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Pretty Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is overall good, as far as the graphics and shooting parts of the game are concerned. The only thing that is unrealistic compared to the real LA streets is the missing traffic. Empty roads are found all throughout the map and this can get annoying at times. Also, when your car hits the trees, the trees fall over, which obviously will not happen in real life. One realistic aspect is the time to get from point to point in the game is the same as if you were really driving in Los Angeles. If you are going to buy this game, buy it for XBOX or PS2, not for your computer. The graphics on a computer will be bad, unless you have a great video card.

Much better on PS2

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my computer at work after having a lot of fun with it on my PS2. Do NOT buy it for computer. The controls totally suck. The PS2 version is 10 times better.

had a chance

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game stinks!
i can't belive activision would release such garbage
the premise was great,the story was interesting but..... the game play is one of the worst i seen
don't waste your hard earned money on this one

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The plot of this game is good. However, the gameplay, in my opinion, is terrible. Compared to GTA: Vice City, this game is pure crap. The vehicle handling is worse than a cartoon and the combat is like an old SNES game. Furthermore, the sound is appalling in that the weapon SFX are weak and unrealistic and the amount of detail is saddeningly non-existent. The environmental detail is the only good point of the game, almost every object in the game is breakable. This game is just a terrible rip-off of Grand Theft Auto 3 and Max Payne.

absolute trash!!!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

what a piece of krap! I thought it was a bargain at $5.99 but it still was a ripoff. Game couldn't even be completed. Get it for free and play it while your waiting for a real game.

WARNING!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: September 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME FOR THE PC!!!!! You can't use a joystick, and Activision is no help at all. I wish I could give it zero stars.

Wow True Crime on the PC stinks!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is so bad, something must have gone wrong while porting this game to the PC. First off trying to run around in the True Crime L.A. is stange and makes me sick. The only thing worse is the crappy driving. Its almost impossible to drive around without crashing into Everything. Plus this game is a complete rip off of the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series. If you are looking at this game and havent played GTA 3 or GTA Vice city grab those games first. Maybe in the future there will be a patch for True Crime making it less crappy.

Pretty well done.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'd just like to start off by saying I love the GTA series; however, this game is better than the GTA games (in most areas). So what if they ripped off the GTA series, don't hate them for that. Someone in another review said you can't move the camara, which is true while driving, but you can move the camara while fighting. The driving is the weakest part of the game, but shooting at someone while your in your car is pretty good. When your not in your car, the shooting & hand-to-hand combat is great (and the controlls are fine, only took me about 30 minutes to get use too). You can upgrade your shooting and fighting skills (and for everyone who said that the game was to repetitive during combat, I guess you guys never learned how to use your upgraded shooting & fighting moves). If you like Rap & Rock music, you'll love the games soundtrack. I would just borrow this game from a friend, because you'll get through the game in less than 10 hours. The only reason you'd want to replay it is to roam the city and solve random crimes (shoot outs, muggings, street races, fights, busting pimps and hookers, etc), or to replay the alternate paths of the story.

Learning Curve and controls/camera are a killer on this port

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As the saying goes, if you see 10 million dollars worth of numerious TV and internet spots/ad's for a videogame, said game will suck-a$$. This is nothing more than true for True Crime: Streets of L.A.

In this Console to PC port the controls are not only confusing, but slow in response time, and generally not adaptive. Take for instance you can setup your mouse for 5 diffrent modes of play, a PhD is required to master all the keyboard and mouse combo's.

The controls are a breeze compaired to the camera self-tracking system. The views cannot be changed, and I have more than once lost the camera as it swings into a building as i run down a sidewalk. That said, running down a sidewalk can be a challange as well. The camera will swing randomly and then stick to your position for a few moments. (think the VERY FIRST tomb raider) As you walk, would you try to engage a perp, you have to pick from three diffrent attack moves. This is not to mention the keys you map for flashing you badge, frisking, handcuffing, and that list goes on and on.

Generally the advertising has worked on this gamer due to my recent and regretted purchase of this title, and my drive to keep "looking" for all these amazing screen shots and movies i have scene on the included DVD. DO NOT PURCHASE, BORROW, or even waste the cable bandwidth on this P.O.S. it is generally not fun to play.

The title of this game says it all!!! TRUE CRIME!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

A blatant GTA style rip-off with no joystick control option. Might have been slightly amusing if ya' didn't get carpel tunnel from trying to play it. And it took darn near fifty times to install the sucker... (Finally figured out it did not like some cd-software I had installed). So after clearing my HD for this game, the first few hours were enough for me to uninstall this dog and fire up "GTA Vice City".
Don't buy this game.

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