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![]() True Crime: New York City ReviewGuide Rating - ![]() 2003s True Crime: Streets of LA was a decent-but-flawed take on the GTA-style of gameplay and it showed quite a bit of promise. Fast forward two years and Luxoflux and Activision have produced a follow-up game set in New York City. The game features a good story and a great digital version of Manhattan, but the graphics and gameplay are decidedly worse than in Streets of LA. Simply put, True Crime: New York City is pretty disappointing. StoryThe game follows Marcus Reed, a one time gang banger who became a cop after he and his father barely survived an attempted murder. He is part of the Organized Crime Division of the NYPD so he is responsible for tracking down and taking out the leaders of New York Citys various crime syndicates. The story is a rather typical tale of revenge and redemption out in the tough NYC streets. Even though it is clichéd and predictable, it is a heck of a lot better than the story in Streets of LA so the game has that going for it at least.The main storyline includes four major cases and they all play out pretty much the same way. You get a tip about a perp. Track them down. Interrogate them. Use that info to find the next one. And repeat until you get to the boss. The individual missions are a bit more varied than that, but the basic pattern repeats throughout. The missions are surprisingly easy, though, and you can finish up the story in just a few hours. Explore the City![]() Review continued on Page 2 ...
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