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True Crime: Streets of LA

True Crime: Streets of LA
True Crime - Streets of LA coverart.jpg
Developer(s) Luxoflux
Publisher(s)
Producer(s) Bryant Bustamante
Designer(s)
  • Peter Morawiec
  • Richard Yeh
Writer(s)
  • Peter Morawiec
  • Micah Linton
Composer(s) Sean Murray
Series True Crime
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Windows, Mobile, OS X
Release
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player, online multiplayer (PC only)
True Crime: Streets of LA
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Soundtrack album by Various
Released November 11, 2003
Genre Gangsta rap, Hardcore hip hop, West Coast hip hop
Label Vybe Squad Ent., Koch Records
Producer Battlecat, Damizza, DJ Quik, Warren G, King Tech, Bigg Swoop (executive producer)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars
IGN 7.5/10
Review scores
Publication Score
GC PC PS2 Xbox
Eurogamer 7/10
Game Informer 8/10 8.5/10
GameSpot 7.2/10 6.3/10 7.2/10 7.2/10
GameSpy 4/5 stars 3/5 stars 4/5 stars 4/5 stars
IGN 9/10 8/10 9/10 9/10
Nintendo Power 4/5
OPM (US) 2/5 stars
OXM (US) 6.8/10
PC Gamer (US) 49%
Aggregate score
Metacritic 77/100 68/100 77/100 77/100
Award
Publication Award
Spike Video Game Awards Best Action Game (2003)

True Crime: Streets of LA is a 2003 open world action-adventure video game developed by Luxoflux for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. It was ported to Windows by LTI Gray Matter, to mobile by MFORMA, and to OS X by Aspyr. It was published for all systems by Activision, except the OS X version, which was published by Aspyr. The PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube versions were released in November 2003, the PC version in May 2004, the mobile version in November 2004 and the OS X version in March 2005.

The game tells the story of Nicholas Kang, an uncompromising Los Angeles police officer who is recruited into the Elite Operations Division in order to investigate a series of bombings in Chinatown. As he delves further into the case, he discovers it may be connected to the disappearance of his police-officer father twenty years previously. The game features a 240-square-mile (622 km2) re-creation of a large part of Los Angeles, including most of Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, with most street names, landmarks and highways reproduced accurately.

True Crime received mixed to positive reviews. Common criticisms were graphical and technical problems, an unlikable protagonist, and poorly implemented gameplay. Many critics, however, praised the ambitious nature of the game, the differentiation between itself and Grand Theft Auto III, the branching storyline system and the overall 'feel'. The game was a commercial success, selling over three million units worldwide across all platforms, and the True Crime franchise continued in 2005, with the release of True Crime: New York City for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube.


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