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True Crime: New York City

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Game Info

Publisher: Aspyr Media

Developer: Luxoflux

Genre(s): Action, Adventure

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: M (Mature)

Release Date: March 24, 2006

Summary

Players assume the role of former gang member turned cop Marcus Reed as they fight crime on the GPS-accurate streets of Manhattan, complete with subways, hundreds of interiors, internationally recognized landmarks and real neighborhoods from Harlem to Chinatown to Times Square. Players navigate the city the way New Yorkers do, by taking cabs, riding subways, walking and driving cars and motorcycles. Gamers experience all the sights and sounds of New York, complete with the energy and architecture authentic to the city’s diverse neighborhoods, the voices and likenesses of real New Yorkers, and the cacophony of ambient traffic and bustling noises unique to the city. The game also includes character concentrations specific to each neighborhood. For example, the player will find a plethora of tourists amidst the lights and large buildings of Times Square, but predominantly locals near the brownstones of Harlem. [Activision]

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What The Critics Said

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Digital Entertainment News

If you’re a fan of the Sim City series, then give this a look. It’s a nice diversion for a few hours, but I really can’t advise spending a lot of money to buy it. You’ll be more than happy if you play for a week, so try renting it.

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PC Gamer UK

True Crime is a trashy, lazily converted, shamelessly derivative and occasionally buggy game where you get to crash cars and hit people a lot. On those terms, I rather enjoyed it. [Sept 2006, p.94]

IGN

The PC port feels very sloppy overall, almost as if Aspyr simply got it working and then left it at that. If you're interested in this game, check out either of the console versions.

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PC Gamer

The contrived plot gets spiced up with convincing voice acting and smooth cinematic animations, but slick style doesn't hold up against bland levels and repetitive missions, making this just another GTA clone, but with even more f-bombs and bloodshed. [July 2006, p.55]

G4 TV

On paper, it's got the potential to be more than a match for "San Andreas"; in practice, it's nowhere near it.

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Loaded Inc

As more was revealed, however, numerous bugs caused the game to become unbearably frustrating.

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GamerNode

The controls need work, the engine needs work, the collision detection needs work, the AI needs serious work, all in all I wouldn't be surprised if you told me this was a beta.

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GameSpot

Even if you forgive the flimsy story, cliché characters, and derivative gameplay, it's impossible to look past the myriad frustrating technical problems that plague this game.

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Gamers Europe

Overall, it offers absolutely nothing new compared to the console version (save for a few extra issues making it slightly inferior), and it is highly unlikely it could serve as means to garner any new fans.

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Computer Games Magazine

At least the soundtrack is cool. [July 2006, p.66]

Boomtown

If the developer doesn’t care to address the problems True Crime: New York City has, you shouldn’t care to buy it. It’s that simple.

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PC Zone UK

If you absolutely must play this game, and the wretched commercial system that chugged out this idiot child hasn't put you off the whole sorry shebang, then get a console version. Please don't buy this. [Oct 2006, p.74]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Ok gave it an8:
It was nice being a cop for once , having ppl giving away their car... freewilled. using violence and no cops bugging you cause you wear a badge. the capabilities were high too , you could ask bribe money , go to a gym. It was nice.

Stephen L. gave it a10:
its a good game! I have rank 1 detecitve (sorry about spelling mistakes) and i love all the car guns and things you see in the game.

Elliot S. gave it a6:
Very average, but possessed a HUGE potential to outrank even the GTA series. Problems: the graphics look crap, environments are sparse (for NYC! there's no peak-hour traffic or gridlock), some clipping issues, the swearing is beyond excessive, but the biggest kill-joy is the controls. The controls are dreadful... which makes hand-to-hand combat especially frustrating. But eventually u learn to work around them. The auto-aim makes this seem like a console-port. BUT... with all the negatives out of the way, it is fun driving around NYC busting the balls of street gangsta's. The good cop/bad cop feature is especilly amusing. But the best feature is Mariska Hargitay (Olivia Benson from Law & Order SVU) and Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus) do major voices roles.... so you really can feel like a Cop cleaning up the streets. :D Fun, but dont expect a GTA-killer title.

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