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A game which had potential, instead, was covered with blemishes. It's okay for a GTA mimic.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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.

Somthing Different AND COOL!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is not GTA its True Crime streets of la.

I think this game has a ton to offer....and cool driving,
cool fighting, great cinematics, shooting, driving and shooting......thats a cool package....with nice graphics to boot.

VERY acurate streets and living people with an immersive enviroment... impressive what they did there.

its very impressive stuff. Cant wait for the sequel!!!!

RADMAN

Great graphics, but lacks the fun of GTA games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I got True Crime Streets of LA for Christmas and for a while I enjoyed playing it.
But the down fall with this game is the fact that it fails to hold the fun in playing the game.

Where Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City keep you coming back for more. True Crime doesn't really keep that interest, once the missions are over, all you can do is go round searching people and busting peoples butts who may have been just a little naughty.
Bikes and Helicopters would have been a great feature which Grand Theft Auto Vice City managed.
But a greater array of weapons like rocket launchers and grenades would have made it more enjoyable too.

It seems every gaming company is trying to make the next Grand Theft Auto game, a word of advice to the game companys leave it to Rock Star if you however want to a slighty different game and want to play cop instead of criminal then your probably like this game.
But this beats The Getway by a mile.

I rated
True Crime Streets of LA 85%
The Getway 50%
Grand Theft Auto 3 90%
Grand Theft Auto Vice City 99%

good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

True Crime is not a complete GTA clone, but instead of just running around and killing people, you get to go on missions. Yes, your probably thinking that i havent played GTA to its fullest, but i have. I own gta 3 and gta vc, and i love them. This game takes the character and throws him into underground tunnels to do Max Payne/Enter the Matrix action. The weapon system is like State of Emergency because you pick up weapons, use them, and lose them. Now instead of stopping there, they threw in a whole Street Fighter thing. After you drive ruthelessely, dodge bullets, and hang with hookers, you get to beat the crap out of your enemies the Street Fighter way.
Oh, and one more thing, the BEST part of the game is the in car gun duels. Driving by on behind someone and IN SLOW MOTION blowing them to smitherines, is by far the coolest thing. Think MATRIX RELOADED for the highway scene and than think of a videogame, GTA style.

This Game Rocks!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First of all this game is really good. And no, it's not the same as Grand Theft Auto. It's only similar in which you can take people's cars and have guns, but in True Crimes it's for a good cause. This has a branching storyline, and you can even go back and do every branch if you want.

The game takes place in LA, and I hear that it's a pretty good replica(not that I would know.) You are Nick Kang, a cop who was suspended but you are let back in because the chief thinks you're the one only capable of a certain case. There's some other things about Nick which are interesting and it sounds boring when I don't mention them but I'll leave it to you to find out yourself if and when you play the game.

When I first played, it was kind of intimidating as some games are and the loading seemed like a lot. After a while, it became one of the most fun games I've ever played. But mind you that I'm not an extreme "gamist" or extremely good, I'm in the "very good" area. All I know is this game is so much fun, you get into the story and wonder what's going to happen next. I like how this game doesn't have so many annoying impossible-for-normal-people missions that you have to try a million(not literally) to finish, it's just hard enough to be fun but easy enough so I don't give up.

What I like about this game is it's combination of fighting(martial arts, I think), shooting, and driving. You get to gain skills in each of these by going to the shooting range, driving place, and karate lesson place. I like how you are able to learn new moves instead of having to use the same ones all the time. The bad thing is, I haven't been able to pass one driving test so I haven't been able to get any new driving skills. Some of the shooting skills I earned are: prescise targeting, laser targeting, and fast reload.

Pros:
-excellent graphics in both cut scenes and gameplay
-more involving story
-funny main charactor, and cute for the ladies
-some good rock and rap songs

-articulate fighting and shooting
-easy controls
-funny moments
-branching storyline
-3 different endings(bad, poor, good)
-never run out of ammo(hey, it's more fun)
-fun to play

cons:
-game may be too short
-sometimes freezes(but it autosaves mucho)
-rap music may curse too much(*hint*parents and little kids)
-if you run in front of a car it stops AFTER it hits you
-addicting
-too easy for hard core, rent it(but moderate-difficult for everyone else)
-I was confused at first with the controls due to my habit of Vice City's controls

By the way, I like this game more than Vice City. I know many people will disagree, and I think that's because many game players are guys and I'm a girl. Guys like the whole mafia thing, which I think is fun but gets old. Being on the good side is suprisingly rewarding while being dangerous at the same time. But really, there is no straight line between good and bad, that's for when you're playing cops and robbers.

The last word: I played this game and it is the first one that made me truly inspired me to make awesome games, which is funny because I'm not a game designer or will ever become one(but oh, this game was so good I wish there were more like it!)I was actually very sad when I beat the game because it will be over. And I feel so let down because so few people like this game! Come on, give it a chance as you have given me a chance to say my opinion by reading this. Wait, why do I care if other people play it? Oh yeah, because I want others to enjoy it as much as I have. I'm that kind of person, ask people who know me.

Didn't live up to the hype.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yes, rent it first. If I could, I'd give it 2.5 stars because that is all this game is....flat average. It does have replay value, but there are many MANY flaws. First off, the hand-to-hand combat system is possibly the worst I've ever used, the overall control setup is extremely cumbersome, the diologue stinks, and the game is just too short. If one chooses to simply play through the story, the game could be over within two hours. This is really just a good rental. I actually played it for the whole time that I had the game, which makes it worth the $5.00 at the rental shop. The feature of solving random, optional street crimes also provides to the gameplay experience, but other games have pulled off the genre in a much better way. If you want excellent hand-to-hand combat and you have the original Max Payne for PC, there is a free Kung-Fu download which is extraordinary. If you don't have the game, try out Dead to Rights. The shooting system and hand combat are much more fluid.

Wait.....did i mention that the Bullet Time setup in True Crime is horrible? The free aiming system that was available in both Max Payne games isn't there for Bullet Time in True Crime. Instead of simply slowing down for your dive and quickly rotating your aim, you must use the right analog stick to switch who you are aiming for. The right analog stick aim switch only works half the time by the way. It's frustrating because you can freely spray your opponents with bullets like you can with other mostly run-and-gun shooters.

Being able to update Nick Kang's, the main character, equipment and fighting combos is a nice feature. It makes things just a tad bit more interesting.

With an appropriate rating of Mature, there is tons of vulgarity in the diologue. The people on the street do carry on coversations and will respond in certain ways to Nick depending on his Good Cop/Bad Cop rating. If you run in to a few people with your car, be prepaired to be sworn at heavily. The S-Bomb is quite possibly the most used word in the whole game. So don't play this game with the kiddies around.

Driving is probably the most fun part about the game. The targeting system while driving actually works rather smoothly, especially for being the first game (I'm pretty sure) to feature a simultanious driving and shooting experience. Switching into the precision-aim option while driving slows things down and allows you to shoot specific areas of an assailant's car, such as tires and gas tanks. Outside of precision aim, the one good thing about the targeting system in this game is the auto-lock on the car that contains the perpetrators which Nick is trying to catch. But be careful, people and other automobiles are infamous for diving into your bullet path and you will frequently kill pedestrians and blast the tires of innocent drivers. Heck, maybe even a gas tank here and there.

One fact about this game that will probably raise mixed feelings is that this game is really never difficult or frustrating. The sneaking missions get extremely boring, but otherwise everything plays out in a simple manner. The advantage of the very short story mode is that it does keep the action from being repetative. About that story mode, there are 3 possible different endings...and all together, the game is still extremely short. After the games is finished, the nice things is that you can go back to anywhere in the game, weilding your new gear and sweeping criminals off of the street as mercilessly as you so please.

The amount of hype that went into this game encouraged many to purchase the game, and this game certainly didn't live up to it. When I rented the game, I had high expectations about the much acclaimed hip-hop game soundtrack. That had to be the worst hip-hop I have ever heard in my entire life. All the creators did is pick up the most vulgar hip-hop that they could find and put it in this game. The soundtrack is a deep insult to what hip-hop is supposed to be. True hip-hop fans will be disappointed, and people who already hate popular hip-hop will be adding a little extra morter in their Berlin Wall against the style of music.

If you want a chaos-ridden driver-shooter, the GTA series is probably a better fix. But if you prefer to be the good guy that is causing absolute entropy, then try this game out. You will find replay value in it's free-roaming style, but there are much better games out there that do a lot of things much better.

Typical Activision game -- as many good points as bad.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Aside from the obvious Grand Theft Auto comparisons, this game reminds me of a recent Activision game I played -- X-Men Legends. While their playability and quality are generally okay, both contain frustratingly crappy points that seriously chip into your enjoyment.

True Crime is so much a Grand Theft Auto clone that accusations of imitation are futile -- if that is a problem for you, you shouldn't be considering this game in the first place.

The pros:

- good audio and visual detailing. Pedestrians talk in a variety of characterizations, and their responses to your actions are pleasingly diverse.
- Angelenos take note: The geographical details of Los Angeles are very impressive. They obviously used a real L.A. map down to street names. In the game, I drove through two areas of L.A. I've lived in, and they nailed every single major street name (with the requisite modifications, "Street" for "Avenue", etc.). While non-L.A. denizens won't appreciate this point as much, Angelenos will get a massive extra kick out of this -- they'll be able to get around town without using a map.
- Michelle Rodriguez provides voice work. Enough said.
- I tend not to like driving games, but the driving engine in this game is simpler and a little easier to grasp. And I think it was wise that the designers chose to forego many of the narrow side streets, widening them to accommodate game mechanics. Too many narrow streets was one thing I didn't like about Grand Theft Auto III, and True Crime's street design makes getting around less of a pain, thus inviting you to more readily explore the city design.
- The radar is a lot less confusing than GTA III's, so it's easier not to be confused while driving.
- Good array of weapons.
- The game keeps you in the know about how many story branches you've missed or acquired, and permits you to replay missions any time you please. Also, you're given the choice to skip many missions and continue the story. That's heavenly -- it means if you're not good at certain types of missions, you still have a game to play.

Now the cons:

- As in X-Men Legends, the camera is abysmal. Activision somehow feels the need to make the camera a physical entity, and oftimes it will spin to behind a wall and refuse to move. I don't know why Activision always lets the game override your camera control (right analog stick), as in X-Men Legends, but this makes for some incredibly frustrating situations especially when you're fighting. No player likes getting shot to pieces just because the game camera feels like being stuck at an angle that prevents you from seeing your enemies.
- The auto-target is crap as well. Sometimes you'll get enemies coming after you, but for some inexplicable reason they and their cars will end up in between houses, blocked off by a fence or a short wall. And for some reason, you can't shoot through wire fences (?). However, since auto target can't be stopped, if you have an enemy trying to shoot you from behind a fence, you'll be stuck aiming at him whether you like to or not, and unless there's another target to switch to, you'll forever be doing circles around an unkillable enemy. Beggars the old question: Did they actually bother to test this?
- The hand-to-hand fighting system is boring and will give you Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Why? Enemies are blocking 95 per cent of the time, and breaking their "blocking stance" is a matter of luck, not skill. You basically hit the buttons as fast as you can and hope they unblock in time for you to connect.
- The stealth missions are unengaging, and the controls seems to gel up during these missions. You can hit the "stun attack" button and somehow not connect with an enemy one step away from you. And the "tailing" missions, where you have to follow enemy cars not too close but not too far either, are overlong, forcing you to whirl round and round to follow an enemy car that does ferris wheels all over town.
- Highways have good, realistic access ramps, but not enough exits. I checked against the highways I knew in real life -- they got the entrances right but not the exits. Why?
- This...is...one...buggy...game. I've owned it for a week and only played it for about three days, but it's frozen at least a dozen times by now. And as one internet user complained, the "manual target" function often fails to respond, which makes certain missions (eg. the "sniper" finales) unplayable.
- The manual target doesn't work well even when it's available to you. When driving and shooting at the same time, you're required to co-ordinate about five buttons at the same time to shoot at enemy tires and gas tanks. Feels like you need octopus limbs to pull off. And having to hold down fire for manual target to kick in is a drag. Grand Theft Auto III, Syphon Filter and even Thirteen had better manual-target controls.
- Horrible, drawn-out, amateurish voice acting from Christopher Walken. Just shut up already!

As with X-Men Legends, there's enough fun to be had here to warrant three stars. But I can't help thinking that many of the above issues are easily fixable. I just hope that the strengths prevail and the problems alleviate come time for True Crime 2.

An observation...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: November 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game was OK. It was not a Vice City trump, though. I seriously doubt there ever will be one. First off, the idea of playing as a cop in this type of game is ridiculous. Secondly, it's too easy (and this comes from someone who loved Enter the Matrix). The soundtrack completely ruined this game for me; I can't take long periods of rap. As in, anything over five minutes. The soundtrack seemed to be the one thing they really remade completely from GTA, to avoid a lawsuit.

But reading the other reviews, I noted an interesting phenomenon. All the somewhat negative reviews came from people who expressed themselves well and had reasonable complaints. All of the raving 5-star reviews came from individuals who apparently feel the need to SPELL their speech impediments. I mean, I don't mind an occasional typo, but if you don't know how to spell anything over four words and insist on replacing 's' with 'z', then keep your opinions to yourself. The only people you are going to sway have an I.Q. lower than their shoe size.

Not bad, but no GTA. Needs more music options.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: September 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It's an okay game. I compare it to Grand Theft, but unlike GTA there is nothing but rap music in the game. So for the more aware part of the human population, you will get sick of hearing the repetitive music. But hey, for you mindless-trend followers, you will be in heaven. The game play is like Grand Theft, but you have way more, and more brutal fighting moves. The game lay out is of the 300 square miles of LA California, but most of it looks the same. So it is hard to recognize where you are, or where you have been. The game has a random crime generator, which can be fun. It just get's annoying breaking up the same types of crimes over and over again. After a while you just end up shooting the criminals, because how many times can you really break up a fight? In all it's a good game. More music options would have been nice. It's worth $20.

the best game this year

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game true crimes is the hottest game out to me its better than grand theft auto 3 and vice city put together who ever is responsible for putting this game out gets two thumbs up from me

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