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Not much better than Streets of LA

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game and I thought it was ok. The gunplay is the biggest dissapointment. The targeting reticles blow and the gunfights in the game are mediocore. Dissapointing sequel even though there's a large city it all looks the same. The things you do as a cop will get old fast and the driving is ok and the music isn't very good. It's a shame because i thought this game had potential. This series still needs lots of work.

Not playing this game is a true crime

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: November 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Another true crime game this time in another big city New York. I love going to Harlem and Chinatown to fight the bad buys on the streets. They killed your mentor and now it's time for revenge. This game is not for kids.

Pick Up This Game For Yourself and Give It A Try

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: November 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

True Crime: New York City is the follow up game to Activision's popular title True Crime: LA. The game, which is based in New York, features a hip-hop influenced soundtrack.

In the game you star as Marcus Reed. As the game begins Marcus is seen wearing a white shirt and he is bloodied. He enters a building and confronts a man and his crew. The mini-movie is brief and you are then thrust into game play. Your first mission is easy. You must track down your nemesis and kill him. Your health is monitored by the silhouette of a body on the screen. There is no time element to this first mission. To accomplish this goal you will have to shoot your way through the crowded house and battle his crew. After killing all of the men in the upstairs bedroom you will have to jump through the window. After jumping through the window you will then have to climb over the balcony and jump to the ground. When you land on the ground you will be in close proximity to a man standing in front of a fire lit garbage can. He is a homeless man and not a threat so you don't have to shoot hit. To continue game play you will have to crouch down and slide under a hole in the fence. Upon standing up you will have to turn the corner and continue the gun battle. There is a car near by that you can use as cover as you fire at the enemy's. There is also a car in the dark alley that you can blow up for fun.

After clearing that area you will have to turn left into another building and you will be attacked by gunfire. The gunfire is relatively intense, but you can easily clear the area.

After completing this first mission you will be greeted by a man who has strong ties to your father and your mission in the game. After a brief conversation the game transitions and the words on the screen read, "Five years later." Now Marcus is seen wearing a blue police uniform. His next mission requires him to complete several mini-missions in order to make detective.

The graphics and player movement seem much improved than the previous True Crime game. The storyline is interesting and the movies incorporated into the gameplay are engaging.

The Soundtrack
The games soundtrack is pretty awesome. The soundtrack includes songs from Jay-Z, Cam'Ron, De La Soul, DMX, Busta Rhymes, Run DMC, Gangstar, Big Pun and other hip-hop stars.

Credited Voice Actors
A lot of the fun with these new games is learning what celebrity has leant their voice to the game. True Crime: New York City includes voice talent from Laurence Fishburne, Mariska Hartigay (from Law & Order SUV), Esai Morales, Traci Lords, and actor Avery Kidd Waddell lends his voice to the main character Marcus.

In comparison to a Rock Star Game
Gamers often compare the True Crime games to the Grand Theft Auto games released by Rock Star Games. This game will remind you some of Grand Theft Auto 3 because once again you are playing in "Liberty City." The developers of the True Crime: New York City game did a great job of recreating the New York scenery. The graphics are very good and the player movement is similar to that of CJ in Grand Theft Auto San Andreas in the fact that Marcus can climb, squat and perform a number of moves. The cars drive fast and you can blow up cars with gunfire. It's a pretty good game. The shooting element seems a bit awkward at times. It's hard to explain but as a player you don't really get the feel that you are 100% controlling the shooting. The screen seemed dark in some missions, this may be something that could have been adjusted by tinkering with the game set up or television screen preference.

Overall, it's a really fun game and can provide hours of enjoyment.

Great game, but too many bugs

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: November 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I loved this game. I'm not an avid gamer, and this game wasn't too hard for me. I would otherwise have given it four stars if it weren't for the number of bugs this game has, but more on that later.

TRUE CRIME: NEW YORK CITY follows in the popularity of the GTA series, but setting it in New York City. You can travel anywhere in the borough of Manhattan, which is a huge map. I live in NYC and I'm mostly pleased with the fidelity they have given to the city. There are times when I've been so busy admiring the scenery that I've crashed into people.

The story of the game follows Marcus Reed, a reformed (possibly?) gang member who has joined the police force at the behest of his mentor. After his mentor was killed, he decides to follow the track of crimes and see who is behind it. This leads him to a series of meetings with some colorful characters.

If you're not interested in the story, there are other things you can do, such as cleaning up the city, racing around Manhattan, participate in fighting arenas, etc. You can also be a bad cop and exhort vendors and such.

Graphically, the game is beautiful. The physics seems a bit weird, but you should get the hang of it. You have a cool selection of weapons and cars to choose from. I also liked the way they drew the characters, making them look quite real.

OK, about the bugs. They suck. I've checked with others who have Xbox and GameCube editions, and it's the same. I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED A GAME WITH SO MANY BUGS. That requires emphasizing, as I hope the folks at Activision would hear about this and never put out a game as buggy as this one. The customer support forum is not helpful. They just ask you to reset the console. Well, duh.

Most of the problem has to do with the game freezing in the middle of gameplay. You just have to save a lot because if you don't, you lose all your progress. It's still a pain because you have to begin at the start of the mission, but since the missions aren't overly long, that's not that bad, but still annoying. Other things have to do with poor gameplay design. For example, in one of the street races, every time you lose you have to go back to a police booth to get your car because the one you just raced is too battered and there isn't a garage in sight to fix it.

It's a shame that this game had so many bugs because it was truly one of the most addictive games I've ever played. Rumor has it that they're making True Crime: New York City 2. A word of advice to Activision: FIX THE DANG BUGS!

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I don't normally post reviews, but i felt that it was needed due to all the unjust negativity.

I own both GTA and this game - as a comparison, GTA has some fantastic features, inculding a larger map ... however, True Crime has updated graphics, better choice of weapons, there are sports cars that drive better than others, it is more modern, better controls - I HATE GTA SHOOTER CONTROLS - they make no sense. Great Slow Motion mode when shooting is awesome.

If you are looking for the most up to date free roam game available, Get this game and ignore internet garbage.

Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome. I am having a blast playing it. I only have like 3 missions left in the main story and so far I haven't noticed any major bugs in my copy. I really haven't had any problem with it at all. I don't know why so many people are having so much trouble with theirs. I did try to play it with a wireless controller which kept freezing it up. I hooked up my wired controller again and had no more trouble at all. But anywho, my only major complaint with this game is the horrible language. They need to include a language toggle in the game..all games infact. Other than the horrible profanity, this game is awesome to play. If you like the GTA series, try this one out. I recommend this title for only those of a mature audience. It earns it's "M" rating. Not for kids.

A time consuming but awesome game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a game for full frontal melee and weapons players.It may take a while but it is very rewarding with cars, money, and new martial arts and weapon techniques. The time slow technique is used in many games but this definitely pulls it off with changing crosshair colors just to be sure that you can make the shot and don't worry about wasting bullets because every gun is single shot, even machine guns. The sights change very fast from tall skyscrapers to back alleys and shacks. This game has 2 sides, the bad cop or the good cop. The bad cop is the extortion and "accidental" running over citizens. The good cop takes out criminals big in story missions and small in random crimes. He also only chooses to beat the living snot out of criminals and not the "innocent" townsfolk. Don't harass the citizens too much, there's consequences! I highly recommend this game for the vigilante in all of us.

You would think a game would get more fun as it went along...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

True Crime 2 is just plain awful. It starts interesting, yet it doesn't present anything original or interesting.

The gun play just isnt that good compared to True Crime 1. True Crime 1 had you flying in different directions and doing slow motion dives behind cars. When cars would explode, you would be thrown backwards. In True Crime 2, you basically just point and shoot. There are different weapons that let you take people down non-lethally that you are given. There's no point in using targeting.

The melee fights aren't that cool either. In True Crime 1 you were doing all kinds of kung fu moves while breaking everything around you. In this game, you press a button 3 times and the combo is executed.

Also, the actual feel of the game has been lost a little bit. In True Crime 1, you had no map and were basically cruising to a destination unknown. It was fun driving to new objectives at night during the rain. In this game, you aren't quite as lost, but then again, that isn't a great thing. I enjoyed getting lost in True Crime 1 and I enjoyed feeling out of place everywhere. It was weird cruising as far as I could go and feeling like i should turn around.

One of the more interesting features about True Crime 2 is the fact that you can enter any building. This isn't a bad feature, but it doesn't make up for the limited gameplay.

I would skip this game and go for GTA 3.

i cant believe u people!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: January 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i got this game with my christmas money and i think its well worth the money. it has everything you can even rob shops take hostages (even thought
your a police man)you can go in every shop in the hole city. crime gets lower if you consentrate on one city but if you just go around killing people then it goes high again. dont believe what every body else says just buy it hopefully youll like it like me.

In A New York Minute...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The major problem with True Crime: Streets of L.A. was the developers were out of their depth - trying to be clever by covering all bases. It was billed as a free-roaming shooting game, fighting game and driving game, but each individual element was poorly executed.

Fortunately, time has moved on, technology has improved and games like GTA: San Andreas have proved all this can be achieved - within limits (there's a reason the graphics are kept basic). Unfortunately, Activision weren't told this and have improved on NOTHING (in fact, the shooting element's WORSE)!

The shooting's bog-standard - hold L1 to lock-on and tap R1 repeatedly 'til everyone falls down - with a fleating attempt at some 'Hollywood-style' diving around, which is laughable. The fighting's cumbersome, and near-impossible if you're attacked by more than one person. And the driving is a joke. Rating bars display the differences between the various vehicles, but every one of them is slow to respond to any control input (and you'll marvel at the distance covered by a parked car when you glance it at moderate speed).

The controls are the major problem affecting everything. They are badly set-out (with no option of changing them) and slugish, making everything you do, however you do it, a chore.

However, I have to give this 2 stars purely for the map. The recreation of Manhattan is stunning! In a fast car, covering the island from north to south can take well over 10 minutes (assuming you're skilled enough to weave through the traffic without incident), everything you'd expect to find in the real city is there to be found and the inclusion of the useable subway is a nice touch (especially considering the scale). The map also evolves depending on how you play the game - solve crimes and the citizens will be affable, litter scarce and buildings clean; ignore crimes and the citizens will be testy, the streets litter-strewn and the buildings covered in grafitti.

Unfortunately this also creates another problem. Being a fan of Spider-Man 2, all I wanted to do was climb to the top of a building, jump off and swing through the streets, exploring, but since you're stuck to ground level, it never feels like you're fully appreciating the city.

Like its predecessor, True Crime: New York City looked great on paper - essentially GTA in a real city and from a cop's perspective - but, like its predecessor, the execution is pathetic.

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