Lotus666
07-08-09, 10:20 AM
Reviewed by Nick Zbu in 2004...
The following is for the PS2 version.
Before I got this game at Best Buy for a reduced price (thanks to a sale), I wondered about it. I'm a cheap fellow and as a result don't want to spend $50 on a blind buy. But eventually I gave in and without even a rental, I bought this game.
What appealed to me is that it seems to include everything in the game. While in GTA you can limitedly fight--the game is essentially shooting and driving--TC takes it one step further. I'm inclined to call it a cross between Dead to Rights and GTA Vice City but much more than the sum of its parts. In GTA all you can do when you're carbound is fire side to side. In True Crime, you have roughly 180 degrees firing range, you can perform nice tricks in the car (the physics are accurate yet fun), and most of all you can get out of your car and kick ass in a very nice way. It's not Street Fighter, but it's much more than the 'mash one button and do something' simplicity seen in GTA.
But this gives the impression that True Crime is a shoot-em-up, kill-them-all violence fantasy. Wrong. You can't go ballistic in TC at all. The only way to get upgrades to your guns, your fighting, and your car(s) is to play nice cop. Of course, this means that you can't really kill unless you're being fired at. In fact, you can't even run over people. TC gives 'badge points' that are exchanged for training missions that give you more power within the game. Faster cars, more accurate guns with bigger ammo clips, more takedowns...but if you decide to go apeshit and plow over a few people while capping them in the head, then don't expect your game to get easier. In fact, one of the game's three endings--the best one--requires a good cop rating. That's only if you think you can defeat the game's bosses with no skills at all.
But all and all, the game is fantastic. Despite the anti-violence stance, there is a lot of gunplay and action to keep everybody happy. This isn't a Sesame Street game by any means, but the 'good cop' ideal makes the game that much more interesting. In short, it's a game everybody should play if not own. Truly fantastic once you get into it.
Five Stars out of Five. Plus appearances by Christopher Walken (voice only) and Snoop Doggy Dogg as a playable character once you unlock him.
http://www.prototypeonline.com/wp-content/gallery/video-game-covers/True%20Crime.jpg
The following is for the PS2 version.
Before I got this game at Best Buy for a reduced price (thanks to a sale), I wondered about it. I'm a cheap fellow and as a result don't want to spend $50 on a blind buy. But eventually I gave in and without even a rental, I bought this game.
What appealed to me is that it seems to include everything in the game. While in GTA you can limitedly fight--the game is essentially shooting and driving--TC takes it one step further. I'm inclined to call it a cross between Dead to Rights and GTA Vice City but much more than the sum of its parts. In GTA all you can do when you're carbound is fire side to side. In True Crime, you have roughly 180 degrees firing range, you can perform nice tricks in the car (the physics are accurate yet fun), and most of all you can get out of your car and kick ass in a very nice way. It's not Street Fighter, but it's much more than the 'mash one button and do something' simplicity seen in GTA.
But this gives the impression that True Crime is a shoot-em-up, kill-them-all violence fantasy. Wrong. You can't go ballistic in TC at all. The only way to get upgrades to your guns, your fighting, and your car(s) is to play nice cop. Of course, this means that you can't really kill unless you're being fired at. In fact, you can't even run over people. TC gives 'badge points' that are exchanged for training missions that give you more power within the game. Faster cars, more accurate guns with bigger ammo clips, more takedowns...but if you decide to go apeshit and plow over a few people while capping them in the head, then don't expect your game to get easier. In fact, one of the game's three endings--the best one--requires a good cop rating. That's only if you think you can defeat the game's bosses with no skills at all.
But all and all, the game is fantastic. Despite the anti-violence stance, there is a lot of gunplay and action to keep everybody happy. This isn't a Sesame Street game by any means, but the 'good cop' ideal makes the game that much more interesting. In short, it's a game everybody should play if not own. Truly fantastic once you get into it.
Five Stars out of Five. Plus appearances by Christopher Walken (voice only) and Snoop Doggy Dogg as a playable character once you unlock him.
http://www.prototypeonline.com/wp-content/gallery/video-game-covers/True%20Crime.jpg