Chinatown Wars may not be the best looking GTA on the market, but it trumps the others in terms of extracting the most from its host hardware. It's absolutely sumptuous to look at and an extraordinary technical achievement. Glass structures shatter if you hit them, trains rumble overhead as you pass beneath an underpass, street lamps and headlights cast dynamic shadows across surfaces. The clever perspective and beautifully cel-shaded visuals also add depth and texture to the city. The game engine is fully 3D, allowing the camera to pan around buildings and structures so you're always at the heart of the action. The VisualsĪt first glance you'd be forgiven for thinking this is a top-down 2D affair much like the original PC GTA games but there's more under the bonnet than meets the eye. And you'll be laughing along with it every step of the way. You might argue that it occasionally wallows in self-parody, but at least this is one gangster game that's not afraid to laugh at itself.
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A hundred movie influences have been distilled into this one neat package and you'll spot pastiches of anything from Goodfellas to Miami Vice. The humour is mainly drawn from the characters that play up to their stereotypes - the spoiled brat nephew, the seedy uncle, the vain hoodlum, the corrupt cop. The scripting is razor sharp and there are one-liners that would put Jimmy Carr to shame. The fact that shortcuts can be customised on your PDA is icing on the cake. The GPS satnav is so clever we now want someone to start making maps of local cities so we can use it for real. It's an integrated system that not only shows the usual things like health, selected weapon and your cash but informs you of incoming emails, the location of mission objectives and the fastest legal routes to locations.
It's so dinky, useful and plain ingenious we can't believe no one thought of it before. Has the touchscreen ever been put to better use than Chinatown Wars's PDA? Arguably not. Evading police while carrying a large shipment of coke is genuinely thrilling. Strangely, the risk also makes this line of business more attractive - getting busted means you lose your stash and cash. However, email tip-offs occasionally alert you to more lucrative deals and vast amounts of money can be made for the entrepreneurial minded. The drug running mechanic is woven into the fabric of the game and acts as a kind of meta-game on a par with training and battling your monsters in Poké mon.ĭealers are dotted throughout Liberty City, and going randomly from one to the other will make you tidy profits. When news emerged that drug dealing would play a part in Chinatown Wars, we expected some kind of special mission or a take it or leave it mini-game.
It's like the Blues Brothers meets Burnout 3: Takedown and it's done superbly. Unlike in other GTAs, simply outrunning the black and whites and hiding down an alley won't be enough - you have to skilfully take them out by ramming them or indirectly causing them to hit oncoming traffic. But what's particularly pleasing about the chase sequences in Chinatown Wars is that while the police are vigilant and determined, with skill they can be evaded. And it needed to be because this is the heart of the experience with players spending approximately 80 per cent of the game inside vehicles.Īs in previous GTAs, any kind of law breaking instantly gets the police on your tail and sees your Wanted status going up. Given Chinatown Wars's compact nature, its driving engine is superbly honed and balanced. But how does it compare to other GTA games? The reviews are flooding in and the general consensus is GTA Chinatown Wars is the best ever DS game.
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