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True Crime: Streets of LA cube Game Reviews
True Crime: Streets of LA
Critic Score
Metascore: 77 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.8 out of 10
based on 29 reviews
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True Crime: Streets of LA is the deepest combination of driving, fighting and shooting ever burned into one game. Take the role of rogue E.O.D. operative Nick Kang, assigned to the task of taking out the merciless Russian and Chinese crime syndicates plaguing the City of Angels. The action is non-stop and you can never repeat the same mission twice as you play through a branching storyline that takes place across 250 square miles of accurately recreated Los Angeles. [Activision]

PUBLISHER: Activision
DEVELOPER: Luxoflux Corporation
GENRE(S): Action, Adventure, Fighting, Driving
PLAYERS: 1
ESRB RATING: M (Mature)
RELEASE DATE: November 3, 2003

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100
Maxim Online
The shooting control takes some getting used to, but stick with it and you’ll advance through a solid plot laced with a meaty hip-hop soundtrack, celebrity voices, and…drumroll…a playable Snoop Dogg! You’ll never need MapQuest in L.A. again.
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95
GameZone
Offers a little something for everyone, from sweet gun fights to insane driving to killer fist fights. If you grow tired of missions, you won’t get bored by just driving around looking for crimes to solve.
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90
IGN
The consequences of your actions and nonactions are huge in True Crime and dramatically change your level of recklessness...It doesn't, nor should it, replace "Grand Theft Auto" by any means. True Crime has enough good to counter the bad and stand on its own.
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90
Yahoo! Games
Striking a balance between cinematic, story-based gaming and free-roaming fun is harder than most people realize, and True Crime manages to pull it off in a way that brings excitement, challenge, and even a few laughs here and there (some of the voice work, particularly that of one Mr. Walken, is priceless).
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88
Nintendophiles
Overall, the gameplay in True Crime is spectacular.
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86
Armchair Empire
A fun, well-designed, innovative title, and if you've got a long, uninterrupted stretch of weekend in front of you, it's worth at least a rental.
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86
Gamer's Pulse
It’s unfortunate that the game is bogged down by a lot of glitches and flaws, but it is still an extremely entertaining title that is deep in every aspect.
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85
NintendoWorldReport
It's a game that does a few things extremely well and a lot of things competently, but the fact that everything is so well integrated is probably the most impressive...It's fun and brilliantly produced, with plenty to do and see.
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85
GameSpy
Too bad it's so short, but there's plenty to do in the city of L.A. once the story is over. This is the first game that treats the "GTA" model as inspiration rather than a quick ticket to the bank.
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81
Game Over Online
The Karma system, the skill training mode and the branching storylines offered promise for what could’ve established the new standard for action titles. Unfortunately, graphical glitches, fighting issues and a breakdown with the plotline feature tarnish the game from truly being stellar.
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80
GameCube Europe
It’s great to have so much in one game, but in the end you’ll play "Burnout 2" if you want to race and "Soul Calibur 2" if you want to fight, not True Crime.
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80
Cincinnati Enquirer
Savvy gamers can also unlock Snoop Dogg as a playable character.
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80
Firing Squad
Despite gameplay bordering on being shallow, True Crime is still very worthwhile of your time because of the experience of brings. It’s a Hollywood cop movie where you’re in the driver’s seat, and it has the acting to back you up.
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80
1UP
You won't spend as much time with True Crime, but that time will be spent enjoying nicer visuals and a very deep story experience, as opposed to flipping cars across parking garages.
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80
Nintendorks
An extremely fun action game that manages to be a jack-of-all-trades without coming up short in any particular area. It lacks in depth and does have a number of technical issues, but it provides a few days of enjoyment that goes unmatched as far as cheap thrills go.
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80
Nintendo Power
Play control is top-notch and the voice acting, particularly that of Christopher Walken, is excellent. [Jan 2004, p.158]
80
Game Informer
This replication of LA suffers from some of the worst pop-up I've seen in a game. [Jan 2004, p.138]
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79
GamingWorld X
True Crime is, thankfully, not a total failure, although one does get the impression that with more development time and more polish to individual aspects (aside from the impressive driving sections), the game could’ve been a masterwork.
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75
Playboy
What does this action game packed with guns, cars and crooks have that "Vice City" doesn't? The voice talent of Christopher Walken and Gary Oldman as characters, for one thing. [Oct 2003, p.37]
75
Game Revolution
The game tries to be everything for everyone by offering a great variety of gameplay styles, but doesn’t quite succeed at any of them. Each facet of the game has minor issues that hurt an otherwise enjoyable experience.
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72
GameSpot
Lacks polish and, in some cases, feels unfinished. It makes decent attempts with its different styles of gameplay, but none of them are particularly well done, and the game's storyline doesn't tie them together in a satisfying way.
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72
Electronic Gaming Monthly
It's so-so styleless graphics fail to impress, and the whole thing's too short and easy. [Jan 2003, p.107]
71
Computer and Video Games
The gaming equivalent of buying a massive bag of crisps only to find that half the packet is filled with fresh air. There's still plenty to enjoy, but not nearly as much as there should be and you end up feeling a bit cheated.
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70
Edge Magazine
As a place, Los Angeles simply isn't as much fun as Liberty or Vice. Too much of this silicon LA exists simply because the designers wanted to show that it could be done rather than because it serves any gameplay purpose. [Christmas 2003, p.107]
70
GMR Magazine
The hand-to-hand combat is, despite a handful of unlockable combos, pure button-mashing chaos.
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70
Nintendojo
Overall, the game play experience of True Crime is just ruined by the frustrating camera system.
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60
WHAM! Gaming
Maybe the problem is True Crime tries too hard to be all things to all people, and in the process, neglects to do anything especially well.
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58
Play Magazine
Not even the irreplaceable voice acting of Christopher Walken can rescue the mess of a script driving the action of True Crime, a misguided attempt to share the spotlight with the vastly superior "Grand Theft Auto." [Jan 2004, p.62]
40
games(TM)
Half the game it should have been. Whoever came up with the inventive level structuring or spent months mapping LA has every reason to be furious with the lacklustre implementation of their ideas. [Christmas 2003, p.106]

What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 7.8 (out of 10) based on 27 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Rudy S. gave it a9:
This game is a dream for me. I have had game for almost a year but I only play the Snoop mode and drive around the city. I LOVE LA!

Rudy S. gave it a9:
This game is a dream for me. I have had game for almost a year but I only play the Snoop mode and drive around the city. I LOVE LA!

KC Chevalier gave it a 7:
This was a good game, it was like GTA only you fight as the cop. It's for every console so if you own a gamecube and want a game GTA style, this is it. Rent it first, it's a pretty fun game.

Drew the Netherlands gave it a 4:
I think this is just so a bad game, it's so boring after capturing thiefs all the time and the missions aren't better. Just spend your money on a good game like GTA vice city, you will have lots more fun and you will know that you see fun for your money because this is BULLSH.T.

8u6 u77777777u86 gave it a 10:
It's like vice city but the driving, gun fights and fighting is a lot better.

Myster A. gave it a 3:
Filled with potential to be an excellent experience gamplay-wise, but also filled with very annoying control problems and bugs. The bugs in this game are real bad, so much so that I stopped trying to play this game honestly and just used cheats to get through to the end. Everytime I tried to play honestly and simply tried to have fun with this, another bug would show ruining my saved game. The story worked for me because I'm a child of the 80s and I understand where this game was coming from story-wise. There is a lot of brazen humor to be found in this game; I myself laughed out loud several times. The soundtrack is just so-so, with a few standout songs; you'd only be impressed with the soundtrack if you enjoy West Coast rap, or are easily entertained by vulgar language. If you have the patience to put up with this games many, many problems, though, you'll see that it had enormous potential that was bungled.

Ruben M. gave it a 10:
I love this game. Its so cool!!!!!!! I like all the crimes that u have to stop and the missions.

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