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Grand Theft Auto is a stupendously popular games series that started as a frankly appallingly bad game on the Playstation and always sees you controlling an anti-hero of sorts as you commit crimes and complete missions to earn money and advance. The first two games were rather naff as they ... Read review
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is the highly anticipated first game in the GTA ... more
franchise designed for play on the Nintendo DS. But although it comes in a small package, this is a full-fledged game that stands on its own. With an all-new, deep stor...
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is the highly anticipated first game in the GTA ... more
franchise designed for play on the Nintendo DS. But although it comes in a small package, this is a full-fledged game that stands on its own. With an all-new, deep stor...
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically ... more
acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. With the use of the DS touch screen, players will navigate...
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars gives Huang Lee a simple mission following his father's ... more
murder: deliver an ancient sword to his Uncle Kenny to ensure his family retains control of the Triad gangs of Liberty City. Huang is a spoiled rich kid who expect...
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the PSP perfectly replicates Liberty City for Sony's ... more
handheld and follows the story of a young Triad, Yuang Lee, who comes to the city after the mysterious death of his father. The epic nature of Grand Theft Auto is delivered in an exciting tale on the PlayStation Portable which uncovers the truth behind the crime and corruption of the Triad crime syndicate. Taking full advantage of the PSP platform this is an impressive version of Chinatown Wars.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars follows the story of Huang Lee, a young Triad who ... more
travels to Liberty City after the mysterious death of his father. Within the game, players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise. Specifically built for the PSP platform with upscaled widescreen graphics, enhanced lighting and animation; and including all-new story missions; this version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will take full advantage of the power of the PSP.
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One of the highest-rated handheld games of all time, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, ... more
will be making its way to the PSP Autumn 2009.Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars follows the story of Huang Lee, a young Triad who travels to Liberty City after the mysterious death of his father. Within the game, players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise. Specifically built for the PSP platform with upscaled widescreen graphics, enhanced lighting and animation; and including all-new story missions; this version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will take full advantage of the power of the PSP!
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars follows the story of Huang Lee, a young Triad who ... more
travels to Liberty City after the mysterious death of his father. Within the game, players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise. Specifically built for the PSP platform with upscaled widescreen graphics, enhanced lighting and animation; and including all-new story missions; this version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will take full advantage of the power of the PSP.
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Following his father's murder Huang Lee has a simple mission: deliver an ancient sword to ... more
his Uncle Kenny to ensure his family retains control of the Triad gangs of Liberty City. Huang is a spoiled rich kid who expects everything to run smoothly but his trip does not go exactly as planned. After being robbed and left to die he will search for honor riches and revenge in the most dangerous and morally bankrupt city in the world. Epic storyline with tons of side-missions addictive mini-games and hidden collectibles. All new replay feature allows you to replay all of your favorite missions. Ad Hoc Wi-Fi mode means head-to-head and co-op multiplayer BradyGames' Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Official Strategy Guide features complete strategy for each main story mission. MAPS: Detailed maps pinpoint key locations such as item pick-ups collectibles and more! MULTIPLAYER: Expert strategies and tips to dominate all multiplayer modes SECRETS: Locations of secret items throughout the game are revealed
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Advantages: Nostalgic, full of secrets, unique game (certainly on the DS), a decent chunk of GTA goodness Disadvantages: Short, insultingly easy, anticlimactic, very naff sound
...on walking.
Grand Theft Auto is a stupendously popular games series that started as a frankly appallingly bad game on the Playstation and always sees you controlling an anti-hero of sorts as you commit crimes and complete missions to earn money and advance. The first two games were rather naff as they had a horrible two-dimensional birds eye view and pointlessly bad controls, but when the series made the jump to 3D the popularity exploded. ... ...I'm too lazy to write Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars every time I mention the title) than in previous games with many occasions where only one mission is available at a time. Rampage killing sprees and races make a welcome return, and there are the usual handfuls of easter eggs to find. You also have a drug dealing side quest and several minigames including the frustratingly addictive (yet easily abused) scratchcards.
Sigh, so many nights on my way home from work I've stopped and looked around, considering how simple it'd be to break into a car, go on a crime spree, kill hundreds of people, and drive into a lake to my untimely watery demise.
Then I remember that in real life you don't just spawn at hospital without your weapons, take a deep breath, and carry on walking.
Grand Theft Auto is a stupendously popular games series that started as a frankly appallingly bad game on the Playstation and always sees you controlling an anti-hero of sorts as you commit crimes and complete missions to earn money and advance. The first two games were rather naff as they had a horrible two-dimensional birds eye view and pointlessly bad controls, but when the series made the jump to 3D the popularity exploded. San Andreas and GTA4 in particular were considered absolute breakthroughs, and with games such as Vice City Stories on the PSP it was inevitable that the DS would be graced with a GTA game.
So, we have Chinatown Wars. You control Huang Lee, a frustratingly gullible Chinese guy who is attacked and left to fend for himself in Liberty City after finding himself in the middle of an enormous gang war between several mobsters including his own peculiar uncle. It's pretty much the same tried-and-tested formula and it works well enough. You have the normal open gameplay, although it's a little more linear in GTA:CW (as it shall be referred to as from now on - I'm too lazy to write Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars every time I mention the title) than in previous games with many occasions where only one mission is available at a time. Rampage killing sprees and races make a welcome return, and there are the usual handfuls of easter eggs to find. You also have a drug dealing side quest and several minigames including the frustratingly addictive (yet easily abused) scratchcards.
GTA:CW is presented in a birds eye view style reminiscent of the first games, although the camera is a lot more active and keeps up with the action nicely. Some of the cars look a little samey but all in all the graphics are very tidy. An unfortunate gripe is that many of the streets look identical - this isn't a huge problem but it does make exploring a little dull.
The audio is... well, bad. Characters do not talk with the exception of occasional pedestrians making cocky comments, the radio stations are frankly wasted with ringtone-esque tracks instead of proper songs, and you'll get fed up of the gun sounds in no time. It's a shame since the humourous talk shows and banter has been a core aspect of the enjoyment previous GTA games provide and I really think that a little more work could have made the game far better.
But how does it play? Well, surprisingly well. The controls are brilliant even if the auto aim does have an annoying habit of latching on to totally the opposite of what you were intending to shoot - why, for example, the game deems innocent cilivians more worthy of a bullet than armed mobsters trying to load your sorry Chinese ass with AK47 bullets is totally beyond me. The cars handle nicely, even the boats feel like they control accurately (although they take a while to get used to). The touchscreen is used well, even if it does feel a little forced sometimes.
Missions are varied depending on who you're working for, and the difficulty curves nicely. There aren't very many though, which is a shame - it only takes a few hours to beat the story missions if you ignore money making on the side, and the rewards aren't very good at all. There is plenty left for you to do once you're done though - aside from the races and rampage missions you can do the usual ambulance and police missions. You can also deal drugs to make a lot of money fast.
Did I say fast? I mean REALLY fast. The drug dealing is incredibly easy because you are basically told where to go to buy cheap, then where to go to sell high. This sounds fine and it was at first, but it got to the stage where I was absolutely invincible because I had full ammo for the SMG (for a small complaint, I never had to change my gun aside from when the game made me - the SMG served for the entire duration of the story missions, having one gun totally outshine the rest defeats the point in having other guns...) and this made the game far too simple. Carrying on with this, the game has a very irritating habit of telling you exactly what to do to beat the missions. Fair enough, you might say, but a fantastic example of how this is bad would be...
I had a mission where I had to stop powerful weapons being traded in fear of them being used to attack one of the gang leaders I was working for. I drove to the harbor and sure enough the weapons were handed over to the enemy. They got into a boat and started escaping. The obvious thing to do would be climb into a boat and start after them, and sure enough one was handily moored nearby. But as if what I had to do wasn't completely 100% clear, the game outright freakin' told me "get into the boat and follow them". What, because there's going to be one person dense enough to not know that..? It makes the entire game feel like one enormous tutorial, and this effect is added to when the game finishes with the ultimate anticlimax.
Aside from the relative ease of the game and short story, the game is still brilliant fun and probably one of the most solid titles on the DS. While it doesn't match up to previous recent GTA games it's still worth a play.
Advantages: Great Story, Great Graphics, Great use of the DS Disadvantages: Multiplayer is poor.
...huge 'Grand Theft Auto' franchise. Grand Theft Auto:Chinatown Wars is the first GTA game on the DS, and boy does it not dissapoint. The game will draw you in, throw you some great innovative use of the touch screen, look beautiful and keep you playing for hours and hours. '''Story''' As usual, I'll begin with the story. It begins with the assassination of a triad boss from Hong Kong, who did everything to make sure his son got everything he wanted, ... ...in the big world, needs to bring a sacred sword, the 'Yu Jian' to his Uncle Kenny in Liberty City to make sure the inheritance is maintained and safe. Although once he reaches Liberty City, he is kidnapped and left for dead by the Humboldt river. '''Graphics''' The graphics, they exceed all expectations from the little handheld, and are simply stunning. The game is portrayed from a top-down cel-shaded perspective and it suits the game perfectly. ...
bengoeswild 22.03.2009 (26.04.2009)
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Advantages: Great graphics, epic storyline, some brilliant missions, side missions and mini games Disadvantages: none
...a quick short review.
Grand theft auto chinatown wars is not the first GTA game I have played. I have been a big fan of franchise for a very long time and have enjoyed watching them grow and change. I bought this game from amazon for about a tenner. Which for a brand new game is excellent and it arrived after only a couple of days which I was very happy about. This time around the story revolves around the triads. This time you play a character ... ...City, (Liberty City is where Grand Theft Auto is set and is a made up place.) Things don't go as planned as Huang gets trapped by and opposing gang and is seriously wounded and the sword is taken from him. After this happens Huang sets out to find the robbers and get back the treasured sword.
In this game Liberty City is massive. Its literally masssive and takes a long time to remeber where everything is. The city is portayed beautifully with some ...
09jbooth 09.07.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Nintendo DS)
Advantages: Small, huge, massive, lovely looking, offensive, gameplay-MASSIVE, funny Disadvantages: Camera and music
To put _Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars_ under the same microscope of its previous iterations (that includes ALL the GTA's put together) would be under the same vein as mapping your journey to the supermarket with the large varicose veins you've been developing ever since sitting faithfully in front of your PC once the Internet had been invented...not quite the same. Instead, think of CW as a new game, a benchmark into how sandbox titles perform ... ...of Sony's PSP, way ahead of the bastard child chained in the cellar at Microsoft. Rockstar didn't want to recreate the successes on the big consoles when they sat around thinking of more ways to make money; instead, they actually whipped some talented young men and women into constructing an entirely new world dedicated to the little handheld and produced one of the most inventive GTA's to date. Finally, an interactive GTA. You play a smart-ass young'un, ...
SkipSpicy 08.06.2009
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Advantages: Interactive Screen, Live-Action play Disadvantages: Bad Quality (Top Screen)
Grand Theft Auto, has evolved from a home game into a portable phenomenon. I had bought my DS for games like this, a live-action game where I could move wherever and do whatever I like, but with the range of Nintendo DS games available that fit in this criteria are limited and are hardly advertised by Nintendo so that they could keep a wholesome family image. However, as soon as I saw this game advertised on TV, it had looked like the game would ... ...the interactive menu and the using the stylus/finger for interactive mini-games (such as hot-wiring cars, throwing objects etc.) that are fitted inbetween the story. Even though the game still delivers the interaction with the touch screen, unfortunately the graphics (on the top screen of the DS) are not up to scratch. It might be that i am to use to the good graphics of my GTA games on my PSP than I am on the DS, but the way the game feels, not ...
badman302 19.04.2009
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Advantages: graphics ,gameplay ,improvments from past games ,hours of gameplay,viarety of vehicals and weapons Disadvantages: more that 2 people for multiplayer would be nice.A bit to many cops around the city
This game is simple amazing on the ds. The gameplay and controls are extremely smooth. It uses the classic controls of most gta games and uses the stylus to break into cars , assemble snipers, and access your gps and pda. The mission are short , not to hard and exiting , each asking you to do somthing unique. Their is a good variety of weapons , spaning from duel handguns to flamethrower to landmine. the game is also packed with many vehicles and ... ...your stars by destroying police vehicals either by ramming them , making them crash by sharply missing obstacles or grenades. The classic staying away from cops and going to a spray n pay is still their. The graphics of the huge city really push the ds to its limits. This is evident when the graphics fail to load in time and their is gray area's on the top of the screen. This doesnt effect gameplay and rarely happens (usually when your speeding on ...
Darkestred 20.04.2009
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Product details
Publisher
Rockstar Games
Developer
Rockstar Leeds; Rockstar North
Release Date
February 2009
Age
18+
Genre
Action/Adventure
Max Number of Players
4 Player
Platform
Nintendo DS
EAN
5026555042451
Aka
GTA:China Town Wars
Manufacturer's product description
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. With the use of the DS touchscreen players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise. Features online multiplayer.
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