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When a business deal between the Russian Mafia and the Triad goes sour, you just now the sh*t\'s gonna hit the fan. That\'s where officer Nick Kang comes in. Nick\'s gonna clean up the streets of L.A. using all of his driving, shootin\' and martial-arts fighting skills. Familiar? It should be. "The story is based on some of our favorite action movies such as Hard Boiled, Rush Hour, L.A. Confidential and the Lethal Weapon series," says Activision producer Bryan Bustamante. "We wanted to create a real cinematic feel to the game."
But this isn\'t just ahuge area that\'s mildly reminiscent of L.A. An entire section of the city will be re-created faithfully within the world of True Crime, right down to street signs, billboards and major landmarks. Of course, True Crime will be a free-roaming game, but with much more emphasis on gunplay and hand-to-hand combat than driving. Imagine chasing down a perp, only to have him negotiate a turn incorrectly and flip the car. He crawls from the wreckage and takes off on foot through a crowd. Now you\'ve got to ditch your ride and give chase. He ducks into a seedy bar, thinking he\'s lost you. The fool. You burst through the door, guns blazing. Or, if you\'re feeling more humane, you can take him hand-to-hand. In that case, the bar turns into your own little fighting arena. "In True Crime you have a series of block, parry and combo moves, as the game progresses, you can visit a number of Dojos located around the city and learn a new combo and finishing moves to send your opponents flying." We\'re sure it\'ll be no Soul Calibur 2, but the fighting system sounds pretty robust for a game of this type.
We all knew GTA3 would spawn a lot of similar games, but it\'s nice to see titles like True Crime taking a stab at something unique within the genre.
Comparison??
It\'s obvious that TC will be accused of being a GTA3 wannabe. So we asked Bustamante what sets his game apart from the current king of the genre. "There are many different key features that seperat TC from the other games. The first and one of the most important features is the way the mission designs are set up. In other games, if you don/t complete a mission, you have to play that same one over and over until you beat it in order to continue through the game. However, TC\'s unique branching system will allow the player to continue no matter what. We also have a more detailed shooting setup than in games past. You can duck behind walls and boxes for shelter, target multiple enemies at one time, punch and kick an enemy-pretty much what you see in all the cool action movies." So is he worried about the comparisons to GTA3? "It never hurts to be compared to the most popular game of the year," says Bustamante.
Topic: True Crime: Streets of L.A.(A GTA wannabe?) (Read 707 times)