I've been playing this a lot lately and it's pretty damn impressive. Rockstar did a great job shrinking down Liberty City and offering a full fledged GTA game for the DS. Even the touchscreen parts seem well implemented. The drug dealing mini game is awesome and I hope it's used in the next console GTA. I'm actually having more fun with this than I did with GTA IV.
Anyone else playing?
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wow. I just wrote about this in the NPD thread. that's eerie. The game is awesome, and i totally agree about the drug dealing part. For the first time since Vice City, the amount of money you have is actually important, and making money through dealing between the dealers is awesome.
I haven't even bothered with the missions much since i learned you could trade like that. Also the minigames in general are actually fun. Disarming car alarms and bombs, making molotav cocktails, etc. It's all intergrated very well. Plus this is a NEW game in a NEW city, making the psp port games look like quick cash ins on Rockstars part.
I'm thinking Rockstar is considering a GTA Wii game after this. The way they've utilized the DS hardware, I can imagine they'd like to do the same with the Wii controls. -
I don't currently have a DS but I am really interested in this game. I'm definitely thinking about getting the DSi.
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Nice to hear a game developer actually working hard to make a creative game.
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I like how when you get stars from your wanted level instead of trying to outrun the police, you can ram the police cars or make them crash into something and try to knock them out to lose your wanted level that way. Lots of fun. Also, I'm strangely addicted to scratching off the lottery tickets too. :D
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I just downloaded this today... Will prolly put it on my DS tomorrow or Monday. Looks great though.
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For the Ds, i can recommend you about 20.fins4o8 likes this. -
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but i am intrigued by what the DSi can do, so maybe some day. -
It appears a because of poor sales on the DS that Chinatown Wars is coming to the PSP, with some nice, even story expanding, updates.
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I have it loaded on my r4ds.
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Well i hope it sells better on the psp. Rockstar made a good game, it deserves better sales.
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I don't think the poor sales are due to R4/R5 cards. I don't think the DS has enough mature games to attract the older gaming demographic. I find the DS library lacking in titles that I actually like. Don't get me wrong because there are a few decent titles but most is shovelware aimed at the younger, casual gamer. Hardly anything with substance on the DS.
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Didn't the mature game Madworld on the Wii do poorly in sales as well. I agree totally that Nintendo doesn't really appeal/market to the mature gamers so mature games won't sell well. The gamestop article I linked says as much as well.