cars and bikes

Having played GTA I was very much looking forward to the release of True Crime: Streets of LA. The game itself is a little bit of a letdown as it seems to drag quite a bit in places. The driving portions are fairly fun, esp. when it is part of a high speed chase. However, the driving does get old after a while, and I found myself pursuing less and less of the street crime as the game went on. Also, the controls for Nick when walking seem a little ... odd. The default setting has you pushing the right thumbstick to the left to turn Nick right? Why? You get used to it after a while but it is initially pretty frustrating during foot chases. Also, wait until you try to play a game with Halo-like controls after this -- it will take you at least 1/2 hr. to readjust. The gunplay isn't bad, esp. at the shield /skill sessions where you can upgrade you skills. That seems to work relatively well.

That's really it for the good stuff, so now the bad. The game is extremely redundant to the point that it's annoying. You will see the same people, cars, and buildings over and over and OVER again, and sometimes this happens on the same street. The things that pedestrians say to you are pretty lame, too; count how many time you hear someone say "Aw shiznit. Aw diggity-damn" when there is a gunfight very nearby. Also, I think that this game is virtually devoid of any AI. The people trying to kill you (either in gun or fistfights) do the same things repeatedly. Even in the midst of a brutal gun battle on the street, people and cars that are less than 1/2 a block away from the action just walk / drive along like nothing is happening just a few feet up the road. However, I think that the worst aspect of this game is the graphics, which are really pretty subpar for XBOX. Here is just a short list of the things that I have noticed:
* Sometimes pedestrians are walking slanted to the ground on hills (instead of straight up)
* A couple times, Nick ran straight thought a conrete wall while chasing a crook, and there was no damage to either Nick or the wall!
* Body / car parts will frequently jut though solid walls (but we've seen this before, haven't we?)
* After a gun battle, you will frequently see bullet-holes floating in midair.
* I have seen Nick frisk or cuff a criminal while standing at least 5 ft. away from him.
* The character's faces, esp. mouth movement, are just terrible during cut scenes.

Overall, the game is weak. Wait until you get to mission 6 where you are in the tunnels beneath Chinatown. I won't give it all away, but I will leave you with a few hints: zombies, fire-head demons (a la Doom), giant fire dragon, and flaming ninja chics. Yes, these things are actually in a game called "True Crime". Also, almost every mission follows these steps: drive to scene, engage in fistfight, chase perp on foot or in car, tail a different perp from the 1st scene to next scene, follow him to the next scene, engage in 2-3 rounds of gunplay, bonus cruizin'. In every mission this happens! I think that this game must have been pushed very hard for a quick release to coincide with the GTA release on XBOX. The developers were sloppy, and they clearly ran out of ideas along the way.

All in all, the game is very mildly entertaining but nowhere near as good as GTA. Buy that for XBOX or the new Rainbow 6 game.

when true crime first came out i quickly rushed to get it. i had seen a lot of screen shots and heard a lot of things from this game so naturally i bought it as soon as it came out. but when i got home to play it the first thing i noticed was the soundtrack. it was jam packed full of nothing but mindless rap music. nothing but rappers only two or three good songs from bands like the deftones and unloco but other then taht nothing but rap. so i found it fortuate that i purchased the xbox version. the game was good the stealth missions were nice but the only thing was the frustrating hand to hand combat that got annoying. it was made too difficult and i only got passed it by sheer luck. but other then that the game makes for a nice version of GTA not to be compared becasue this game is great in its own leauge

I GOT TRUE CRIME A FEW MONTHS AGO.WHEN I FIRST STARTED PLAYING IT IT WAS FUN,BUT AFTER A WHILE IT GOT EXTREMELY REPEDETIVE.THE THING THAT I DONT LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 3 TO 4 DIFFERENT KINDS OF MISSIONS.I AM A HUGE FAN OF KUNGFU,BUT THE KUNGFU IN THIS GAME HAS NO STYLE TO IT.THE DRIVING WASNJT ACTUALY THAT BAD,YOU CANT GET BIKES WHICH LEFT ME VERY DISSAPOINTED,BUT OTHER THAN THAT THE DRIVING WAS GOOD.THE SHOOTING WAS NOT THAT GOOD THOUGH,THE BULLETS MOVED SO SLOW THAT YOU COULD ACTUALY SEE THEM MOVING THROUGH THE AIR WHICH WAS PRETTY LAME,I AM NOT SPOSITIVE,BUT I DONT THINK YOU CAN SNIPE THE WHOLE GOOD BAD COP THING IS ANOYING,BUT IT IS COOL HOW YOU CAN ARREST PEOPLE AND SCUFF THE FOR DRUGS AND WEAPONS.THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH OPTIONS SUCH AS YOU CANT CHANGE THE RADIO STATION AND CANT UN A BUISINESS OR BUY THING OR ROB A STOR OR GET MONEY AND SO ON WHICH BY THE WAY ALL THESE THINGS YOU COULD DO IN GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 AND VICE CITY.THERE ARE NO GOOD CHEATS EITHER.BACK TO THE BULLETS I FORGOT TO ADD SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT INLESS YOUR UP CLOSE THE BULLET WILL NOT HIT A MOVING TARGET IN ORDER TO HIT A MOVING TARGET YOU WILL HAVE TO FIRE AN UNREALISTIC AMOUNT OF BULLETS.JUST A SEGESTION NOT AN ORDER,BUT DONT BHUY IT IF THERE IS A GRAND THEFT AUTO AROUND AND IF YOU WANT TO BUY IT GET IT FOR $20 OR AROUND THAT PRICE RANGE.