Grand Theft Auto IV The Complete Edition

Liberty City never really lets you leave. The Grand Theft Auto IV The Complete Edition for Xbox 360 bundles the base game with The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony into one package, giving collectors the full Rockstar experience on a single disc. This dropped in October 2010, right when the 360 was hitting its stride as the definitive console for open-world chaos.

GTA IV reshaped what we expected from sandbox games, and these two expansions proved Rockstar could tell completely different stories within the same city without losing a step. The Lost and Damned brought a grittier, biker-gang edge while The Ballad of Gay Tony cranked the nightlife absurdity back up to classic GTA levels. For 360 collectors, this Complete Edition represents a clean, single-case solution to one of the generation's most important franchises.

No hunting down separate DLC discs, no worrying about delisted digital content. It's all here, physical and permanent. This was the era when "complete editions" actually meant complete, and Rockstar delivered exactly that.

In a collection of 360 games, GTA IV sits near the top of any shelf hierarchy. Having the definitive version, with both expansions included, is the kind of quiet flex that other collectors notice.