City

Sections of Liberty City are designated as territories, and teams must fight to control them. Allied NPCs spawn in every territory to defend it from the opposing team. To capture a territory, every NPC and opposing player in that territory must be eliminated. NPCs can be outfitted with better weaponry from a team’s gun van, the location of which is marked by a square blip on the radar .For 2-16 players.