He's hanging around with a bunch of assorted younger cokeheads and partiers, which consequently has an effect on Gay Tony's business (as well as his personal health). Luis has to punch his lights out to prevent him from leaving.
Plunder: The whole point of the Drug Wars minigame.
Sadly, as it was my comments came long after both chapters were released – which is a shame because The Ballad of Gay Tony is a massive improvement and pretty much everything I had pause over in Lost & Damned is addressed in this second download. Of course in terms of characters all come second to the addition of Yusuf Amir, who is hilariously over the top and very well voiced by UK comedian Omid Djalili.
Let's just say that he's largely the reason Brucie acts the way he does in the main game, and even if you thought Brucie was obnoxious, the things you see Mori do to his brother will make you feel sorry for him.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Luis and his friends, Armando and Henrique.Karma Houdini: Rocco gets away scot-free at the end, despite being a racist jerk throughout the game.Grand Theft Auto Vgives them their comeuppance, however.Large Ham: Gay Tony is such a huge drama queen.Laughably Evil: Ray Bulgarin is a horrible human being to be sure, but at the same time that doesn't stop him from being enjoyable.Lighter and Softer: While The Ballad of Gay Tony retains the darker edge of GTA IV, the story is generally lighter in tone while returning to some of the wacky fun from San Andreas.
Quantity, not quality, bro."
Caught Up in a Robbery: Luis gets caught in a bank robbery in the opening scene of the game, which happens concurrently as the Grand Theft Auto IV mission "Three-Leaf Clover," in which Niko, Packie, and Derrick successfully rob the Bank of Liberty. Before Luis leaves, Yusuf's father Abdul walks in, showing disappointment in his son's hedonistic lifestyle.Yusuf: Father, you taught me not to judge a book by its cover!
Abdul: When the book is called "Guns, Drugs, Hookers and No Pants," I don't need to read it!
- Luis himself is caught with his zipper down in "Boulevard Baby," which ends with a running gunfight through Bahama Mama that kills the owner and closes the club.
Central Theme: Moving up in society.
Of course, that's never been too big of a problem for him, but still.
Amoral Afrikaner: Frickie Van Hardenburg is a South African businessman who is secretly an arms dealer responsible for selling weaponry to brutal regimes and conflicts. By contrast, this game indicates that Luis immediately took off in Yusuf's helicopter (which is nowhere to be seen in TLaD) after getting the diamonds back from Mori, long before Niko or Johnny made it out of the building. In the main game, dialogue during missions like Taking in the Trash and Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend implies that Gay Tony is dangerous due to his relationship to both the Ancelottis and the Dominicans.
Rocco uses the debt to make Tony do unsavory tasks ranging from mob work to making use of Luis'... This game shows that Luis arrived at the Libertonian via Yusuf's golden helicopter, which brings up the question of how nobody noticed or heard said helicopter land on the museum before the deal took place.
Right Through His Pants: Any time Luis has a sexual encounter onscreen, he is fully clothed.Ripped from the Headlines:Satchel Charge: The Sticky Bomb given to Luis is pretty much a purpose-built satchel charge that can be remote-detonated and planted onto any surface.Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Most of the billionaire construction magnate Yusuf Amir's missions involve elaborate and spectacular thefts of items, such as a military helicopter, a NOOSE APC or a Liberty City subway car.
Your character will respond that this is what you get when your boss only shells out for the two-week pilot course.
- In a hilarious easter egg, you can find the piloting certificate on Luis's apartment wall.
Uriah Gambit: The botched heroin deal with the Triads in The Lost and Damned turned out to be this as Billy had offered to give the heroin back free of charge if the Triads kill Johnny.Villains Out Shopping: In the main Grand Theft Auto IV, Ray Bulgarin is a mysterious Russian mobster from Niko's past who deals in at least human trafficking and causes lots of trouble from behind the scenes.
Also, you get to enter Bahama Mamas, Tony's biggest competition on the nightclub scene for one mission only wherein you have to kill its owner.
Ray Bulgarin and Timur
Yes, he's a ruthless human trafficker and cold-blooded killer, but even a monstrous gangster like Ray Bulgarin has his hobbies.
Henrique will provide Luis with any vehicles he needs.
ADRIANA LOPEZ
Voiced by Lucia Armendariz.Adriana Lopez is Luis Lopez's mother. The boat needs about a couple of dozen shots to go down in a blaze of Impressive Pyrotechnics, but that won't take you too long.
Mistaken for Gay: Several characters think that Luis just because he's close with Tony.Mob Debt: The main driver of the game's story.
He is also known to be involved in the illegal street fighting scene. Bernie himself never shows up in this game, nor does Luis ever indicate that he's familiar with the man.
Cultural Posturing: Italian (and racist) Rocco sparring with Dominican Luis.Cutting Off the Branches: During the mission "Three Leaf Clover" in the base game, Niko can decide to kill Luis Fernando Lopez in a bout of Video Game Cruelty Potential without failing it.
Sure, there’s probably something to unpack about gay guys gravitating towards men who look like they wouldn’t respect them, but that’s a psychologist’s job, and I am simply a gay man who is predictably drawn to men who look like they would call me a slur. It will appear in Luis' apartment after said mission and 30 drug war missions.
Disney Villain Death: During the mission "High Dive," where Ahmed falls off the spine of the Rotterdam Tower to his death after being cornered by Luis.Double-Meaning Title: The mission "Caught With Your Pants Down" opens with a cutscene of Yusuf literally being caught with his pants down, while its gameplay involves the LCPD being metaphorically caught by Yusuf and Luis stealing an APC.Downloadable Content: Or it can be bought retail in Episodes from Liberty City.Earn Your Happy Ending: Despite ultimately losing the diamonds and nearly killing each other, both Luis and Gay Tony manage to survive, kill Bulgarin, get the Ancelottis off their backs, and (presumably) gain new funding from newfound rich friend Yusuf Amir to reopen their clubs.
However, the extent of Luis' supposed business acumen is limited to making decisions anyone who isn't as melodramatic, gullible, or high as Tony would. It is even more powerful than the Desert Eagle.
Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Luis.Heterosexual Life-Partners: Tony and Luis.