True Crime: Streets of LA (2003) (VG)

Writers:

Peter Morawiec (concept) &
Micah Linton (concept) ...

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

True Driving. True Fighting. True Shooting.

Plot:

Loose cannon cop Nick Kang, suspended from the LAPD, becomes part of an elite police unit and defends the City of Angels from a plot involving the Chinese Triad and the Russian mob.

Plot Keywords:

Lapd | Police | Triad | Detective | Computer

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Russell Wong	...	Nick Kang (voice)
Christopher Walken	...	George (voice)
Gary Oldman	...	Rocky, Agent Masterson (voice)
Michael Madsen	...	Rafferty, Additional Voice (voice)
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Rosie Velasco (voice)
CCH Pounder	...	Chief (voice)
Ron Perlman	...	Misha, Additional Voice (voice)
Mako	...	General Kim (voice)
James Hong	...	Ancient Wu, Additional Voice (voice)
Keone Young	...	Big Chong, Jimmy Fu, Additional Voice (voice)
Ryun Yu	...	Cary Kang (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	Jill / Lola / Additional Voices (voice)
Vernee Watson-Johnson	...	Dispatcher (voice)
Yuji Okumoto	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Kevin M. Richardson)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:M | Australia:MA | UK:15

Company:

Luxoflux

Trivia:

Throughout the city, there are billboards advertising a True Crime movie coming out in the fall of 2005. What's actually coming out at that time is True Crime: New York City (2005) (VG).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: There is a mission in which you must break into a nightclub, which shows the Hollywood sign as being behind it. When you look later, there is no sign and the club is on the wrong side of the road, with the back facing the city and no cliff behind it.

Quotes:

[first lines]
George: They call it the City of Angels. Funny. In my 30 years here, I haven't seen a single one.

Movie Connections:

References Army of Darkness (1992)

Soundtrack:

Symphony of Destruction

They made a mediocre game and the gamers lost.

This game looked like it would be fun from the previews I saw on television. Looked sort of like a Grand Theft Auto game, but with really cool martial arts fighting to change the pace along with the protagonist being a cop instead of a criminal. Which I would prefer that as I like to side with the law except after a particularly rough day working where playing a game where I can just use a sniper rifle or beat someone with a golf club relieves the tension. Unfortunately this game proves to be just to much unlike the Grand Theft Auto series to be fun. First of all the game is rather linear. Which I do not mind to much, the story is somewhat interesting. However, when you have to go someplace or something you end up compelled to go where needed, there is really no chance to explore the very vast and detailed rendering of Los Angelos. There are no collectibles to be found and the only time you sort of can roam is in between chapters where you are sort of pushed to go to shooting ranges or train in the martial arts. The fighting was also a disappointment in this game as the previews made it out to be so fluid to do while the reality was the fighting was very choppy and difficult to do. The music was also not to my taste as it consisted mainly of rap and I just do not like that genre of music, rap and country both just do nothing for me. What is good though, the story if you play through it is somewhat good and a few of the shoot outs are great and really get the blood pumping. You get some different weapons in this one and for some reason flashlights on your guns. There is a good game there somewhere, but it needed more work seems they may have rushed this one out for a holiday release or something. Plenty of actors lend their voices to this one and there are a few times I chuckled at the very cheesy dialog. In the end though I sold this game back to Gamestop and have no urge to ever pick it up again.