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Next Big Thing- Ben. N

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 13
Date: July 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

another line up in the world of crime as we take in the next great thing with an attitude this game just may surpass gta in a way that makes people say (no way) yes it looks that good but the question is (is it that good) well i managed to get an interview with lead vice president of Activision company and he told me what he wanted to tell me and that was enough to assume that vice city would become a kids toy after this maniac of a game would be released yes of course its not out yet but vice president of activison said to me that this is an game that will become something to remember in other words Let The New Franchise Begin!!!!!!!!

GTA From a Different Perspective!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game WILL NOT be another Grand Theft Auto spinoff, mainly because it's from a different perspective, and it's a perspective that GTA (Grand Theft Auto) would never go to, you play as an officer of the law, that's right, a cop, a pig, the fuzz, the filth, whatever you want to call it, you're a police officer. Sure, there's still a lot to do with crime, and you steal cars, there's hand-to-hand combat, and there's drive-by shooting, but you're still on the "good side". Another valid point is that this game takes place in an actual city; not a make-believe city like Grand Theft Auto. This city is so photorealistic that it would actually help ou get around if you bought a map of Los Angeles so that you know where you're going. This is the second game to do that... the first, as you should all remember is The Getaway... wasn't that an awesome game? Ok, anyway, BUY THIS GAME... YOU WON'T REGRET IT!

I am so excited!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 36 / 42
Date: September 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

True Crime is dubbed as being the next GTA III. That's a pretty big bet, considering how good of a game and how sought after Grand Theft Auto III was a couple of years back. However, I believe that True Crime may be able to live up to what it says it can. First off, True Crime Streets of L.A. is being developed by Activision, a videogaming heavyweighr. Activision has the potential to make this game a hit. I just question how willing they are to make it good. So far, it looks to me like they are doing a fine job. At E3, the booth for True Crime was a hotspot for gamers, and the game was very impressive for all who saw it. The graphics were better than the GTA games, probably at least on par with the great graphics in The Getaway. True Crime featured 240 square miles of re-created L.A. territory, and the city looked great. The game just had the atmosphere of L.A. There was Beverly Hills, Hollywood, and even ghetto paradise within the game. There were hot rides in hot areas of the city, and old Buicks in the not-so-nice parts as well. (I prefer the ghetto life!) The people were good too. There were gangstas, ho's, businessman, snobs, everything that you would actually see in real-life L.A. Landmarks were recognizable, from the skyscrapers to the Mann's Chinese Theater. The sound was just flatout AWESOME as well. Cars were realistic, pedestrians chatted, music pumped in the background. And as a bonus, there will be over 50 beats from real life west coast rappers like Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. I am psyched about that!! I am a huge rap fan! The sound to me seems just as good or possibly better than the awesome sound effects in GTA Vice City. You play as a cop, Nick Kang, who can either be good cop, or bad cop, whichever road you wish to put him on in the game. And the game will tilt that way too. Be a baddie, and you'll be swarmed by vigilantes and even your fellow police. Be a good guy, and the game may be a little easier or a little harder, depending on your view. So far, True Crime looks awesome. It could give the GTA series a run for its money. Roll out the red carpet this fall. Here come True Crime Streets of L.A.!

Not GTA but just as good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: September 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've played this game on a demo on the ps2. It is extremely fun and it has many elements that make it worth buying in the future. Unlike GTA it has advanced hand to hand combat in which you can perform combos to take out your enemy. The gun play is truly awesome also. You can do "bullet-time" in any direction as much as you like unlike Max Payne in which you were restricted to only using it when you were able to. Also the driving is not like GTA at all. It actually is life like. The car turns and peels out just like a real life situation. The graphics are outstanding and can be compared to GTA: Vice City. You can't roam around as much as you like which can be a downside for those who excelled in the shooting of pedestrians and going on killing sprees and doing hit and runs in Vice City. All in all i feel this is a great game, and will serve you hours of fun, will soon be an awesome hit!

We Have to Wait

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 15
Date: October 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

All of us can hear,feel and smell the Extraorinary hype surrounding the upcoming release of True Crime : Streets of L.A , many said that it will beat Vice City and sets a new rules for this genre of gaming , and after playing a Demowhich contains a three missions i can mention the Follwoing Uppers and Downers for this Game:

UPPERS:
1)Solid graphic and nice texturing which gives a very realistic feeling for the game .
2)As many revierwrs and game analysts stated , the game recreated the whole city of L.A with Marvelous Details .
3)Implementing the ability to do combos of fighting moves which gives a new tast for the fighting sections of the game .
4)Improved AI which gives a more realistic touch to the game .

Downers:
1) The game takes many elements from Vice City , the mission which flickers on the screen , they haven't even changed the position of the mission's screen which is placed in the down left side of the screen , the same as Vice City .
2)The HIP HOP soundtrack is not original at all , i think a musical score would have been better for the game , and would have added more depth for the game .
3)The useage of the Bullet Time Technique which in my opinion has become OVERCONSUMED in the all the kinds of Entertainment ....from the Movies to even the Video Clips.

This game actually is an enjoyable to play , but to judge on it more accurately we have to wait till we play the full game , and then we will see if it will take a place in the shortlist for the best games ever made or not .

Looking foward to it...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: October 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

True Crime may be another GTA clone, but it has some new features. You don't restart missions: you keep going and see what that action will lead to later in the game. For example, if you kill a police informant, you may not get the guy you are looking for. It sounds so cool to me. The game will be released in less than a month now, so I can't wait. I don't think the game will resemble GTA gameplay wise. True Crime will have good weapons, and the cool think is that you can carry duel guns with you. And it can be two different guns as well. You can carry an AK-47 in one hand and a handgun in the other, so cool... If you loved GTA: Vice City, you WILL love True Crime: Streets of L.A.

Very Good Game but probably not Vice City

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 82 / 86
Date: November 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

True Crimes of LA is actually a pretty good game. You get to explore a much bigger city than in GTA: Vice City, but the stale gameplay and such can easily bring this game down a notch. While more realistic in everyway, True Crime can be considered one of the more innovative games of this time!

First the graphics. The graphics in this game are ASTONISHING! They're almost realistic in everyway! Surprisingly enough the game looks like REAL L.A. (with the exception of there not being much traffic.). So as far as eye-candy goes, True Crimes does a brilliant job here.

Now the sound. Again, no mistakes here! Good sound overall, and you can't go wrong here. Sound effects are great as well as the music. Again, you're not going wrong. The only thing I can say is that if you don't like Rap, you may not like the soundtrack as much.

Gameplay is probably where te game begins to faulter. The game has a "Good Cop/Bad Cop" system which isn't a bad idea. Should you do things the way a cop in real life would (i.e. you don't kill those you capture, you only injure, you fire warning shots and only shoot people in the leg and such) then you'll be considered a "Good Cop". Do the complete opposite and you're a "Bad Cop." There is a meter that tells you on which side of the bar you fall on.

Good Cop/Bad Cop isn't too badly done, but it really brings down the difficulty level of this game. It's fun to drive around but the game is so simple to keep to one side. If you see someone rob a bank you can easily just hit them with your car and not kill them, which results in you being a "Good Cop". If you hit him and kill him, you're a "Bad Cop". This becomes simple gameplay should you approach it that way.

What also makes gameplay simple is that you can choose to redo any failed missions. Clearly you could try them over and over again until the game is done with. BUT you could continue and leave mission failed. If you do this it effects future missions. Missions are very realistic. You can go undercover and hope you don't blow it even. You can do various things that a cop would do. You can search them and see if you find drugs, weapons, etc. or you could flash your badge, which will result in a suspect running or something else.

What's not to like about the gameplay? Well, it's too simple for one thing. I already talked about how you could hit a suspect with a car and not kill them, and this finishes missions easily. The other part is that you could easily complete missions without shooting (just knock them out). The auto-aim is very nice however.

The other bad thing about the gamplay are those camera angles. You'll find yourself constantly repositioning the camera just to see some of the action. Because of the camera you could be "jumped" and never know who did it, or get shot from behind.

The game presents a branching story. The outcome depends on the missions you succeed in and whether or not you're a "Good Cop" or a "Bad Cop". There are tons of ways to go through the story but the final confrontation is the same. You "could" become a bad guy but it makes no difference.

The story is actually more like something you'd see in an action movie. You've got your average jerky character (Nick Kang) who doesn't want a partner and constantly refuses to work with his and goes at it alone. His father used to be a part of the LAPD but died working a case. Sound familiar? It should, and it's full of chase scenes, one liners, and everything else you could want in an action movie.

So while larger than Vice City by A LOT the game is actually fairly linear. The storyline is decent (although the main character takes a bit of time to like), the gameplay is nice and overall the game is pretty good.

The Good:
+Great graphics and sound!
+Though quite linear, TONS of missions
+Lots of weapons to choose from
+Branching story
+Multiple endings
+HUGE City to explore

The Bad

-Main character is unlikeable at first
-Annoying Camera Angles
-Missions are too simple

The game overall is pretty decent. You've got a lot of freedom to enjoy and a huge map to explore. A great experience.

Could have been so much more

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: November 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

True Crime could have been so much more, could have lived up to the hype about being better than GTA Vice City, but as it is, it's a game that was moving in the right direction and has good ideas, but the end result is flat. The elements are in the game, but like an idea that sounds great on paper, but then is fumbled when trying to bring it to life, True Crime disappoints. Perhaps it's because in a post-GTA world, gamers expect a lot. GTA III raised the bar for gaming, and has many imitators. GTA Vice City, while familiar, was an improvement on GTA III. GTA III and Vice City both have a sense of what they are, and where they want to go and how they want to get there. You can mess around, but still the goal remains, to go after the guys who "went" after you. But True Crime is rather listless with characters that are hard to feel for. That's unfortunate for it all looks and sounds good, but something's amiss. Perhaps it's passion, something that both GTA III and Vice City had.

Shameless

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: November 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I like this game but I have to be honest, most of the time while I'm playing this game I can just picture the creators sitting around one night playing GTA 3 or Vice City, then suddenly one of them says "This game would be better if..." That's basically what True Crime is. It's Vice City with a few adjustments. They have no problems shamelessly palagrizing the game right down to the map on the lower left side of the screen. Well what changes have they made? Well the leading man is a cop...but he can also be a bad cop(ya know to still appeal to the GTA lovers who spent months shooting up pigs). And they improved the Graphics, gave us a bigger and real city (Los Angeles). You can also choose not to finish a mission and you can fight(Kung Fu). I'm not hating on the game, it's still a pretty good game play and explore, fighting crime is fun, the missions are okay, but face it it's no Vice City.

Also if they are going to palagrise GTA the least they can do is go all the way and put in a different soundtrack with different genre of music to listen to. I hate Rap and hip hop!! And I try to avoid it at all cost so having it shoved down my throat in this game really sucked and kinda ruined the enjoyment for me personally. I was gonna give it 3 stars until I remember how annoyed I was by the soundtrack so I'm bringing it down to two stars or maybe two and a half stars.... I REALLY hate rap music so no I'll keep it at two stars.

PS- I hope the creators of this game gave some kinda of credit to Rock Star.

the best game in the world

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

its way better than gta vice city and beats out the game gta 3 by far and you can slomotion dive and shoot two m16s together 1 in each hand its so dang cool its so cool I want to curse but this is a kids web site and I dont want to have them see cursing on this web site. get this game and play it alot you can also steal sweet cars and drive totaly insane when you shoot a car it has a hole where you shot it and if you shoot it alot then all the glass will break. this is the best game I have ever owned and I just cant say enough about this great game!

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