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

User Rating:

7.0/10   

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 | Detective | Police | Triad | Limousine

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:

Nick Kang's fight with General Kim in the Santa Monica airport is a tribute to Jet Li's Cradle 2 the Grave (2003). Both fights had the hero and villain fighting in a circle of fire followed by aircraft wreckage in the arena)

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 Fire Down Below (1997)

Soundtrack:

Symphony of Destruction

Good, fun game.

True Crime is the type of game that you sit down at, have a good time and then you want to play it again. It isn't Grand theft auto and it isn't driv3r but it has some cool features that none of those games have. So if you want just a good, easy to pick up game which has no real depth or heavy plot then choose True Crime: Streets of L.A.

Graphics: 6/10 (big city but spread out and dull) Sound : 10/10 ( Loads of hip hop gangster music) Gameplay: 9/10 ( Some cool features but some flawed controls) Overall: 8.5/10 (A good game to sit down and play for a while)