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Dec 15 2005
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Review
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| Summary: Hands down - awesome.
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I have been playing Liberty Cities now for 120 hours in-game time. I am still not getting bored.
I started playing GTA from the very first one. GTA3 was my favorite, so you can imagine my glee when I discovered that Liberty City Stories takes place in Liberty City, before the events of GTA3 take place. The continuity between the two games is great.
GTA:LCS has a lot more to offer than GTA3. Without spoiling anything I'll give you one word: motorcycles. Yes, they've taken a lot of elements from the other GTA games that came out after GTA3 and added it into this PSP gem.
As for the game itself, the controls are excellent, the graphics are amazing, the music is great, the gameplay is phenomenal, and the camera is ok.
Controls can be set to a number of pre-defined configurations. You can fine tune certain controls such as inverting your aim directions. Overall, you can control the character quite well, and I don't have any problems with the controls getting in the way.
The graphics were nicely done. Because the game was made for the PSP, Rockstar has done a great job of balancing the game with the screen capabilities. The special effects are wonderful, and I have noticed no anomalies with the video. The only problem I had with the graphics was the point of view. Also, maybe this is just me, but I seem to notice the LCD ghosting more when run off batteries than when I play with it plugged in, very minor however.
The music is what you would expect from a GTA game. Rockstar has made fake songs (although they sound very real) for LCS and have put them into a number of radio stations. No matter what your listening preference, you should find something that you like. If not, you can always play custom tracks from the Music folder of your PSP.
The gameplay is better than any GTA I have played. There is so much content it is hard to fathom. I played on Portland for 50 hours in game time, and I am still finding entirely new sub-games that escaped me. And like any other GTA game, if you are tired of doing the Mafia's bidding you can always go out and start beating pedestrians. My favorite subgames are selling cars, beating criminals on the street ($$ bonus for each), and delivering Noodles.
I am going to knock the game's camera a bit, but it's only a minor annoyance. The camera angles tend not to snap too quickly into place. This causes problems because if you handbreak around a corner, you are driving for a short while without seeing what is there. Also, when doing gun battles, the camera can go haywire, and you can't see anything worthwhile. It would have been nice to have had a first person view, or a quick camera snap option, but Rockstar did not deliver on this. The game is still highly playable despite this, but it can get annoying.
Final Verdict: Could easily be one of the best PSP games out there. Get it.
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Comments
12/19/05
docmonkey
| Nevada USA
Good review dude and ya the camera thing bothered me a little too but hey if that's the price you pay for having, possibly, the best game for the psp then so be it... and i'm not yet bored with the game either killing ppl when ur on the go is awesome especially if u have to go on those long drives to relative... anyways sorry 'bout the day-dream thing good review... you should've mentioned to ppl about not hesitating to buy this game cuz it's hecka awesome
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12/20/05
socom411
| California USA
good review im gunna get this game
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12/21/05
3 
AcePilot
| Florida USA
I just got this game, its just like you said, and I love it (besides the camera thing)!
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12/25/05
johnwhat1234
| UK
this is the best game in the world
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12/25/05
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PSP
| USA | SOCOM: NA|SF:Vermilion
... press L when driving to immediately change camera angle facing forward... same with when you are walking except it take's a second to rotate around. There is a first person view for driving. If you press the Select button you will change the camera view.
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01/07/06
10
yesurbius
| Alberta Canada
The first person view for driving fixes the problem, if you don't mind first person view. Personally I hate it. As for pressing L, yes it changes the camera angle, but it is clunky to do so this way. Once the camera snaps, it still may rotate more, and you may find that doing this throws off your conception of where your vehicle is, making you crash.
I have to say however that I've played this game a lot more since my review and the camera angle problem is second nature now. I can weave in and out of traffic in any vehicle without problems, and cornering without a view is not such a big problem - if there is a car there, you'll hit it anyway - camera or no camera.
And yes, I've fired this game up with the intent of doing some mafia deeds only to realize I've spent an hour and a half on top of an apartment building sniping FBI guys and grenading cop cars. LOL
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