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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

First seen: 29 september 2008

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  • User Score (79)
    8.7 8.7 from 79 reviewers
  • Expert Score (163)
    9.1 9.1 from 163 reviewers
  • Gameplay (70)
    10 10 from 70 reviewers
  • Graphics (88)
    9.9 9.9 from 88 reviewers
  • Sound (81)
    9.1 9.1 from 81 reviewers
  • Storyline (6)
    9.6 9.6 from 6 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (9)
    8.9 8.9 from 9 reviewers
  • Control (5)
    9.6 9.6 from 5 reviewers
  • Addiction (3)
    10 10 from 3 reviewers
  • Lifespan (14)
    9.7 9.7 from 14 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • loads of optional activities, good sound build, and property to purchase, remarkable open world, characters have personality
  • requires headphones, audio is low, or licensed music, no fart button, no voice over work

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is a new entry into the Grand Theft Auto series, and features a lot of interactivity to its open environments. The game is developed by Rockstar Leeds and published by Rockstar Games for the Nintendo DS console. Players are required to navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind a tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate.

Features

This game tell the story of Huang Lee, who followi…

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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is a new entry into the Grand Theft Auto series, and features a lot of interactivity to its open environments. The game is developed by Rockstar Leeds and published by Rockstar Games for the Nintendo DS console. Players are required to navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind a tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate.

Features

This game tell the story of Huang Lee, who following his father’s murder, has a simple mission: deliver an ancient sword to his Uncle Kenny to ensure his family retains control of the Triad gangs of Liberty City. The game features a replay feature for favorite missions, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection that allows head-to-head and co-op multiplayer mode, stat tracking and leaderboards that track a player’s criminal career, as well as a storyline with many side-missions, mini-games and hidden collectibles. Players can use the DS touch screen as a PDA device to set GPS waypoints, change radio stations, communicate via e-mail with in-game characters and order weapons on the Internet. Chinatown Wars is a large DS game that features a world full of pedestrians, weather and traffic patterns, five different radio stations and four different sprawling boroughs to explore. It features an endless gameplay, complete with mature storyline 70+ story missions, dozens of side quests, collectibles, contextual mini-games and the all new mission replay feature and free access to Rockstar Games Social Club where players can chat, trade items and commodities.

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  • Reviews of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

  1. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

    Reviewer: Gamer 2.0
    24 March 2009
    Overall 9
    9.3
    Gameplay 9
    9.0
    Graphics 8
    8.0
    Sound 9
    9.0
     

    So what do we have here, overall? Without a doubt, Chinatown Wars is the kind of experience the DS has been missing. Though lacking a stellar story, the game is a more than solid iteration. Returning to its violent roots serves the game very well, and fans of the original top-down style of the first two games in the series are in for a nostalgiac treat. And when all the aspects come together, it’s a terrific package you shouldn’t be without. Read more

  2. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

    Reviewer: Fragland
    4 April 2009
    Overall 9
    9.3
    Gameplay 9
    9.4
    Graphics 9
    9.4
    Sound 9
    9.1
    Storyline 9
    8.6
     

    The DS, by many still unjustly seen as the favorite toy of housewives, children and demented grandparents, has a new top game. Rockstar makes a fantastic debute on Nintendos handheld and delivers with this Chinatown Wars a technically great, brutal, hilarious, adult and incredibly amusing pearl. "Must-have" is the word! Read more

  3. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars DS Review

    Reviewer: Games Abyss
    22 April 2009
    Overall 10
    9.5
     

    Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is a shining example of why no game franchise can be confined to any platform.  It does not skimp on the in-your-face violence or cuss words and is just as addictive as any of the series' previous installments.  The sandbox gameplay is plentiful and you will constantly be amazed at the amount of content that Rockstar has jammed into this DS cartridge. Read more

  4. GTA: Chinatown Wars Review

    Reviewer: PlayDevil
    14 May 2009
    Overall 8
    8.3
    Gameplay 9
    8.5
    Graphics 9
    9.4
    Sound 9
    9.0
    Storyline 9
    8.5
    Multiplayer 6
    5.5
     

    "GTA: Chinatown Wars" is probably the weakest GTA that has been released since GTA2. That’s no bad thing though, given the incredible strength of the series. The only weakness of the game is the multiplayer- it’s really disappointing that there is only local multiplayer, and the social club interaction is also pretty poor. Read more

  5. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Review

    Reviewer: GameCritics.com
    3 weeks ago

    Love or hate Grand Theft Auto , it's hard to deny that Rockstar deserves a whole lot of credit for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars . Managing to take the full-on GTA console experience and shrink it down to the point where it fits on a Nintendo DS cartridge (and not lose anything in the process) has to qualify as a major technological achievement. To do this while retaining everything that makes the franchise a mega-seller while adding new wrinkles to the mix as well is... Read more

  1. Cool

    Reviewer: LOVEFiLM
    11 June 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    i knew that for a DS game the graphics wouldnt be as good as the PS3 or Xbox 360 but managing to get it all onto a DS card was quite a amazing!! Overall its a very good DS game!!! Read more

  2. chinatown or deathtown

    Reviewer: kyle the hockey fan 8, Radioshack
    13 August 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    the game grand theft auto is so awesome. I mean come on running around with a gun and stealing cars how can you resist Read more

  3. "Outstanding game. The best for the DS so far"

    Reviewer: CNET
    27 April 2009
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    I traded in 5 gammes to get this over the weekend and have played it nonstop. The storyline is chock full of fun missions along with all the side missions and various activities you will have a lot to do. The interface is impressive and the PDA that you use in game is an amazing tool. The interface is great! Hijacking cars is much more fun now even in times where you have a time limit. This game has pushed the DS as far as it can go and Rockstar should be commended for... Read more

  4. Decent Game

    Reviewer: Halo360ODST, Game Informer
    21 January 2010
    Overall 10
    9.5
     

    Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars does many things correct. However, the replay level of the game is moderately high and will not be as addicting as the other major titles for the big console games such as Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad Of Gay Tony, or Grand Theft Auto 4, even Grand Theft Auto: The Lost And Damned Read more

  5. 'Grand' Fun

    Reviewer: GamePro.com
    21 August 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars may seem a bit archaic graphically for those who have become accustomed to the next-gen versions, but if you let the overhead view and cartoony graphics deter you from this little gem, you are making a huge mistake. GTA: Chinatown Wars is just as deep and compelling as any in the GTA Series and then some. The biggest kick in this game is that you can buy and sell drugs. Where was that in the previous installments? How can you even have a... Read more

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