True Crime: Streets of L.A.

Good cop or bad cop? In this game, it's up to you.

Strengths: Nice gameplay, with branching features and excellent voice acting by Russell Wong.

Weakness: It's almost like I've seen this game before.... It seems like an amalgamation of Max Payne, GTA3 and Rise To Honor.

One of the first things you notice about this title are the fact that it plays almost like GTA3 or Max Payne. Aside from those similarities, the game is actually quite enjoyable to play and features a solid storyline, where your actions depend on what type of game ending you receive. For example, if you do things that put you in favor of being a 'good' cop, you'll slowly progress through the game...

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True Crime LA style

Strengths: Does well in the GTA genre - good voiceovers, good cutscenes

Weakness: Nothing really new to see here

It's hard not to be compared to Grand Theft Auto when you are a game like this. Since GTA did it so well, you have to use it as a baseline. That said, this is a decent attempt. The story, though weird, is pretty fleshed out and so are the environments. The play area is not as huge as GTA was, but there seems to be more to do in what is encompassed. I also enjoyed that the plotline wasn't set in...

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True Crime: Streets of LA

Strengths: +Good soundtrack, two different endings, cool fighting system.

Weakness: -Frame rate would slow down from time to time, ENDING IS A WEAKNESS!

If you need to compare this game to anything, GTA would be the closest. Both have pretty much the same type of gameplay. Except in True Crime there is a kung-fu style hand-to-hand combat. The story of the game goes pretty well with a weird twist in the end. If your not a big story fan, i recommend picking this up since its cheap now.

Worth trying this game.

Strengths: Accurate rendering of L.A., great graphics and sound including the voice acting.

Weakness: Camera and controls can both be unwieldy at times.

With True Crime: New York City now available, you should be able to find Streets of L.A. in the bargain bin of your local video game store of choice. At current prices, it is definitely worth picking up. The controls and the camera can both be a little unwieldy. That said there is plenty to do to keep yourself entertained, and any game that has Christopher Walken providing some voice work...

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Meh

Strengths: Nice driving elements.

Weakness: A fairly weak GTA clone.

This was my first ever GTA clone, even before I played GTA. Even though I hadn't been exposed to a better game from this genre, I still only found this one to be only adequitely entertaining. When I played this game, I played it mainly for the missions, the sandbox elements never really hitme as very entertaining. They were simply not done well. I wouldn't really recommend this game to anyone,...

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TC:SOLA

Strengths: Lots to do, personality, sound.

Weakness: Buggy, sloppy controls, overall lack of polish.

True Crime: The Streets of LA is a game that is full of potential that seems only partially realized. It combines a nice presentation, sometimes good graphics, excellent sound, and several types of gameplay. The game follows the exploits of a anti-hero detective cruising around the streets of LA. Gameplay largely consists of driving to various plot points/objectives, carrying out on foot arrests...

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A fun game that is great for free-roam car driving...

Strengths: Driving, gun play, car jumps.

Weakness: Weird story, repetitive, weapons all seem the same with exception between semi and full automatics, bland enviroment that is repetitive. Glitches...

All in all, this game is very fun for free-roam car driving buffs. The game is pretty much a real life replica when it comes to streets, so you can pretty much use a real map to get around most of the time, which is interesting. There is a lack of variety in cars, and they don't seem all that different. If someone combined the gun play and driving mechanics of this, with the vehicle variety and...

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Good...bad...I'm the cop with the gun.

Strengths: Good cop/bad cop fun, lots of action overall

Weakness: Some dull missions

If you loved GTA, you will most likely enjoy this action/shooter. True Crime: Streets of LA lets you play as a cop that can go either way - good or bad. A good plot and some great action (including racing) make this extremely entertaining. Upgrades are used well in this game, as it's a great way to add more to the overall gameplay experience. My only issue with this game is the lack of...

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Less sandbox than GTA, but more fleshed out

Strengths: Good Cop/Bad Cop system, intelligent NPCs and enemies who know that taking a car may be the fastest way to get away from you, Christopher Walken VA work

Weakness: Graphics in some spot a little sparse or not textured well, targetting system slow early on, controls not always clear

At first I ignored this as a GTA-alike cash-in, but I picked it up recently for cheap, and was pleasantly surprised. It shares the same basic structure, but while there's less random things to do, what you can do has more complexity to it. NPCs and crooks will react in different ways depending on what measures you take with them. Some cower at the slightest action, some pull a gun on you, some...

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True Crime: Streets of L.A.

Strengths: Good cut-scenes, can learn new moves thoughout the game, fighting and driving are both well done

Weakness: None I can think of

True Crime: Streets of L.A. is an action adventure game very much like Grand Theft Auto. You play as detective Nick Kang who also seems to have a bad attitude. The game is divided up into episodes and from each episode you will have to complete so many missions in order to move on to the next episode. The interesting thing is that you can still fail some mission and move on to the next mission...

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