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GTA-Styled True Crime Gets Final Verdict

Posted by simoniker on from the vercetti-puts-hit-out-on-activision dept.

Thanks to 1UP for its review of Activision's multi-platform driving/shooting hybrid, True Crime, which starts by pointing out that "there aren't very many true console competitors for GTA... True Crime: Streets of LA is the first real contender since The Getaway." The reviewer praises the "plot-oriented makeover", but is concerned about game shortness: "You can get all three endings... in a weekend once you master the controls." Gaming Age is delighted by the title, suggesting it's "one of the best games to come out this holiday season", and IGN PS2 rules True Crime as "an enjoyable game if you can clear your mind of Grand Theft Auto expectations", while GameSpot points out that the just-shipped title is another to boast an advertising tie-in, as hero Nick Kang is "modeling new apparel and footwear from Puma's spring 2004 collection."

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  1. "GTA-Styled True Crime gets final verdict" by FannyMinstrel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Did anyone else think that this was relating to the court case where they guys shot the other guy, and blamed GTA3?
    I was looking at the text and going "wtf, where is the verdict!"

  2. Rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun... by Sodade · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Accurate modelling of the streets of LA? That makes the game worth checking out by itself. That a game is "too short" doesn't turn me off at all - I don't have time in my life for another Vice City. BUT - the fire breathing dragons and demon heads? Give me a break! How friking lame is that? Don't get me wrong - I am all into fire breathing dragons - but not in modern LA!