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(More customer reviews)I just started playing this game yesterday, and as of now my mission status says that I'm 11% finished. So far this game has done everything to amaze me. First of all the city is ENORMOUS! I cant believe that Rockstar was able to squeeze this much information and detail into a tiny DS cartridge. Not only is it large, but it is also incredibly detailed. You wont see any "Flintstones" type backgrounds where the same buildings repeat several times, or you keep seeing the same park every few miles. Anyhow, onto a few points I've noticed about this game.
First of all, this game is DEFINITELY for adults only. Parents, DO NOT get this game for your 10 year olds birthday. There is (so far) sexual innuendo, graphic violence, and liberal use of the F word.
Second - I hadn't read any press about this game prior to playing it, but I was hoping for some licensed songs to make it to the soundtrack. The music, while good, is nothing recognizable and serves as little more than background. Honestly I cant fault the developers as this game is already full of other features. Also, there is little to no voice acting - again, what can you honestly expect in a game this size (might I add the largest DS game made to date).
Third - Most everything about this game has been executed flawlessly. The cutscenes, the aiming mechanism, the driving physics, the "mini" tasks that you must do such as hot wiring a car, disarming a bomb, or hacking a security system - Everything is perfect. Honestly, in my day of playing this game I have yet to find anything which I can fault. It really is that good.
I predict that this will become the #1 Nintendo DS game very soon, unseating Mario Kart, which has been #1 for quite a while now here at Amazon. This game is nothing less than a masterpiece and is reason in itself to pick up a DS if you don't already own one.
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Warsis the highly anticipated first game in the GTA franchise designed forplay on the Nintendo DS. But although it comes in a small package, this is a full-fledgedgame that stands on its own. With an all-new, deep story that approaches the familiarsights and sounds of the infamous Liberty City from a different perspective, aninnovative control system and multiplayer options, Chinatown Wars capturesthe tone and flavors of the long-running GTA series in unique ways thatboth longtime players and those coming to it for the first time will find hardto put down. Kick some tail as Huang Lee. Viewlarger. Use the DS stylus like never before. Viewlarger. Reconquer Liberty via PDA. Viewlarger. The Story: Left for Dead in the Worst Place in America Following his father’s murder, Huang Lee is given what seems a simple mission: to 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 expects everything to run smoothly, but his trip does not go exactly as planned. Only minutes after arriving at the Liberty City airport at the far end of town, he is robbed and left to die. Only through quickly thinking is he able to survive and make his way back to his neighborhood, but the damage to he and his family has been done. Now his destiny is to search for honor, riches and revenge in the most dangerous and morally bankrupt city in the world. Gameplay The largest DS game to date, Chinatown Wars is set in the Grand TheftAuto IV-imagined version of Liberty City, and contains most of its boroughsand neighborhoods. In exploring and exploiting this vast area, players use thegame's rotatable camera to take in a 3D, 360-degree view of their environment,providing an elevated and somewhat skewed third-person perspective, that switchesto first-person with the appropriate player action. Assuming the role of HuangLee your goal is to rise up in the ranks of the underworld to challenge theTriad of Chinatown gangs that have usurped your family's position and recoverthe stolen heirloom and your lost honor. In true GTA fashion this entailsgameplay that embraces the seedy underbelly that Liberty City is famous for.Throughout the game's 70+ missions -- all of which can be replayed even aftercompletion -- and its myriad of side quests, players earn cash by completingjobs ranging from petty street crime, all the way up to drug dealing and assassination.As in other GTA releases, rising competence at crime raises the amountof attention received by police, but unlike previous games here players cannot simply outrun alerted authorities. With each additional star added to your'wanted rating' players must disable or destroy more of the pursuing policeunits to keep them off your tail. In addition to mission play, the game alsocontains many opportunities, such as the safe cracking and car hot-wiring mini-gamesand the various items and weapons hidden throughout the game that demand skillwith the DS' touchscreen and stylus for success. By whatever means, once playershave attained a certain level of cash and street cred they will also be ableto recruit members for their own gang who pledge their loyalty by allowing themselvesto be tattooed with the mark of the player's choosing. Cars and Controls Cars and control schemes play a prominent role in Chinatown Wars. Allcars feature GPS functionality based on available roadways. Directions are shownon the lower of the DS' two screens as part of the in-game PDA interface, butplayers may take vehicles off roads wherever possible, with the GPS automaticallyresetting when back on the pavement. While driving players also have accessto five in-game radio stations and use of their weapons. Your PDA provides efficientmanagement tools for your growing crime empire, including quick weapons switching,a running total of available cash, in-game e-mail and Internet access and nearly instant game saves anytime. The control scheme in Chinatown Wars utilizes an easy to use and comfortable to play combination of steering via the D-pad, choice of action through the face buttons and/or stylustaps and manual and automatic weapon locks and unlocks via shoulder buttons. Key Game Features:
The Largest DS Game Ever - Contemporary Liberty City is a massive world complete with pedestrians, weather and traffic patterns, five different radio stations and four different sprawling boroughs to explore.
Endless Gameplay - Mature storyline with over 70+ story missions; plus dozens of side quests, collectibles, contextual mini-games and the all new mission replay feature.
Street Economics - Addictive drug dealing side game with 6 different drug types, 80+ drug dealers and a supply / demand driven narcotics economy.
Play with Friends - Nintendo Wi-Fi mode for head-to-head and co-op multiplayer mayhem.
Bragging Rights - Chat, trade guns and commodities with your friends, and compete for glory via online tournaments and leaderboards on the Rockstar Games Social Club.
PDA Interface - Use the touch screen as a PDA device to set GPS waypoints,change radio stations, communicate via e-mail with in-game characters andorder weapons on the Internet.
Online Bragging Rights and Multiplayer Care has been taken to ensure that players can share their Chinatown Wars experiences with friends and fellow players in different ways. First, players will have access to the Chinatown Wars as well as the greater Grand Theft Auto communities through the Rockstar Games Social Club. Here they can chat, trade commodities, purchase special in-game items with in-game currency, check the leaderboards and compete in online tournaments. The DS' Wi-Fi capabilities also gives players the opportunity to take their game online as they battle for supremacy in their own little corner of Liberty City in both head-to-head and co-op multiplayer battles.
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