Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Genres
Action,
Arcade
Released on
Nintendo DS
3/17/2009
Pub
Rockstar Games
Dev
Rockstar Games
Released on
PSP
10/20/2009
Pub
Rockstar Games
Dev
Rockstar Games
9.5
As rated by Gamervision
@com_rating
As rated by Community

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. With the use of the DS touch screen, players navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise.

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Last year, Rockstar surprised everyone with their release of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the DS.  The first surprise came when people learned that a GTA game would be appearing on the family-friendly DS.  The second came when people realized just how good the game was, and how well the experience worked on the DS.  Rather than delivering a watered-down third-person adventure that aped the console games, Rockstar brought us a full-fledged GTA experience with a unique presentation and control scheme that satisfied long-time Grand Theft Auto fans and made great use of the DS’s unique features.  Chinatown Wars has now been ported to Sony’s handheld, and while it loses the touch-screen functionality of the original, it more than makes up for it with new content, a new control scheme, and vastly superior visuals.

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