Rumor: GTA Chinatown Wars detailed in survey
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Aug 5th 2008 at 3:30PM }
An open world with changing weather and traffic patterns? Check. A "mature" storyline featuring a "young gang soldier involved in the internal power struggle for control of his gang?" Check. Multiplayer modes, 70+ missions and stylus-based minigames, "such as assembling a sniper rifle?" Check. Truthfulness of survey and its claim that said features are connected to Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars? We'll have to check on that. But purely out of interest, does this sound like a portable GTA you'd want to play?
[Thanks, Kareem]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
tmacairjordan87 @ Aug 5th 2008 3:38PM
I want to see how bad it really looks before I say anything about it...cause it's only fair ya know.
Nick the Hero of Canton @ Aug 5th 2008 3:48PM
Yes, because if there is anything Grand Theft Auto is known for, it's the series' incredibly detailed visuals.
tmacairjordan87 @ Aug 5th 2008 3:55PM
No, but they were a lot better on 360/ps3 and even the psp games looked almost like the ps2 games. Seeing as the ds isn't as powerful as the psp we're looking at a very drastic downgrade. Who wants to play a 30 hour game when it looks abysmal?
flameofdoom666 @ Aug 5th 2008 4:33PM
How do you know it wont be in 2D like GTA 1 and 2?
oldmeme @ Aug 5th 2008 4:45PM
@flameofdoom666
Thats exactly what I am hoping for. If it is fully 3D I can imagine it would have a slow frame rate or be horribly short, a lose, lose situation.
samfish @ Aug 5th 2008 5:07PM
I thought they said it was going to be top down 2D...
tmacairjordan87 @ Aug 5th 2008 5:14PM
Ouch that would suck soemthing awful. The 2D top down GTAs were pathetic beyond belief.
Foetoid @ Aug 5th 2008 5:15PM
@ tmacairjordan87
Your logic is so flawed it makes me vomit. DS is as powerful as the N64, yet you claim noone would want to finish a 30hr DS game because of the graphics. I guess you're right, which is why GTAIV is still on top of Ocarina of Time at Gamerankings.....oh wait
tmacairjordan87 @ Aug 5th 2008 5:37PM
At least I didn't pull my logic out of my ass like you apparently did with yours. I didn't know that a single new review was written on OOT in the last 10 years. Guess what? Those were top of the line graphics 10 years ago.
Also, it's impossible to compare metacritic rankings between now and 10 years ago. Look at the number of reviews OOT got and GTA 4 got and you'll see why it's impossible.
tmacairjordan87 @ Aug 5th 2008 5:38PM
Or gamerankings...same thing really.
Victor @ Aug 5th 2008 7:10PM
@tmacairjordan87,
Jeff Gerstmann reviewed it just last year, gave it an 8.9 :x
http://www.gamespot.com/wii/adventure/legendofzeldaootn64/review.html
SoulBlade @ Aug 5th 2008 3:40PM
"But purely out of interest, does this sound like a portable GTA you'd want to play?"
Yes.
Imaginationland Warrior @ Aug 5th 2008 3:43PM
Agreed. If it delivers, of course.
Tiptup300 @ Aug 5th 2008 11:58PM
Yeah, I just realized I have a DS, so it might be worth however much DS games cost. Like 5 bucks?
Mr Khan @ Aug 5th 2008 3:40PM
Considering it's slated to release this winter, I'm surprised we don't know more
I think there pretty much has to be some sort of big press conference between now and then, from Nintendo at least, because E3 left quite a bit unanswered (and that's disregarding the whole "broken promises" thing)
samfish @ Aug 5th 2008 5:10PM
It'll be delayed. Something stinks about this whole thing.
There is literally NOTHING shown of it and it's coming out in like 3 months. Nintendo themselves admitted that they hadn't even seen it and Take2 didn't bother showing it at their press conference.
The whole things reeks of a last minute add to the E3 presentation, if you ask me.
j.howlett @ Aug 5th 2008 3:46PM
i'd be happy with an old school gta style game with added touch elements. i'm curious to see how it turns out.
TheJetCityFix @ Aug 5th 2008 3:50PM
You had me at "Stylus Sniper Rifle Assembly"
F1 & The day I beat Ghost and Goblins @ Aug 5th 2008 3:54PM
So could this mean that they are going to place GTA on the Wii as well? Because if they do I always wanted to blow the cuteness off of some of my mii's.
WiNG [Life in a Game] @ Aug 5th 2008 4:00PM
It was hinted at that Ninty wants it to happen "as long as it's not a port" and instead built from the ground up.
RC @ Aug 5th 2008 3:56PM
I'm picturing top down with stick figures for the characters.
WorMzy @ Aug 5th 2008 4:01PM
GTA as it should be, eh?
Wombat @ Aug 5th 2008 4:15PM
I've been Joystiq'd!
Eh @ Aug 5th 2008 4:18PM
The DS cant handle the GTA I want to play. It will either be 2d again or have an extremely bad 3d world, which is the last thing I want. I really hated the 2d GTA's, which is likely what this one will be.
Jevanzz @ Aug 5th 2008 4:33PM
"an abundance of paper lanterns"
Sir I believe you owe me a new laptop, because you just made me spit tea all over mine.
J.Goodwin @ Aug 5th 2008 4:35PM
I'm not interested in playing any GTA, portable or not, but PSP sales of the "stories" games proved that I don't particularly count.
uranutan3 @ Aug 5th 2008 4:45PM
Apparently they had to take it down because it was a result of a broken NDA. Which means the info was real. Did anyone catch it?
StickFlick @ Aug 5th 2008 4:56PM
Wow. I can't wait! minigames!
Assemble the sniper rifle! ready? 3. 2. 1!
*Stylus weapon erectifying*
Wunderfool!! Even bettah dan Mama!
Snipe Jimmy the snitch! 3. 2. 1!
MISS.
Dun Worry, Mama will Feex!
and she proceeds to snipe Jimmy the snitch one in the head twice in the balls as a warning and you get a bronze medal for your work.
...
Replay?
juju187 @ Aug 5th 2008 7:26PM
no
Ipod fanboy @ Aug 5th 2008 9:36PM
If i recall back in the late 90s rockstar was working on GTA usa for the n64 and it was a full 3d not 2d compared to gta I and II on the ps1. GTA usa was canned for the development of GTA III which was in development for the sega dreamcast which was later moved to the ps2. I hope gta chinatown wars is in 3d but with a decent framerate. I bet there is very little voice dialouge with predistrians.
dctrhu @ Aug 6th 2008 8:11PM
I think everyones being a bit unfair here.
The topdown versions are classic. they're refreshing becuase of the 2d game play and topdown view.
but Also fail to see how a DS wouls cope with a game like gta in 3D.
so i think we can safely say itll be top down, with the stylus to shoo, in the same way that GTA LONDON used the joystick.
eitherway, its gta on the move
WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?
superstardj @ Sep 5th 2008 7:28PM
a psp?, surely that counts as on the move and thats already been done, liberty city stories was amazing imo, i'm going to reserve judgement on the ds version until i get my hands on it.
(which i most probably will). im very intrigued at the moment, but also very skeptical.