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: True Crime Streets of LA

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Binding: Video Game
Brand: ACTIVISION
EAN: 0047875804272
ESRB Age Rating: Mature
Label: Activision Inc.
Manufacturer: Activision Inc.
Model: 47875804272
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: PlayStation2
Publisher: Activision Inc.
Release Date: August 03, 2004
Sales Rank: 1730
Studio: Activision Inc.

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True Crime: Streets of LA takes you into the life of Nick Kang, a cop whose lethal skills earn him a dangerous job. He's going deep undercover, to defend L.A. from the Chinese & Russian mobsters that are drowning it in blood.

Amazon.com Review:
True Crime: Streets of L.A. is a Grand-Theft-Auto-esque action/driving/shooter that allows you to take control of Nick Kang, a cop out to solve a strange rash of crimes and solve his father's mysterious murder. The game treats itself like a movie, with frequent dialogue and cinematics, a soundtrack filled with some of rap's heavy hitters, and some surprising voiceover talent, like Christopher Walken and Snoop Dogg.

The missions given to you tend to involve shooting up or beating up (there is a big distinction between gun fighting and kung fu) a room full of bad guys, or simply have you racing against the clock in your car. In between, you can roam around and solve simple street crimes (mugging, car jackings, etc), or earn upgrades for your driving, shooting, and fighting abilities. The upgrade mechanism is important because while it's an entertaining way to add new gameplay elements several hours in, the early game leaves you with so few moves that the game is hard, or worse, boring. The game also features a Good-Cop/Bad-Cop karma system that rewards or punishes you for doing the right or wrong thing. Arrest criminals in non-lethal manner to get better endings, or terrorize the populace and have both citizens and police turn on you.

While it can be an entertaining take on the Grand Theft Auto genre, True Crime tends to suffer from hit and miss execution. For every compelling game element, there's another equally awful one. There are several mission types that are completely devoid of any fun, melee fighting favors button mashing even after the nearly-useless string of upgrades, and the controls and camera seem to work against you more often than for you. Ultimately, hardcore Grand Theft Auto fans and the infinitely patient may be in for a treat, but everyone else is advised to think twice about this game.--Jon "Safety Monkey" Grover

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Nick kang arrive's at the crime scene
This was a fun game but it was just a GTA remake in los angelas. This game was fun at first but gotten to a point where it's just like GTA! But i liked it better then GTA cause the picture quality is great and the rest has better view, meaning that GTA has a small view and the picture quality is not that good. This game gotten kinda boaring after i beaten the game, and the storymode was good to kinda strange but good, the people in this game look's weird and you can play as snoopdogg in this game but it really did'nt matter to me if you can play as him but this game was good.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great graphics.
I am in no way a big video game buff.... I have a PS2 and have only played this a couple times because I don't have much free time to play. But from what I have played the game is fun, and the graphics are really amazing. Oh and the fact that I got a brand new one for 8 bucks from the Amazon marketplace makes it even better!


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A game which had potential, instead, was covered with blemishes. It's okay for a GTA mimic.
In this game your character is a cop named Nick Kang who is very independant and merciless. He is teamed up with a women that he cannot get along with in the EOD. Your job is to chase and track down murderers, drug dealers, and more. In this game, you can choose to be a good cop and bad cop. The more pedestrians you kill, the more your Bad Cop Rating lengthens. The more crooks you arrest, the more Good Cop Rating lengthens.

This decides where you game is going to go. If you pass the missions as a good cop, you can unlock certain mission and being a bad cop can unlock others. You are allowed to have more than one game file, so it is yours to experiment. The game is made up of many small missions you must pass to unlock new ones. Sometimes you can skip ahead if you find one too hard, which is useful. The way the fighting works is, you are engaged in fights with people and whoever's health goes down loses. You can use your gun, and your punches, and kicks to pull off some combos.

The driving is really fun. The car can actually get damaged and you can drive-by while in it. There are street crimes you can solve in between missions to make yourself a better cop and some missions require you to solve them. The sound in this game is pretty decent if you are into Rap music. If not, you don't have to hear it. There are flaws in the game which knock down it's rating. Nothing to do after the missions. All there is to do is re-do the missions. No multiplayer. It's not a good game for when you have company over.

Another flaw is that you are only limited to what the mission tells you to. Some missions are outside which require to drive to a certain place, untimed. You can freeroam at that point. Kill some people. Arrest some people. Drive around. Crash cars. Graphics are decent.

Pros: Good soundtrack ; Mission skipping ; Able to be good or bad.

Cons: Game can feel bland, linear, and limiting at times ; Slo-mo is bad ; Fighting and shooting weren't that well thought out.

Bottom line: This game has a lot of freedom in it, but do not be expecting a Grand Theft Auto.

- Derek S.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I love this game
This game rocks!! I love it!! It's graphics are not that great, but it's fun, the story is a little off, but it doesn't matter the game makes up for it in the missions!! YOU MUST BUY IT!!


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - TRUECRAP:STREETS OF BALLET
This game and its sequal suck so bad that i threw it to rot and when people ask me if i have got it i say no-as i forget that this game is even mine.ActiVision are usually good at games but-TrueCrime-Is one of the worst ever.Its trying to "combine" The Getaway and Grand Theft Auto-making a s(hitt)y flop of itself.
Grand Theft Auto has two desent clones DRIVER and The Getaway-TrueCrime-hahh-I would rather play krappy old GTA1 on the PS1 than this.
The car phycis suk,the characters suk,the storylines suk,the pedestrians think there hard but me as wimpy Nick kang can just run there Azzes over with a taxi.Even the medicre DRIV3R is like a game TrueCrime prays to be.
Driver is GTAs biggest rival,The Getaway second,Sonic third,mario fourth,.........Oh and TrueCrap 1 millionth.
I mean all Mario has to do to kill Kang is just throw a flower at him and he will start crying and dye!
Oh and LA isn`t really where this game is set-its set in a ballet hall.yep Kang is the most prettiest dancer there!-well why shouldn`t it be-he ran all those hardcore pedestrians over with a taxi-and squashed their faces-so he can win the pink trophy and and play cops and robbers with Tanner,Tommy Vercetti,Claude Speed and Mark Hammond-But he thought it was a game!-They got fed up of him and shoved a grenade down his throat and when he ran his little legs to the EOD HQ the grenade exploded along with that fhat lady and the rest of em.Thats why we don`t play Nick in "Streets Of New York" we play Markus.
So if Nick did survive he should also keep out of LA city
Because thats where Tanner wrecklessly drives like a REAL radical man.and Kang might scream so loud that Tanner get angry and runs everyone over and gets the death penelty by electric chair.So he gets Nicked by Nicky Kang!
Bye.
play DRIVER,GTA,THE GETAWAY but not this!

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