Sly Reflex Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 So, a 20 minute play before I go to sleep turned into a 3 hour session where I deal in drugs, help a stranger buy up slums , help another stranger that ends up becoming a thorn in my side , raid ammonation's vans, raid the Spanish cartels drug vans (a pain in the arse, but woah, you make a lot of cash when it goes right) , find a chainsaw , get addicted to scratch cards and make a nice stock pile of powders back at the safehouse for when the prices rise. An eventful night no doubt. I really like the way your safehouse gets decked out as you play the game too, I just got some golden binoculars for finding 40 dealers. Can anyone fill me in on the cameras that dot the city? Are they like the pigeons of this version, I seem to remember a mission mentioning them, but I wasn't paying attention fully and now I have not got a clue to what to do with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm finding the spongy d-pad on my Lite annoying for this game. Just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm playing on a phat with no problems with the d-pad. I think the touch screen must be on the way out though, some inputs I have put in are horribly inaccurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm finding the spongy d-pad on my Lite annoying for this game. Just me? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm gonna return to this tonight before I go to bed, might start from scratch. And I never did put anyone's codes in as I still couldn't work out how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I did the Trail Blazer mission last night. I swear, this mission alone showed more inspiration over all the missions in GTAIV. I hope that R* North are paying attention to what the boys in Leeds are doing, as the missions piss all over what the bigger brothers have done. Another highlight was when I took my boss in the back of a pick up mounted with a mini gun to teach some rival drug dealers a lesson. Just awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGunKnacker Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 im going to start this soon, dont kill me illdog but i just thought id chime and say yes the ds lites dpad is plop. i was hoping it would be of gameboy micro standard which is one of the best dpads ive ever used, the best on a handheld, but alas . makes playing gba KoF and SF2/A3 on it a chore for shore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliath Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 This almost makes me want to buy a DS again... just for this game. Sounds so awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliath Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Yeyyy Convinced my little sis to let me borrow her DS in exchange for an itunes voucher so she can buy some games for her iphone. Off to HMV later today then to pick this game up. Wooooohoooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Now confirmed that it's coming to the PSP. Rockstar Games has announced a PSP version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. The game will be released in Europe and the US this autumn.Rockstar Leeds will develop, and focus on the strengths of the handheld; widescreen support, better lighting, animation and all-new story missions. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars earned top marks on DS back in March, although retail reception was tame. For a game that got pirated to buggery and so didn't sell as expected, to be put on the PSP of all things, well, that's an odd move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 If they want more sales maybe a XBLA/PSN version would be a better move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 yeah I was thinking that, maybe wiiware for the controls too. Apparently theres an iphone port, which makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Great, now all the people with PSP's can pirate it to hell too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illdog Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Im torn. When its fun and going well its a good laugh and the sound effects and dialogue can be funny, its just its a bit tight sometimes, driving is more awkward than it should be and the combat system seems based purely on luck. Also, everytimes i turn a tight corner at speed at the end of a mission when im seconds away from my destination i always seem to hit a rozzer, altho thats probably my bad luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars is one of the best DS games of the year. but high scores from critics haven't been matched with high sales, something that frustrates Nintendo's Cammie Dunaway.Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales & marketing believes more marketing support should be put behind it to ensure improved sales. "It's frustrating," Dunaway told MTV. "Certainly there have been mature titles - Resident Evil, the first Call Of Duty - that have sold over 1 million units. With something like GTA there's great content there and we do think that it will have a long tail and we've seen that with a lot of titles across all genres on DS. "Part of what's needed is that you have to put marketing support behind these titles. One of the things we've learned is that the dynamic of 'throw it on television for a few weeks and then move on and forget about it' just doesn't work because consumers are out there and new consumers are coming all the time so you've got to keep coming up with new ways to expose it. "I think they should continue to put marketing support behind it," she concluded. Hmmm, not convinced it was due to a lack of marketing, love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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